2013 GMEA All-College Chorus Program

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2013 ALL COLLEGE ENSEMBLES Mary Land, President Robin Christian, Band Division Chair Suzanne Logue, Choral Division Chair Natalie Colbert, Orchestra Division Chair

January 25, 2013

Savannah, Georgia

2013 A LL C OLLEGE B AND Program Dr. Joe H. Brashier, Organizer Kevin Sedatole, Conductor

Mock Morris

Percy Grainger Arr. Joseph Kreines

Hymn to a Blue Hour

John Mackey

Sketches on a Tudor Psalm

Fisher Tull

March from “Symphonic Metamorphosis”

Paul Hindemith Trans. Keith Wilson

Conductor Kevin Sedatole serves as director of bands, professor of music, and chair of the conducting area at the Michigan State University College of Music. Prior to joining MSU, he was director of bands and associate professor of conducting at Baylor University. Previous to his appointment at Baylor he served as associate director of bands at the University of Texas and director of the Longhorn Band, and as associate director of bands at the University of Michigan and Stephen F. Austin State University. Sedatole holds both the doctor of musical arts degree and master of music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He earned his bachelor of music degree from Baylor University. His publications include: One Hundred Years of the Michigan Marching Band, published by the University of Michigan Press; “Michael Daugherty's Niagara Falls: A Conductor's Analysis” and “Gordon Jacob's Music for a Festival: A Conductor's Analysis,” both of which appeared in Teaching Music Through Performance in Band; and “Expressive Conducting: What We Should All Know to Be Musical Conductors,” which appeared in the Texas Music Educators Association publication, Southwestern Musician. Sedatole has conducted performances for the College Band Directors National Association, American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as performances in Carnegie Hall. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, for which he serves as Southwestern Division vice president, the American Bandmasters Association, the Big 12 Band Directors' Association, the Michigan State Band and Orchestra Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Texas Bandmasters Association. He holds honorary memberships in the Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma National Band Fraternities, as well as the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Musicians Fraternity.

2013 A LL C OLLEGE B AND PICCOLO

TRUMPET

Terry Andrews – Albany State

John Thomas Burson – Kennesaw State Teal Ewer – Valdosta State Joe Vidalez – Berry John Heidbreder – Berry Rolando Fernandez – Young Harris Matthew Soares – Berry Ashley Godbee – Mercer Everett Reiff – Berry

FLUTE Dirk Stanfield – Kennesaw State Rachel Bettis – Young Harris Erika Andres – Armstrong Atlantic Cortney Jackson – West Georgia Alena Phillips – Abraham Baldwin Allison Arnold – Young Harris

OBOE Brian Lyons – Mercer Alex Sifuentes – Kennesaw State

BASSOON Kenneth Lawrence - Mercer Adham Hamilton – Young Harris

HORN Tyler Smith – Reinhardt Sally Petty – Young Harris Rachel Smith – Abraham Baldwin Megan Cargin – Mercer

TROMBONE

John Pope – Valdosta State

Eric Spencer – Georgia Southern Andrew Braley – Mercer Jack Faulkner – Mercer Ahmad Pruitt – Berry

Eb CLARINET

BASS TROMBONE

CONTRA BASSOON

Miriam Gritis – UGA

Bb CLARINET

Joel Griswell – Reinhardt Timothy Bragg – Georgia Southern

Jarod Holland – Berry Ashley Connelley – Abraham Baldwin Paul Johns – Valdosta State Joanna Burrell – Young Harris Rachel Langston – Reinhardt Lindsey Yearwood – Young Harris Katie Stuck – Berry Kathy Stuvick – Berry Mary Welch – Mercer Tara Ruddle – Mercer

EUPHONIUM

BASS CLARINET

Berry McWhorter – UGA Drew Ellis – Abraham Baldwin Shawn Morris – West Georgia Emily Backus – UGA Spencer Davis – West Georgia Morgan Crews – Mercer Willie Jenkins – Savannah State

Shiree Williams –Valdosta State Brooke Rutledge – UGA

ALTO SAXOPHONE Anthony Claiborne – Albany State Andrew Paller – Kennesaw State

TENOR SAXOPHONE Landan Frazier – Valdosta State

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Matt Marshall – West Georgia Michael Needleman – GCSU

Alex Avila – UGA Gary Garvin – UGA

TUBA Patrick Young – Young Harris Ryan Kirkconnell – Mercer Charlie Goodman – UGA Curtis Thornton – Valdosta Tuba

PERCUSSION

2013 A LL C OLLEGE C HORUS Program Dr. Shannon Jeffreys, Organizer Dr. Philip Copeland, Conductor

Prelude

Ola Gjello

Beautiful River

William Hawley

Same Train

Robert Shaw and Alice Parker

Zion’s Walls

Aaron Copland

The Road Home

Stephen Paulus

Conductor Dr. Philip Copeland is Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. In 2012, his Samford choir won two top awards in the prestigious Florilège Vocal de Tours competition in Tours, France. Besides a first-place finish in Category IV, the choir won two awards in the Renaissance competition, the Rabelais prize for a first place finish and the Ronsard prize, for the best interpretation of Renaissance poetry by Pierre de Ronsard. Dr. Copeland's college choirs have been invited to perform in recent conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (2006, 2010) as well as the National Collegiate Choral Organization (2008). He has twice conducted in performances of choral masterworks at Carnegie Hall. At Samford, he teaches classes in conducting, diction, and music education. Dr. Copeland holds degrees in music education and conducting from the University of Mississippi, Mississippi College, and Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY. In Birmingham, he directs music at South Highland Presbyterian Church and prepares the Alabama Symphony Chorus in performances with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra. He is father to triplet nine-year olds: Catherine, Caroline, and Claire.

2013 A LL C OLLEGE C HOIR A BRAHAM B ALDWIN C OLLEGE

G EORGIA S OUTHERN U NIVERSITY

Y OUNG H ARRIS C OLLEGE

Joseph Bishop Kezia Green Daniel Gibson Brian Holland Erica Humbert Patrick Ireland Katelyn Payne Bri Rogers

Josh Cook Evan Crowther Jacqueline Iden Amber Miller Ashley Moore Sydney Sewell

LaDareon Copeland Courtney Farmer Carrie Moll Andrew Smith Sarah Stogsdill John-Michael Thomas Zach Waters Codi Wayand

A LBANY S TATE U NIVERSITY

Auriette Alexander Lynn Barochin Aston Bryant Khadijah Graham Melody Hudson Xavier Jones Brentic Richardson Antuan Russell D ARTON C OLLEGE

Leah Anglin Chelsie Battle Peter Binford Andrew Bode Heather Buckhalter Jared Cotton Erin Evans Val Sorensen G AINESVILLE S TATE C OLLEGE

Jordan Bearden Todd Childers Annie Guerrero Andrew Johnson Marissa Smith Cara Stewart Courtney Whittington Dustin Wilkes G EORGIA C OLLEGE

Allie Bankston Mitchell Moore Johnathan Moon Taylor Phillips Greta Pritchett Brianna Riley Bradley Sowell Caroline Thomas

K ENNESAW S TATE U NIVERSITY

Jacob Goodbread Timothy Marshall Shannan O’Dowd Paris Werner M ACON S TATE C OLLEGE

Robert Banks Shaq Carswell Tard Chris Tacara Gore Jennifer Martin Bernadette Meloche Deanna Rivero Shaq Troupe U NIVERSITY OF W EST G EORGIA

Charlotte Cole Terrell Davis Chaneya Joyner Alex McCurdy Mayrim Rosa Ashante Smith James Tyson Travis Watkins V ALDOSTA S TATE U NIVERSITY

Antoine Bray Nathan Calvert Rachel Campbell Chad Capers Scarlett Eirish Ester Maloof Erin Walsh Ben Watson

2013 A LL C OLLEGE O RCHESTRA Program Jennifer Floyd, Organizer Jeffrey Grogan, Conductor

Introduction and Allegro

Edward Elgar

Featuring the Franklin String Quartet

Sosprir

Edward Elgar

Conductor Applauded for performances “high in energy, with close attention to ebb and flow,” American conductor Jeffrey Grogan is hailed as a musical leader who “knows what kind of sound he wants from an orchestra,” “rich and vibrant.” His humanistic leadership style, coupled with a strong command of skills as a musical communicator, has earned him an impressive reputation with audiences and music programs throughout the country. Known for “shrewd programming, skillful rehearsing, and an energized performance,” Grogan was recently chosen to participate in the prestigious Bruno Walter National Conductor Preview sponsored by the League of American Orchestras. This appearance with the Nashville Symphony showcased his abilities in front of an audience comprised of music director search committees, artistic administrators, and artist managers from across the United States. Grogan considers his work with young musicians one of the cornerstones of his career. He serves as conductor and Artistic Director of the Greater Newark Youth Orchestras, the InterSchool Orchestras of New York, and the New Jersey Youth Symphony. In addition, he spends a large portion of each season working with school music programs, festivals, and conducting All-State Orchestras throughout the country. Prior to his appointment with the NJSO, Grogan was Director of Orchestras and Associate Professor at the Ithaca College School of Music (New York). In addition to leading Ithaca’s graduate orchestral conducting program, he took the orchestra to its Lincoln Center-Avery Fisher Hall debut and led the ensemble in its most recent concert programs in the United Kingdom. Grogan was previously on faculty at the University of Michigan and Baylor University. He taught public school in the Desoto (Texas) Independent School District. Grogan is a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and the University of Michigan.

2013 A LL C OLLEGE O RCHESTRA VIOLIN 1 Joshua Crowe – Georgia Southern University Jennifer Latimer – Georgia Southern University Danielle Moller – Kennesaw State University Mary Reese – Georgia State University Geyi Shang – Georgia Southern University

VIOLIN 2 Emily Ahlenius – Kennesaw State University Donte’ Davis – Clayton State University Kathryn Jenkins – Georgia Southern University Kane Lewis – Georgia College and State University

VIOLA Justin Brookins – Kennesaw State University Juliana Fritts – Georgia College and State University Candice Gary – Georgia Southern University Megan Hardy – Georgia College and State University Mercy Iyere – Georgia College and State University Evonee Mitchell – Clayton State University Jenny Sung – Berry College Kristin Thompson – Georgia State University

CELLO Lydia Nichols – Berry College Rebecca Rolland – Clayton State University Christina Wong – Georgia Southern University Xiaohang Yu – Georgia Southern University

BASS Bryan Johnson – Georgia State University Neal Rodack – Kennesaw State University