Pioneer High School Banquet, 2024

MAY 23, 2024

WELCOME, INTRODUCTIONS, & DINNER

David Leach

PRESENTATION OF

AWARDS

David Leach & Erin Lilliefors

Varsity Awards

Concert Band White Awards

Concert Band Purple Awards

Symphony Awards

Jazz Band Awards

Pioneer High School Varsity Letters

State Festival Proficiency Certificates

Scholar Instrumentalist Award

Robert Albritton Scholarship

Nancy Waring Award

Joel Brahce Award

Pioneer High School Albritton Leadership Award

Director’s Award

Woody Herman Jazz Award

Louis Armstrong Award

Patrick S. Gilmore Award

John Philip Sousa Award

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW DRUM MAJOR

Micah Jacobson & Valentina Carcassi

THE CLASS OF 2024

David Leach

PIONEER BAND ASSOCIATION

Barb Zimdars

SENIOR PRESENTATION

Micah Jacobson & Olivia Bonnewit

CLOSING REMARKS

David Leach

S y m p h o n y

PICCOLO

Dorothy Li ‘25

FLUTE

Ian Chung ‘25

Joshua Corcoran ‘25

Michael Wu ‘26

Malia Weber ‘25

Ella Hawley ‘24 *

Lily Rydell ‘27

Leah Zhu ‘26

OBOE

Eda Gur ‘24 *

Angie Liu ‘24 *

Olivia Bonnewit ‘24 *

BB CLARINET

Allison Yadmark ‘24 *

Zach Yadmark ‘25

Taehoon Kim ‘24 *

Nathaniel Hong ‘26

James Lim ‘24 *

Oliver Cook ‘25

SeungJin Heo ‘24 *

Wenda Cheng ‘25

Jenny Lee ‘25

BASS CLARINET

Suryn Lee ‘27

Jay Sarkar ‘25

Cooper Duke ‘24 *

CONTRA-BASS CLARINET

Nolan Shee ‘24 *

BASSOON

Lucas Zimdars ‘24 *

Riley Tavernit ‘24 *

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Timothy Wang ‘25

Rachel Coffman ‘24 *

Alain Zhou ‘24 *

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Jack Hollingsworth ‘24 *#

Evyatar Eliav ‘24 *#

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Joshua Cotts ‘25

TRUMPET

Ashton Maddock ‘25

Chana Weiss ‘24 *

Sihun You ‘26

George Frost ‘25

Anders Myklebust ‘25

Pierce Donovan ‘25

Anneliese Jones ‘24 *

Jacob Edwards ‘26

FRENCH HORN

Clara Paulson ‘26

Jayant Bala ‘26

Molly Burke ‘26

Ben Botkin ‘24 *

Henry Eckhause ‘25

Graham Corey ‘25

TROMBONE

Micah Jacobson ‘24 *

Ted Wang ‘24 *

Valentina Carcassi ‘25

Miko Ng ‘25

Andrew Ayala ‘26

Hadley Feyen ‘25

EUPHONIUM

Eleanor Vogel ‘24 *

Cyrus Hansen ‘26

Kiran Parekh ‘25

TUBA

Viktor Vasicek ‘24 *

Kabir Jha ‘26

Caroline Kugler ‘25

Theodore Scott ‘25

STRING BASS

Selene Freudenberg ‘24 *

Hattie Pok ‘26

PERCUSSION

Jaylee Oeschger ‘24 *

Jordan Reingold ‘26

Jack Pottow ‘27

Karis Duncan ‘26

Luke Ankeney ‘25

Sora Koss ‘24 *

Nick Turenne ‘25

o n c e r t

PICCOLO

Lauren Wright, 26

FLUTE

Tova Weiss ‘26

Rena Erickson ‘27

Natalie Guo ‘25

Heeryun Kim ‘24 *

Irene Kim ‘25

Risheeka Chande ‘25

OBOE

Colette Riggs ‘26

Ashe Fahlgren ‘26

BB CLARINET

Elijah Makman-Levinson ‘26

Claire Jiang ‘27

Minji Kang ‘26

Nina Rosenzweig ‘26

Sophia Ahn ‘27

Evie Poortinga ‘26

Sophia Homyak ‘24 *

Aeryn Hensel ‘24 *

Luca Becker ‘24 *

BASS CLARINET

Bryan Jun ‘25

Arianna Batzer ‘24 *

BASSOON

Gabriel Weintraub ‘26

Conor Toth ‘27

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Lyndon Dibble ‘25

Alexander Garcia-Settles ‘24 *

Rachel Sprauer ‘25

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Casper Kubacki ‘27

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Pradeep Prakash ‘24 *

TRUMPET

Theo Park ‘27

Hayden Helms ‘26

Amani Sanogo ‘26

Leleida Woods ‘27

Ellis Clemetson ‘25

Sophia Becker ‘26

Brendan Khuu ‘24 *

Luke Kim ‘27

Zoe Lammers ‘27

FRENCH HORN

Harper Feyen ‘27

Elita You ‘25

Dane Nesbit ‘26

Paige Burghardt ‘27

TROMBONE

Max Hollander ‘27

Aya Gafni-Pappas ‘27

Fritz Bauer ‘26

Kai Miller ‘27

Frederick Morse ‘25

EUPHONIUM

Mallory King ‘25

Brayden King ‘27

TUBA

Viktor Vasicek ‘24 *

STRING BASS

Fiona Cuneo ‘27

Aaron Womble ‘23

Elijah Almeida ‘27

PERCUSSION

Zoren Bhabhrawala ‘26

Rocco Romeri ‘25

Amelia Koss ‘27

Sydney Fletcher ‘26

Katherine Heller ‘24 *

Josephine Oonk ‘26

Leo Konars ‘25

o n c e r

PICCOLO

Isabel Sutton ‘26

FLUTE

Kevin Park ‘27

Cianna Chen ‘27

Vedha Joshi ‘26

Bridget Shaefer ‘27

June Galaban ‘26

Grace Zirinsky ‘26

Noelle Clarke ‘26

OBOE

Mollie Meadow ‘27

Andreas Welsh ‘27

Clara Myers ‘27

BB CLARINET

Bo Schloff ‘26

Isabel Seischab ‘27

Kyle Brady ‘27

Isabella Hubbard-Adams ‘26

Sam Bishir ‘27

Piper Clark ‘27

BASS CLARINET

Taylor Banks ‘24 *

Gi Rios ‘24 *

BASSOON

Phillip Kennel ‘27

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Xander Zhang ‘27

Alexander Emery ‘27

McKenna Seiler ‘25

Rebekah Scrivens ‘24 *

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Harmon Bergquist ‘24 *

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Fin Dresch ‘27

TRUMPET

Robinson Carson ‘27

Avery Nelson ‘27

Vaughn Boutell ‘26

Lena Hammerman ‘27

Eli Rosales Crump ‘27

Kevin He ‘25

Ben Kaufman ‘26

Jacob Kaufman ‘26

FRENCH HORN

Owen Joffe ‘27

TROMBONE

Craig Newman ‘26

David Cho ‘27

Kai Whitacre ‘26

Milo Russell ‘24*

Lucas Chen ‘27

Ryan Kim ‘27

EUPHONIUM

Ibrahim Omari ‘26

Isaac Meadow ‘27

TUBA

Benjamin Laman ‘27

PERCUSSION

Max Valdez ‘27

Sampson Konars ‘27

Reja Latif ‘27

Stewart Jamsen ‘24 *

a r s i t y

VFLUTE

Liam Dworak ‘27

Harlee Vasques-Potoczak ‘27

Kellen Scott ‘27

BB CLARINET

Swarnim Agnihotri ‘27

Julianna Heller ‘27

BASS CLARINET

Jack Hay ‘27

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Joshua Corcoran ‘25

John Kim ‘27

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Sonya Rosenthal ‘27

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Naomi Richards ‘27

TRUMPET

Wilson Ruan ‘27

Lorenzo Penn ‘27

Jacob Andrianopoulos ‘26

Arthur Sherwood ‘27

Simon Bergquist ‘27

Olumorewa Odetola ‘27

Jacob Jellema ‘27

FRENCH HORN

Addison Jackson ‘26

Estella Young ‘27

TROMBONE

Kai D´Souza ‘27

Benjamin Fichera ‘27

EUPHONIUM

Vincent Bayley ‘27

TUBA

Cedric Berman ‘27

PERCUSSION

Alexis Young ‘27

Sammy Martinez ‘27

Mars Montiy ‘27

Jack Huang ‘27

Evan Pulla ‘27

Hailey Valentine ‘26

B a n d

J a z z

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Rachel Coffman ‘24 *

Lyndon Dibble ‘25

Evyatar Eliav ‘24 *

Winter Schroeder ‘27

Timothy Wang ‘25

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Jack Hollingsworth ‘24 *

Elvin Sahijdak ‘24 *

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Joshua Cotts ‘25

TRUMPET

Ellis Clemetson ‘25

Pierce Donovan ‘25

Cyrus Hansen ‘26

Hayden Helms ‘26

Ashton Maddock ‘25

Chana Weiss ‘24 *

TROMBONE

Valentina Carcassi ‘25

Max Hollander ‘27

Micah Jacobson ‘24 *

Miko Ng ‘25

Kiran Parekh ‘25

Ted Wang ‘24 *

VOICE

Jaylee Oeschger ‘24 *

GUITAR

Benjamin Zyczynski ‘25

PIANO

Walter Groening ‘26

Sola Peters ‘26

BASS

Alexander Hsu ‘25

Desmond Lorenz ‘24 *

James Stross ‘25

DRUMS

Zoren Bhabhrawala ‘26

Katherine Heller ‘24 * Jaylee Oeschger ‘24 * * Senior

ROSTER

Dorothy Li ‘25

Ian Chung ‘25 *

Malia Weber ‘25

Ella Hawley ‘24 #

Leah Zhu ‘26

Angie Liu ‘24

Eda Gur ‘24

Olivia Bonnewit ‘24 *

Alain Zhou ‘24

Rachel Coffman ‘24

Natalie Guo ‘25 #

Irene Kim ‘25

Heeryun Kim ‘24 *

Ashe Fahlgren ‘26

Aeryn Hensel ‘24

DRUM MAJOR

Micah Jacobson ‘24

DRUM MINOR

Valentina Carcassi ‘25

DMC CANDIDATES 2024

Valentina Carcassi

Ian Chung

Josh Corcoron

Josh Cotts

Miko Ng

Zach Yadmark

COACHES

Nilesh Tripathy

Aubry Dodge

Bavani Vijay

Sakthi Vijay

Kata Bajcz

D r u m l i n e

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CSNARES

Jaylee Oeschger *#

Jordan Reingold

Jack Pottow

CYMBALS

Amitha Ravikanth #

Amelia Koss

Rocco Romeri

Sydney Fletcher

Julianne Heller

Kate Heller

BASSES

Sora Koss #

Nick Turenne

Sophia DeSomma

Leo Konars

STAFF

Adam Ginsburg

Ben Kessler

Will Dahle

Peter Florence

r c h e s

S y m p h o n y

FLUTE/PICCOLO

Ian Chung

Dorothy Li

OBOE

Angie Liu

OBOE/ENGLISH HORN

Eda Gur

CLARINET

Allison Yadmark

Zach Yadmark

BASSOON

Lucas Zimdars

HORN

Jayant Bala

Molly Burke

Henry Eckhause

Clara Paulson

TRUMPET

Pierce Donovan

Anders Mykelbust

TROMBONE

Valentina Carcassi

Micah Jacobson

BASS TROMBONE

Andrew Ayala

TUBA

Caroline Kugler

PERCUSSION

Luke Ankeney

Karis Duncan

Nick Turenne

e DISTRICT

o l o & E n s e m

SOn Saturday, February 10th at Livonia Franklin High School, more than 145 Pioneer Band students performed a solo and/or an ensemble for a certified adjudicator, (along with family and friends) for this state-qualifying event. Each student’s performance was evaluated for Tone, Intonation, Rhythm, Technique, and Interpretation. After their performance, every participant was awarded a rating between "I" (Excellent) and "V" (Unsatisfactory). It was a wonderful day to be a Pioneer! Our student performances exceeded all expectations! At the end of the event, a whopping 97.2% of our performing events received a rating of "I" or "II"!

Congratulations to the Pioneer Band students who participated in the festival!

STATE

On Saturday, March 16, numerous Pioneer Band students performed a solo and/or an ensemble for a state-certified adjudicator (along with family and friends) for the State Solo & Ensemble Festival of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) at Huron High School. Each performance was evaluated for tone, intonation, rhythm, technique, and interpretation, and awarded a rating from I (superior) to V (unsatisfactory).

Congratulations to the following Pioneer students who participated in the festival: Luke Ankeney, Andrew Ayala, Fritz Bauer, Max Bruienne, Molly Burke, Robinson Carson, Lucas Chen, Wenda Cheng, Ian Chung, Rachel Coffman, Joshua Corcoran, Graham Corey, Josh Cotts, Lyndon Dibble, Karis Duncan, Evyatar Eliav, Alex Emery, Rena Erickson, Ashe Fahlgren, Hadley Feyen, Harper Feyen, Aya Gafni-Pappas, Natalie Guo, Eda Gur, Aeryn Hansel, Cyrus Hansen, Ella-Sophia Hawley, Hayden Helms, Max Hollander, Jack Hollingsworth, Sophia Homyak, Nathaniel Hong, Micah Jacobson, Claire Jiang, Kabir Jha, Vehda Joshi, Heeryun Kim, Hyunkyung Kim, Luke Kim, Taehoon Kim, Mallory King, Amelia Koss, Casper Kubacki, Caroline Kugler, Ben Laman, Zoe Lammers, Suryn Lee, Dorothy Li, Amy Liu, Ashton Maddock, Isaac Meadow, Mollie Meadow, Kai Miller, Dane Nesbit, Kiran Parekh, Theo Park, Clara Paulson, Jack Pottow, Colette Riggs, Rocco Romeri, Lily Rydell, Isabel Seischab, Nolan Shee, Eleanor Vogel, Timothy Wang, Yuanxu Wang, Malia Weber, Gabe Weintraub, Hyunsung Woo, Lauren Wright, Michael Wu, Allison Yadmark, Zach Yadmark, Kim Yeryun, Sihun You, Estella Young, Alain Zhou, Leah Zhu

MSBOA OUTSTANDING SOLOIST NOMINEES

Rachel Coffman

Ian Chung

Jack Hollingsworth

Clara Paulson

Timothy Wang

Ted Wang

Allison Yadmark

MSBOA OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE NOMINEES

Saxophone Ensemble (winners): Evyatar Eliav

Jack Hollingsworth

Timothy Wang

Alain Zhou

Flute Ensemble:

Ian Chung

Ella Hawley

Dorothy Li

Leah Zhu

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ROBERT ALBRITTON SCHOLARSHIP

A scholarship endowment fund established in 2002 honors the career of Robert Albritton as director of bands at Pioneer High School, from 1982 to 2002. This merit-based scholarship is intended to enrich both the recipient and the Pioneer Band program at large. The award is to be used for a recognized band program outside the PHS program (e.g., Blue Lake, Interlochen, Tanglewood, New England Music Camp, Aspen) The recipient’s record clearly shows that he or she regularly participates in band performance, as well as social and fundraising activities; demonstrates a desire to improve as a musician and contribute to ensemble performance; and will be continuing in the Pioneer Bands program for at least one school year following the program experience.

NANCY WARING AWARD

i o n e e r B a n

The Nancy Waring Award honors the 24-year career of Nancy Waring as associate director of bands at Pioneer High School, from 1992 to 2017. This need-based scholarship is intended for any current band student, grades 9–12, with a preference for a student who started in Varsity Band the band and students with whom Ms. Waring worked closely. The award is to be used for a recognized musical enrichment opportunity outside the PHS program (e g , Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Blue Lake International, Interlochen Arts Camp, MPulse, music lessons). The student’s record should clearly show that they regularly participate in band performance, as well as social and fundraising activities; demonstrate a desire to improve as a musician and contribute to ensemble performance; and intend to continue to play their instrument in an established ensemble

JOEL BRAHCE AWARD

The Joel Brahce Award is in memory of Dr. Joel Brahce, a 1976 Pioneer High School graduate, who played tuba, was a drum major candidate, and soloed at Interlochen. To honor his lifelong passion for music, this merit-based scholarship is intended for any current band student, grades 9–11 to assist the student to attend Pioneer Band Camp.

ROBERT ALBRITTON LEADERSHIP IN MUSIC AWARD

Robert Albritton was the director of the Pioneer Bands for twenty years (1982–2002). During those years, he went above and beyond the expectations of a band director. Robert Albritton consistently showed great dedication and commitment to the program and, as a result, during his tenure, the Bands were recognized on a state, national, and international level. He demanded excellence from all his band students, creating a focused and determined group.

In honor of Robert Albritton's twenty years of service to the Pioneer High School Bands, the Robert Albritton Leadership in Music Award was instituted in 2002. This award is given on a rotating basis annually by the Pioneer Music Department to a senior music student in the Pioneer bands, orchestras, or choirs. This student will have demonstrated the qualities exemplified by Robert Albritton: dedication, commitment, hard work, and excellence in the Pioneer music program. In 2024, the award goes to a Pioneer band student.

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THE DIRECTOR’S AWARD

This award honors an outstanding member of our Varsity Band or Concert Band White, the foundations of our award-winning band program. The director of Varsity Band and Concert Band White specifically chooses the student who receives this award. This student has continuously gone above and beyond the normal classroom expectations, someone who leads by example and enriches the foundation of our band program.

WOODY HERMAN JAZZ AWARD

The Woody Herman Award honors a jazz student for outstanding contributions to the Pioneer Jazz program. Woody Herman (1913–87), was a jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and Big Band leader, forming the Woody Herman Orchestra in 1936 His lively, swinging arrangements combining bop themes with swing rhythm parts were greatly admired; Igor Stravinsky wrote “Ebony Concerto” for his band.

LOUIS ARMSTRONG AWARD

The Louis Armstrong Award is presented to the most outstanding Pioneer jazz band member Louis Armstrong (1901–71), known around the world as Satchmo, was widely recognized as a founding father of jazz a uniquely American art form. His influence as an artist and cultural icon is very much alive today. During his career, Louis Armstrong developed a way of playing jazz as an instrumentalist and vocalist which has had an impact on all musicians to follow. He recorded hit songs for five decades; composed dozens of songs that have become jazz standards; and performed an average of 300 concerts each year, with his frequent tours to all parts of the world earning him the nickname “Ambassador Satch.”

PATRICK S. GILMORE AWARD

The Patrick S. Gilmore Award was introduced in 1994 in honor of the legendary bandmaster and impresario Patrick Gilmore (1829-1892) and his band joined General Burnside’s expedition to North Carolina in the Civil War. Gilmore also played for every president of his day, including Abraham Lincoln. This beautiful award honors outstanding high school band students and their achievements and commitment to the band. It may be used as a runner-up award to the John Philip Sousa Award®.

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA AWARD

The John Philip Sousa Award honors our most deserving band member. The Sousa Award recognizes superior musicianship, leadership, dependability, loyalty, and cooperation the qualities directors strive to develop in all students. John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) was the longtime director of the President’s Own Marine Band and a prolific composer and arranger. He championed the cause of music education, received several honorary degrees, and fought for composers’ rights.

SCHOLAR INSTRUMENTALIST AWARD

The award is given in recognition of young musicians whose achievements are both academic and musical Each member school may nominate one scholar musician per year in orchestra and band, making this a very outstanding accomplishment.

4 YEAR MARCHERS

Olivia Bonnewit ‘24

Ben Botkin ‘24

Rachel Coffman ‘24

Evyatar Eliav ‘24

Kate Heller ‘24

Jin Heo ‘24

Taehoon Kim ‘24

Sora Koss ‘24

James Lim ‘24

Angie Liu ‘24

3 YEAR MARCHERS

Luke Ankeney ‘25

Valentina Carcassi ‘25

Josh Cotts ‘25

Oliver Cook ‘25

Ian Chung ‘25

Cooper Duke ‘24

Henry Eckhause ‘25

Alex Garcia-Settles ‘24

Natalie Guo ‘25

Ella-Sophia Hawley ‘24

Jack Hollingsworth ‘24

Leo Konars ‘25

Jenny Lee ‘25

Dorothi Li ‘25

2 YEAR MARCHERS

Andrew Ayala ‘26

Jay Bala ‘26

Molly Burke ‘26

Wenda Cheng ‘25

Ellis Clemetson ‘25

Graham Corey ‘25

Sophia DeSomma ‘25

Pierce Donovan ‘25

Karis Duncan ‘26

Hadley Feyen ‘25

Eda Gur ‘24

Cyrus Hansen ‘26

Jin Heo ‘24

Taehoon Kim ‘24

Nathaniel Hong ‘26

Anneliese Jones ‘24

Bryan Jun ‘25

Hyunkyung Kim ‘25

Mallory King ‘25

Jordan Reingold ‘26

Rocco Romeri ‘25

Minji Kang ‘26

Heeryun Kim ‘25

Caroline Kugler ‘25

Ashton Maddock ‘25

Elijah Makman-Levinson ‘26

Kiran Parekh ‘25

Clara Paulson ‘26

1 YEAR MARCHERS

Sophia Ahn ‘27

Arianna Batzer ‘24

Fritz Bauer ‘26

Luca Becker ‘24

Sophia Becker ‘26

Paige Burghardt ‘27

Risheeka Chande ‘25

Josh Corcoran ‘25

Lyndon Dibble ‘25

Jacob Edwards ‘26

Rena Erickson ‘27

Ashe Fahlgren ‘26

Harper Feyen ‘27

Sydney Fletcher ‘26

George Frost ‘26

Aya Gafni-Pappas ‘27

Julianna Heller ‘27

Hayden Helmes ‘26

Aeryn Hensel ‘27

Max Hollander ‘27

Sophia Homyak ‘24

Kabir Jha ‘26

Claire Jiang ‘27

Brendan Khuu ‘26

Luke Kim ‘27

Braden King ‘27

Amelia Koss ‘27

Casper Kubacki ‘27

Suryn Lee ‘27

Kai Miller ‘27

Frederick Morse ‘25

Anders Myklebust ‘25

Micah Jacobson ‘24

Ella Vogel ‘24

Ted Wang ‘24

Allison Yadmark ‘24

Alain Zhou ‘24

Jaylee Oeschger ‘24

Riley Tavernit ‘24

Nick Turenne ‘25

Tim Wang ‘25

Zach Yadmark ‘25

Elita You ‘25

Evie Poortinga ‘26

Amitha Ravikanth ‘24

Nina Rosenzweig ‘26

Theo Scott ‘25

Nolan Shee ‘24

Viktor Vasicek ‘24

Malia Weber ‘25

Michael Wu ‘26

Leah Zhu ‘26

Lucas Zimdars ‘24

Leah Zhu ‘26

Lucas Zimdars ‘24

Dane Nesbit ‘26

Miko Ng ‘25

Josephine Oonk ‘26

Theo Park ‘27

Jack Pottow ‘27

Pradeep Prakash ‘24

Colette Riggs ‘26

Lily Rydell ‘27

Amani Sanogo ‘26

Jay Sarkar ‘25

Rachel Sprauer ‘25

Conor Toth ‘27

Gabriel Weintraub ‘26

Lauren Wright ‘26

Leleida Woods ‘27

Sihun You ‘26

e n i o r s

STaylor Banks

Arianna Batzer

Luca Becker

Harmon Bergquist

Olivia Bonnewit

Ben Botkin

Rachel Coffman

Sophia DeSomma

Cooper Duke

Evyatar Eliav

Selene Freudenberg

Alexander Garcia-Settles

Eda Gur

Ella Hawley

Katherine Heller

Aeryn Hensel

SeungJin Heo

Jack Hollingsworth

Sophia Homyak

Micah Jacobson

Stewart Jamsen

Anneliese Jones

Brendan Khuu

Heeryun Kim

Taehoon Kim

Sora Koss

James Lim

Angie Liu

Desmond Lorenz

Jaylee Oeschger

Pradeep Prakash

Amitha Ravikanth

Gi Rios

Milo Russell

Elvin Sahijdak

Rebekah Scrivens

Nolan Shee

Riley Tavernit

Viktor Vasicek

Eleanor Vogel

Ted Wang

Chana Weiss

Allison Yadmark

Alain Zhou

Lucas Zimdars

Thanks

The Pioneer Band Association would like to thank our amazing volunteers who continuously contribute their time and talents to help support this extraordinary band program. We absolutely could not do it without you. Thanks for all you bring and do to support this program!

A special thanks and a fond farewell to parents and guardians of seniors for your years of helping to make Pioneer’s music program one of the nation’s best!

2023-2024 Officers

PRESIDENT

Barb Zimdars

CO-VICE PRESIDENTS

Ali Reingold & Gail Weber

CO-COMMUNICATIONS

Jennifer Coffman & Jennifer Edwards

CO-TREASURERS

Wendy King & Cindy Donovan

Made possible by the PBA

Apparel

ANSP Tarp Hanging Crew

Awards, Scholarships, & Varsity Letters

Band Camp Registration

Band Camp Scholarships

Band Camp Sunday Welcome

Band Festival Hosting

Band Registration

Band Picnic

Bandquet

Bandquet Program Book

Bowling Party

Concert Programs & Posters

Escort Team

Pioneer Staff

DIRECTORS OF BANDS

David Leach

Erin Lilliefors

DIRECTORS OF ORCHESTRA

Jonathan Glawe

Reid Smith

DIRECTOR OF CHOIRS

Steven Lorenz

MUSIC THEORY & TECHNOLOGY

Erin Lilliefors

European Tour Coordinator & Chaperones

Event Photography

Event Videography

Fundraising Events

Leach Farewell Concert & Events

Marching Band Hydration and Snacks

Picnic Pops!

Senior Activities

Senior Memory Book

Social Media Pages

Toronto Tour Coordinator & Chaperones

Tour Scholarships and Stipends

Uniform Committee

Webmaster

PRINCIPAL

Desmond Smith

ATHLETICS DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Eve Claar

CLASS PRINCIPALS

Kevin Hudson (10th & 12th)

Daniel Hyliard (9th & 11th)

DEAN

Jodi Bullinger

Support the bands!

The Pioneer Bands program is a shining example of excellence, and it is only made possible through the generous financial support of our community Every donation helps to ensure our students have the resources to continue creating beautiful music and achieving their dreams Financial donations supplement the district's budget and enable the program to purchase music, instruments, and uniforms, provide scholarships to ensure everyone can participate in the program, and cover program costs Your support is greatly appreciated in ensuring that our Pioneer Bands continue to have a strong foundation of excellence. Thank you for being a part of our mission to inspire and uplift the next generation of musicians!

How to donate today:

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Director Level - $1,000 and up

Give your time and talents:

The successful operation of the Pioneer Band Association depends upon our fundraisers led by parent volunteers like you. Our fundraisers are essential to continue fostering positive experiences for all students in this outstanding program

The Fundraising Committee is always looking for volunteers!

To get involved, please contact vicepresident@aapioneerbands.org, who will connect you with our Fundraising Committee Chair.

Thank you for joining us!