2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES

Jazz Ensemble, Mixed Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Modern Band, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band

Selected to perform in the 2020 All-National Honor Ensembles are 542 of the most musically talented high school students in the . With assistance from their music teachers and directors, these exceptional students have prepared challenging music that they will perform under the leadership of prominent conductors in this annual event. Grateful acknowledgment is given to the parents, families, and friends of the selected students for their cooperation and support as they share in this joyful experience. Special acknowledgment is also given to the following individuals for their leadership, expertise, and assistance in organizing and presenting these concerts. To our 2020 Sponsors and Partners: NAfME acknowledges at Lincoln Center for their continued support of the All-National Jazz Ensemble. NAfME acknowledges Little Kids Rock for their support of the All- National Modern Band. NAfME would like to thank Conn- Selmer for their support hosting the virtual platform for all events and rehearsals. NAfME would like to thank the Mark Wood Music Foundation for providing content and resources for this year’s string students, and Harman for providing recording equipment for this year's Modern Band. NAfME is also appreciative of our concert production company, GPG Music (Our Virtual Ensemble) for their dedication to music education during the COVID-19 pandemic and for providing educators with a platform for sharing their concerts virtually.

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 2 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION (NAfME) National Executive Board

NAfME President and Board Chair Western Division President Mackie V. Spradley, Austin, TX Renee Shane-Boyd, Tucson, AZ

NAfME President-Elect Eastern Division Immediate Past President Scott R. Sheehan, Hollidaysburg, PA Marc E. Greene, Coram, NY

NAfME Immediate Past President North Central Division Immediate Past President Kathleen D. Sanz, Tallahassee, FL Judy Bush, Lincoln, NE

Eastern Division President Northwest Division Immediate Past President Keith Hodgson, Egg Harbor Township, NJ John Combs, Missoula, MT

North Central Division President Southern Division Immediate Past President Karen Salvador, Flint, MI Dian Eddleman, Jackson, TN

Northwest Division President Southwestern Division Immediate Past President Scott Barnes, Lynnwood, WA Michael Raiber, Norman, OK

Southern Division President Western Division Immediate Past President Sonja Williams, Jacksonville, NC Samuel Tsugawa, Provo, UT

Southwestern Division President Anne Dawson, Norman, OK

NEB Observers

Eastern Division President-Elect Susan Barre, Waterville, ME

North Central Division President-Elect Richard Tengowski, Kohler, WI

Northwest Division President-Elect Tom Muller, Gresham, OR

Southern Division President-Elect James G. Daugherty, Lexington, NC

Western Division President-Elect Scott Hedgecock, Placentia, CA

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 3 NAfME STATE/FEDERATED Music Education Association Presidents

Alabama Maine Arizona Michigan Texas David Raney Sandra Barry Scott Burgener Bill Vliek Julie Derges (Kastner)

Alaska Arkansas Minnesota Utah Lucas Clooten Brian Schneckenburger April Shelby Barry Zumwalde Todd Campbell

Arizona Massachusetts California Mississippi Vermont Scott Burgener Cecil Adderley Armalyn De Le O Tommy Creel William Prue Colorado Missouri Arkansas Michigan Virginia Kevin Beaber Chris Sprague April Shelby Bill Vliek Annamarie Bollino Connecticut Montana California Minnesota Amy Bovin Kim Lorengo Armalyn De Le O Barry Zumwalde Karen Helseth Delaware Nebraska Colorado Mississippi Jim Thorpe Evan Lee West Virginia Kevin Beaber Tommy Creel Keith Jackson District of Columbia Connecticut Missouri Josh Krohn Paul Beuning Western (India) Amy Bovin Chris Sprague Anjli Mata European New Hampshire Delaware Montana Louis Hewitt Joe Mundy Wisconsin Jim Thorpe Kim Lorengo Paul Budde New Jersey District of Columbia Nebraska Steven Kelly Patrick O’Keefe Wyoming Josh Krohn Evan Lee Steve Schofield Georgia Carl Rieke Jennifer Rogers European Nevada Louis Hewitt Paul Beuning Hawaii Michael Lim David Brown Florida New Hampshire Steven Kelly Joe Mundy Idaho Kathy Stefani Carol Earnhardt Georgia New Jersey Carl Rieke Patrick O’Keefe North Dakota John Currey Mark Herold Hawaii New Mexico Michael Lim Jennifer Rogers Indiana Ohio Julie Gray Ann Usher Idaho New York Kathy Stefani David Brown Iowa Oklahoma Kevin Droe Jeanine Gully Illinois North Carolina Kansas Oregon John Currey Carol Earnhardt Gae Phillips Jeremy Zander Indiana North Dakota Kentucky Pennsylvania Julie Gray Mark Herold George Boulden, III Philip Stattel Iowa Ohio Louisiana Rhode Island Kevin Droe Ann Usher Scotty Walker Emma Hookway Kansas Oklahoma Maine South Carolina Gae Phillips Jeanine Gully Sandra Barry Michael Moore Kentucky Alabama Maryland South Dakota George Boulden, III David Raney Brian Schneckenburger Kimberly Bruguier Louisiana Alaska Massachusetts Tennessee Scotty Walker Lucas Clooten Cecil Adderley Alexis Yatuzis-Derryberry

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 4 MACKIE V. SPRADLEY, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION

Mackie V. Spradley is President of the National Association for Music Education and serves as the Director of Enrichment Education at the Texas Education Agency in Austin, TX. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education, at the University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Voice from UNT and a Master of Arts in Vocal Pedagogy from Texas Woman’s University, Denton. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Anthropology from UNT. Spradley has published in academic journals and books, such as the National Forum of Multicultural Issues Journal, Texas Music Educators Conference Connections, and Educational Leadership and Music (in press). She is a national speaker on music education, culturally responsive pedagogy, and social justice.

MACKIE V. SPRADLEY NAfME President, 2020–2022

As a presenter, Spradley has shared her expertise throughout the United States and abroad. She has presented at various state, national and international conferences including the Texas Music Educators Association, the Colorado Music Educators Association, the Society for Music Teachers Education, the National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC), the Texas Choral Directors Association, the National Association Multicultural Education Texas Conference, and the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. She is the facilitator of the Teacher Retention ASAP of the Society for Music Teacher Education. Spradley is a published author with research interests in music teacher effectiveness, critical discourse, culturally responsive teaching, social justice in music education, and critical theory. She continues to focus her work and efforts on issues related to equity in music education programs and improving music teacher effectiveness.

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 5 SCOTT R. SHEEHAN, PRESIDENT-ELECT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION

A nationally recognized advocate and leader for the advancement of music education, Scott R. Sheehan is the Director of Bands and Music Department Chairperson at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, where he directs the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and and teaches AP Music Theory, Fundamentals of Guitar, and the elective course Rock, Rap, and Revolution! During his tenure at Hollidaysburg, the school district has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education in the United States by the NAMM Foundation for the past nine years. In addition to his duties at Hollidaysburg, Sheehan serves as the President-Elect (2020–2022) of the National Association for Music Education and is the Program Chair for the NAfME All- National Honors Ensembles. He was the NAfME Eastern Division President for from 2015–2017, during which he served on the Executive and Finance Committees. As an active member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Sheehan served SCOTT R. SHEEHAN as State President, as well as the District 6 Vice President and NAfME President-Elect Program Chair, NAfME All-National the District 4 President and Curriculum and Instruction State Honor Ensembles Representative. He coordinates the PMEA Leadership Academy, serves on the PMEA Mentoring Program Steering Committee, and is coordinator of the PMEA Model Curriculum & Assessment Steering Committee. Sheehan is an Educational Clinician for Conn-Selmer and a consultant for strategic planning and association development. He served as the NAfME Mentor for Band, and he was recognized at the state level as a Pennsylvania Keystone Technology Integrator by the Department of Education. He also served on the Educator Effectiveness Stakeholders Steering Committee for the Department of Education and was a lead teacher for the implementation of the Student Learning Objectives initiative for PDE. He is a member of Phi Beta Mu, the International Bandmasters Fraternity, was named Teacher of the Year in 2013 by the Hollidaysburg Area School District, and received the Outstanding Music Educator Award from Penn State University’s College of Arts and Architecture in 2016. Sheehan was a finalist for the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award and is an active guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States. He plays trumpet with the Hollidaysburg Community Band, of which he is also the group’s Associate Conductor. Additionally, he performs with the Altoona Brass Collective and the Blair County Brassworks for various community events and local church services. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Bachelor of Music in Music Marketing from Clarion University, as well as a Master of Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Scott Sheehan and his wife Amy are the proud parents of a daughter named Ellie.

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PROGRAM CHAIR Scott R. Sheehan, Hollidaysburg Area School District, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

ENSEMBLE MANAGERS

MIXED CHOIR Kraft McLemore, Vice President of Education and Community Engagement, Nashville Symphony, Nashville, Tennessee

GUITAR ENSEMBLE Christopher Perez, Director of Guitar Studies, Freedom High School, Orlando, Florida

MODERN BAND Tony Sauza, Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, Little Kids Rock, Los Angeles, California

Mary Claxton, Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, Little Kids Rock, Greeley, Colorado

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA M. Edward Nagel, Director of Instrumental Music, Northeast High School, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

CONCERT BAND Jason Albert, Director of Bands, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida

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MIXED CHOIR MIXED CHOIR VIOLIN CLINICIAN CLINICIAN CLINICIAN

BRANDON BOYD FELICIA BARBER QUINTON MORRIS Singer/Songwriter Director of Choral Activities, Westfield State Director of Chamber and Instrumental University, Westfield, Massachusetts Music and Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington VIOLIN CLINICIAN CELLO CLINICIAN FLUTE CLINICIAN

MARGARET BALDRIDGE LaSAUNDRA BOOTH MARY JENSEN Professor of Violin and Viola at the Founder and Principal Cellist of Principal Flute, Symphony Tacoma, University of Montana, Missoula Integrity Strings, North Carolina Tacoma, Washington

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CLARINET CLINICIAN OBOE CLINICIAN BASSOON CLINICIAN

SUZANNE TIRK JENNIFER CAVANAUGH JAVIER RODRIGUEZ Associate Professor of Clarinet at the Professor of Music at the University of Associate Professor of Bassoon and University of Oklahoma, Norman Montana, Missoula Director of Graduate Studies at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho, Moscow SAXOPHONE CLINICIAN TRUMPET CLINICIAN HORN CLINICIAN

OTIS MURPHY PANCHO (FRANK) ROMERO JEFF NELSEN Professor of Saxophone at the Indiana a Professor of Music at the New Mexico Professor of Horn at the Indiana University University Jacobs School of Music, State University, Las Cruces Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington Bloomington

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PERCUSSION BASS CLINICIAN EUPHONIUM CLINICIAN CLINICIAN

LAUREN TEEL TODD GOWERS DANNY HELSETH Director of Percussion for Adjunct Professor of Double Bass at Head of Instrumental Studies at the Seattle Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii the Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Pacific University, Seattle, Washington Washington

TUBA CLINICIAN TROMBONE GUITAR CLINICIAN CLINICIAN

VELVET BROWN PAUL COMPTON DARIN AU Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Penn Associate Professor of Trombone at the Composer, Honolulu, HI State, University Park, Pennsylvania Oklahoma State University Greenwood School of Music, Stillwater 2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 10 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES CLINICIANS

GUITAR CLINICIAN GUITAR CLINICIAN JAZZ CLINICIAN

CONNIE SHEU MARTHA MASTERS JEFF HAMILTON General Manager for the Guitar President of the Guitar Foundation Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Los Foundation of America and Educator of America and Professor at Loyola Angeles, CA at the Colburn School, Los Angeles, Marymount University and California State California University Fullerton, Los Angeles

JAZZ CLINICIAN JAZZ CLINICIAN JAZZ CLINICIAN

VICTOR GOINES KENNY RAMPTON VINCENT GARDNER Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, New York, NY Orchestra, New York, NY Orchestra, New York, NY 2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 11 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES GUEST ARTISTS

CANADIAN BRASS MARK WOOD ERIC WHITACRE

WYNTON MARSALIS KERRY “KRUCIAL” MICHAEL BEINHORN BROTHERS, JR.

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 12 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MODERN BAND CONDUCTORS

Tony Sauza taught secondary music in Los Angeles for eight years before joining the music education nonprofit Little Kids Rock. He is now the Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, where he supports teachers in developing their Modern Band programs across Southern California. Sauza received a bachelor’s degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA while minoring in Chicana/o Studies. He then earned his California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music in 2010 and his master’s degree in Afro-Latin Music from California State University Los Angeles in 2012.

Sauza is a multi-instrumentalist and has been playing guitar for more than twenty years. He currently performs locally and nationally with his cumbia project, Viento Callejero, along with guest appearances and collaborations with international artists. He is an avid supporter of music from around the world, a firm believer in recreational music-making and music therapy, and has a deep passion for Afro-Caribbean music.

TONY SAUZA Conductor, Modern Band

Mary Claxton has spent her professional life at the joyful intersection of music performance, teaching, and advocacy. Her early passion for music led her to be involved with every musical ensemble possible—band, choir, jazz band, pit orchestra, and drumline, as well as informal experiences with various genres of pop bands. In the classroom, Claxton went on to teach nearly every one of those same ensembles and later was pulled particularly toward the Modern Band movement that emphasized the songwriting and student-centered aspects that have made music so meaningful to her throughout the years.

She joined the Little Kids Rock team full-time as the Colorado Director of Programs in 2017. She now works as Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, creating teacher certification pathways in addition to student resources.

Claxton has been a presenter and clinician for organizations such as the Association of Popular Music Education, the Modern Band Summit, the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival, and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, the institution where she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree.

She continues to perform often on drums, vocals and ukulele, working hard to further her skills and continue the conversation with her community and students about the MARY CLAXTON role music plays in reflecting and changing our world. Conductor, Modern Band

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March 2021

Sponsored by: Little Kids Rock

Tony Sauza, Director Mary Claxton, Director

“If I Ain’t Got You” Alicia Keys

“All I Need” Jacob Collier

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VOCALS

*Jade Klacko, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL *An Lai, Central York High School, York, PA Mari Shoop, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

GUITAR

Maxwell Baxter, Windsor High School, Windsor, NY Jack Goode, Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT *Peyton Rohrbaugh, Spring Grove Area High School, Spring Grove, PA

BASS

Vance Carpenter, Pentucket Regional High School, West Newbury, MA Max Kozol, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA

DRUMS

*Alston Harris, R.J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, NC *Brendan Livelsberger, Spring Grove Area High School, Spring Grove, PA

KEYBOARD

*Tanya Qu, North Carolina School of Sciences and Mathematics, Durham, NC

SAXOPHONE

Nolan Slate, Tahanto Regional High School, Boylston, MA

TROMBONE

Jacob Dove, Owego Free Academy, Owego, NY

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 15 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR

Chuck Hulihan has enjoyed a career over the past three decades as a guitarist, educator, conductor, narrator, arts administrator, and as a classical music radio host. Hulihan has directed the guitar program at Glendale Community College since 1999, where he is the Assistant Department Chair for Performing Arts. In 2015 he was chosen by his peers to receive the GCC Gaucho Globe Award for Supporting Student Success. His work at GCC is highlighted by collaborations with composers who have written new works for the GCC Guitar Ensembles, including Mark Houghton, Rex Willis, Jan Bartlema, Adrian Andrei, Frank Wallace, Andrew York, Vito Nicola Paradiso, Francisco Munoz, Aramis Silvereke, and Phil Moloso. Since 2000, his students have consistently won the Artists of Promise competition in both solo guitar and instrumental ensemble categories, and in 2014 the GCC Guitar Octet won the Guitar Foundation of America’s Ensemble Showcase Competition and went on to perform two world premieres at the 2014 convention.

Hulihan’s work as a conductor has included more than 120 concerts directing the GCC Guitar Ensembles and includes leading large orchestras comprising students from high school, college, and guitar society ensembles. He has he led the Arizona Guitar Orchestra (AZGO), a collaboration of musicians from across Arizona, in three statewide tours that featured Shingo Fujii’s Concierto de Los Angeles with soloist William Kanengiser, Brad Richter’s Once We Moved Like the Wind, and Andrew York’s By Chants with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. He has been a featured guest conductor with the Clark County School District Honor Ensemble, the Vanguard University Guitar Festival Orchestra, the State College of Florida Guitar Ensemble, the Sonoran Desert Guitars Festival Ensemble, the Austin Classical Guitar’s Guitar Curriculum National CHUCK HULIHAN Teacher Training Summit and Guitar Ensembles Festival, as well as Florida, Virginia, Conductor, Guitar Ensemble and New Mexico All-State Guitar Ensembles. In 2019, Hulihan conducted the world premiere of David Leisner’s Medanales Morning in Virginia with the All-Virginia Guitar Ensemble, Mark Houghton’s Guitarchestra no. 10 with the GFA Youth Guitar Orchestra in Florida, and Michael Keplinger’s Gale in Texas with the Austin Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival Orchestra. During the 2019 GFA Convention in Florida, Hulihan led an exclusive performance of music from the Netflix mini-series Godless by Emmy-award-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, and collaborated with the composer on the arrangement for cello, guitar and guitar orchestra for this special performance.

He is the Director of the Guitar Foundation of America’s Youth Guitar Orchestra, Community Guitar Orchestra, and Guitar Summit. Hulihan contributes to the field of music education as a conference clinician and presenter and serves as Western Division Representative for the National Association for Music Education’s Innovations Council, as ex-officio Guitar Chair for the Arizona Music Educators Association, and as an active board member of the Grand Canyon and Phoenix Guitar Societies.

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Chuck Hulihan, Conductor

Program

Gävlebocken Darin Au

World Premiere

A special thank you to Darin Au for writing Gävlebocken for the 2020 NAfME All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble.

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PART 1 PART 3

Haylee Coogle, Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL *Lachezar Balabanski, Riverside High School, Leesburg, VA

Ava Hearne, Riverside High School, Leesburg, VA Allison Hanka, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Ian Lee, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN Coby Harker, Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

Siddhant Mane, West Windsor Plainsboro North High School, Plains- *Maha Kanakala, John P. Stevens High School, Edison, NJ boro Township, NJ Megan Levanger, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV John Neo, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV Silvia Miller, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN Hannah Prater, Las Vegas Academy of that Arts, Las Vegas, NV Meg Moyer, Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff, AZ *Caitlin Robinson, Loudoun County High School, Leesburg, VA Alejandra Rios, Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV Danny Ross, , Albuquerque, NM Brooklynn Wittmayer, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV Yian Wang, Northwood High School, Irvine, CA Gracia Zachman, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN Riley White, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

PART 2 PART 4

Karen Ervin, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV Anna Clifford, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, SC

Malcolm Hoffman, Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV Noah Collins, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

William Kandle, Oyster River High School, Durham, NH Katie Cook, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV

Rachel Krumholtz, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ Kaylin deLespinasse, Desert Oasis High School, Las Vegas, NV

Katerina Leedy, Renaissance Music Academy, Blacksburg, VA William Krebs, Wall High School, Wall Township, NJ

Rio Manzanares, New Mexico School For The Arts, Santa Fe, NM *Nathan Kwon, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

Michael Podolsky, Desert Oasis High School, Las Vegas, NV Peter Lindholm, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Chelsea Prat, Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV Ashley Melendres, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM

Sophia Schaeuble, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV Jasper Miller, New Mexico School for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Lucas Wing, Pembroke Academy, Pembroke, NH *Rhys Schwan, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA

Vincent Xiao, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH *Ella Waigel, Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, KY

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 18 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MIXED CHOIR CONDUCTOR AND ACCOMPANIST

Frances Fonza is the Director of Worship and Arts at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland, and teaches at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree at the University of Missouri Columbia, and a Master of Music Education and a Doctorate in Music Education/ Choral Conducting at Florida State University.

Fonza taught choral music at the middle school and high school levels in Kentucky for several years. Additionally, Fonza served as Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Choral Activities at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Her responsibilities included teaching music education courses, aural skills, choral conducting, supervising music education interns, and directing the Wittenberg choirs. Choirs under her direction have participated in state, regional, and national music festivals. Fonza is an active singer, clinician, and adjudicator. A frequent guest conductor, she has conducted several honor, public school, and church choirs. Her research interests are community partnerships, healthy singing in gospel music, and tone-building strategies used in the choral classroom.

Fonza holds professional memberships in the National Association for Music Educators and the American Choral Directors Association.

FRANCES FONZA Conductor, Mixed Choir

Ms. Powell received her B.A. in Music Education from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and then spent a decade directing Junior and Senior High School bands in Michigan and Ohio. Since moving to Jackson, Tennessee in 2005, Lisa has invested in a variety of both musical and ministry opportunities. She served as the Staff Accompanist for Bethel University’s Music Department, as well as the Musical Director for Bethel’s Renaissance Theater Program from 2011 to 2019. She did collaborative piano work for the Music Department at the University of Tennessee in Martin in 2018 and 2019 as well. From 2005 to 2013, Lisa was involved in both the Children’s Ministry and the Youth Ministry at Northside Church, in Jackson, Tennessee.

Currently, Ms. Powell is the Director of Music and Student Ministries at Grace United Methodist Church in Jackson, Tennessee, where she has served since 2010. She is also the Band Director and History Teacher at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School in Jackson. Lisa accompanies numerous Junior High and High School choirs and musical theater productions in Jackson and has also served as an All Northwest Choir Accompanist since 2008. She has had the opportunity to be a TMEA All State Choir accompanist in 2011, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and is looking forward to the future, when these groups can resume with more traditional performances.

This is the first time Lisa has been a part of NAfME. She is looking forward to 2022, when she will serve as the accompanist for the National Honor Choir in San Diego and work with the esteemed conductor Frances Fonza Smith. LISA POWELL Accompanist, Mixed Choir Lisa resides in Jackson, Tennessee and is proud of her three kids Julia (23), Jesse (18), and Joanna (16).

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March 2021

Frances Fonza, Conductor Lisa Powell, Accompanist

Program

“Sanctus” Randall Johnson

“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” Moses Hogan

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SOPRANO 1 SOPRANO 2

Madeline Blandini, Oyster River High School, Durham, NH Liberty Ashe, Quakertown Community Senior High School, Quaker- town, PA Deja Breitfeller, Northampton Area High School, Northampton, PA *Elizabeth Bennett, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN *Julia Calvert, Fauquier High School, Warrenton, VA

Rachel Castillo, Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL *Dorothy , Portland High School, Portland, CT

Paulina Cevallos, Reading High School, Reading, PA Blythe Ditman, Valdez High School, Valdez, AK

*Szilvia Cimino, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT Isabel Dunlap, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT

*Tiana Clemons, Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head, MD *Sophie Dvorak, Shaker High School, Latham, NY

Cara Cooper, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN *Samantha Faber, Heights High School, Wichita, KS

Briana Crowder, Barren County High School, Glasgow, KY *MacKenzie Glasmann, Newton High School, Newton, KS Katie Delker, Soldotna High School, Soldotna, AK *Charlotte Greggs, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Amanda Erno, Sigonella High School, Catania, Sicily, Italy Creek, FL

Elianna Flower, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA Abby Hetherington, Houston High School, Collierville, TN

*Vicki Freedman, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL *Annie Hochberg, Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA

*Lianna Gonzalez, Fort Defiance High School, Fort Defiance, VA *Samyukta Iyer, Joseph Wheeler High School - Center for Advanced Studies, Marietta, GA *Lindsay Hebert, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY Stephanie Khasayan, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA Rebecca Korzelius, Longleaf School of the Arts, Raleigh, NC

Juno Kuszyk, La Canada High School, La Canada Flintridge, CA Melissa Maisey, Ridgevue High School, Nampa, ID

Kaylynn Langham, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie, TX Issabella Marchio, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, WA

Ellie LeBar, Free State High School, Lawrence, KS *Sadie Margolis, Kingswood Oxford School, West Hartford, CT

*Ellyn Lew, Summit High School, Breckenridge, CO Kathryn Miller, Tolland High School, Tolland, CT

Natalie Mastali, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, FL Kayla Outman, Arlington High School, Lagrangeville, NY

*Lauren Oh, Mount Pisgah Christian School, Johns Creek, GA *Natalie Policky, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Baylee Richardson, Perry High School, Massillon, OH Overland Park, KS

Ellie Schneider, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC Grace Randall, Warren Local High School, Vincent, OH

Amari Smith, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA *Lindsey Reilly, Saint Bernard School, Uncasville, CT

Sadie Storts, Central Crossing High School, Grove City, OH *Tori Ross, Selinsgrove Area High School, Selinsgrove, PA

Sofia Strandjord, St. Helens High School, St. Helens, OR Aditi Shukla, Buchholz High School, Gainesville, FL

Morgan von Hentschel, Moriarty High School, Moriarty, NM Chelsea Suba, Starpoint High School, Lockport, NY

Chloe Swadley, Aurora High School, Aurora, MO

Katarina Thompson, McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, GA

Taryn Turner, South Burlington High School, South Burlington, VT

*Tori Turner, O'Fallon Township High School, O'Fallon, IL

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the *Sariah Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ Tri-M® Music Honor Society Bella Wood, Arkansas City High School, Arkansas City, KS

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ALTO 1 ALTO 2

*Savannah Bensing, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL *Shy'Kira Allen, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN *Emily Bial, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS Hannah Beason, Carlsbad Early College High School, Carlsbad, NM El Bloom, , Raleigh, NC Linden Biskup, Alma Public Schools, Alma, NE Rachel Bohannon, Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, VA Mariae Broome, Sandusky High School, Sandusky, OH Brianna Callahan, Pilgrim High School, Warwick, RI Jaelyn Burch, East High School, Cheyenne, WY Indigo Clark, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, WA *Paige Bush, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN Emily Danczyk, York Catholic High School, York, PA Alexa Calegari, Valley Regional High School, Deep River, CT Hallie Dickerson, Carlsbad Early College High School, Carlsbad, NM Bethany Correll, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover, MA Claire Dignazio, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE Madi Crawford, Highland High School, Highland, IL Rebecca Drake, E. O. Smith High School, Storrs, CT Maddie Curtis, Ridgevue High School, Nampa, ID Gretha Fergus, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, PA Kaytlyn Eagleton, Inola High School, Inola, OK *Katie Fletcher, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL Emma French, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, KY Sadie Fridley, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY Cynthia Gao, Newport High School, Bellevue, WA Louisa Gundeck, Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, NY *Tajah Garrett, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, FL *Madison Hunter, Corinth Holders High School, Wendell, NC Lily Goren, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT Emma Jurski, Sylvania Northview High School, Sylvania, OH Kylee Kee, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN *Madison King, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL Lauren Kuncio, West Middlesex Jr./Sr. High School, West Middlesex, PA Emily Latten, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA Samantha Melquist, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, ME *Zora Muhammad, Martinsburg High School, Martinsburg, WV *Leah Monteleone, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA Jaidyn Newton, Byron High School, Byron, IL Ema Nakayama, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD Adharsha Ramesh, Westford Academy, Westford, MA Delaney Ocock, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL Katherine Sullivan, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA Isabella Olzak, Sylvania Northview High School, Sylvania, OH De'Nasia Thomas, Ware County High School, Waycross, GA Alayna Parvin, Lansing High School, Lansing, KS Lanee Turner, Calvary Academy, Lakeland, FL Ariel Radinovic, South Fayette High School, McDonald, PA *Akshitha Viswanathan, Farmington High School, Farmington, CT Jazzmyne Roberson, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa, FL Yufan Wang, The Gunnery, Washington, CT Teagan Serink, Damonte Ranch High School, Reno, NV *Elisabeth Williams, Farmington High School, Farmington, CT *Ana Victoria Serna, Mineola High School, Garden City Park, NY *Abby Wilson, Indian River High School, Dagsboro, DE Lupe Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ Emily Woelke, Houston High School, Germantown, TN Deborah Weber, William J. Pete Knight High School, Palmdale, CA Ashley Yuen, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA *Hayley Whitsett, Shaker High School, Latham, NY

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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TENOR 1 TENOR 2

Garrett Abel, Fort Gibson High School, Fort Gibson, OK Sebastian Alfreds, Greely High School, Cumberland, ME *Caleb Auldridge, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, Hagerstown, MD Benjamin Brown, Upper Dublin High School, Fort Washington, PA Xander Baker, Waverly High School, Waverly, NE Riley Brown, Pulaski High School, Pulaski, WI *Andrew Bova, Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY *Joshua Egnatuk, Eastwood High School, Pemberville, OH Ty Brennan, Grafton High School, Grafton, WI Connor Fertig, East High School, Cheyenne, WY Michael Bromley, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA Steven Fontana, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY Jacob Busch, Burlington High School, Burlington, WI *Aidan Fraser, Central York High School, York, PA Ryan Coleman, Valley View High School, Archbald, PA Matthew Gilbert, Greely High School, Cumberland, ME Adam Duffy, Meadville Area Senior High School, Meadville, PA *Edwin Gregory, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT *Devin Embrich, William T. Dwyer High School, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Liam Hamm, McClintock High School, Tempe, AZ *Adrian Escalona, Blairsville High School, Blairsville, PA *Jeremy Hardjono, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OH Charles Fassl, Bangor Area High School, Bangor, PA *Luca Iallonardi, Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge, NY Peyton Gaida, Cambria Heights Senior High School, Glendale, PA Xavier Jameson, Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson, KS *Francisco Gomez, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School, Wesley Lane, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA Fort Lauderdale, FL Brody Melton, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN Roberto Guevara, Reading High School, Reading, PA Alex Mortier, Seneca Valley High School, Harmony, PA Garrett Heady, Germantown High School, Germantown, TN Jack Norman, Carmel High School, Carmel, CA Ruby Holland, Canyon High School, Santa Clarita, CA Paurush Pandey, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA Benjamin Jaffer, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA Braden Perry, Anderson High School, Cincinnati, OH Samuel Lyczkowski, Concord Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA Sam Pineda, Omaha South High School, Omaha, NE *Michael Masciola, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OH Andy Rogers, Bardstown High School, Bardstown, KY Gerard McCrohan, Fayeteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY *Ishan Saha, Rock Ridge High School, Ashburn, VA Andrew Neubauer, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT Ronak Saluja, Boston Latin School, Boston, MA *Adrian Otero, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, NY *Zachary Short, Marion Center High School, Marion Center, PA Andre Pamplona da Silva, Del Norte High School, Crescent City, CA Daniel Teeter, Athens Area High School, Athens, PA Andrew Pletsch, St. Helens High School, St. Helens, OR Benjamin Twitchell, Greenfield High School, Greenfield, IL Ashton Rapp, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS *Liahona Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ John Raskopf, Darien High School, Darien, CT Baihan Zhang, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT Logan Sandefur, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA Andrew Sutherland, The Gunnery, Washington, CT Tyler Thieman, Malcolm Public Schools, Malcolm, NE Regina Troyer, Maplewood Jr./Sr. High School, Guys Mills, PA

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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BASS 1 BASS 2

Charles Adorney, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT *Brycen Addison, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT *Jeremy Berkun, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL *Xavier Bates, ELCO High School, Myerstown, PA Ethan Bunch, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC Benjamin Bradley, Natick High School, Natick, MA Robert Cope-Powell, Ketchikan High School, Ketchikan, AK Sam Brock, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT *Dylan Cranston, Trumbull High School, Trumbull, CT Owen Davis, Dover Area High School, Dover, PA *Enzo Cupani, Garden City High School, Garden City, NY Justinian Ding, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT Ryan DiCicco, Bremerton High School, Bremerton, WA James Downs, Damonte Ranch High School, Reno, NV *Lleyton Elliott, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL Nicholas Freeman, Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, ME Zachary Evans, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA Blake Grundy, Carbon High School, Price, UT Owen Ferguson, North Andover High School, North Andover, MA Owen Hershberger, Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA *Alexander Franklin, Westford Academy, Westford, MA *Matthew Huang, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT *Adam Garrity, East Ridge High School, Woodbury, MN *Dylan Huffman, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA Henry Herbert, Holy Cross School, New Orleans, LA Mo Jansson, Greece Athena High School, Rochester, NY Caleb Howard, Meade High School, Meade, KS Trenton LaPoint, Sanford School, Hockessin, DE Shane Landis, Sayre School, Lexington, KY Skyler McCoy, Mark Morris High School, Longview, WA Grayson McCullough, Clinton High School, Clinton, OK *Jackson McGovern, Downingtown East High School, Exton, PA Jonathan Menzel, Inola High School, Inola, OK *Garrick Neuner, Valley Stream North High School, Franklin Square, NY Ryan Murray, Thornton Academy, Saco, ME Francisco Oh, Shaker High School, Latham, NY Max O'Reilly, Park City High School, Park City, UT Saadhan Pittala, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA Nicholas Quintana, Appoquinimink High School, Middletown, DE Jo Ray, Pryor High School, Pryor, OK Jacob Rademacher, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, RI Austin Reinke, Lincoln Pius X Catholic High School, Lincoln, NE Nathan Sedlmeier, Woodmore High School, Elmore, OH Joshua Schultz, Greece Athena High School, Rochester, NY Wally Stenson, San Diego Children's Choir, San Diego, CA Kellen Smith, General McLane High School, Edinboro, PA *Gavin Tarling, South Portland High School, South Portland, ME *Peter Stauffer, Downingtown High School East Campus, Exton, PA Suraj Vaddi, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Tyler Stewart, Bandys High School, Catawba, NC Technology, Alexandria, VA Mateo Vargas, William G. Enloe Magnet High School, Fuquay Varina, NC *Carick Veale, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, AZ Grady Whelan, Vivace Youth Chorus, San Jose, CA *Aidan Veghte, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL *Hollis Wilkins, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS Timmy Wilcox, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL Cole Zimmerman, University High School, Normal, IL Haotian Yu, Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA Benjamin Zimpfer, New Bremen High School, New Bremen, OH

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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In over three decades as a music educator, Todd Stoll has taught young musicians at every level, from elementary school through college. His impact on public music education can be seen in his legacy at central Ohio’s Westerville City Schools where he served for 18 years as music teacher and for 10 years as music curriculum coordinator. He has also served as Ohio’s president of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the inaugural Chair of Jazz Events for the Ohio Music Education Association. His curriculum work has been implemented at public schools across Ohio and beyond, bringing jazz education to students who otherwise might not have received it.

An experienced performer, Duke Ellington expert, and jazz advocate, Stoll founded the Columbus Jazz Youth Orchestra (CJYO) in 1991 to give young people the chance to cultivate a love of jazz through performance. He served as the director until 2011. Under his direction, the CJYO released six CDs, participated in the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and toured Europe and South America. His students have achieved successes that have taken them to the Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, and the New York Philharmonic.

In 2011, Stoll became the Vice President of Education at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in New York City, which continues to afford him the opportunity to bring jazz education programs to thousands of people of all ages and socioeconomic levels. Since he joined the organization, JALC has produced more than 10,000 education events in the US and around the world. The innovative Essentially Ellington high TODD STOLL school jazz band program has expanded during his tenure, providing nearly 200,000 Conductor, Jazz Ensemble free scores to 4,000 high schools in all 50 states and 46 countries, reaching more than 500,000 students.

Stoll holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Miami University. He currently serves on the boards of the Jazz Education Network where he is President; the New York City chapter of Most Valuable Kids; and the National Association for Music Education Policy Roundtable.

Terell Stafford, acclaimed trumpet player based in New York, has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player: He combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well-defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads.

Since the mid-1990s, Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, the Kenny Barron Quintet, Frank Wess Quintet, Jimmy Heath Quintet and Big Band, Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Alumni Band. Stafford, with the Hamilton-Clayton Jazz Orchestra, performed on ’s GRAMMY nominated From this Moment On (2006). invited Stafford to perform with Quintet and Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Stafford is a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and they were awarded a GRAMMY in 2009 for Best Large Ensemble, Live at the Village Vanguard. Stafford can be heard on more than 130 albums, including his own BrotherLee Love, Celebrating Lee Morgan, which received a 47th Annual NAACP Image Award nomination. His most recent album, Family Feeling, is a BCM&D release.

Stafford is the Director of Jazz Studies and Chair of Instrumental Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founder and band leader of the Terell Stafford Quintet, and Managing and Artistic Director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia. Stafford is renowned in the jazz world as an educator, performer, and leader and has received countless award nominations and accolades. TERELL STAFFORD Guest Soloist, Jazz Ensemble Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in , Illinois, and Silver Spring, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Maryland in 1988 and a Master of Music from in 1993.

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March 2021

Sponsored by: Jazz at Lincoln Center

Todd Stoll, Conductor Terell Stafford, Guest Soloist

Program

“Who, Me?” (1958) Frank Foster

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ALTO SAXOPHONE

*Keegan Kaiser, Olathe Northwest High School, Olathe, KS Veronica Stimpfling, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Maxwell Barnes, Redhook High School, Redhook, NY Connor Munroe, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL

BARI-SAXOPHONE

*Zachary Spondike, Shaler Area High School, Glenshaw, PA

TRUMPET

Christopher Goldwire, Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL Samantha Obara, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DE Keller Remington, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV *Rockwell Valentine, The Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, CT Brannon Wiltshire, Jefferson High School, Shenandoah Junction, WV

TROMBONE

Braxton Hart, Memphis University School, Memphis, TN *Tyler Kinsky, Westborough High School, Westborough, MA *Eli Lockhart, Blue Valley West High School, Overland Park, KS *Ben Rosen, Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, CA

DRUMS

Ani Perez-Brennan, Wheeling High School, Wheeling, IL

GUITAR

Anya Owens, Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL

BASS

Laura-Simone Martin, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, NJ

PIANO

*Marvin Koonce, , Cary, NC

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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Nobuyoshi Yasuda was appointed as Orchestra Director at the University of Wisconsin– Eau Claire in 1991, Music Director of the Chippewa Valley Symphony in 1993. He guest conducted orchestras such as the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, La Crosse Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. With the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, he has participated in the educational outreach project, “Arts across Minnesota” granted by the Minnesota State Arts Board, to have residency in a high school; he led a “side-by-side rehearsal” and gave a concert. Yasuda made his international conducting debut in Germany with Das Philharmonie Orchester des NDR–Hannover in May 2003. And in March 2004, he made his Japanese debut with the Osaka Philharmonic.

He has served as Acting Assistant Conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra and was Associate Conductor of the Grand Teton Music Festival. His performance of Milhaud’s Création du monde at the festival was broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today in July 2001.

Yasuda’s contagious enthusiasm and dedication to education has made him an icon of music in Eau Claire and surrounding communities. His expertise and joyful approach to music that enable him to work successfully with the musicians of the Chippewa Valley Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has allowed him to reach out to aspiring young musicians as well. He leads master classes and guest-conducts middle and high school orchestras and bands, as well as serves as a speaker at inspirational “career days” for young adults throughout the upper Midwest.

NOBUYOSHI YASUDA His reputation as an inspiring teacher and a conductor has led him to be invited as a Conductor, Symphony Orchestra conductor of the Wisconsin High School State Honors Orchestra, the Illinois All State High School Orchestra, the Alaska All State High School Orchestra, North Dakota All State High School Orchestra, and the Minnesota Middle Level State Honors Orchestra.

A native of Takarazuka, Japan, Yasuda’s music studies began on the violin at the age of three. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Soai University in Japan and a Master of Music from Indiana University, Bloomington. Yasuda has been an active violin soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Japan. His interest in conducting was sparked by his desire to find new ways to share his passion for music with people.

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March 2021

Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Conductor

Program

Pini di Roma Ottorino Respighi

William Tell Overture: Finale Gioachino Rossini

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FLUTE 1 FRENCH HORN 2

*Ivy Lee, Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA Grace Barrett, T.R. Robinson High School, Tampa, FL Grace Samaha, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, PA Lea Helsel, Avonworth High School, Pittsburgh, PA

FLUTE 2 FRENCH HORN 3

Beneditto Caroccio, Bakersfield Christian High School, Bakersfield, CA Clara Conatser, St. Martin's Episcopal School, Metairie, LA Ruth Pearson, Soldotna High School, Soldotna, AK Christopher Relyea, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, RI

OBOE 1 FRENCH HORN 4

Payton Brown, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, FL Robert Ellis, Vision Charter School, Caldwell, ID Anna Lower, Gahanna Lincoln High School, Columbus, OH Jacob Lucas, Smoky Valley High School, Lindsborg, KS

TRUMPET 1 OBOE 2 Dasara Beta, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, OH Julia Fung, Bothell High School, Bothell, WA Nicolas Weaver, De Soto High School, De Soto, KS Elijah Huttman, Hall-Dale High School, Farmingdale, ME

TRUMPET 2 CLARINET 1 *Emma Barrett, Robinson High School, Tampa, FL *Samantha Kopec, Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs, FL Evan Golden, Bellevue School of Performing Arts, Cordova, TN *Megan Talikoff, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC

TRUMPET 3 CLARINET 2 Kaylin Gates, Deer Creek High School, Edmond, OK *Adalaide Graham, D'Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School, Denver, CO *Benicio Gutierrez, Saint Pius X High School, Albuquerque, NM Kevin Jin, Mill Creek High School, Hoschton, GA

TROMBONE 1 BASSOON 1 Connor Jones, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS *Brian Fadel, American Heritage School, Plantation, FL *Evan Villani, , Cary, NC Lawrence Wu, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA

TROMBONE 2 BASSOON 2 Thor Reimann, Eastview High School, Apple Valley, MN Adelaide Braunhill, Natick High School, Natick, MA Madelyn Stoklosa, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI *Samantha Civil, Oceanside High School, Oceanside, NY

TROMBONE 3 FRENCH HORN 1 *Mateo Buitrago, Sickles High School, Tampa, FL Gabrielle Michael, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn, IL Ryan Whitson, Poway High School, Poway, CA Hannah Schubring, Starpoint High School, Lockport, NY

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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TUBA *Sunny Lee, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL Emma Maconaughey, George Washington High School, Charleston, WV *Giles Askim, Williston High School, Williston, ND *Ellie Park, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA Callie Widi, Pulaski High School, Pulaski, WI Eshan Parkash, McLean High School, McLean, VA Fiona Petrie, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, MN Lila Schweinfurth, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, OR PERCUSSION Isabella Syverson, Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland, WA Daniel Knipscher, Vestal High School, Vestal, NY Bowen Ying, Lower Merion High School, Wynnewood, PA *Jackson Kowalczyk, Canon McMillan High School, Canonsburg, PA Gracie Zhang, Laramie High School, Laramie, WY Amilyah Robinson, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, FL VIOLA

TIMPANI Sidney Barbier, Steamboat Mountain School, Steamboat Springs, CO Sophia Best, Houston High School, Germantown, TN Nate Mathew, James B. Conant High School, Schaumburg, IL *Justin Chen, Newport High School, Bellevue, WA Tony Chen, Perrysburg High School, Perrysburg, OH *John Crowley, Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NY Matthew Dahlke, Kearney High School, Kearney, NE PIANO *Alexander Diaz, Amityville Memorial High School, Amityville, NY *Dorothy Junginger, Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA *Stana Choi, Columbus High School, Columbus, GA Ryan Kuang, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, KS *Seungha Lee, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC Andrew Mangini, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, Coeur d'Alene, ID HARP *Patrick McGovern, Masuk High School, Monroe, CT Juyoung Moon, Portola High School, Irvine, CA *Josephine Davis, Benjamin Logan High School, Bellefontaine, OH *Katherine Stenner, Clover Hill High School, Midlothian, VA *Selina Wang, Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, TN Shirley Wang, Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZ Ian Woodrich, Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School, Cocoa, FL VIOLIN 1 Cecilia Wright, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, PA

Jae Min Ahn, Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA CELLO Kenneth Chen, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA *Kevin Chen, Norcross High School, Peachtree Corners, GA Ricky Chen, Whitney M. Young High School, Chicago, IL Jimmy Cai, Concord Academy, Concord, MA *Jay Gopal, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, FL Derrick Cha, Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, OR Jonathan Jesalva, Enloe High School, Cary, NC *Anya Chan, Radnor High School, Wayne, PA Jason Kang, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NY *Samuel Cho, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD Brandon Kim, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO Tyler Gemmell, Mill Creek High School, Hoschton, GA Ella Kim, Weston High School, Weston, MA Grace Gibson-Snyder, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT Sara Lee, Northview High School, Sylvania, OH *Nathaniel Hagan, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC *Sophia Liu, Cary Academy, Cary, NC *Prem Jain, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ Emma Lo, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA Irene Lee, Northwood High School, Irvine, CA Elizabeth Milan, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL *Natalie Van Winkle, Gateway Science Academy, St. Louis, MO Evan Schuman, Mayo High School, Rochester, MN *Sean Yoshihara, James B. Conant High School, Hoffman Estates, IL *Aleksi Zaretsky, Nyack High School, Nyack, NY *Ethan Young, Eastport South Manor Jr./Sr. High School, Manorville, *Eric Zhao, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA NY *Kelly Zhou, Briar Woods High School, Ashburn, VA DOUBLE BASS VIOLIN 2 Alexio Ciorra, Riverview High School, Oakmont, PA Isabelle-Marie Anis, William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT Luke Darney, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC James Chen, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, KY *Gisel Dominguez, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL Eileen Chen, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SC Anjali Gahlaut, White Station High School, Memphis, TN Clare Chi, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DE *Colby Heimburger, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MO Melody Choi, Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CA Joshua Liu, University High School, Fresno, CA Alastair Deng, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA *Aidan Lobenstein, Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge, NY Ella Golden, Bellevue School of Performing Arts, Cordova, TN *Baily Palmer, Osceola County School for the Arts, Kissimmee, FL Benjamin Jacobsen, East High School, Lincoln, NE Andrew Vinther, Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, Ethan Jiang, Dublin Jerome High School, Dublin, OH WA

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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Rodney Dorsey is Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; a position he has held since the fall of 2018. Dorsey is the conductor of the internationally recognized Indiana Wind Ensemble and guides all aspects of the graduate wind conducting program. Past positions have included Director of Bands at the University of Oregon, Associate Director of Bands at the University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Music at DePaul University, and Director of Athletic Bands at ’s Bienen School of Music. Dorsey also taught public school for eight years in Florida and Georgia.

Ensembles under Dorsey’s direction have performed at state and national events including the College Band Directors National Conference North/Northwest Regional Conference and the Music for All National Festival. He is an active guest conductor having led intercollegiate, all-state, and regional honors bands around the country. International engagements include Hungary, Canada and Bulgaria.

An active advocate for the composition of new wind repertoire, Dorsey has been involved in a number of commissioning projects that include the following composers; Andrea Reinkemeyer, Steven Mackey, D. J. Sparr, Anthony Barfield, Stacy Garrop, Andrew Rindfleisch, and John Mackey.

Dorsey has also presented clinic sessions at national and state conferences that include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, College Music Society, and the Midwest Clinic. He has also presented at numerous state music conferences around the United States. RODNEY DORSEY Conductor, Concert Band Dorsey’s professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Indiana Bandmasters Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma (honorary), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

His commitment to the music community has been demonstrated by his participation on boards of directors for the Midwest Clinic and Music for All. He is also an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. His lifelong commitment to teaching saw him recognized as a Yamaha Master Educator.

A native of Gainesville, FL. Rodney Dorsey is a graduate of Florida State University and Northwestern University in Evanston. He studied conducting with James Croft, John Paynter, and Mallory Thompson and clarinet with Fred Ormand and Frank Kowalsky.

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Rodney Dorsey, Conductor

Program

“Galop” Dmitri Shostakovich

“Anahita” Roshanne Etezady

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PICCOLO CLARINET 3

Luke Aliga, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn, IL Clara Chen, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT *Brady Cloyd, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, OH Yukina Higashi, Fremont High School, Fremont, NE Isabella Jiang, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT FLUTE 1 Brandon Li, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL Joey Wang, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, PA *Hylton Baker, Central Davidson High School, Lexington, NC Kathy Zhong, Pickerington North High School, Pickerington, OH Sophia Burhart, Centennial High School, Boise, ID Griffin Light, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM Audrey Yang, Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ BASS CLARINET

Aditi Chandrashekar, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and FLUTE 2 Technology, Alexandria, VA *Ethan Huang, Troy High School, Fullerton, CA Phoebe Chen, Upper Saint Clair High School, Pittsburgh, PA Eric Park, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GA *Isabella Lolus, American Heritage School, Plantation, FL Anna Roodnitsky, Waukee High School, West Des Moines, IA Sydney Marker, Henley High School, Klamath Falls, OR *Audrey Stenger, Rosemount High School, Rosemount, MN *Yue Zhong, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, VA BB CONTRABASS CLARINET

*Logan Mazer, Newfield High School, Selden, NY OBOE 1 Trevor Meyer, Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School, Merritt Island, FL

*Abigail Lee, Parsippany Hills High School, Morris Plains, NJ Alexis Wilson, Crestwood High School, Mantua, OH BASSOON 1

Hayden Britsch, Scott County High School, Georgetown, KY OBOE 2 *Skye Sisco, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

Nathan Foo, West Shore Jr./Sr. High School, Melbourne, FL *Madeleine Kropp, Bow High School, Bow, NH BASSOON 2

Delia Harms, Massabesic High School, Waterboro, ME CLARINET 1 *Catherine Kim, Jericho High School, Jericho, NY *Lizzie Sylves, Seneca Valley High School, Harmony, PA *Dylan Addonizio, DeLand High School, DeLand, FL Lawrence Chen, Northwood High School, Irvine, CA Sarah Cho, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, RI *Kenny Kim, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY CONTRABASSOON *Yiyun Li, Towson High School, Towson, MD Alan Sun, Conway High School, Conway, AR *Kasey Park, Lambert High School, Suwanee, GA

CLARINET 2 ALTO-SAXOPHONE 1

*Pema Childs, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO Ryan Clever, Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, GA Jonas Du, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA Darryl Leung, Mountain Ridge High School, Glendale, AZ Eric Kim, Sunset High School, Portland, OR *Irene Son, Belmont High School, Belmont, MA Aiden Sussner, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN *George Xue, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, KS ALTO-SAXOPHONE 2 Daniel Zeng, Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren, NJ Anthony Basselini, Washingtonville High School, Washingtonville, NY Daniel Gliksberg, Boston University Academy, Boston, MA

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TENOR SAXOPHONE TRUMPET 3

*Colin Fogerty, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OH Hayden Addington, Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN Hunter Gibbs, Billings West High School, Billings, MT *Tanner Deyo, State College Area High School, State College, PA Swaroop Pujari, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Hts, NY Jeremiah Gross, Faith Baptist School, Fredericksburg, VA *Xavier Hackenberg, Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha, NE Nick Schnitzspahn, Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH BARI-SAXOPHONE

Ben Curry, Northwest Rankin High School, Flowood, MS TROMBONE 1 Cayley Mead, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge Island, WA Evan Beachy, Northern Garrett High School, Accident, MD Aaron Cook, Oldham County High School, LaGrange, KY Preston Fonseca, Floyd Central High School, Floyds Knobs, IN FRENCH HORN 1 Aidan Fuller, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, FL

Jocelyn Hao, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD *Daniel Jansen, Aspen High School, Aspen, CO *Mary Leskowicz, State College Area High School, State College, PA TROMBONE 2

Amruth Niranjan, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT Peter van der Bijl, The Shepherd's Horn, Collierville, TN FRENCH HORN 2 *Derek Yao, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC *Joshua Zhang, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA Aliceyn Covington, Union County High School, Blairsville, GA Tyler Perkins, University High School, Fresno, CA *Danica Tuohy, Yorkville High School, Yorkville, IL TROMBONE 3

Skylar McDavid, Bothell High School, Bothell, WA FRENCH HORN 3 *Jonathan Shin, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA Andrew Simmons, Teton High School, Driggs, ID Amelia Caruk, William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CT Carson Duckworth, David Crockett High School, Jonesborough, TN Christian León, Manassas Park High School, Manassas Park, VA BASS TROMBONE

FRENCH HORN 4 Logan Hopper, Harrison School for the Arts, Lakeland, FL

Abigail Konopik, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO Iain Riordan, Enterprise High School, Enterprise, AL EUPHONIUM *Chandler Rosenzweig, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, NY *Anthony Dockett III, New Bern High School, New Bern, NC *Augustus Fadden, Indian River High School, Dagsboro, DE Marvin Larweh, Elkhorn South High School, Omaha, NE TRUMPET 1 *John Liu, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NY Erin Miyahara, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA Zachary Hommel, Cornwall Central High School, Cornwall, NY Videesha Mohan, Woodward Academy, Johns Creek, GA Christopher Petrella, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Jacob Olinger, Edina High School, Edina, MN Park, KS *Yoshiki Shimokawa, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA Oliver Zhang, Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, KS

TRUMPET 2

Zakary Bonham, Corinth Holders High School, Wendell, NC Sam Greetis, Glenbard East High School, Lombard, IL Michael Jagiello, Forest High School, Ocala, FL Paul Kwak, Buford High School, Buford, GA Ryan Yu, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ *NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society

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TUBA

Colby Batchelor, Sparkman High School, Harvest, AL Jared Brandt, Watkins Memorial High School, Pataskala, OH James Knight, Waynesville High School, Waynesville, MO Isaac Nazelrodt, Petersburg High School, Petersburg, WV Haley Pauzus, Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MI Zachary Solano, Roxbury High School, Succasunna, NJ Jennifer Yulfo, Delaware Valley High School, Milford, PA

PERCUSSION

Alexander Gamboa, McLean High School, McLean, VA *Matthew Greer, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, KS Gabriel Iadeluca, McDowell High School, Erie, PA Enoch Lai, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO Irene Lin, Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA *Christian Weimer, Denmark High School, Alpharetta, GA

DOUBLE BASS

*Athina Padilla, Tucson High Magnet School, Tucson, AZ Colyn Traini, Grove City High School Orchestra, Grove City, OH

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