2020 All-Illinois Junior Band Festival Program

Teens associate playin g music with music literacy, listening skills, motor ability, eye-hand coord ination and heightened intellectual capabilities.

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Congratulates all participants in the All -Illinois Junior Band. Keep up the great work!

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Teens believe that pla ying music diminishes boundaries between people of different eth nic backgrounds, age groups and social interests.

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Visit us online at www.QandF.com Locations in: Arlington Heights, Il - Burr Ridge, IL - Montgomery, IL Fort Wayne, IN - Lafayette, IN - Mishawaka, IN - Valparaiso, IN - Stevensville, MI

PROGRAM ALL-ILLINOIS JUNIOR BAND ROBERT T. HERRINGS, CONDUCTOR On the Wing

Jack Wilds

A Kind and Gentle Soul

James Swearingen

Travelin’ Music

Robert Sheldon

Carnaval de Brasil

Michael Story

El Camino Real

Alfred Reed arranged by Robert Longfield

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WIND SYMPHONY BRIAN COVEY, CONDUCTOR AARON KENNEDY, CONDUCTOR

Joyride The Gum-Suckers March

Give Us This Day Bullets and Bayonets March

Michael Markowski Percy Aldridge Grainger edited by Mark Rogers David Maslanka John Philip Sousa

illinois summer youth music isym.music.illinois.edu JUNE 21–27

JULY 12-18

Black Chorus Composition Flute Week Oboe & Bassoon Week Clarinet Week Saxophone Week Horn Week Trumpet Week Trombone Week Euphonium & Tuba Week Percussion Week

JULY 5–11

Junior Bands Junior Chorus Junior Orchestras Junior Piano

JULY 19–25

Senior Jazz Junior Jazz Musical Theatre Hip-Hop Music Technology Rock Band

Senior Bands Senior Chorus Senior Orchestra Advanced Music Technology Intermediate/Advanced Piano

SENIOR BANDS

JUNIOR BANDS

SYMPHONIC BAND Stephen Peterson

SYMPHONIC BAND Kimberley Farris

CONCERT BAND Anthony Messina

CONCERT BAND Myra Rhoden

JULY 5–11

JULY 12–18

All members of bands selected for All-Illinois Junior Band qualify for a scholarship of $50 toward the ISYM program of their choice.

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2020 ALL-ILLINOIS JUNIOR BAND FLUTE

Evelyn Alsop - Emerson Middle School Isabella Budinko - Edward A Fulton Jr. High School * Anna Huelke - Northbrook Junior High School Jillian Kadens - Woodlawn Middle School Madeline Kim - University of Illinois Laboratory HS Noelle Klima - Troy Middle School Stella Moon - Fremont Middle School Grace To - University of Illinois Laboratory HS

TRUMPET

* Sonali Marion - Westview Hills Middle School Isabel Neuzil - Prairie Grove Junior High School

Christopher Andreou - Wood Oaks Junior High School Ella Calo - Cass Junior High School Emma Curtright - Carriel Jr. High School Kaydence Kelly - Marion Jr. High School Layla Michaels - Prairie Grove Junior High School Leah Renollet - Parkside Junior High School Alex Rim - Field Middle School Ryder Schuch - Thomas Middle School Eva Shawver - McCracken Middle School * Johanna Siegel - McCracken Middle School Nathan Stuckey - Lincoln Junior High School Luciano Zarzuela - Field Middle School

CLARINET

FRENCH HORN

OBOE

Kedest Ambaye - McCracken Middle School * Jessica An - Field Middle School Michelle Babyak - Troy Middle School Diego Carrillo - Murphy Jr. High School Ava Eames - Parkside Junior High School Aidan Fridman - Wood Oaks Junior High School Jeremy Lim - Wood Oaks Junior High School Emily Loftus - Bednarcik Junior High School Shyell Lowe - Murphy Jr. High School Kailey Maks - McCracken Middle School Theodor Martin - Unity Point School Young Park - Wood Oaks Junior High School Isabella Salvino - Lakeview Jr. High School Annabelle Temple - MacArthur Middle School Claire Yum - Field Middle School

Ellie Bozik - Grayslake Middle School Alina Chie - Field Middle School Audrey Groth - Viking School Hayden Joyce - Home School Nora Lantry - McCracken Middle School Kylan Monk - Troy Middle School * Abigail Wormington - McCracken Middle School Catherine Yan - Hinsdale Middle School

TROMBONE

* Natalie Holste - Troy Middle School

Kaitlyn Jiang - Field Middle School Chloe Langford - Carl Sandburg Middle School Chris Lee - Field Middle School Andrew Moffett - Edward A Fulton Jr. High School Joshua Parker - Lincoln Middle School Nathan Rusu - Springman Middle School * Ethan Snyder - Parkside Junior High School Daniel Xiang - Wood Oaks Junior High School

BASSOON

EUPHONIUM

BASS CLARINET

Caden Baudek - Troy Middle School * Ethan Weingust - Herrick Middle School

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Jacob Abraham - McCracken Middle School Benjamin Buhay - McCracken Middle School Ally Pi - Wood Oaks Junior High School * Casey Rubin Stern - McCracken Middle School

TENOR SAXOPHONE

* Daniel Devadas - Barrington MS - Station Campus Mason White - Cass Junior High School

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

* Bobby Reckamp - Prairie Grove Junior High School Tori Tackett - Parkside Junior High School * principal


Abigail Atkinson - Carl Sandburg Middle School Dylan Brown - Monticello Middle School Cameron Huang - Oak Grove School * Rolen Schlipmann - Parkside Junior High School

TUBA

Sam Coffey - Troy Middle School * Adrian Folfas - Cass Junior High School Bishop Plaza - Emerson Middle School Adam Rosenthal - Wood Oaks Junior High School

PERCUSSION

Devin Aiello - Edward A Fulton Jr. High School * Rielan Mahmood - Prairie Grove Junior High School Shawn Mastandrea - Fremont Middle School Bethany Reed - Thomas Middle School David Stolyarov - Wood Oaks Junior High School Aiden Temple - MacArthur Middle School Leonardo Zarzuela - Field Middle School

ROBERT T. HERRINGS Robert Tyrome Herrings, III is in his sixteenth year of teaching and has been teaching at Artie Henry Middle School in Leander ISD since 2004. Prior to coming to Leander ISD, he was the Director of Bands at Rockdale Junior High in Rockdale, Texas.

In 2003, Mr. Herrings received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he studied under Michael Haithcock, Jeff Grogan, Dr. Kevin Sedatole and Barry Hopper. While in college, Mr. Herrings was a member of the Baylor University performing wind bands, as well as a member of the Baylor University Golden Wave Band.

At Henry Middle School, Mr. Herrings conducts the Honors Band, and assists with the Symphonic Band and Concert Band. He also teaches beginning clarinet, saxophone and trumpet. Mr. Herrings’ bands have consistently received UIL Sweepstakes ratings, as well as unanimous first division ratings, Best In Class, and Overall Outstanding Band honors at festivals around the state. From 2009-2018, the program at Henry earned distinction as a National Wind Band Honors Class AA winner, and in 2008 and 2013, the Henry Middle School Honors Band was selected to perform at the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington. The program was named the 2010, 2014 and 2018 TMEA Class CCC Honor Band and was also selected to perform at the 2010, 2012 and 2016 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In June 2011, Mr. Herrings and his program were awarded the prestigious John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Silver Cup Award, and in July of the same year, Mr. Herrings was named the Phi Beta Mu Outstanding Young Bandmaster of the Year. In May of 2014, the Texas Chapter of the American School Band Director’s Association awarded the Outstanding Band Program Award to the Artie Henry MS Band Program, and in November of the same year, the Henry MS Percussion Ensemble was selected to perform at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. Most recently, the Henry MS Band Program was selected as the 2018 Texas Bandmasters Association Exemplary Middle School Band Award winner.

An active clinician and adjudicator around the state, Mr. Herrings is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. Mr. Herrings also serves as the TMEA Region 32 Middle School Band Chair, as well as the Region 32 TBA representative. He is honored to be a member of Phi Beta Mu and a mentor to new-to-profession teachers at Henry Middle School.

Mr. Herrings enjoys motivating young musicians to achieve the highest level of performance by sharing his extreme love and passion for music with them on a daily basis.

He feels honored, privileged and extremely blessed to have a loving mother and grandmother, many great mentors, band directors and close friends who have influenced his career thus far.

Above all, his students have been his greatest inspiration!

PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS Amanda J. Allen

Monticello Middle School • Monticello, IL

Frank Alongi

Old Quarry Middle School • Lemont, IL

Eric Bachmann

Emerson Middle School • Niles, IL

Tim Berlinghof

East Prairie School • Skokie, IL

Jennifer Bolton

Parkside Junior High School • Normal, IL

Steven Boswell

Gurnee School District 56 • Gurnee, IL

Kimberly Branch

Edison Middle School • Champaign, IL

Renee Brown

Peter J. Palombi Middle School • Lake Villa, IL

Brent Burger

Fremont Middle School • Mundelein, IL

Jennifer Carlton

Troy Middle School • Plainfield, IL

Kyle Cauthorn

Rockford Christian School • Rockford, IL

Jim Childers

Marion Jr. High School • Marion, IL

Eric Combs

Richland County Middle School • Olney, IL

Chad Craw

Woodlawn Middle School • Long Grove, IL

Jeff Crylen

Prairie Grove Junior High School • Crystal Lake, IL

Chip De Stefano

McCracken Middle School • Skokie, IL

Karen DeBauche

Urbana Middle School • Urbana, IL

Matt Dennison

Oglesby Washington Junior High School • Oglesby, IL

Kelly Dimidik

Gregory Middle School • Naperville, IL

Mark Donahue

O’Fallon School District 90 • O’Fallon, IL

Megan Duffy

Cass Junior High School • Darien, IL

Glenn Eikenberry

Viking School • Gurnee, IL

Susan Evans

Campus Middle School for Girls • Urbana, IL

Christi Fernsberg

Urbana Middle School • Urbana, IL

Luke Fleisher

Unity Point School • Carbondale, IL

Meghan Fulton

Hinsdale Middle School • Hinsdale, IL

William Goetz

Troy Middle School • Plainfield, IL

Wayne Gordon

Wood Oaks Junior High School • Northbrook, IL

Moulee Gupta

Carl Sandburg Middle School • Mundelein, IL

Terry Guynes

Lundahl Middle School • Crystal Lake, IL

Jody Hagberg

Cornerstone Christian Academy • Bloomington, IL

Dan Harrison

Thompson Junior High • Oswego, IL

Danielle Hayes

Humphrey Middle School • Bolingbrook, IL

Lisa Heemstra

Bednarcik Junior High School • Aurora, IL

Greg Helton

Hester Jr. High School • Franklin Park, IL

Candace Horton

Thomas Middle School • Arlington Heights, IL

PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS Brek Hufnus

Roosevelt Middle School • River Forest, IL

Ilona Hutter

Lincoln Middle School • Park Ridge, IL

Jim Jacobs

Prairie Crossing Charter School • Grayslake, IL

Dave Jones

Oak Grove School • Green Oaks, IL

Julianna Karvelius

Murphy Jr. High School • Plainfield, IL

Bennett Konstans

John F. Kennedy Middle School • Plainfield, IL

Steven Kurk

Hoopeston Area Middle School • Hoopeston, IL

Peggy Larson

Lincoln Jr. High School • Lincoln, IL

Timothy Loest

F.E. Peacock Middle School • Itasca, IL

Brian Lotter

Staunton Jr. High School • Staunton, IL

Joel Matter

Lincoln Jr. High School • Skokie, IL

Cesar Mendoza

McCracken Middle School • Skokie, IL

Mike Miller

Field Middle School • Northbrook, IL

Karen Moffett

Westview Hills Middle School • Willowbrook, IL

Mario Mongello

Plum Grove Jr. High School • Rolling Meadows, IL

Amy Mullard

Johnsburg Jr. High • Johnsburg, IL

Richard Murphy

University of Illinois Laboratory HS • Urbana, IL

Jessica Nellis

Springman Middle School • Glenview, IL

Leslie Paul

McHenry Middle School • McHenry, IL

Greg Scapillato

Northbrook Junior High School • Northbrook, IL

James Shaw

Hufford Junior High School • Joliet, IL

Sam Simpson

MacArthur Middle School • Prospect Heights, IL

Ben Sorce

Barrington MS - Station Campus • Barrington, IL

Theresa Steiner

Herrick Middle School • Downers Grove, IL

Keri Stone

Northbrook Jr. High School • Northbrook, IL

Craig Sunken

Grove Junior High School • Elk Grove Village, IL

Michael Szczasny

Prairie View Middle School. • Tinley Park, IL

Thomas Tedeschi

Lakeview Jr. High School • Downers Grove, IL

Karen Theis

Lincoln Jr. High School • La Salle, IL

Steve Thomas

Grayslake Middle School • Grayslake, IL

Matthew Turek

Benjamin Middle School • West Chicago, IL

Rob Yaple

Daniel Wright Jr. High School • Lincolnshire, IL

Betsy Young

Harlem Middle School • Loves Park, IL

Jeff Zilke

Walter R. Sundling Jr. High School • Palatine, IL

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WIND SYMPHONY Thirty-five miles southwest of Chicago, Lockport Township High School serves students from the communities of Lockport, Crest Hill, Fairmont, Homer Glen, Lemont, and Orland Park. Lockport Township High School District 205 maintains two campuses with a combined enrollment of approximately 3,700: a Central ninth grade campus and an East campus for grades ten through twelve. LTHS is ranked in the Top 9 Percent of all high schools in the nation, according to the Washington Post, which ranks schools for effectively preparing students for college.

The Lockport Township High School Band Program has enjoyed a long history of success and community support. Notable accomplishments date back to the first Director of Bands, Ernest Caneva, who led them to the 1962 “Music Man” National Band Championship. The Marching Band was also featured in the 1986 hit film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Currently the Band Program involves over 250 students in six concert ensembles, a nationally competitive marching ensemble, two jazz ensembles, and three winter guards. Considerable emphasis is placed on individual student progress and achievement. Each year, multiple band members are selected for the Illinois Music Education Association District Honor Band and Orchestra, AllState Bands and Orchestras, and various Chicagoland Youth Orchestras.

All students audition into the Lockport Band Program, being placed into one of the two Freshman ensembles or into the three tiered East Campus ensembles. The Concert Band and Freshman Ensembles meet daily for a fifty-five minute period, while the Symphonic Band and the Wind Symphony have an additional twenty-five minute daily sectional period. In addition to the daily curricular rehearsal schedule, the Wind Symphony maintains a weekly two hour evening rehearsal. Every member of the program is encouraged to take weekly private lessons available during the curricular day, an expectation for the Wind Symphony. The ensemble attends eight to ten festivals, while presenting upwards of sixteen concerts annually.

In recent years, the Wind Symphony has maintained an active performance schedule both locally and nationally. The ensemble has toured multiple recognized world-class concert halls, been consistently selected to the University of Illinois Superstate Band Festival, performed seven times at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival, and presented two concerts at The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2008, the Lockport Band Program was awarded the prestigious Sudler Flag from the John Philip Sousa Foundation recognizing high school band programs internationally that have demonstrated particularly significant high standards of excellence in concert activities over a period of several years.

LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL WIND SYMPHONY Brian Covey is the Visual and Performing Arts Chairman, in addition to serving as Director of Bands at Lockport Township High School. Mr. Covey was appointed Director in 2003 after serving two years as Associate Director of Bands. While maintaining the Department, he conducts the Wind Symphony and one of two Freshman concert ensembles in addition to overseeing the athletic performance ensembles.

Prior to joining Lockport High School, Mr. Covey attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned his Bachelors of Music Education degree, a Masters of Music Education degree at VanderCook College of Music, and an additional Masters in Educational Administration from The University of St. Francis. Under his direction, the concert ensembles at Lockport Township High School have performed at numerous competitions and festivals throughout the state and country, consistently receiving Superior ratings. The Wind Symphony has become a nationally respected ensemble with performance highlights including the Illinois Superstate Festival at the University of Illinois (every year since 2004), the National Association for Music Education National Conference, the Illinois Music Educators Association State Conference, five performances at The Music for All National Concert Band Festival, The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conference, recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Flag of Honor, and two performances at The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.

Mr. Covey has served as an adjudicator for many regional and Illinois High School Association Solo and Ensemble Contests, Ensemble Adjudicator for both the Illinois High School Association and the Illinois Grade School Music Association, and clinician to area schools in Illinois, Iowa, and Virginia. He holds numerous Citations of Excellence from the National Band Association where he serves as a High School Representative on the Board of Directors, been awarded the “Chicagoland Educator of the Year” from Quinlan and Fabish Music, the “Mildred Jackson Lockport Township High School Teacher of the Year Award”, and was highlighted in School Band and Orchestra Magazine. He is a member of the prestigious American Bandmaster's Association, Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmaster's Fraternity, and is the Illinois Music Education Association’s State Band Division President.

Aaron Kennedy is currently serving as the Associate Director of Bands at Lockport Township High School. He conducts the Symphonic Band, Concert Band A, and Concert Band B. Additionally, he assists with the Marching Porters, LTHS Jazz Ensembles, Pep Band, and Wind Symphony.

Mr. Kennedy received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017. While at U of I, Mr. Kennedy performed in ensembles such as the Illinois Wind Symphony, Jazz Band II, Marching Illini, and several other concert and chamber ensembles.

Before teaching at Lockport, Mr. Kennedy served as the Assistant Band Director in O’Fallon CCSD #90. In O’Fallon, Mr. Kennedy directed the 7th and 8th grade bands, which consistently earned superior ratings at IGSMA. Also, he led the District 90 Jazz Bands, taught 5th grade beginner classes, and assisted with the Marching Panthers at O’Fallon Township High School.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The All-Illinois Junior Band would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors and advertisers.

Gold Sponsor Quinlan and Fabish Music Company Bronze Sponsor Conn-Selmer Advertisers Dana Hofer Brass Repair The Music Shoppe

The All-Illinois Junior Band was founded for the express purpose of creating a premier musical experience for the state’s finest middle school band students. As the first statewide middle school honor band in more than half a century, membership in AIJB is determined solely through competitive blind auditions. Its goals are to provide an opportunity for middle school students to perform excellent literature with a mature ensemble and distinguished conductor, to interact with similarly dedicated student musicians from around the state of Illinois, and to encourage and inspire these outstanding young musicians to continue their musical studies.

The AIJB maintains associations with the host site – The University of Illinois School of Music – and with middle school band directors around the state.

All-Illinois Junior Band PO Box 501 Glenview, Illinois 60025 info@aijb.org • http://www.aijb.org

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS University of Illinois School of Music Jeffrey Magee, Director Angela Tammen, Admissions and Public Engagement Director Stephen Burian, Public Engagement Assistant Director William Moersch, Professor and Chair of Percussion

University of Illinois Bands Stephen G. Peterson, Director of Bands Linda R. Moorhouse, Senior Associate Director of Bands Elizabeth B. Peterson, Associate Director of Bands Barry L. Houser, Associate Director of Bands Anthony M. Messina, Assistant Director of Athletic Bands

All-Illinois Junior Band - Board of Directors David Allen Chip De Stefano Wayne Gordon Barry Houser Jason M. Torf

All-Illinois Junior Band - Director Liaisons Chuck Noud, Southern Illinois Karen Debauche, Central Illinois Mike Miller, Northern Illinois

All-Illinois Junior Band - Audition Adjudicators Andrew Beckwith, Robert Blim, Kimberly Farris, Kimberly Fleuchaus, Greg Fudala, BJ Hardesty, Mike Miller, and Carey Valente

Special Thanks Brian Covey, Lockport Township High School Northbrook School District 27 • David Kroeze, superintendent Skokie School District 73.5 • Kate Donegan, superintendent Quinlan and Fabish for providing student folders Conn-Selmer for providing student lanyards AIJB is very appreciative of the many University of Illinois students who volunteered their time to ensure AIJB's success.

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