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We’re so pleased to welcome you back to the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto for our 23rd Annual Provincial Band Festival! There are not enough words to say “thank you” to our sponsors – without you we would never have survived and thrived for over two decades! And we must add special acknowledgement to the OBA’s Patron sponsor – Yamaha Music Canada.

Likewise, a huge shout-out to Steven Fishman and the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto – thank you for your continuing support and co-operation in creating a fantastic home for our Festival.

We’d like to take this opportunity to (re-)introduce the Festival Committee to you: Jessica Puskar (Festival Co-ordinator and Performance Hall Manager), Pratik Gandhi (Syllabus Guru and Performance Hall Manager), Laura Houghton (Student Volunteer Manager), Mark Caswell (Festival Advisor and Chief Errand Runner), Angela Tran (Festival Treasurer), Heather Aitken (all things admin), and Natalie Carroll (Digital Programme Designer).

While we handle the logistical responsibilities of the Festival, we can’t do it without the dedicated teachers who personally help recruit the teams of student volunteers who act as Festival ambassadors, guides, equipment movers, salespeople, and so much more. A big “thank you” to Andria Kilbride, Jeff Wrigglesworth, Cameron Rawlins, Beth Facchini, Graham Church, and Stuart Siu for encouraging your musicians to be a part of something pretty awesome.

Our 23rd Annual Directors’ Social will be sponsored by Long & McQuade, in partnership with Yamaha Canada, to ensure that we can meet as colleagues and friends on Friday, February 14th, 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm). We are looking forward to seeing you all there and catching up with everyone’s news – it’s been too long!

We have all worked hard to get to this week, and we look forward to being embraced by your musicians’ enthusiasm and beautiful music.

Have a great Festival, everyone.

Best Wishes, Your OBA Provincial Band Festival Committee

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ANNUAL DIRECTORS’ SOCIAL February 14th | 6:30PM The Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto 5183 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough, M1B 5Z5

The Ontario Band Association, with the support of Long & McQuade and Yamaha Canada, is proud to invite you to the Annual Directors’ Social on Friday, February 14th! This invitation is extended to all current members of the Ontario Band Association, Festival participants (adults), as well as adjudicators and Provincial Band Festival sponsors.

We will be celebrating the successful completion of our 23rd Annual Provincial Band Festival and presenting the Festival Awards and Scholarships.

The evening will also include complimentary appetizers and bar, great music, a special presentation, and the keynote address by Dr. Shelley Axelson.

Doors open at 6:30pm Please, we invite you to bring a guest.

Our goal for the Directors’ Social is to provide a venue and atmosphere to celebrate our passion for education and our love of music. It is one of only a few opportunities that we music educators have to socialize during the academic year, and of course, there is as always a lot of catching up to do!

I look forward to seeing you at the Social.

Best wishes, Jessica Puskar Festival Co-ordinator

Open to ALL CURRENT members of the OBA! Participation in the Festival is not required.

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Dr. Shelley Axelson

Interim Director of Bands Radford University, Virginia

Dr. Shelley Axelson is the newly-appointed interim Director of Bands at Radford University in Virginia. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Assistant Director of Bands at Montclair State University in New Jersey for 12 years. Her duties included conducting the Symphonic Band and teaching courses in conducting, instrumental methods, and music education. She also served as an academic advisor, faculty advisor for Sigma Alpha Iota, and created a Campus Band and Pep Band so students majoring in a subject other than music would have an opportunity to continue their musical education and experiences.

Dr. Axelson earned her undergraduate degree in music education from the University of South Florida, and continued her training by earning a Master of Music degree in Conducting at the University of Michigan. After earning her Doctorate in Conducting with Mallory Thompson at Northwestern University, Dr.Axelson was appointed Director of Bands at Central College in Pella, Iowa. After three years in Iowa, she relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana to become the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Indianapolis. In 2009, she joined the faculty of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

Dr. Axelson is a highly sought-after conductor, clinician, presenter, and adjudicator for professional development events, band festivals, honour bands, and conferences throughout the United States and Canada. Dr. Axelson is a proud member of the College Music Society, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, and Sigma Alpha Iota.

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

8:50AM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 10 Symphonic Band Director: Sarah Fabbro

• Tricycle

B300

9:10AM

Havergal College Concert Winds Director: Jenny Hwang

• Ammerland

B300

9:30AM

Father Bressani CHS Senior Symphonic Band Director: Antoine Buttigieg

• Fate of the Gods

B300

9:50AM

St. Michael’s College Grade 9 Advanced Band Director: Amy McLennan

• Dorian Dreamscape

B100

10:05AM

Pickering College Grade 8 Concert Band Director: Jessica Puskar

• Champions Rising

B100

10:20AM

Trinity College School Tottenham Band Director: Emma Crawford

• Dance Slav

B100

10:35AM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Toby Hindel

• Zenith

B200

10:50AM

Markham District HS Concert Band Director: Stuart Siu

• Southampton March

B200

• Silent Stands the Elm • Three Folk Miniatures

• Ammerland

• March of the Majestics • A Canadian Ballad

• Ready to Fly

• Loki, Evil Trickster of Asgard

• Celtic Air & Dance

11:20AM

CATCH-UP BREAK

11:25AM

Father Bressani CHS Junior Symphonic Band Director: Antoine Buttigeig

• The Water is Wide

B100

11:40AM

Havergal College Symphonic Band Director: Sara Spigott

• A Zillion Nickels

B400

• Whirling Novas

• Four Dance Episodes

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

12:00PM

St. Michael’s College Grade 10 Band Director: Amy McLennan

• Chasing Sunlight

B300

Willowdale MS Wind Ensemble Director: Troy Jones

• Innovation

B200

12:35PM

Trinity College School Trinity Winds Director: David Ioannou

• Joy

B200

12:50PM

Kingsway College Concert Band Director: Andrew Brown

• Sure on this Shining Night

B300

Ajax HS Concert Band Director: Jennifer Cresswell

• Loki, Evil Trickster of Asgard

B200

1:25PM

The Wilson Winds (Donald A. Wilson SS) Director: Michael Peddle

• Cloud Dancing

B200

1:40PM

Marshall McLuhan CSS Intermediate Concert Band Director: Eric Mertinz

• Aggressivo

B200

1:55PM

Lauremont Upper School Band Director: Roger Marles

• Libertango

B200

2:10PM

CATCH-UP BREAK

2:15PM

St. Michael’s College School Senior Concert Band Director: Jamie Oatt

• LOL

B400

12:20PM

1:10PM

• Inspiration Fanfare • After the Rain • Allegory • Circles

• A Sailor’s Tale

• Western Fair

• The Lost Temple

• Greenwillow Portrait • A Song of Hope

• Prairiesong

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

2:35PM

Nantry Shores SS Triton Music Senior Band Director: Danny Vaz

• Where Mountains Touch the Sky

B200

2:50PM

Marshall McLuhan CSS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Nina Hollington

• The Intrepid

B100

3:05PM

Willowdale MS Festival Winds Director: Troy Jones

• The Meeting Place

B300

Humberside CI Wind Ensemble Director: Karen Kress

• Encanto

B300

3:45PM

Lauremont Middle School Band Director: Jaekwan Jung

• Crusade

B100

4:00PM

Nantyr Shores SS Triton Music Junior Band Director: Danny Vaz

• Affirmation

B100

4:15PM

Marshall McLuhan CSS Concert Winds Director: Subrina Sookram

• Dusk

B400

4:35PM

Malvern CI Senior Concert Band Director: Mike Falla

• Three Folk Miniatures

B300

4:55PM

Guelph CVI Senior Symphonic Band Director: Dan Austen

• Moscow, 1941

B200

5:10PM

DINNER BREAK

3:25PM

• Skyward

• …at twilight

• Burn After Reading • Chasing Sunlight • Foiled Again!

• A Song for Friends • After the Rain

• Rescue

• Boreal Pines

• Hush

MONDAY FEBRUARY 10TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

5:45PM

Marshall McLuhan CSS Senior Concert Band Director: Nina Hollington

• Falcon Lake Overture

B300

Bill Hogarth SS Intermediate Concert Band Director: Miguel Malaco

• Kingdom of the Sun & Moon

B300

6:25PM

Malvern CI Junior Concert Band Director: Laura Norris

• Guardians

B100

6:40PM

North Toronto CI Concert Band Director: Leonidas Varahidis

• Ancient Voices

B200

6:55PM

Senator O’Connor Concert Band Director: Stephen Griffiths

• Ammerland

B200

7:30PM

St. Elizabeth CHS RAP Concert Band Director: Brendan Coutinho

• Forever Holding Close the Memories

B300

Guelph CVI Junior Symphonic Band Director: Dan Austin

• Starsplitter Fanfare

B100

8:05PM

Bill Hogarth SS Senior Concert Band Director: Steffan Brunette

• Amazing Grace

B400

8:25PM

TYWO Concert Winds Director: Jessica Puskar

• There Will Come Soft Rains

B200

6:05PM

7:50PM

• On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss

• Themes from First Suite in E-flat • Newfoundland Folk Song • Newfoundland Folk Song

• Great Locomotive Chase

• Where the Black Hawk Soars

• Ready to Fly • Lament and Jig for Mickey

• Tripwire

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TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

8:15AM

Unionville HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Niloufar Barazesh

• The Headless Horseman

B200

• Misty Rain, Softly Falling

• Fanfare for the Third Planet

8:30AM

St. Robert CHS Intermediate Concert Band Director: Beth Facchini

• Creed

B200

8:45AM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 9 Concert Winds Director: Toby Hindel

• Rider of the Mountain

B200

St. Andrew’s College Symphonic Band Director: Eric McMillan

• Evergreen Escapades

B300

9:20AM

Bayview SS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Helen Geng

• A Scottish Ballade

B200

9:35AM

St. Robert CHS Junior Concert Band Director: Beth Facchini

• Scirocco

B100

9:50AM

Alexander Mackenzie HS Symphonic Band Director: Kevin Vuong

• Sleep

B500

10:15AM

CATCH-UP BREAK

10:20AM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 10 Symphonic Winds Director: Sarah Fabbro

• Rain

B300

10:40AM

Trafalgar Castle Wind Ensemble Director: Julian Smerdon

• Rescue

B300

11:00PM

Duke of Cambridge PS Concert Band Director: Taryn Chesson

• Fires of Mazama

B100

9:00AM

• Ignite the Night

• Ancient Flower

• Rain

• Moscow, 1941

• Creed

• Brother James’ Air

• Mouvement Frenetique

• Behemoth

• The Meeting Place

• Chorale Elega’nt

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

11:15AM

Bayview SS Grade 10 Symphonic Winds Director: Katelyn McClelland

• Chasing Sunlight

B300

11:35PM

St. Robert CHS Junior Band Director: Andre De Girolamo

• Guardians

B100

11:50PM

Bishop Allen Academy Varsity Concert Band Director: Davide Garofalo

• Kronos

B300

12:10PM

St. Aloysius Gonzaga SS Symphonic Band Director: Mark Spisic

• A Song of Hope

B400

12:25PM

Trafalgar Castle Concert Band Director: Julian Smerdon

• Prelude and Celebration

B100

• Three Folk Miniatures

• Celtic Air and Dance No. 1

• Portrait of Terry Fox • Gadget

• Oregon Trail

• Linden Lea

12:40PM

CATCH-UP BREAK

12:45PM

Alexander Mackenzie HS Concert Band Director: Kevin Vuong

• Into the Blue

B200

1:00PM

Thornlea SS Junior Concert Band Director: Alicia Kennedy

• Presto!

B100

1:15PM

Albert Campbell CI Symphonic Band Director: Madeline Peterkin

• A Shaker Gift Song

B200

1:30PM

Loretto Abbey CSS Wind Ensemble Director: Adam Caringi

• Ancient Flower

B200

1:45PM

Bishop Allen Academy Junior Concert Band Director: Davide Garofalo

• Dragon’s Lair

B100

• Krono s

• Ancient Moon

• Loki, Evil Trickster of Asgard

• Creed

• Memories from Another Time • Crusade

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

2:20PM

East York CI Concert Band Director: Julianne Bujak

• Yorkshire Ballad

B300

2:40PM

CATCH-UP BREAK

2:45PM

Newmarket HS Senior Band Director: Olivia Werden

• Whirlybird

B400

3:05PM

Thornlea SS Senior Concert Band Director: Alicia Kennedy

• Three Ayres from Gloucester, Mvmt. 3

B300

• Wolverine Summer

• Mountain Thyme

• Counterbalance

• Chasing Sunlight 3:25PM

Albert Campbell CI Wind Ensemble Director: Welsley Cheang

• Land of the Midnight Sun

B400

• OBA Interlude • Morning Joy

3:45PM

Loretto Abbey CSS Concert Band Director: Adam Caringi

• Solstice Fanfare

B100

4:00PM

Sir William Mulock SS Festival Winds Director: Chris Uchida

• Persis

B400

4:20PM

Pickering College Symphonic Band Director: Rebecca MacDonald

• Hypnotic Fireflies

B300

4:40PM

Richmond Hill HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Cameron Rawlins & Joanna Christopoulos-Sarganis

• Donkey Riding

B200

4:55PM

Lawrence Park CI Junior Band Director: Willis Bote

• Presto!

5:10PM

DINNER BREAK

• Chorale Elega’nt

• Dusk

• The Cave You Fear

• Blessing Wind

• On the Edge of the Sword

• Theme and Variations on a Hymn

B100

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

5:40PM

Bur Oak SS Senior Wind Ensemble Director: Will Stokes

• Mountain Thyme

B400

6:00PM

Aurora HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Melanie Wong

• As Twilight Falls

B200

6:15PM

Huron Heights SS Concert Band Director: Scott Cameron

• Where Mountains Touch the Sky

B200

Lawrence Park CI Concert Band Director: Willis Bote

• Three Folk Miniatures

B300

7:00PM

St.Joseph’s College Senior Wind Ensemble Director: Daniel Hasznos

• …And Goodnight

B200

7:15PM

Aurora HS Grade 10 Symphonic Band Director: Teri Fowler

• Ancient Flower

B200

7:30PM

Milliken Mills HS Grade 10 Symphonic Band Director: Sabrina Suleman

• Creed

B300

7:45PM

Festival Wind Orchestra Director: Keith Reid

• Land of the Midnight Sun

B400

8:05PM

Huron Heights SS Symphonic Band Director: Scott Cameron

• Autumn

B400

8:25PM

Northdale Concert Band Director: Mark Caswell

• O Magnum Mysterium

B400

6:40PM

• All the Earth and Air

• Odyssey

• As Winds Dance

• “Largo” from New World Symphony

• Allegory

• Tribute and Triumph

• Shenandoah

• Symbiopholie!

• Neon Nights

• Gandalf, from The Lord of the Rings

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WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

8:00AM

Unionville HS Symphonic Band Director: Niloufar Barazesh

• Rat Race

B300

York Mils CI Symphonic Band Director: Mary-Anne Barter

• Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo

B400

St. Andrew’s MS Wind Ensemble Director: Hugh Corbett

• Evergreen Escapades

B300

9:00AM

St.Robert CHS Senior Concert Band Director: Beth Facchini

• Flight of the Griffin

B400

9:20AM

Bayview SS Grade 9 Concert Winds Director: Katelyn McClelland

• Rivers

B200

9:35AM

Heart Lake SS Senior Concert Band Director: Stephanie Casciaro

• The Spree at Kelligrews

B200

9:50AM

Monsignor Paul Dwyer CHS Junior Concert Band Director: Pamela Doyle

• Wild Wyatt

B200

10:05AM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 11 Wind Symphony Director: Greg Colley

• An American Elegy

B400

10:25AM

St.Aloysius Gonzaga SS Concert Band Director: Julia Jung

• Ready to Fly

B100

8:20AM

8:40AM

10:40AM

CATCH-UP BREAK

10:45AM

Bayview Glen Concert Band Director: Alana Scharfstein

• Filum Vitae

• Capriccio Espagnol

• Toccata for Band

• On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss

• The Water is Wide

• Flight of the Thunderbird

• Rippling Watercolours

• Apparitions

• Kaleidescope Eyes

• On Placid Seas • Furioso

• Armory

• Colliding Visions

B100

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

11:00AM

St. Andrew’s MS Concert Band Director: Peter No

• Whispers in the Wind

B100

11:15AM

Monsignor Paul Dwyer CHS Senior Concert Band Director: Pamela Doyle

• Night Chase

B300

11:35AM

O’Neill CVI Senior Wind Ensemble Director: Nancy Allison

• Autumn

B400

11:55AM

York Mills CI Concert Band Director: Mary-Anne Barter

• Fire Dance

B200

12:10PM

Pickering HS Senior Concert Band Director: David Kosurko

• Energy

B300

12:45PM

Bayview Glen Symphonic Band Director: Alana Scharfstein

• Quebec Folk Rhapsody

B200

1:00PM

O’Neill CVI Concert Band Director: Billie-Marie Hunter

• Blue Sky Horizon

B200

1:15PM

Martingrove CI Concert Band Director: Julia Chang

• ISS Flyover

B400

1:35PM

CATCH-UP BREAK

1:40PM

Our Lady Queen of the World Concert Band Director: Andria Kilbride

• Choose Joy

B300

2:00PM

Dundas Valley SS Senior Band Director: Emily Dominey

• Tricycle

B300

• Squonk Blues • Flight of Valor

• Arabian Dances • Newfoundland Folk Song

• Ammerland

• Rider of the Mountain

• Horizons

• Sea Songs

• Where Morning Dawns, Where Evening Fades

• Matters of Kindness

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

2:20PM

Upper Canada College Festival Winds Director: Tony Gomes

• Cloud Dancing

B200

Newmarket HS Grade 10 Band Director: Olivia Werden

• Forever Holding B300 Close the Memories

St. Andrew’s College M.S. Concert Band Director: John Richardson

• Crusade

Bayview SS Grade 11/12 Wind Ensemble Director: Helen Geng

• A Mother of a Revolution

B500

3:35PM

Richmond Hill HS Grade 12 Gold Band Director: Cameron Rawlins

• Give Us This Day

B600

4:00PM

Sir William Mulock SS Intermediate Wind Band Director: Chris Uchida Meagan Rowatt

• Loki, Evil Trickster of Asgard

B200

Dr. N. Bethune CI Concert Band Director: Andria Kilbride David Ross

• Southampton March

B200

4:30PM

North Toronto CI Symphonic Band Director: Leonidas Varahidis

• Greek Folk Song Suite, Mvmts. II & III

B300

5:00PM

DINNER BREAK

5:30PM

Cardinal Carter CHS Concert Band Director: Jessica Sharpe

• Where Mountains Touch the Sky

B200

2:35PM

2:55PM

3:10PM

4:15PM

• Newfoundland Folk Song

• Fields of Honour

• Travelin’ Music

• Every Day New

B100

• Blackthorn March

• The Hounds of Spring

• Where Mountains Touch the Sky

• Where Mountains Touch the Sky

• Hopak!

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 12TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

5:45PM

St. Joseph’s College School Junior Wind Ensemble Director: Daniel Hasznos

• A Song for Peace

B100

6:00PM

Dr. N. Bethune CI Wind Ensemble Director: Andria Kilbride David Ross

• The King Across the Water

B300

6:20PM

Markham Young Winds Director: Elizabeth Colley

• A Song for Friends

B100

6:35PM

TCDSB Honour Band Director: Anita Anton Manuel Bermitt

• Creed

B200

6:50PM

Father John Redmond CSS Wind Ensemble Director: Frank Pincente

• Air for Band

B300

7:10PM

Milliken Mills HS Wind Ensemble Director: Sabrina Suleman

• Three Folk Miniatures

B300

7:30PM

Willowdale Youth Band Director: Troy Jones

• Run

B300

7:50PM

Windfields MS Concert Winds Director: Donald Yoon

• The Crown of Castille

B200

8:05PM

TYWO Metro Winds Director: Kevin Vuong Travis Grubissi

• Mother Earth

B500

8:30PM

Markham Winds Director: Greg Colley

• A Movement for Rosa

B500

• The Tempest

• Prairie Songs

• Soldiers’ Procession and Sword Dance

• Under the Cherry Blossoms

• Choreography

• Iron and Ice

• Rain

• A Scottish Ballade

• October

• Gavorkna Fanfare

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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

8:20AM

Unionville HS Symphonic Wind Ensemble Director: Jeff Wrigglesworth

• October

B500

8:45AM

St. Joseph’s Morrow Park CSS Intermediate Band Director: Nicholas Digiannatale

• Lullaby to the Moon

B200

9:00AM

Dr. G.W. Williams SS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Scott Harrison

• Kyiv, 2022

B200

9:15AM

Dunbarton HS Senior Concert Band Director: Lisa Barth

• March of the Trolls

B300

9:35AM

Bradford District HS Concert Band Director: Holly Reynolds

• A Scottish Ballade

B200

9:50AM

Cardinal Carter Academy of the Arts Concert Winds Director: Manuel Bermitt

• Persis

B400

10:10AM

Keswick HS Concert Band Director: Andrew Siu

• The Sweet Sounds of Snowfall

B200

Unionville HS Chamber Winds Director: Jeff Wrigglesworth

• Hillsong No. 2

B500

10:25AM

• Sparkle

• Kronos

• Three Czech Folk Songs

• Air for Band • Mindset

• Cloud Dancing

• Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song

• Kronos

• A Moorside Suite, Mvmt. II • Mouvement Frenetique

10:50AM

Dr. G.W. Williams SS Grade 10 Symphonic Band Director: Cheryl Wilson

11:10AM

CATCH-UP BREAK

• Rain

• Into the Joy of Spring

B400

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

11:15AM

St. Aloysius Gonzaga SS Wind Ensemble Director: Julia Jung

• On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss

B300

Dunbarton HS Junior Concert Band Director: Jennifer Galberg

• Celtic Air and Dance No. 2

B100

11:50PM

Markham District HS Wind Symphony Director: Stuart Siu

• Halycon Hearts

B400

12:10PM

Upper Canada College Prep School Year 7 Concert Band Director: Paul McGarr

• Sandy Bay March

B100

Cardinal Carter Academy of the Arts Wind Symphony Director: Anita Anton

• Andante and Tranquillo

B500

12:50PM

Georgian Bay DSS Symphonic Band Director: Matthew Rodnick

• Great Blue Heron

B400

1:10PM

Dr. G.W. Williams SS Wind Ensemble Director: Scott Harrison

• Nitrous

B500

1:35PM

St. Michael CSS Thunderbeats Symphonic Band Director: Gerard Engson

• Encore!

B100

1:50PM

Dundas Valley SS Junior Band Director: Emily Dominey

• The Water is Wide

B100

2:05PM

Palermo PS Symphonic Band Director: Andrew Phillips

• Furioso

B100

11:35AM

12:25PM

• Kingsmere Overture

• Fragile

• Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo • Psalm 42

• Shadows Unleashed

• Gandalf, from The Lord of the Rings • A Mother of a Revolution

• Hymn to the Sun With the Beat of Mother Earth

• A Song for Friends

• Jump Start

• Little Bear’s Lullaby • North Point March

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

2:20PM

CATCH-UP BREAK

2:25PM

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

Markham District HS Symphonic Winds Director: Steffanie Tam

• Star Ship

B300

2:45PM

Georgian Bay DSS Concert Band Director: Kevin Weiss

• The Water is Wide

B100

3:00PM

Newmarket HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Cheryl Cline

• There Will Come Soft Rains

B200

3:15PM

St. Monica ES Concert Winds Director: Terry Anton

• Simple Gifts

B100

3:30PM

Sir William Mulock SS Junior Concert Band Director: Meagan Rowatt

• In the Cool of the Evening

B100

3:45PM

Toronto French School Junior Wind Ensemble Director: Rupert Price

• Spring March

B200

4:00PM

St. Michael CSS Thunderbeats Wind Ensemble Director: Linda Ziemba

• Blue Ridge Saga

B300

4:20PM

St. Joseph’s Morrow Park CSS Senior Band Director: Jivan Stepanian

• Counterbalance

B300

4:40PM

DINNER BREAK

5:10PM

Agincourt CI Wind Symphony Director: Graham Church

• Air for Band

B300

5:30PM

Bur Oak SS Concert Band Director: Will Stokes

• Thanks

B200

• Three Balloons

• Ulterior Motifs

• Cloud Dancing

• Armory

• Whirling Novas

• Creed

• Rain

• Ammerland

• New Places

• Me (reAffirmation)

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

5:45PM

Toronto French School Senior Wind Ensemble Director: Rupert Price

• The Dambusters

B500

6:10PM

Pierre Elliott Trudeau HS Grade 12 Wind Symphony Director: Greg Colley

• Give Us This Day

B600

6:35PM

Agincourt CI Wind Ensemble Director: Graham Church Julia Li

• O Waly, Waly

B200

6:50PM

Castlemore PS Wind Ensemble Director: Elizabeth Colley

• Ember Skies

B100

7:05PM

Father John Redmond CSS Concert Band Director: Frank Pincente

• Colliding Visions

B100

7:20PM

Sacred Heart CHS Concert Band Director: Michelle Ross

• Forever Holding Close the Memories

B300

• March First Suite in E-flat

• Rider of the Mountain

• Colliding Visions

• Crusade

• Circles 7:40PM

Toronto French School Festival Wind Ensemble Director: Rupert Price

• October

B600

8:05PM

Rouge River Winds Director: Pratik Gandhi

• Stillwater

B500

• Prairie Ride and Sunset

• Chester

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

9:00AM

Middlefield CI Intermediate/ Senior Concert Band Director: Aileen Cheung

• Puszta, Mvmts. I-III

B400

9:20AM

Aurora HS Senior Wind Ensembl Director: Teri Fowler

• Fate of the Gods

B400

9:40AM

Fred Varley PS intermediate Concert Band Director: Amanda Chan-Da Silva

• Celtic Air and Dance No. 2

B100

9:55AM

Richmond Hill HS Grade 11 Wind Symphony Director: Kyle Yuen

• I Am

B400

10:15AM

Dr. J.M. Denison SS Concert Band Director: Marianne Hamilton

• Affirmation

B100

10:30AM

Westside SS Concert Band Director: Sam Bibby

• The Water is Wide

B100

10:45AM

Crosby Heights PS Wind Ensemble Director: Julie Michopoulos

• Celtic Air and Dance No. 2

B100

• Matters of Kindness

• Skygazer Fanfare

• Four Dance Episodes

• Crusade

• Crusade

• Whirling Novas

11:15AM

CATCH-UP BREAK

11:20AM

Middlefield CI Junior/ Intermediate Concert Band Director: Jeyapragash Radhaakrishnan

• Joy

B200

11:50AM

St. Jean de Brebeuf CHS Senior Band Director: Romina Di Gasbarro

• El Camino Real

B300

12:25AM

Dr. J.M. Denison SS Wind Ensemble Director: Marianne Hamilton

• The Maple Leaf Forever

B200

• Tides

• Air for Winds

• Cloud Dancing

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH

2025 FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

TIME

BAND INFORMATON

REPERTOIRE

LEVEL

12:40AM

Milliken Mills HS Grade 9 Concert Band Director: Jane Batson

• Celtic Air and Dance No. 2

B100

12:55PM

Crosby Heights PS Symphonic Band Director: Julie Michopoulos

• Creed

B200

1:10PM

Westside SS Honour Band Director: Sam Bibby

• Winter Sun

B300

1:30PM

Richmond Hill HS Grade 10 Symphonic Winds Director: Kyle Yuen

• Three Ayres from Gloucester

B300

1:50PM

St. Jean de Brebeuf CHS Junior Band Director: Romina Di Gasbarro

• Squonk Blues

B100

2:05PM

Tommy Douglas SS Concert Band Director: Ellisa DeVries

• There Will Come Soft Rains

B200

• Whirling Novas

• Fragile

• Backlash

• Voices of the Sky

• A Prehistoric Suite

• Cloud Dancing

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ADJUDICATORS DR. SHELLEY AXELSON Interim Director of Bands Radford University, Virginia

Dr. Shelley Axelson is the newly-appointed interim Director of Bands at Radford University in Virginia. She was previously an Assistant Professor of Music Education and Assistant Director of Bands at Montclair State University in New Jersey for 12 years. Her duties included conducting the Symphonic Band and teaching courses in conducting, instrumental methods, and music education. She also served as an academic advisor, faculty advisor for Sigma Alpha Iota, and created a Campus Band and Pep Band so students majoring in a subject other than music would have an opportunity to continue their musical education and experiences.

Dr. Axelson earned her undergraduate degree in music education from the University of South Florida, where she studied conducting with Jerry Junkin, Michael Votta, and Mallory Thompson. She continued her training by earning a Master of Music degree in Conducting at the University of Michigan, where her principal teacher was H. Robert Reynolds. After graduating from Michigan, she taught at Pasco Middle School in Dade City, Florida (where she co-authored the Secondary Music Curriculum), and Richardson Junior High in Richardson, Texas.

After earning her Doctorate in Conducting with Mallory Thompson at Northwestern University, Dr. Axelson was appointed Director of Bands at Central College in Pella, Iowa, where she was responsible for running all aspects of the band program. After three years in Iowa, she relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana to become the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Indianapolis. In 2009, she joined the faculty of the John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

Dr. Axelson is a highly sought-after conductor, clinician, presenter, and adjudicator for professional development events, band festivals, honour bands, and conferences throughout the United States and Canada.

She recently presented at the National Association for Music Education Regional Conference in Atlantic City and the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.

Dr. Axelson is a proud member of the College Music Society, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, and Sigma Alpha Iota.

ADJUDICATORS DR. ARMAND HALL Eastman School of Music Rochester, NY

Armand Hall (conductor, clarinetist, and educator) is the Director of Programs for the Gateways Music Festival. In this role, he plans, develops, and oversees all musical activities associated with the festival. Additionally, Dr. Hall is also a faculty member at the Eastman School of Music, where he is teaching courses in the Art Leadership Program and Music, Teaching, and Learning (Music Education) Departments.

Prior to his role at Gateways, Dr. Hall served as the Executive and Artistic Director of ROCmusic Collabortive, Rochester’s El Sistema-inspired community-based, free music learning program. Prior to ROCmusic, he served as Associate Director of Bands and Coordinator of Instrumental Music Education at the University of Memphis and, prior to that, as a middle and high school band director in the state of Michigan. Dr. Hall is the immediate past board chair of El Sistema USA® and serves on the boards of the Archipelago Project and the Rochester Youth Philharmonic.

A conductor and clarinetist, Dr. Hall earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in music education from the University of Michigan and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from Michigan State University. He, along with his partner Dr. Leah McGray, co-conducts the Roads Less Travelled Ensemble, a contemporary music ensemble focused on platforming new works, many by under-represented populations, and designing audience-focused concert experiences.

ADJUDICATORS DR. BENJAMIN LORENZO Associate Professor of Music & Director of Bands Kent State University Glauser School of Music

Benjamin Lorenzo is an associate professor of music and the Director of Bands at Kent State University’s Glauser School of Music where he conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches conducting, and provides leadership for university bands. Previously, he served as Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Arkansas where he led the Razorback Marching Band, Wind Symphony, and taught courses in conducting.

Passionate about wind bands in Latin America, Dr. Lorenzo has worked with musicians in Mexico, Panama, Peru, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. He has also conducted bands in Kuala Lumpur and was a clinician for the Malaysian Band Directors Association Conducting Workshop. Additional experience abroad includes guest conducting the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project (WYWOP) in Schladming, Austria. Lorenzo remains active as an adjudicator, conductor, and clinician throughout the United States and has conducted professional ensembles such as the West Point Academy Band, and Banda Militar de la Fuerza Aerea del Peru.

Dr. Lorenzo’s writings on music are found in the Journal of Band Research, the WASBE Journal, and he has contributed to several volumes of the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series. He has presented sessions at the Texas Bandmasters Association, Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, College Band Directors National Association conferences, and several state music education conventions.

Committed to amplifying diverse voices, Lorenzo serves on the advisory board of the Music Education Alliance, which sponsors the William P. Foster project, an initiative of CBDNA, Music For All, and the National Band Association, focused on supporting bands in historically underserved and under-resourced communities Dr. Lorenzo previously held positions at Oklahoma State and Texas Tech University, and his teaching experience includes high schools in Florida and Texas. He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Wind Conducting from the University of Texas at Austin under the tutelage of Jerry Junkin, and a Bachelor of Music degree in Trombone Performance from Florida International University, studying with Mark Hetzler. A native of Havana, Cuba, he is a proud alumnus of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, where he began his teaching career.

ADJUDICATORS DR. DYLAN MADDIX Assistant Professor, Instrumental Conducting & Community Engagement Director of the Wind Ensemble Memorial University of Newfoundland & Labrador

Originally from Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Dr. Dylan Maddix is Assistant Professor of Instrumental Conducting and Community Engagement at Memorial University in St. John’s, NL. In this role, he conducts the Memorial University Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting.

Before this role, he worked as a Professor of Music and head of wind and brass studies at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario. There, he conducted the wind ensemble and taught courses in music theory, wind/ brass methods, and pedagogy. He also served on the conducting faculty at Laurentian University.

Outside of his teaching and conducting duties, Maddix serves as chair of the Canadian Band Association and is on the board of the Newfoundland and Labrador Band Association. He is also the founder and host of The Band Room Podcast, alongside composer Cait Nishimura, and hosts the conducting leadership podcast titled Changing Your Pattern.

Maddix’s academic journey includes a Bachelor of Music degree from Mount Allison University, a Master of Music degree in Trumpet Performance from the University of Toronto, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from Arizona State University.

Throughout this academic journey, he had the privilege of learning from accomplished mentors, including Jason Caslor (conducting, Arizona State University), Joe Burgstaller (trumpet, Arizona State University/Canadian Brass), Gillian MacKay (conducting, University of Toronto), Jim Spragg (trumpet, University of Toronto/Toronto Symphony), Linda Pearse (trumpet, Mount Allison University), and Alan Klaus (trumpet, Mount Allison University).

His professional career as a trumpeter is diverse and engaging, involving collaborations with artists such as Sarah McLachlan, Roger Hodgson of Supertramp, The Video Games Live Orchestra, Johnny Reid, The Broadway Tenors, Hannaford Street Silver Band, Toronto Concert Orchestra, Hogtown Brass Quintet, and Vox Aeris Trio.

Maddix has conducted masterclasses at esteemed institutions, including the University of Toronto, Western University, Acadia University, Mount Allison University, and McMaster University. He has also provided his expertise as a conducting and music consultant for Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and Global TV’s Private Eyes.

ADJUDICATORS DR. CHRISTOPHER MOREHOUSE Director of Bands & Professional Conducting Southern Illinois University

Dr. Christopher Morehouse is Director of Bands and Professor of Conducting at Southern Illinois University, where he serves as conductor of the SIU Wind Ensemble, teaches undergraduate and graduate conducting, wind literature, and instrumental methods, and administers the entire SIU Bands program.

Morehouse made his Carnegie Hall debut with the SIU Wind Ensemble at the New York Band and Orchestra Festival in March 2008 and toured the People’s Republic of China with the SIU Wind Ensemble and Concert Choir in May 2009. In spring 2011, the SIU Wind Ensemble hosted percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie for a four-day residency, culminating in a concert of Sean Beeson’s Prometheus Rapture: Seven Legends for Snare Drum (world premiere wind version) and Joseph Schwantner’s Percussion Concerto, and gave a concert with the SIU Concert Choir at Chicago Symphony Center Orchestra Hall. Morehouse has worked with several notable composers in the preparation and performance of their works and with guest artists as soloists with the SIU Wind Ensemble. Recent artistic collaborations include composers Augusta Read Thomas, Morten Lauridsen, Bernard Rands, Chen Yi, Susan Botti, and Dana Wilson, as well as soloists Third Coast Percussion and numerous SIU School of Music faculty.

Morehouse is published in ten volumes of the Teaching Music through Performance in Band series, an encyclopedia of band literature published by GIA Publications, and has contributed clinic reviews for the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conferences held in Killarney, Ireland and Cincinnati, Ohio. He maintains an active schedule as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the United States, Canada, Europe, and East and Southeast Asia, and is currently a member of the College Band Directors National Association, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, National Band Association, Illinois Music Education Association, and College Music Society.

Morehouse received his Bachelor of Music degree in music education from Ithaca College, Master of Music degree in wind ensemble conducting from the New England Conservatory of Music, as a student of Frank Battisti, and Doctor of Musical Arts degree in conducting, wind emphasis, from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, as a student of Rodney Winther. He joined the School of Music faculty at Southern Illinois University in August 2005.

ADJUDICATORS DR. COLLEEN RICHARDSON Coordinator of Bands Western University, London, Ontario

Dr. Richardson is Coordinator of Bands at Western University, where she directs the Wind Ensemble and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting and instrumental ensemble pedagogy. Under her direction, the Western University Wind Ensemble has produced two CDs, Apparitions and Explorations; both recordings are available through iTunes and Amazon.com. In 2018, Richardson was awarded the Canadian Band Association’s “International Band Award” for her contribution to the international band movement. From 2022-2024, she was the President of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and the Chairperson of WASBE’s Artistic Planning Committee for their 2024 conference in Gwangju, South Korea.

As well as being active as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor across Canada, Richardson has served as a judge for the World Music Contest (Kerkrade, The Netherlands, 2024), the New York International Music Festival (Carenegie Hall, 2023), and the Singapore International Band Festival (2024). She has guest conducted or presented her research in Brazil, Ireland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Wales, and the U.S. In 2018, she presented at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, and her publications include nine study guides for the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series, as well as articles for the Canadian Winds, and the Canadian Music Educator Journal. In 2012, Richardson produced and edited the Hunsberger DVD within GIA’s DVD set entitled Three Icons: Frank Battisti, Donald Hunsberger, and H. Robert Reynolds.

A native of Winnipeg, Richardson graduated from Brandon University (BMus Ed), the University of Calgary (Wind Conducting Diploma, MMus Conducting), and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (DMA Wind Conducting). While in Cincinnati completing her doctorate, she co-directed the Tri-State Chamber Players, as well as served as the Music Director and Conductor of the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble. In 2005, Richardson became Assistant Professor of Music Education and the Wind Ensemble Director at Converse College in South Carolina. She joined the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in 2006. The Western Young Winds Program was established by Richardson and Dr. Kevin Watson in 2013 as enrichment for the local grade 6-9 band students. They co-supervise the undergraduate music education students selected to teach and conduct the group.

ADJUDICATORS BILL THOMAS Associate Professor and Director of Bands, York University

Bill Thomas is an Associate Professor of Music and director of the Wind Symphony at York University in Toronto. He is a graduate of the jazz program at Humber College and holds Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of Toronto as well as a Master of Arts (composition) from York University.

Prior to his time at York University, Bill taught music for twentythree years at the elementary and high school levels in the York Region District School Board. He spent most of that time as the Music Department Head at Markham District High School, where his performing groups won many accolades and awards, including the Jazz Report Magazine award for High School Program of the Year.

Bill’s concert band compositions appear on festival lists across Canada and are published by Eighth Note Publications and distributed by Alfred Music. He is a former Drum Corps International adjudicator and started his composing career as an arranger for numerous marching bands and drum & bugle corps in Canada and the United States. Bill is a past board member of the Ontario Music Educators Association and was recently made an honourary lifetime member of the Ontario Band Association. In 2021, Bill was inducted into the Musicfest Hall of Fame. He is much in demand as an adjudicator and clinician.

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A MULTITUDE OF THANKS! A festival of this magnitude requires a lot of work. We would like to sincerely acknowledge and thank all of the wonderful people (and their very patient and understanding loved ones) that have made the OBA’s Provincial Band Festival a continued success this year: THE FESTIVAL COMMITTEE

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Jessica Puskar Pratik Gandhi Laura Houghton Mark Caswell Heather Aitken Angela Tran Natalie Carroll

Geoff Houghton, Steve Bijakowski & Yamaha Music Canada

THE AMAZING STUDENT VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR DIRECTORS St. Robert Catholic High School and Beth Facchini Unionville High School and Jeff Wrigglesworth Agincourt Collegiate Institute and Graham Church Markham District High School and Stuart Siu Richmond Hill High School and Cameron Rawlins

Mark Della Torre & Long & McQuade Music Tim Bond & Cosmo Music Rex Harknett & Harknett Music Steven Fishman & the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto The Roshd Family & Tim Hortons René Kramer, Andrew Bowden & en Ville Catering Alan Peng & Peppercorn Photography Rich Brewda & Multimax Marketing Sasha Gorbasew & the Don Wright Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario Aubrey Kelly & University of Toronto Faculty of Music

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OUR ON-SITE FESTIVAL TEAM

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The amazing staff of the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Toronto

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