2016 GMEA All-State Band & Orchestra Program

georgia music educators association

2016 ALL-state

Band & Orchestra Dr. John Odom, President Tracy Wright, Vice-President for All-State Events Neil Ruby, Band Division Chair Sarah Black, Orchestra Division Chair

Cheryl Floyd Todd Stalter Alex Kaminsky John T. Madden Steven D. Davis Richard Floyd

Brian Balmages Pamela Tellejohn Hayes Alan MacNair Thomas Joiner Kevin Noe Dr. Robert Gillespie

THE CLASSIC CENTER ATHENS, GEORGIA

district organizers

All-State Band Organizers District 1 District 1 District 2 District 2 District 3 District 3 District 4 District 4 District 5 District 5 District 6 District 6 District 7 District 7 District 8 District 8 District 9 District 9 District 10 District 10 District 11 District 11 District 12 District 12 District 13 District 13 District 14 District 14

Tony Murray Middle School Sean McBride High School Brad Moore Middle School Andrew C. Bell High School Jason Thorne Middle School Jarrett Farrell High School Middle School Christine Kraemer David High High School Middle School Christine Pobursky Ira Jenkins High School Josh Brandon Middle School Jack Jean High School Sam Simon Middle School Stephen Hendricks High School Alan Carter Middle School Jonathan Hickox High School Kevin Boyle Middle School Michael Pickett High School Steve Pruitt Middle School Jessie Morlan High School Middle School James Christiansen Chuck Herron High School Robbin Lowery Middle School Andy Esserwein High School Robin Schaps Middle School Lee Newman High School Craig Bailey Middle School Ryan Dukes High School

STATEWIDE organizers Middle School

Matt Koperniak High School

Pat Gallagher GEORGIA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT MAKING THE GEORGIA ALL-STATE EVENTS A GREAT SUCCESS.

district organizers

All-State Orchestra Organizers District 1 Paula Swart District 3 Gina Moody District 4 David Goodwin District 5 Carolyn Landreau District 6 Sam Lowder District 7 William Camp District 9 Ben Rice District 10 Philip Rhodes Ashley Culley District 12 Amy Clement District 13 District 14 Beth Bowen Shaw

STATEWIDE organizer

Evelyn Champion

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All-State Middle School Orchestra Brian Balmages, Conductor Carl Rieke, Organizer

Brian Balmages is an award-winning composer, conductor, producer, and performer. His music for winds, brass, and orchestra has been performed in countries throughout the world. His active schedule of commissions and premieres has incorporated groups ranging from elementary schools to professional ensembles including the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Miami Symphony Orchestra, the University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Boston Brass, Off Bass Brass, and the Dominion Brass Ensemble. His music has been performed by members of leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Louis Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony, and others. World premieres have included prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. His music was also performed as part of the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service, which was attended by both President Obama and Vice President Biden. He received his bachelor’s degree in music from James Madison University and his master’s degree from the University of Miami in Florida. He is a recipient of the prestigious A. Austin Harding Award from the American School Band Directors Association and was also featured in James Madison University’s “Be the Change” campaign. As a conductor, Mr. Balmages has enjoyed engagements with numerous all-state and regional bands and orchestras as well as university and professional groups. Notable guest conducting appearances have included the Midwest Clinic, Western International Band Clinic, College Band Directors Eastern Regional Conference, American School Band Directors Association National Conference and others. Additional conducting appearances have included the Kennedy Center and Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. He has also served as an adjunct professor of instrumental conducting and Acting Symphonic Band Director at Towson University in Maryland. Currently, he is Director of Instrumental Publications for The FJH Music Company Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He resides in Baltimore with his wife Lisa and their two sons.

Program Slavonic Dance Opus 46 No. 8.......................................................Dvorak, arr. McCashin Lullaby to the Moon......................................................................................................Balmages Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Opus 46..............................................................Grieg, arr. Gruselle

I. Morning Mood

II. Aase’s Death III. Anitra’s Dance IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

Rhythm Dances...............................................................................................................Balmages

All State Middle School Orchestra All-State Middle School Orchestra Brian Balmages, Conductor 1st Violin Zach Tseng

Viola Home School

Irene Kwon

J. C. Booth Middle School

Junho Chang

Savannah Country Day School

Ivy Xue

Autrey Mill Middle School

Andrew Mao

Westminster School

Alex Oh

Athens Academy

Ava Posner Jonathan Eernisse Anna Hu Daniel Seog Erin Cho Nithya Jayakumar

Renfroe Middle School Home School River Trail Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School Home School

Bryan Kim Claire Hong

North Gwinnett Middle School

Sydney Moore

Savannah Country Day School

Sophia Ahn Chloe Duensing Ashley Jian

Daniel Lee

Webb Bridge Middle School

Audrey Tanner

Alice Howting

Our Lady of the Assumption

Vivek Raman

Vivia Lung

Webb Bridge Middle School

Kaiyan Xu

Larrisa Chen Sean Kim Jeremiah Jung Alvin Adjei Yoon Ji Cho Charis Dwire

Autrey Mill Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School River Trail Middle School Savannah Country Day School Taylor Rd. Middle School Home School

Jenny Heo

Webb Bridge Middle School

Stana Choi

Blackmon Road Middle School

Ethan Kim

South Forsyth Middle School

Daniel Choo

Hull Middle School

2nd Violin Nicholas Xie Josephine Han Annabel Shue Alex Foster

Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville River Trail Middle School

Home School

Christina Kim

Hull Middle School

Evan Thomas

Riverside Middle School

Schyler Rowland Paul-Louis Biondi Kevin Chae Emma Mason Christia Saputera Catherine Chen Amen Gashaw Jinseon Ryu Eileen Liu Michael Fu Vicky Yu Vicky Chung Brandon CabigonSoliber Neha Gregory Caeley Woo William Zhang

Jamese Brown Jesse An Malachi Gregory Naomi Chernowski

Westminster School Pace Academy

South Forsyth Middle School Glenn C. Jones Middle School Westminster School McClure Middle School - Kennesaw Dodgen Middle School Kittredge Magnet School Twin Rivers Middle School Hopewell Middle School Lovinggood Middle School East Cobb Middle School

Cello Evan Nicholson Alicia Shin

The Paideia School North Gwinnett Middle School

Timothy Cho

Hull Middle School

Patrick Kim

Woodward Academy

Maximilian Lou Jonathan Kim

Athens Academy

Hull Middle School

Autrey Mill Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School

Gabriella McClellan

Home School

Jack Shepherd

Home School

Jasmine Pettus

Home School

Hojun Choi Seong-Won Lee Joshua Yu David Hur

J. C. Booth Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

Sutton Middle School

Rishi Gaddamanugu

North Gwinnett Middle School

Dickerson Middle School

Sophie Lee

North Gwinnett Middle School

The Walker School

Eden Rowe

The Walker School

Hull Middle School Autrey Mill Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Dickerson Middle School

Bass Elizabeth Galloway Joshua Shepherd Nathan Keith

Haynes Bridge Middle School

Frank Zhou

Dodgen Middle School

Livia Epnett

North Gwinnett Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

Alton C. Crews Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Henderson Middle School - Chamblee Webb Bridge Middle School

Katie Tran Ashley Nation Thomas Irish

Palmer Middle School Wesley International Academy McCleskey Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School Lovinggood Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Bay Creek Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School

All-State Middle School Orchestra Pamela Tellejohn Hayes, Conductor Patricia Cleaton, Organizer

Pamela Tellejohn Hayes is nationally recognized for her work in the field of music education as an orchestra clinician, consultant, conductor, author, and public school teacher. She is the recipient of the Merle J. Isaac Lifetime Achievement Award from both the National School Orchestra Association (NSOA) and the SC chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA). She also received Elizabeth Green School Educator Award from ASTA and has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame. In 1999, SC Governor Jim Hodges awarded her The Order of the Silver Crescent for exemplary performance, contribution, and achievement within the community. In addition, she has been inducted into the SCMEA Hall of Fame and received the Citation for Leadership and Merit from ASTA with NSOA. Leadership roles include serving as president of NSOA, SCMEA, the Orchestra Division of SCMEA and the SC chapter of ASTA. Mrs. Hayes is co-author of the comprehensive method book series Essential Elements for Strings published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. As a public school coordinator and teacher for 31 years, her award winning orchestras performed three concerts in Carnegie Hall. Mrs. Hayes earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Wichita State University, a Master of Education degree in Educational Administration and an Education Specialist certificate in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of South Carolina. She currently resides in Lexington, SC with her husband, Larry, where she is a violinist with the South Carolina Philharmonic and adjunct instructor of violin and string methods at Columbia College.

Program Allegro from Concerto in D Major..........Sigr. Anderssen, arr. Robert D. McCashin Carpe Diem! (Overture for String Orchestra).........................................Richard Meyer After the Rain............................................................................................................Susan H. Day Heart of Fire......................................................................................................Lauren Bernofsky Sagebrush...............................................................................................................James Curnow

All State Middle School Orchestra All-State Middle School Orchestra Pam Tellejohn Hayes, Conductor 1st Violin

Viola

Robert Jeon

Dodgen Middle School

Kelly Jeong

River Trail Middle School

Jennifer Deng

J. C. Booth Middle School

Mabel Htay

Haynes Bridge Middle School

Kevin Chen

Westminster School

Yoonseo Kwon

River Trail Middle School

Diane Moon

North Gwinnett Middle School

Bradley Dai

Autrey Mill Middle School

Eunice Chon Shanru Xu Darsha Krishnamurthi Toby Liu

North Gwinnett Middle School Chamblee Middle School Piney Grove Middle School Westminster School

Yuji Yamada

Duluth Middle School

Sara Magelis

Henderson Middle School - Chamblee

Erin Kong Abigail Carpenter Judy Kim

North Gwinnett Middle School Elkins Pointe Middle School Dodgen Middle School

Naheun Kim

Westminster School

Etta Thomas

Riverside Middle School

Ellie Park

North Gwinnett Middle School

Bryan Chong

Autrey Mill Middle School

Kaitlyn Jung

River Trail Middle School

2nd Violin

Rachel Lee Alden Kidane Lydia Choi

Chamblee Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

Megan Hong

South Forsyth Middle School

Emily Wyche

Greater Atlanta Christian School

Kaci Xie Nina Nagarajan Amanda Bock Tyler Neville Clara Kim Eilene Pham

Webb Bridge Middle School Hull Middle School Hopewell Middle School The Lovett School Autrey Mill Middle School Osborne Middle School

John Traynelis

Henderson Middle School - Chamblee

Eliza Mitchem

DeKalb School of the Arts

Nehemiah Turner Keveen Campos Jander Kugelman

Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Bennett's Mill Middle School

Hightower Trail Middle School

Cello Lexine Feng Christine Jeong Eric Chen Jordan Leslie

Home School River Trail Middle School Dickerson Middle School The Paideia School

Jun-ha Jung

River Trail Middle School

Olivia Johnson-Liu

Savannah Country Day School

Thomas Joo

Dodgen Middle School

Doowon Kim

North Gwinnett Middle School

Dean Kim

Emily Primmer Faith Xu Danielle Najarian Sophie Chan Hilary Chen Hannah Lee Alex Bae Raymond Osborne Sarang Pujari Luke Cho Mina Smith Hallie Perry Edward Chen MinJae Kim Isaac Chen Daniel Huang

Godley Station School K-8 Dickerson Middle School Northwestern Middle School Fulton Science Academy Middle School River Trail Middle School

Durham Middle School Mount Pisgah Christian School Sandtown Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School River Trail Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Home School

Duluth Middle School South Forsyth Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School Athens Academy

Hye Kang

Hull Middle School

Susie Choi

Pinecrest Academy

Heyi Zhang Allen Pan

Trickum Middle School Taylor Rd. Middle School

Riverwatch Middle School

Mingdao Gavalda

Atlanta International School

Brandon Yoon

Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

Juwon Lim Karen Yi Matthew Kim Daniel Kim Brian Pak Andrew Wang Issac Cho

McClure Middle School - Kennesaw Duluth Middle School River Trail Middle School

Autrey Mill Middle School Duluth Middle School River Trail Middle School Hull Middle School

Bass Corban Johnson Alivia Carter Sydnie Roberds Olivia Desio Siddhartha Narker Kofi Lacefield

Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville Georgia Cyber Academy

Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Hightower Trail Middle School

Druid Hills Middle School M.D. Roberts Middle School

Margaret Mason

The Waldorf School of Atlanta

Ben Stone

Savannah Country Day School

All-State 9th and 10th grade String Orchestra Alan MacNair, Conductor Teresa Hoebeke, Organizer

Alan MacNair graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and then received a Bachelor of Music degree from Michigan State University, where he majored in string education. He then attended Boston University, earning a Master of Music degree in violin performance. He has studied with violinists Joseph Silverstein, Louis Krasner, and Walter Verdehr, and has also studied conducting with Gustav Meier at the University of Michigan. Mr. MacNair was the orchestra director at Troy High School for twenty-nine years, and built the orchestra program from 35 students to 220 string players. Under his direction, the Troy High Symphony commissioned several original works, was three times named National Grand Champion, and earned top ratings at other festivals around the United States. Mr. MacNair has also been the Music Director and Conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, which draws students from all over Southeast Michigan, and performs orchestral repertoire of the highest order. Mr. MacNair has also been the Concertmaster and Assistant Conductor of the Rochester Symphony, and a substitute performer with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. He was the 1993 MSBOA District String Teacher of the Year, and was also named the State String Teacher of the Year by the Michigan String Teachers Association in 1998. In 2004, was named the Troy District High School Teacher of the Year, and in 2007, was one of USA Today’s Top Twenty Teachers in America, and remains the only music teacher to win this award.

He was recently presented the Elizabeth Green Award as the American String Teachers Association National String Teacher of the year. He is also a founding member of the Michigan State University College of Music Alumni Board, and the founder and conductor of the Oakland University Chamber Orchestra. He is a frequent clinician at national and regional music education conferences.

Program St. Paul’s Suite............................................................................................................Gustav Holst

I. Jig

II. Ostinato III. Intermezzo IV. Finale (The Dargason)

Adagio for Strings, Opus 11.............................................................................Samuel Barber Folk Tune Air and Fiddler’s Fury............................................................Alexander Safford

I. Folk Tune Air II. Fiddler’s Fury

9/10 String Orchestra Alan McNair, Conductor

All-State 9 and 10 grade String Orchestra th

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1st Violin KangHee Jin Dohyuk Yang Jerry Lu Samuel Surbrook Felix Pei Hannah Shin Yujin Choi Gregory Butler Ethan Wang Lydia Nam Judy Chong David Wen Praneet Ramakrishnan

Viola Lambert High School

Emily Wang

Chattahoochee High School

Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Thomas Kim

North Gwinnett High School

Norcross High School Home School

Lakeside High School - Evans Savannah Arts Academy Woodward Academy Home School Johns Creek High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Centennial High School Milton High School

Jeffrey Yu

Northview High School

Daniel Kim

Druid Hills High School

Anika Park

Walton High School

Mashu Takeda

McIntosh High School

Angela Lau

Norcross High School

Grace Motahari

North Springs High School

Samuel Song

Johns Creek High School

Roger Zhang

Parkview High School

Jacob Leung

Walton High School

2nd Violin Adam Jobson Ellen Kang Minjoo Kim Josiah Meadows Gabrielle Fontaine

Home School Savannah Arts Academy Chattahoochee High School Home School Savannah Arts Academy

Serena Song

Peachtree Ridge High School

Kimberly Beauvais

North Gwinnett High School

Erin Ohm Evonne Iau Max Xu

Johns Creek High School Woodward Academy Johns Creek High School

Mimi Konieczny

Westminster School

Yiren Hou

Walton High School

Anvith Reddy

Brookwood High School

Jennifer Smith

Savannah Arts Academy

Jennifer Ko

Johns Creek High School

Mustafa Hussain

Brookwood High School

Joyce Yun

Chamblee High School

Daniel Lee

North Gwinnett High School

Christina Huang

Westminster School

Bailey Park

Home School

Rubin Park

Collins Hill High School

Hong-Yu Guo

Davidson Fine Arts

Jessica Yeh

Duluth High School

Claire Sharpe

Walton High School

Albert Chen

Walton High School

Susan Yi Jeremy Jefferson Jewel Johnson Margaret Zhang Na Ku Akugbe Imudia James Cai Katelyn Choe McKayla Andersen Damaris Billups Sehyun Kim

Northview High School River Ridge High School Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts Walton High School

North Gwinnett High School Grayson High School Peachtree Ridge High School Greater Atlanta Christian School Allatoona High School Davidson Fine Arts Northview High School

Cello Rayen Kang Tannessa Dang Alex Lin

Northview High School North Gwinnett High School Northview High School

Jack Steber

Walton High School

Meagan Rwambaisire

Walton High School

Isaac Ahn Andrew Barnett Alyson Lee Ryan Lee Tara Pillai Sidhesh Desai HyunGu Lee

North Gwinnett High School Davidson Fine Arts Hebron Christian Academy Peachtree Ridge High School Westminster School Alpharetta High School Mount Paran Christian School

Ayako PedersonTakeda

Brookwood High School

John Kang

Collins Hill High School

Sei Ko

Josh Chough

Bass Joseph Zhang Kayleigh Monahan Alex Pu

McIntosh High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Milton High School

Johns Creek High School

Mwanzi Harriott

Tri-Cities High School

Christian Harvey

Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts

Alex Petralia

Druid Hills High School

Knox Massey

The Lovett School

Morgan Wood

Lanier High School

All-State 9th and 10th grade Full Orchestra Thomas Joiner, Conductor Kinsey Edwards, Organizer Stacy Brown, Percussion Coordinator

Thomas Joiner has appeared as a conductor, violinist, chamber player, and teacher throughout the United States and eleven foreign countries. As Professor of Violin and Orchestral Activities at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, he conducts the Furman Symphony Orchestra in orchestral, operatic, and oratorio performances each year.

As Music Director and Conductor of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra (NC) since 1998 Joiner’s creative programming has led to continued growth for the orchestra, community support and sold-out performances. He has invited notable musicians to perform with the HSO including pianists Lee Luvisi, Yakov Kasman, and Jorge Federico Osorio, cellists Andres Diaz and Carter Brey, violinists James Buswell, Stephanie Chase, Laura St. John, and William Preucil, tenors Gary Lakes and Stanford Olsen, soprano Angela Brown and popular artists jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling, Rhythm and Brass, Celtic fiddler Jamie Laval, the Kruger Brothers, and the Andy Carlson Band. In addition to the Masterworks Series the HSO partners with area public schools presenting curriculum-based youth concerts to thousands of 3rd and 6th grade Henderson county children each year.

A sought after guest conductor, Joiner led the Orquestra da Camera Theatre Sao Pedro during two residencies in Porto Alegre, Brazil, conducted the Greenville (SC) Symphony Chamber Orchestra, the Asheville (NC) Lyric Opera in three sold-out performances of South Pacific, and the Philharmonic Orchestra of the 2015 Masterworks Music Festival. A devoted educator, Joiner has served as conductor for AllState orchestras in addition to presenting clinics at regional and national music education conferences from Alabama to Ohio. As a Director of the Furman Band and Orchestra Camp he conducts the high school orchestra each summer. As an orchestral violinist Joiner has shared the stage with conductors Robert Shaw, James Levine, Jorge Mester, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, John Nelson, and Keith Lockhart as well as soloists Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade, David Daniels, Peter Serkin, Itzhak Perlman, YoYo Ma, Gil Shaham and Joshua Bell. As an Artistic Ambassador for the United States Information Agency, he presented seventeen violin recitals with pianist Douglas Weeks during a five-week tour of western Africa and the Middle East. During a sabbatical Joiner studied in Paris with eminent maestro John Nelson. He has twice served as a visiting professor at the Accademia dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy. For many years Joiner held the Dr. & Mrs. William J. Pendergrast, Sr. Artist Chair at Brevard Music Center where he served on the conducting staff and as a concertmaster of the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra. He was honored in 2009, along with his wife, violist Anna Barbrey Joiner, with the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Previous positions also include Professor of Violin and Orchestral Activities at the University of Georgia School of Music, Associate Principal Second Violin of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, first violinist with the Louisville Orchestra, South Carolina president of the American String Teachers Association, and member of the national board of directors of the Conductors Guild. Joiner earned the Doctor of Music in Violin Performance from Florida State University as a student of Gerardo Ribeiro, the Masters of Church Music in Musicology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and the Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance from Furman University. He is a native of Rock Hill, South Carolina where he was drum major of the Rock Hill High School Bearcat Band!

Program Danse Bacchanale from Samson & Delilah...................................Camille Saint-Saens Star Wars Suite.......................................................................................................John Williams

II. Princess Leia’s Theme

III. The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)

Symphony No. 8 in G Major, IV movement............................................Antonin Dvorak

All-State 9th and 10th grade full Orchestra 9/10 Full Orchestra Thomas Joiner, Conductor

1st Violin Mayu Takeuchi Phoebe Liu

Viola Oconee County High School

Doyoung Jeong

Westminster School

Lucinda Gelber

Richard Lee

Northview High School

HoJung Kim

Johns Creek High School

Richard Cho

Alpharetta High School

Passacaglia Mason Kylie Dickinson Lily West Serena Gao Rachel McClellan Maya Kang Hongbum Kim Kevin Kerner Eunice Choi Monica Chang Sarah Chen

Woodward Academy McIntosh High School Home School Lambert High School Home School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School McIntosh High School Brookwood High School North Gwinnett High School The Paideia School

Nao Kamitani

Lakeside High School - Evans

Julia Sellman

Home School

Janet Huang

Johns Creek High School

Seo Young Yoo

Lassiter High School

Naomi Fan

Walton High School

Ikjoon Shin

Bradwell Institute

2nd Violin Julia Lu Jenny Choi Julia Su Erin Cho Zoe Lo Brianna Hou

Northview High School Walton High School The Walker School Wheeler High School Walton High School Norcross High School

Yueci Chen

Mount Pisgah Christian School

Daniel Kim

Johns Creek High School

Louisa Shepherd Nina Youn Melody Bearden Yuna Lee Sylvia Tang Hsin Ling Chen Brian Kang

Home School Mill Creek High School Home School Chattahoochee High School Northview High School River Ridge High School Chamblee High School

Rebecca Xiong

Brookwood High School

Ruby Lee

Brookwood High School

Angela Cheng

Johns Creek High School

Patti Tao

Savannah Country Day School

Michelle Cho

Alpharetta High School

Ashley Kim

Northview High School

Christine Chang

Dunwoody High School

Annabelle Spoto YuJin Kwak Clara Smallwood

Yein Chae Duluth High School Grady High School Mill Creek High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Milton High School

Jason Chang

Northview High School

Alan Ko

Alpharetta High School

Jameson Wall Grace Zhou Jun Kang Chris Wang Jenae Hemminger Ashley Ahn Elise Arancio

Sarah Williams

Bassoon Derek Rizzi

Wheeler High School

James Wang

McIntosh High School

Clarinet McIntosh High School

Walton High School

Jefferson High School

Peachtree Ridge High School Norcross High School Home School Westminster School Lakeside High School - Atlanta McIntosh High School

Cello Decatur High School

Bass Clarinet Nathan Murzello

Kyung Jun Lee Caitlin Petros Richard Stinson

Savannah Smith

River Ridge High School

Hillgrove High School

Wesley Rains

Eastside High School

Johns Creek High School

Joseph Clarke

Clarke Central High School

Trombone Hans Kang

Northview High School Walton High School

Yuheon Lee

McIntosh High School

Adam Wang

Alpharetta High School Peachtree Ridge High School Chattahoochee High School

Claire Lee

North Gwinnett High School

Amy Park

North Gwinnett High School

Brandon Chung Matthew Shu Claire Chen

Cambridge High School The Paideia School River Ridge High School

Bass Blake Hilley

Walton High School

Matthew Jung

Northview High School

Daniel Barket

Alpharetta High School

Angela Leeper Eric Shute Anthony Compton Hollie Greenwood Jesse Perry

Lassiter High School

Kennesaw Mountain High School

Lambert High School

Harrison Zhu

Milton High School

Josh Vollbracht

Brian Song

Phillip Kim

Lambert High School

Horn

Columbus High School

Daniel Cho

North Gwinnett High School

Trumpet

Ian Becerra Jennifer Ahn

Walton High School Chamblee High School

Caleb Rucker

Chamblee High School

Jane Lee

Nick Bernard

Alisha Zamore

Emma Axelson

Joseph Brown

Oboe

Decatur High School

Caroline Cameron

Aria Posner

Johns Creek High School

Ola High School Chamblee High School Woodward Academy Roswell High School McIntosh High School

Flute Ruby Yoo

North Gwinnett High School

Elise Park

North Gwinnett High School

Jillian Andrews Zach MucCullough

Parkview High School River Ridge High School Forsyth Central High School

Tuba Joshua Williams

Tri-Cities High School

Timpani Reilly McLean

Kell High School

Percussion Jenny Capriola

Decatur High School

Avery Brown

Lambert High School

Ethan Dupier Nichols Alfred

Pope High School North Gwinnett High School

All-State 11th and 12th grade String Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor Lori Gomez, Organizer

Kevin Noe is Director of Orchestras and head of the graduate orchestral conducting program at Michigan State University. A passionate supporter and promoter of composers, creators, and the arts of our time, he is also the Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME), and has commissioned and premiered over sixty new works so far. Having a strong background in the theatre, he has a particular interest in works employing a variety of art forms and serves regularly as conductor, stage director, actor, and filmmaker for a variety of mixed-media, operatic, and theatrical productions. During his tenure with the PNME, attendance at performances has grown 500%, and the troupe was invited to give an eighteen performance run of a new work entitle “Just Out of Reach” at the festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland. Noe, with artistic companion Kieren MacMillan, co-created, directed, and played the role of Sisyphus in the newly commissioned, evening length, multi-media work. A dedicated conducting teacher, Mr. Noe’s students have so far gone on to hold posts with professional and university orchestras around the country including the MIT Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the University of Pennsylvania, the Houston Symphony, the University of Houston, Opera in the Ozarks, and the Orchestre National de France, and they have been accepted into prestigious conducting programs including the Aspen Festival, the Oregon Bach Festival, and the National Conducting Institute. Mr. Noe has held conducting posts at the University of Texas at Austin, The Pittsburgh Opera Center, The National Repertory Orchestra, and Duquesne University, and has been a regular guest conductor at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University conducting opera, ballet, and symphonic programs. He completed his graduate studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas where he received the prestigious Sally Shepherd Perkins Prize in Music and he was the recipient of the Maurice Abravanel Fellowship as a conductor at the Tanglewood Festival. Mr. Noe’s principal conducting teacher was Larry Rachleff.

Program Simple Symphony............................................................................................Benjamin Britten

I. Boisterous Bourree II. Playful Pizzicato III. Sentimental Sarabande VI. Frolicsome Finale

Fantasia on a Theme................................................................................R. Vaughn-Williams

by Thomas Tallis (for double–stringed Orchestra)

11/12 String Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor

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1st Violin Maya Eashwaran Paul Shao

Leena Park Milton High School

Viola

Lassiter High School

Tony Zeng

Suk Joon Na

Duluth High School

Chang Xu

Trevor Chun

Alpharetta High School

Sitara Mysore

Alpharetta High School

Arvind Ramaswami

Chattahoochee High School

Justin Chu

Alpharetta High School

Sarah Yang

Northview High School

Daniel Kim

North Gwinnett High School

Uchenna Chukwukere Rosemary Hill

Savannah Arts Academy Hillgrove High School

Lucy Liu

Mount Pisgah Christian School

Sasha Popov

Mount Pisgah Christian School

Caroline Wittschen

Centennial High School

Andrew Zhang

Centennial High School

Alice Zhang Aska Hughes Eddy Chiao Conrad Venizelos

Walton High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Walton High School

Mount Pisgah Christian School

Meghan O'Keefe

Hillgrove High School

Vaibhav Vasudevan

Chamblee High School

Jason Chen Joe Luo

Johns Creek High School Duluth High School

2nd Violin Eujin Jang

Walton High School

Andrew Peck

Walton High School

Grace Lee Matthew McDowell Sophia Foppa Gabriella Davis Rachel Lee Whit FitzGerald

Grayson High School Home School Walton High School Roswell High School Peachtree Ridge High School Pace Academy

Ian Maurer

Chamblee High School

Jenna Flohr

Lassiter High School

Natalie King

Home School

Sarena Tseng

Chattahoochee High School

Alec Reinhardt

Lakeside High School - Atlanta

Yebin Chae

Johns Creek High School

Angelina Suwoto

Brookwood High School

Bonnie Sun Christopher Sun

Roswell High School Alpharetta High School

Esther Kim

Johns Creek High School

Jeena Park

Peachtree Ridge High School

David Gomez

Calhoun High School

Tim Zhang

Tallulah Falls School

Peachtree Ridge High School

Brian Cabigon Carmen Zegura

Brookwood High School Parkview High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology DeKalb School of the Arts

Marianne Richter

McIntosh High School

Nivedita Minjur

Lambert High School

Jennifer Zou

Northview High School

Jiaxing Liu

McIntosh High School

Andres Malave

Westminster School

Cameron Chong

Cambridge High School

Christopher Kim

Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Philip Mantchev Amy Liu Caroline Stehr Samhitha Cinthala Yeon Joo Yoo

Alpharetta High School Walton High School Parkview High School

Northview High School Peachtree Ridge High School

Cello Hayeon Cho

Wheeler High School

Sarah Tsai

Walton High School

Justin Hedderman

Lassiter High School

Thomas Maggiola

Roswell High School

Benjamin Rau

The Lovett School

Adam Piendel

Wheeler High School

Nicole Sim Clarisa Colton Stephen Wu Colin Gregoire Se Hyun Jang Isabela Pavkov Dongjoo Yu Jenna Shin

Northview High School Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Chattahoochee High School Roswell High School Northview High School Lakeside High School - Atlanta Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology North Gwinnett High School

Joseph Aucoin

Northview High School

Jason Li

Centennial High School

Bass Travis Lorenz

Ola High School

Emily Wilson

Davidson Fine Arts

Thomas Fennell Ryan Kontos Elliot Elder Akiel Etienne Malcolm Crowder Max Heeden

Chamblee High School Whitewater High School Roswell High School Union Grove High School Hillgrove High School Lakeside High School - Atlanta

All-State 11th and 12th grade Full Orchestra Robert Gillespie, Conductor Carolyn Landreau, Organizer Todd Manson, Percussion Coordinator

Robert Gillespie, violinist and professor of music, is responsible for string teacher training at The Ohio State University, which has one of the largest and most extensive string pedagogy degree programs in the nation. Under Dr. Gillespie’s leadership, Ohio State University received the 2015 Institutional String Education Award as the premier string education university in the country. Dr. Gillespie is a past national President of the American String Teachers Association. He is a frequent guest conductor of All-State, region, and festival orchestras. Dr. Gillespie has appeared in 47 states, Canada, and throughout Europe. He is co-author of the Hal Leonard string method book series, Essential Elements for Strings, the leading string instrument teaching series in the country with sales of over eight million copies. Also he is co-author of the college text Strategies for Teaching Strings: Building A Successful School Orchestra Program, the String Clinics to Go DVD series, and the Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra texts for GIA publications. He received the Distinguished Scholar award for 2002-2003 in the School of Music at Ohio State University. In summers, Gillespie directs the OSU String Teacher Workshop, the largest string/orchestra teacher-training workshop in the country.

In Columbus, he conducts the Columbus Symphony Chamber Strings Orchestra and a performing violinist in the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra. During the 2015-2016 academic year, Gillespie is giving string pedagogy and research presentations, and conducting orchestra performances in Texas, Indiana, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Ohio, and internationally in Manila, Philippines, and Rome, Italy.

Program Festive Overture.......................................................................................Dimitri Shostakovich Symphony No. 4................................................................................Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky

2. Andantino in modo di canzona

4. Finale: Allegro con fuoco

Capriccio Espagnole....................................................................Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov

1. Alborado

2. Variazioni 3. Alborado 4. Scena e canto Gitano 5. Fandango Asturiano

All-State 11th and 12th grade full Orchestra 11/12 Full Orchestra Kevin Noe, Conductor

1st Violin Malhar Kute

Viola Chamblee High School

Erin Pitts

Flute Chamblee High School

Eugene Ahn

Lambert High School

James Kang

Collins Hill High School

Jennifer Wei

Savannah Arts Academy

Michael Lee

North Gwinnett High School

North Gwinnett High School

Kevin Zhang

Lesley Chang Judy Li

Northview High School

Tim Hood

Amy Zhang

Johns Creek High School

Andrew Fu

Alpharetta High School

Richard Pei

Sarah Li

Alpharetta High School

David Liu

Kyle Qian

Centennial High School

Vivian Cheng

Johns Creek High School

Annie Su

Johns Creek High School

Andrew Li George Pan Aomeng Cui Audrey Butler Lina Kim Wilbert Liu Catherine Cook Christine Liu Joanna Sellman Ian Jones

Alpharetta High School Johns Creek High School Chamblee High School Home School Peachtree Ridge High School Lambert High School Allatoona High School Westminster School Home School Lassiter High School

2nd Violin Julie Kim

Walton High School

Tracy Du

Johns Creek High School

Alex Yang

Johns Creek High School

Jasmine Liu

Northview High School

Alice Lin

Northview High School

Tricia Dang Richard (RJ) Gary Lauren Ha Abhi Nathan William Bontempo Jake Wong Kevin Wang Clara Kennedy Brandon Cho

North Gwinnett High School Cambridge High School Johns Creek High School Walton High School Mountain View High School Chattahoochee High School Walton High School Savannah Arts Academy Chattahoochee High School

Eric Wang

Northview High School

Joseph Pang

Northview High School

Xiaoyao Gao Samantha McClendon Steven Chiou Julia Koh Grace Oberst Abby Bartolick

Oconee County High School Walton High School Northview High School The Lovett School Walton High School Allatoona High School

Viola Emma DeJarnette

Brookwood High School

Jachai Wilmont

Kelsey Johnson Ariana Mao Irene Zhou Uzuki Kakinuma

Walton High School Mountain View High School Roswell High School Alpharetta High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Alpharetta High School Westminster School

Northview High School Grady High School

Rachel Anders Brennen Blotner Kathleen Len

Sydney Hancock Alexa Levy Gabriel Grant

Kalli Edwards

Fayette County High School

Katelyn West

Savannah Arts Academy

Clarinet

Northview High School

Alan Kim

Hannah Shute Louise Yu Nathan Wu Melina Le Yi-Chang Jeon Sirian Yi Joan Hong

Cedar Shoals High School McIntosh High School Chamblee High School

Zachary Flynn

Peachtree Ridge High School Walton High School McIntosh High School Northview High School North Gwinnett High School Lambert High School

Nicholas Henderson

Collins Hill High School

Aaron Hui Garrett Anderson

Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Northview High School Northview High School Johns Creek High School

Bass Jan Sabacan

Milton High School

Nicole Mann

Cambridge High School

Cody Lavallee

Brookwood High School

Matthew Henson Carson Baker

Kennesaw Mountain High School Johns Creek High School

Bailey Bennett

Hillgrove High School

Gabriel English

Allatoona High School

Kevin Alford

Mill Creek High School

Harp Sara Hancock

Cameron Gwynn Zach Price

Collins Hill High School

Leonardo Tang

Jacob Germany

Northview High School

Tiffany Chen Albert Kim

Megha Desai

Pope High School Walton High School Alpharetta High School

Trumpet

Cello

Kevin Li

Camden County High School

Oconee County High School

Raymond Zhu

Jefferson Downs

The Paideia School

Hank Morris

Matthew Hodgetts

Angelina Choi

Mill Creek High School

Bassoon

Dunwoody High School Johns Creek High School

Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School

Oboe

Joy Hsieh Jennifer Ahn

McIntosh High School

Lassiter High School

Ahran Lee

Northview High School

Deja Goodman

Alpharetta High School

Milton High School Brookwood High School Milton High School North Forsyth High School

Horn Nicholas Fratto Joelle Hitechew Johanna Hoover Sophie Dines Dominic Aquila

Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology Whitewater High School

Oconee County High School Milton High School Jefferson High School

Trombone Jarrad Dickey

Lambert High School

Grace Pulliam

George Walton Academy

Bass Trombone Brevin White

Heritage High School - Ringgold

Tuba Yoni Zegeye

West Forsyth High School

Timpani Jacob Sherwin

Pope High School

Percussion Kmani Blyden Parth Kumar Chase Callaway Adam Warner Joshua Bearden

Allatoona High School Cambridge High School Milton High School Starr's Mill High School North Forsyth High School

All-State mIDDLE sCHOOL bAND Cheryl Floyd, Conductor Wendy Wilson, Organizer Todd Wilson, Percussion Coordinator

Cheryl Floyd is in her twenty-fourth year as Director of Bands at Hill Country Middle School in Austin, Texas. Prior to her tenure at Hill Country, she served as Director of Bands at Murchison Middle School, also in Austin, for eight years. Musical organizations under her leadership have consistently been sited for musical excellence at both local contests and national invitational festivals. Mrs. Floyd is recognized nationally for her educational and musical achievements at the middle school level. In 1990 her Murchison program was the recipient of the coveted Sudler Cup Award presented to exemplary middle school band programs by the John Philip Sousa Foundation. The Hill Country Middle School Band has performed at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in 1998 and again in 2006 and most recently at Music For All’s National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis (March 2012) under Mrs. Floyd’s direction.

The HCMS Symphonic Band will perform at the Western International Band Clinic this November 2015. Mrs. Floyd routinely serves as a conductor on the University of Texas at Austin band camp faculty and has been a member of summer music faculties at Arkansas Tech University, Baylor University, Texas Lutheran University Stephen F. Austin University, University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She enjoys an active schedule as an adjudicator, clinician, author and guest conductor throughout the United States, having served as one of the first women guest conductors of the United States Navy Band in Washington, D.C. in September, 1998. In 2003, Mrs. Floyd was elected to the American Bandmasters’ Association. She is the fifth female member of this 225 member organization and the first middle school band director to be chosen for ABA membership. Over the past twenty plus years, she has maintained a keen interest in commissioning new works for concert band and has collaborated with such internationally recognized composers as Frank Ticheli, Cajun Folk Songs, Shenandoah, Bob Margolis, Renaissance Fair, Dana Wilson, Sang!, Ron Nelson, Courtly Airs and Dances, Steven Barton, Hill Country Flourishes, Chris Tucker, Twilight in the Wilderness. Catherine McMichael, Cape Breton Postcard, Undertow, by John Mackey and most recently, Spangled Heavens by Donald Grantham. The works generated by these ongoing projects have been acknowledged as being among the most significant works for young band. A 1980 graduate of Baylor University, Mrs. Floyd has also done graduate work at the University of Texas with Paula Crider, Robert Duke and Karl Kraber. Since 1985 she has served as co-principal flute with the Austin Symphonic Band and in this capacity has performed at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic on two occasions, the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and before the Texas Music Educators Association and Texas Bandmasters Association on numerous occasions. She is a member of ABA, TMEA, TBA, and Phi Beta Mu. Paramount in her life is her twenty-one year old son, Richard Weston, who is a 2012 Westlake High School graduate and a senior trombone performance major at the University of Texas.

Program Lightning Field..........................................................................................................John Mackey Brighton Beach....................................................................................................William Latham Tonadillas Suite.....................................................................Enrique Granados/Ralph Ford

I. El tra la la y el punteado

II. La Maja Dolorosa III. El Majo Discreto

Tudor Sketches......................................................................................................William Owens

I. Hampton Court

II. Good Queen Bess III. Hunting At Chobham

Zombie Tango......................................................................................................James Meredith Earth Song...................................................................................................................Frank Ticheli Diamond Tide.................................................................................................................Viet Cuong

Mvt. 1

aLL-STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND All State Middle School Band Cheryl Floyd, Conductor

Flute Emily Kim Olivia Colburn Sydney Mance Iris Kim Jumi Park Harbin Hong Gretchen Kim Ben Brown Ivy Lee Kaitlyn Cramer Mina Koo

Bass Clarinet Hull Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School Woodward Academy Autrey Mill Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville Woodward Academy

Riverwatch Middle School Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

Greater Atlanta Christian School South Central Middle School Hull Middle School

Oboe

Madisyn Jenkins John Mattson Audrey McGee Savannah Reynolds

Jimmy Kim Emma Smith Augustin Lorenzo Ray Guereca Matthew Kim Vincent Wu

Claire Halloran

Christopher Lee

Autrey Mill Middle School

Ashok Iyer

Hull Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School

Bassoon Will Murdoch

Ringgold Middle School

Kasey Park

Riverwatch Middle School

Neil Patram

Alton C. Crews Middle School

Clarinet Riverwatch Middle School

Justin Yi

South Forsyth Middle School

Shivum Lal

Sai Mettupalli Kaitlyn Baek Sun Moon

Blake Walker

Alton C. Crews Middle School

Stallings Island Middle School

Benjamin Stocksdale Wallace Conrath

Issac Combs Thomas Fulcher

Woodland Middle School - Euharlee Whitewater Middle School Jefferson Middle School

Irene Choi

Buford Middle School

Eric Lewe

Dickerson Middle School East Hall Middle School Temple Middle School

Mabry Middle School

Jonah Madaris

Heritage Middle School

Gavin Anchondo

Heritage Middle School

Gavino Tello

East Hall Middle School

Tuba Aaron Mullins

Peachtree Academy

Matthew Wade

Bear Creek Middle School - Fairburn

Henry Hofer

Greenbrier Middle School

Josiah Reeves

West Jackson Middle School

Aaron Rieck

Dickerson Middle School

Smokey Road Middle School

Will Paschal

Morgan County Middle School

Morgan County Middle School

Cole Johnson

Riverwatch Middle School

Godley Station School K-8

Jonah Schertz

Northwestern Middle School

Morgan County Middle School

Colby Brown

Stallings Island Middle School

Michael Roth

Arnall Middle School

Heritage Middle School

Ediz Eribac

Elkins Pointe Middle School

Savannah Van Buren

West Jackson Middle School

Miguel Hernandez Madison Smith Nathan Page Megan Zhang

St. Marys Middle School George Walton Academy South Central Middle School George Walton Academy Simpson Middle School River Trail Middle School

Trombone Austin Murray

Trickum Middle School

Flat Rock Middle School

Horn

Brody Lindsey

Morgan County Middle School

Ryan Baggott

Buford Middle School

George Walton Academy

Lee County Middle School West

Heritage Middle School

Josie Zachman

Flat Rock Middle School

Malcom Bridge Middle School

Jonathan Bartling

Northwestern Middle School

Camden Day

Nic Winters

Sutton Middle School

Flat Rock Middle School

Daniel Chapadeau

James Jutras Audrey Smith

River Trail Middle School Oconee County Middle School

North Forsyth Middle School

Trickum Middle School

Robert E. Lee Middle School

Natalie Hayes

Percussion

Duluth Middle School

Riverwatch Middle School North Gwinnett Middle School

Marti Wolf

Ola Middle School

Jordan Payne

South Forsyth Middle School

Notre Dame Academy

Shelby Norman

Mabry Middle School

Sarah Saylor

Lauren Kim

Merary Carrizales

Lakeside Middle School - Cumming

Pinckneyville Middle School

Dickerson Middle School

Mason Rzepkowski

Glenn C. Jones Middle School

West Jackson Middle School

Kibong Lee

Abigail Matthews

West Jackson Middle School

Garitt Wolter

Jefferson Middle School

Christopher Kim

Temple Middle School

Arnall Middle School

Sarah Slaby Brendan Weinbaum

Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts

Isaac Presberg

Taylor Rd. Middle School

Baritone

Josh Senker

Ramon Zamudio

Liberty Middle School - Cumming

James Suh

Ebenezer Middle School

Alton C. Crews Middle School

Kayla Natarus

West Jackson Middle School

Natalie Snelson

Whitewater Middle School

Alexander Hong

Buford Middle School

Elizabeth Sanders

Nathan Dickey

Rachel Holewinski

Jaden Skelton

North Forsyth Middle School

Eric Looney Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts

Fannin County Middle School

David Cain

Edward Huang

Glenn C. Jones Middle School

Ryan Li

Temple Middle School

Trumpet

Robin Yang

Celeste Pak

Ola Middle School

Baritone Sax

Annalise Rosati

Jonas Du

Paul Park

Twin Rivers Middle School

Tenor Sax Riverwatch Middle School

Alex Park

Woodland Middle School - Euharlee

Alto Sax

Hannah Lee Junnie Lee

Zachary Nelson

First Presbyterian Day School

Jameson Collins

Whitewater Middle School

Zach Gatewood

Effingham County Middle School

All-State mIDDLE sCHOOL bAND

Todd Stalter, Conductor Audrey Murphy, Organizer McKinley Stinson, Jr., Percussion Coordinator Composer-conductor Todd Stalter is currently the Director of Bands at Eureka High School in Eureka, IL, and serves as Chair of the Department of Fine Arts for CUSD #140. At Eureka, he directs all components of the high school band program in addition to teaching General Music grades K through 4, and 5th and 6th grade brass and percussion lessons and technique classes. Mr. Stalter’s concert bands have consistently earned Superior ratings at Illinois High School Association contests, and his marching bands have won the Illinois State University Class 1-A championship from 2000 – 2006 and 2008 – 2010, most recently performing his original suites for marching band “Red Shift,” “Geometries,” and “…in motion…” He was active as a church musician for nearly 30 years, serving as Principal Trumpet and arranger for the “Grace Brass” at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria, IL, appearing on weekly television and radio broadcasts. As a guest conductor, Mr. Stalter has led the Delaware Jr. High All-State Band, the Rockford Wind Ensemble, the ACSI Honor Band, several ILMEA District Festival bands, and numerous local and regional high school and junior high ensembles. As a clinician, he regularly works with area and regional high school and junior high bands, and has presented at the Illinois State University State Summer Symposium. Compositions by Mr. Stalter have been performed by the Chicago Symphony Brass Quintet, at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, and at prominent national and All-State concert festivals by university, school and community ensembles alike. His music has been performed abroad in Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Japan, Greece, Germany, and Australia.

Awards for Mr. Stalter’s music include five ASCAPlus awards, with seven of his works listed in Bandworld’s “Top 100.” Many of his works appear on state contest and festival lists throughout the United States, and are included in the renowned educational resource “Teaching Music through Performance in Band” series published by GIA. Todd Stalter received his Bachelor of Music Education (cum laude) and Master of Music in Trumpet Performance from Illinois State University, where he studied trumpet with Richard Lehman (Solo Cornet of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band) and Dr. James Buckner, and conducting with Dr. Stephen K. Steele. He has served as a conducting assistant for such luminaries as Robert W. Smith, Gary Green, Larry Gookin, Marguerite Wilder, Randy Vaughan, Cody Birdwell, and Richard Floyd at the Music for All Summer Symposium, and lives in Eureka with his wife Angie, son Evan, and Hershey, the family Aussie-Doodle.

Program Encanto.................................................................................................................Robert W. Smith Ruminations........................................................................................................Sean O’Loughlin The Cave You Fear......................................................................................Michael Markowski In Tantum Lux..............................................................................................................Todd Stalter Pathways......................................................................................................................Michael Oare

aLL-STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND All State Middle School Band Todd Stalter, Conductor

Flute

Bass Clarinet

Brooks Dokes

Ben Smith

Loganville Middle School

Eric Park

North Gwinnett Middle School

Samuel Seo

Johnny Fang

River Trail Middle School

Ethan Ranasinghe

Hightower Trail Middle School

Bailey Croker

Emily M. Kim

Hull Middle School

Christine Kim

Autrey Mill Middle School

Adrian Galbraith Erin Kim Felicia Wang Suhyeon Jeong Aanya Sawhney Lina Jung Rachel Lee

Temple Middle School Woodward Academy Wesleyan School Arnall Middle School Dodgen Middle School Davis Middle School Riverwatch Middle School

Oboe Chelsea Yuan

River Trail Middle School

Jessica Pan

Trickum Middle School

Nadia Cho

Riverwatch Middle School

Joshua Kim

Riverwatch Middle School

Bassoon Brendan Bassett Ethan Handley Daniel Catanese

Chamblee Middle School Whitewater Middle School Dodgen Middle School

Clarinet Henry Xuan

Riverwatch Middle School

Annie Pei

Riverwatch Middle School

Ray Li Hannah Shin Olivia Littlejohn Daniel Cho Sarah Her Melinda Gong

Trickum Middle School Riverwatch Middle School Coastal Middle School Webb Bridge Middle School River Trail Middle School River Trail Middle School

Jasmine Stratton Noah Hill

Richmond Hill Middle School Madras Middle School

Viviana Lu John King Tatianna Passmore Jake Tyler Josie Drake

Effingham County Middle School Dodgen Middle School Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts

Temple Middle School

Hopewell Middle School Swainsboro Middle School

Tenor Sax Pragya Ghanate Jacob Yim

Greater Atlanta Christian School Dickerson Middle School

Baritone Sax James Wickline

Mount Pisgah Christian School

Trumpet Tad Kim Anna Paulus

Riverwatch Middle School Northwestern Middle School

Albert Kang

Valdosta Middle School

Arnold Rose

Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts

Noah Duncan

Creekland Middle School Lawrenceville

North Gwinnett Middle School

Molly Fitzsimons

Mabry Middle School

Julie Cato

George Walton Academy

Emma Welch

Heritage Middle School

Hannah Hu

River Trail Middle School

Barton Sopata

Model Middle School

Cesar Hernandez

Liberty Middle School - Cumming

Victoria Burgess

Liberty Middle School - Cumming

Jong You

Glenn C. Jones Middle School

Daniel Lee

North Gwinnett Middle School

Rohit Arunachalam

North Gwinnett Middle School

Grace Taheri Kennedy Mays

High Meadows School Godley Station School K-8

Ana Carlon

South Central Middle School

Claire Deng

Vickery Creek Middle School

Brittani Gerkin

Dean Rusk Middle School

Dodgen Middle School

Dakota Youngs

Ringgold Middle School

Melissa Simmons

Heritage Middle School

Tuba Jacob Lee Cassey Adams Anthony Branch

Horn Brennan Bower

Piney Grove Middle School

Charles Dunn

Hightower Trail Middle School

Sarah Harding

Liberty Middle School - Cumming

Sydney Smallwood Sarah Hicks

Alton C. Crews Middle School South Forsyth Middle School

Reece Overholt

Flat Rock Middle School

Spencer Hodge

Flat Rock Middle School

Emily Smith

Trombone Kenji Trumble Caleb Land

Esther F. Garrison School of Visual and Performing Arts Central Middle School - Carrollton Prince Avenue Christian School

Riverwatch Middle School Tapp Middle School Chamblee Middle School

Noah Pennington

Heritage Middle School

Daniel El-sayegh

Pinckneyville Middle School

Nick Hemrick

Central Middle School - Carrollton

Percussion

Ebenezer Middle School

North Gwinnett Middle School

George Walton Academy Eagle's Landing Christian Academy

Martin Carper

Mitchell Roussey

Lakeview Middle School

Jennifer Vavra

Patrick Sorah

Thomas County Middle School

River Trail Middle School

Hunter Mason

Jackee Gwynn

Meredith Hurst

Arnall Middle School

Cousins Middle School

Webb Bridge Middle School Pinckneyville Middle School

Clear Creek Middle School

Joseph Bickel

Taewoo Kang

Jason Mok

Dodgen Middle School

Eli Scornik

Dylan So

Joshua Underwood

George Walton Academy South Central Middle School

Baritone

Crisp County Middle School

James Chancellor

Katelyn Morgan

William Anger

Jarvis Williams

Glenn C. Jones Middle School

Evans Middle School - Evans

Jeremiah Timberlake

Crisp County Middle School

Colby Shaw

Jasmine Lee

Abby Brock Tucker Jones

Alto Sax Steven Boyles

Leonardo Prates

George Walton Academy Riverwatch Middle School

Jackson Merriam Grayson Light David Han

River Trail Middle School Alton C. Crews Middle School Jefferson Middle School Liberty Middle School - Cumming Dodgen Middle School Oconee County Middle School

All-State concert bAND

Alex Kaminsky, Conductor Rick Land, Organizer Michael Walker, Percussion Coordinator Alexander Kaminsky holds degrees from the University of Florida and Indiana University, and is active as an adjudicator and guest conductor/clinician throughout the southeastern United States. He is currently Director of Bands at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and most recently completed a highly successful tenure at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida. Bands under his direction consistently earn Superior ratings at all levels of evaluation. In addition to earning Superior ratings at the State Concert Band Assessment for an unprecedented 19 consecutive years, in 2009, Kaminsky became the only director in the history of the Florida Bandmasters Association to have three concert bands earn straight Superior ratings at State. Kaminsky’s bands have performed at prestigious state and national festivals and conferences including the Midwest Clinic (2005, 2009 and 2014), American Bandmasters Association National Convention (2014), CBDNA/NBA Southern Division Conference (2004 and 2014), FMEA State Conference (2014), National Concert Band Festival (2002 and 2012), and the National Wind Band Festival at Carnegie Hall (2009). Marching bands under Kaminsky’s direction consistently place in the Florida Marching Band State Championship Finals, winning Grand Champion awards at many FMBC Regionals and, most recently, two consecutive FMBC Class 4A State Championships (2013 and 2014). His bands have also performed abroad in France, Italy, and Monaco. Mr. Kaminsky is an eight-time recipient of the National Band Association’s Citation of Excellence and has been recognized with numerous achievement awards for education including the Florida Bandmasters Association’s Oliver Hobbs Award, National Honor Roll’s Outstanding American Teacher, Nobel Educator of Distinction, Teacher of the Year, and is listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Kaminsky has been featured in several periodicals including The Instrumentalist, School Band & Orchestra Magazine’s “50 Directors Who Make A Difference” and Home Magazine’s “12 Exceptional Educators.” Mr. Kaminsky is an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association and the American School Band Directors’ Association. He is a National Board Certified Teacher, FBA Supervising Adjudicator, and has served on the FBA Executive Board as FBA District Chairman.

Kaminsky currently serves on several state and national committees including the FBA Classification Committee, ABA Sousa/Ostwald Award Committee and the ABA School Bands Task Force. His professional affiliations include the National Band Association, National Association for Music Education, Florida Music Education Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, Phi Mu Alpha and Kappa Kappa Psi. In addition to his music education activities, Mr. Kaminsky is a deacon and Sunday School teacher and attends Parkridge Church where his family is actively involved in ministry.

Program Symphonic Fanfare...................................................................................................Camphouse Droylsden Wakes.............................................................................................................Stanhope North-South College All-Stars.....................................................................Fillmore/Foster A Jubilant Overture.................................................................................................................Reed

aLL-STATE concert BAND All State Concert Band Alex Kaminsky, Conductor

Flute Hilary Hsieh Claudia Wahoski

Bass Clarinet Brookwood High School

Busola Banjoh

Starr's Mill High School

Mitchell Bowen

Kipling Len

North Gwinnett High School

Cristy Youn

Duluth High School

Christy Song Abby Yang Grace Xu Helen Kim Don Cofrancesco Sujin Cho Leilani Schroeder Caleb Colburn

Heritage High School - Ringgold Wesleyan School Walton High School Johns Creek High School Cambridge High School Lambert High School Union County High School Alpharetta High School

Oboe Saffy Bashey

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

Rachel Stiles

Greater Atlanta Christian School

Emily Costello

Cherokee High School

Makenzie Hill

Whitewater High School

Bassoon Joseph Olmsted Mina Yu

Collins Hill High School Oconee County High School

Logan McGrath

Kennesaw Mountain High School

Collin Hendley

Pierce County High School

Clarinet Daniel Park

Collins Hill High School

Vincent Fang

Johns Creek High School

Minoo Dixon

North Gwinnett High School

Grace Cantele

Richmond Hill High School

Andy Luo

Chattahoochee High School

Elizabeth Harwood

Lumpkin County High School

Justin Ahn

Lambert High School

Jessica Lao

Northview High School

Michael Tang

Alpharetta High School

May Hu

Northview High School

Francisco Vidales

Chattahoochee High School

Darin Lee

Lambert High School

Sung Lee

Mill Creek High School

Callie Christiansen

Northview High School

Simon Cheek

Kell High School

Melissa Rossi

Hillgrove High School

Kevin Oliver Jr.

Westlake High School

Kat Parler

Decatur High School

Soham Belapure

Walton High School

Kristen Towery Sophie Heit

Ringgold High School Milton High School

Chioma Ezumezu Wyatt Smith

Will Robinson Brookwood High School Pope High School Eagle's Landing High School Effingham County High School

Contra Clarinet Leslie Sullivan

Alex Jester Seong Kim Roger Callison Connor Quick Matthew McFadden

Whitewater High School

Jackson County Comprehensive High School Lakeside High School - Evans

Norcross High School Fayette County High School Hillgrove High School North Forsyth High School

Paul DiCicco

Davidson Fine Arts Creekview High School

Trumpet Keshav Anand Will Cardin

South Forsyth High School Pope High School

Paul Armitage

Northgate High School

Andrew Lang

Milton High School

Hunter Mills

Swainsboro High School

Emily Park

Decatur High School

Katherine Lang

Lambert High School

Devin Lentz

Lakeview-Ft. Oglethorpe High School

Jackson County Comprehensive High School

Greenbrier High School

Cooper Martin

First Presbyterian Day School

Bryant Silver

Lakeside High School - Evans

Alex Hassib Hannah Abraham

Tenor Sax Andrew Kilpatrick

Mark Nissen

Joel Ballard

Alto Sax Cole Nelson

Colin McMenomy

Jasper County High School

James Owen

Savannah Arts Academy Kell High School Heritage High School - Ringgold Effingham County High School

Bass Trombone Will Clark

Parkview High School

Baritone Seth Leigh

Cambridge High School

Winston Luo

Lambert High School

Lauren Brack

River Ridge High School

Evee Hunnel

Walton High School

Andrew Jeffers Noah Minch

South Effingham High School Hillgrove High School

Tuba Glen Johnson

Kennesaw Mountain High School

Errol Rhoden

Fayette County High School

Zack Hixon James Senker Isaiah Drane Kale Ward

Walton High School Parkview High School Albany High School New Manchester High School

Percussion

David Ryu

Northview High School

Robert Lloyd

Seth Cope

Ridgeland High School

Andrew Cerny

First Presbyterian Day School

McIntosh High School

Henry Wallace

DeKalb School of the Arts

Keba Simelane Will Evelyn Faith Dement

Oconee County High School Pickens High School

Rayvon Love

Warner Robins High School

Liam Shifflett

South Forsyth High School

Horn Laura Anne Beacham

Ola High School

Hannah Tates

Harris County High School

Caroline Odom

Richmond Hill High School

Lauren Mizell Molly Shannon Joshua Terpin

Lassiter High School West Forsyth High School Oconee County High School

Zack Kalet

Kell High School

Annie Feng

Northview High School

Trombone Evan Roussey

North Gwinnett High School

Vincent Tapia

George Walton Academy

Philip Williams

Creekside High School

Brant Yang Aidan Taylor James Kim Garrett Vaughn

Statesboro High School

North Gwinnett High School Pope High School North Oconee High School Ringgold High School

All-State concert bAND

John T. Madden, Conductor Blair Callaway, Organizer Travis Downs, Percussion Coordinator John T. Madden serves the Michigan State University College of Music as associate director of bands and associate professor of music. He is director of the Spartan Marching Band, and conductor of the MSU Symphony Band. Additionally, he teaches advanced instrumental conducting at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has previously taught courses on marching band techniques. He has served on the MSU faculty since the fall of 1989. Madden received the Dortha J. and John D. Withrow Award for Excellence in Teaching from the MSU College of Music in 2014.

He was inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association in March of 2008. Prior to coming to MSU, Madden served as associate director of bands in the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received his master of music education (MME) and master’s of wind conducting degrees (MM) from Wichita State University, where he served as graduate teaching assistant to the university bands. Madden is a 1985 graduate of the Michigan State University College of Music, where he received his bachelor of music education (BME) degree. His primary conducting teachers and influences include Stanley DeRusha, Richard Blatti, Eugene Corporan, Myles Mazur, and Jay Decker. Madden was chosen twice to participate in the “Rocky Mountain Retreat” for wind conductors, led by H. Robert Reynolds. Madden is active throughout the nation as a guest conductor and conducting clinician, and has conducted MSU ensembles at state, regional, and national conventions, conferences, and symposiums. In December of 2013, he served as a rehearsal lab clinician at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, and again in 2004, presenting a clinic session, entitled “From Carnegie Hall to the 50-yard Line: Approaching Concert and Marching Ensembles with the Same Vision.” Madden has presented similar clinics at both the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Athletic Bands Symposium as well as the Michigan Music Conference (MMC). In 2000, the MSU Symphony Band was selected to perform at the North Central Divisional Conference of the CBDNA in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. In 2011, the MSU Symphony Band was chosen to perform at the MMC at DeVos Hall in Grand Rapids. Madden is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and has served that organization as chair of the Athletic Bands Committee. He is a member of the Big Ten Band Directors Association, and is a former national vice-president for professional relations, and past north central district governor of Kappa Kappa Psi, the national honorary band service fraternity. He also holds honorary membership in the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association, Tau Beta Sigma, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Golden Key Honor Society, and MSU’s Varsity “S” Alumni Club. As an adjudicator, he maintains numerous associations with judging organizations around the United States. He currently serves as the resident conductor of the Symphony Band at the New England Music Camp located in the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine. He has been involved in several professional recording projects as conductor, including the Brass Band of Battle Creek. Additionally, he has released more than 20 commercial recordings with the MSU Spartan Marching Band.

Program

Joyride................................................................................................................................Markowski Wings That Work...................................................................................................................Bryant Fortress.......................................................................................................................................Ticheli American Barndance.......................................................................................................Saucedo Red Covered Bridge.........................................................................................................Sheldon Americans We......................................................................................................................Fillmore

aLL-STATE concert BAND All State Concert Band John T. Madden, Conductor

Flute Andrew Ryu Sarah Zhang Christine Park Heeseo Han Ashley Kwon Ashley Kangas Renee Wang Jenn Kim Lydia Choe Allison Park Nicole Tayag Rilyn McKallip

Bass Clarinet Walton High School Johns Creek High School Lambert High School North Gwinnett High School Lambert High School Northgate High School Cambridge High School Lambert High School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School Veterans High School Mary Persons High School

Oboe Eric Pan Hannah Dickerson

Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Telfair County High School McIntosh High School

Brian Compau

Brookwood High School

Michael Roman Ethan Clark

First Presbyterian Day School Marietta High School Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology

Parkview High School

Clarinet Esther Ro Katie Barnett

North Gwinnett High School Jefferson High School

Adam Liang

Westminster School

Sabin Kim

Walton High School

Jared Carbone Daniel Kang Victoria Tseng

Chattahoochee High School Cambridge High School South Effingham High School

Janie Pan

Milton High School

Colette Frickey

Walton High School

Ethan Metcalf

Alpharetta High School

Hope Cho

Westminster School

Roberto Ortiz

Dalton High School

Elaine Joo Zachary Webster Carmen Smith

East Coweta High School Westside High School - Macon Heritage High School - Ringgold

Daniel Kim

Richmond Hill High School

April Volzer

Gordon Central High School

Mitch Mullin

Brookwood High School

Ishaan Rischie Debbie Ku Nicholas Koenig

Minjae Lee Lauren Rodgers

Amy Guzman

Wheeler High School Chamblee High School Whitewater High School

Derek Hornberger

Fayette County High School

Atlanta International School

Andrew Campbell

Lassiter High School

Lambert High School Kennesaw Mountain High School

Noah Scott Mitchell Gacuzana

Andrew Stewart Christian Williamson Hayden Cutt

Rome High School

Alto Sax Sarah Jeffres

Pope High School Heritage High School - Ringgold Kell High School

Bohong Cheng

Hillgrove High School Norcross High School

Bass Trombone Patrick Reyman

Baritone

Jefferson High School

Alex Aull Anthony Black

Northview High School

Baritone Sax Lassiter High School

Trumpet Corey Williams

Chamblee High School

Ethan Tsaur

Northview High School

Connor Palacios

Ola High School

Trevor Lambert

South Forsyth High School

Caleb Tsai

Walton High School

Isaac Reiss

Ben Franklin Academy

Luke Yelton Ryan Schumann Andrew Hutcheson Anthony Perrotto Logan Bowers

Harlem High School Carrollton High School Swainsboro High School Greenbrier High School Johns Creek High School

Tim Aceto

Mill Creek High School

Matthew Harris

Carrollton High School

Kyle Cangelosi

Mill Creek High School

Lucas Kuan

Walton High School

Horn Zachary Potts

Mary Persons High School

Chad Kim

Lakeside High School - Evans

Kate Foral

Evans High School

Josh Wood

Lumpkin County High School

Ian Cornelius

Perry High School

Varun Patel

Whitewater High School

Katie Carter

Heritage High School - Ringgold

Emily Howell

Warner Robins High School

Trombone Christopher Shoffeitt

North Forsyth High School

South Effingham High School

Crews Owen

Alpharetta High School

Sanjeev Kumar

Ringgold High School

Tyler Quick

Anthony Elengickal

North Gwinnett High School

Carrollton High School

Parkview High School

Northview High School

Tenor Sax

Central High School - Carrollton

Riley Hinson

Joshua Jeon

David Yu

Druid Hills High School

Pope High School

Contra Clarinet

Lester Dewalt

Bassoon Hailey Hicks

Grant Bishko

Liam Franco

Brooke Owen

Aaron Lanning

Nick Tewell

William Housworth

Lambert High School

George Walton Academy Lassiter High School

Robert Franques

Charlton County High School

Nathan Mullins

Morgan County High School

Joseph Napolitano

North Gwinnett High School

Brandon Hardegree

North Cobb High School

Tuba Laurenz Oriondo Quentell Gipson Todd Perry Dorien Bruce Javon Sloman-Green Griffin Haarbauer

Kennesaw Mountain High School Shiloh High School Whitewater High School Albany High School Savannah Arts Academy Pope High School

Percussion Dale Smith Michael Dehan Jason Garrett John Thomas Rumble Eliza Craft Francis Kim Christian Kilgore

Pickens High School McIntosh High School East Coweta High School Lanier High School Decatur High School North Gwinnett High School North Oconee High School

All-State symphonic bAND

Steven D. Davis, Conductor Andy Poor, Organizer Josh Roberts, Percussion Coordinator

Steven D. Davis is director of bands and wind ensembles, professor of conducting, Conservatory large ensembles chair, opera conducting faculty, and conductor of the Conservatory Wind Symphony at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. He coordinates the graduate program in wind ensemble conducting and oversees all aspects of the UMKC band program. Davis is the founding director of the UMKC Wind Band Teaching Symposium, one of the country’s largest conducting workshops. He is conductor of the Youth Symphony of Kansas City’s Symphony Orchestra and newEar, Kansas City’s professional contemporary chamber ensemble. Davis has served as a conductor at the CBDNA National Convention, Midwest Clinic, MENC National Convention, and the Festival of New American Music. He has also conducted numerous summers at the Interlochen Summer Arts Camp. As a committed advocate for music education, he has been a guest conductor and teacher at state conferences, and honor band and orchestra festivals in 37 states. He has appeared as a guest artist at the most significant conservatories in Bangkok and Chang Mai, Thailand; Lisbon, Portugal; and Beijing, China. Davis has been invited for residencies and conducting symposiums at major institutions such as the Eastman School of Music, Ithaca College, Michigan State University, University of Colorado, University of Georgia, and Florida State University, among others. Davis is fervently committed to performing new repertoire, and this commitment has been praised by prominent contemporary composers including Leslie Bassett, Robert Beaser, Chen Yi, Michael Colgrass, John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Osvaldo Golijov, Stephen Hartke, David Lang, James Mobberley, Narong Prangcharoen, Bernard Rands, Paul Rudy, Steven Stucky, Frank Ticheli, and Zhou Long. He has received dedications for more than 30 commissioned works. Davis is an elected member of the American Bandmasters Association and currently serves as the College Band Directors National Association Southwest Division president. At UMKC, he has been awarded the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Artistry and Scholarship Award. In 2014, Davis will lead the UMKC Conservatory Wind Symphony as a featured ensemble at the Beijing Modern Music Festival and the Tianjin May Festival.

Program Washington Greys March...............................................................................Claudio Grafulla Aria di Chiesa.......................................................................................Stradella, ed. Fraschillo Star Wars Trilogy,.......................................................John Williams, Donald Hunsberger

The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme)

Princess Leia’s Theme The Battle in the Forest Yoda’s Theme Star Wars (Main Theme)

aLL-STATE symphonic BAND All State Symphonic Band Steve Davis, Conductor

Flute Haiwen Gui Katie Reneslacis

Alpharetta High School South Forsyth High School

Michelle Liu

Northview High School

Emma Tsaur

Northview High School

Luana Oliveira

Savannah Arts Academy

Julie Tritt

Brookwood High School

Therese Espino

North Cobb High School

Sarah Haymans

Brunswick High School

Yuka Shinagawa

Chattahoochee High School

Mary Kathryn Newton

South Paulding High School

Min Ji Kim

Northview High School

Erin Coursey

Creekview High School

Oboe Mekhi Gladden Kesem Shaier Quentin Hansen Maria Longoria

North Springs High School Pope High School Jackson County Comprehensive High School Savannah Arts Academy

Bass Clarinet

Wesley Shores

Woodland High School - Cartersville

Andrew Barber

Callan Russell

Eagle's Landing Christian Academy

Kevin Tao Sean Hunter

Chris Chung

Chattahoochee High School

Chloe Bragg

Camden County High School

Donovan Fain

Matt Anderson Ben Conte

Chattahoochee High School East Jackson Comprehensive High School Carrollton High School

John Harden

Newton High School

Zain Bashey

Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Hillgrove High School Savannah Arts Academy Houston County High School Milton High School

Cameron Watts

Norcross High School

Lauren Schmitz

Houston County High School

Ben Davies Yujin Kim Nicole Inaba Jacob Noh

Eastside High School Holy Innocents' Episcopal School Norcross High School Woodland High School - Cartersville Mill Creek High School

Taylor Carstens

Lassiter High School

Kelly Wheeler

Model High School

Jordan McCoy

Harrison High School

LaErica Smith

Eagle's Landing High School

Bass Clarinet Cameron Adams

Pope High School South Forsyth High School

Evan Goode

Decatur High School

Jake Sisavath

Duluth High School

Tenor Sax Zachary Musser Noah Miller

Greater Atlanta Christian School South Forsyth High School

Baritone Sax Zach Tyler

Heritage High School - Ringgold

Jason Dokes

George Walton Academy

Thomas Berar

Collins Hill High School

Steven Aceto

Clarinet

Kenny Harris

Fannin County High School

Fannin County High School

Jones County High School

Reid Waters

Bo Quintana

South Paulding High School

Will Panter

Warren Walker

Lassiter High School

Rachel Verrelli

Cheyanne Cowart

Whitewater High School

Austin Summy

Evan Parker

Davidson Fine Arts

Andrew Dallas

Steven Lukehart

Faith Kirkpatrick

Decatur High School

William Stephens

Alto Sax

Walton High School

Daniel Kuntz

Jiovanni Tuzzo

Contra Clarinet

Jackson Thompson

Jesse Norton

Lambert High School

Trumpet

Bassoon

Eric Wang

Brookwood High School

Jefferson High School

Tristan Travitz Nick Borkovich Asher Bell Riley Carson Noah Prince Brian Landers Abbey Warbington Zachary Griffin Christie Murphree Ciara Morse

McIntosh High School Eastside High School Mill Creek High School South Paulding High School Cambridge High School West Forsyth High School Lassiter High School Savannah Arts Academy Heritage High School - Conyers Pope High School Kennesaw Mountain High School Ringgold High School Newnan High School

Horn Joseph Wallace Virginia Hyde Sean Turner Sarah Willoughby Allison Sinatra Caroline Johnston Patrick Ring Cristina Rosello

Oconee County High School Kennesaw Mountain High School Lambert High School Woodland High School - Cartersville North Springs High School Chamblee High School Walton High School Hillgrove High School

Trombone Katie Kearney

Decatur High School

Rachel Cornell

Walton High School

Jeremy Cover Matt Knox Ian Azpiazu

Newton High School

Brookwood High School Pierce County High School South Effingham High School

Bass Trombone Trevor Hassell

Lassiter High School

Baritone Jared Graham

West Forsyth High School

Andrew Berry

Johns Creek High School

Blake Hyman

Cambridge High School

Kevin Flanagan Andrew Baumann

South Forsyth High School Woodland High School - Cartersville

Tuba Ernesto Moor

Norcross High School

Chris Lewis

Central High School - Carrollton

Austin Kim

South Forsyth High School

Kolyo Vanchev I'Endai Minor Austin Newland

Collins Hill High School Shiloh High School Whitewater High School

Percussion Raven Richard Nick Kayma Cortlandt Montross Parker Olson

North Gwinnett High School Lumpkin County High School Kell High School McIntosh High School

Brad Hagin

Winder-Barrow High School

Sydney Loverde

North Gwinnett High School

Susan Miller

Milton High School

All-State symphonic bAND

Richard Floyd, Conductor Myra Rhoden, Organizer Marcus Rayner, Percussion Coordinator Richard Floyd is presently in his 52nd year of active involvement as a conductor, music educator and administrator. He has enjoyed a distinguished and highly successful career at virtually every level of wind band performance from beginning band programs through high school and university wind ensembles as well as adult community bands. In 2014 Floyd retired as State Director of Music at the University of Texas at Austin where he coordinated all facets of secondary school music competition for some 3500 performing organizations throughout the state for 30 years. He now holds the title Texas State Director of Music Emeritus. He also serves as Musical Director and Conductor of the Austin Symphonic Band that is viewed to be one of the premier adult concert bands in America. In addition he maintains an active schedule as conductor, clinician, lecturer and mentor. Prior to his appointment at the University of Texas, Mr. Floyd served on the faculty at the University of South Florida as Professor of Conducting and at Baylor University in Texas where he held the position of Director of Bands for nine years. He began his career as band director at Richardson Junior High School and then become the first director of the award winning J.J. Pearce High School Band in the same city. He also served as Director of Fine Arts for that district for two years before moving to Baylor University in 1972.

His musical achievements include performances at numerous state and national conventions and conferences including the 1977 College Band Directors National Association, the 1981 Music Educators National Conference and concerts at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago in 1989, 1997 and 2007. Other distinguished performances include concerts for the American Bandmasters Association in 1993 and 2006 and the 2004 Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington. Performances by his various ensembles have been heard throughout the United States, Australia and Europe. Mr. Floyd is a recognized authority on conducting, the art of wind band rehearsing, concert band repertoire, and music advocacy. As such, he has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe as a clinician, adjudicator and conductor including appearances in 43 American states and in 9 other countries. He is a frequent featured clinician for the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Bandmasters Association and has presented four conducting and rehearsal technique clinics for the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 2002 he was the single recipient of the prestigious A.A. Harding Award presented by the American School Band Directors Association in recognition of his significant and lasting contributions to the school band movement. The Texas Bandmasters Association named him Texas Bandmaster of the Year in 2006 and also recognized him with the TBA Lifetime Administrative Achievement Award in 2008. Most recently he received the Texas Music Educators Association Distinguished Service Award in 2009 and was inducted into the Bands of America Hall of Fame and Texas Phi Beta Mu Hall of Fame in 2011. Also in 2011 he was awarded the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor for distinguished service and contributions to bands, orchestras and music education. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Band Association Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts considered to be the “academy award” for wind band conductors. The same year he was also honored with the Kappa Kappa Phi Distinguished Service to Music medal. Publications include co-authorship of Best Music For Beginning Band and contributing author for The Musician’s Walk by James Jordon and published by GIA. In addition his articles have appeared in numerous national and international publications. In 2006 he was featured on the GIA Produced DVD entitled Kindred Spirits from the series Conducting From The Inside Out. Other conductors included H. Robert Reynolds, Craig Kirchhoff and Allan McMurray. His most recent publication Essential Truths of Music and Music Making published by GIA publications will be released in the fall of 2015. During Mr. Floyd’s professional career he has held positions of leadership on many state and national committees for music education and wind music performance. He served as National Secretary of CBDNA from 1979 to 2007 and has played an active leadership role in the implementation of that organization’s many projects and services for over three decades. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Music For All, as a member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Board of Directors, and is Chairman of the American Bandmasters Association Educational Projects Committee. Paramount in his life is his wife Cheryl, who enjoys her own distinguished career as one of the premier middle school directors in the nation, their son Weston who is pursuing his own musical journey and Dick’s daughter Chris and her extended family.

Program In This Broad Earth...............................................................................................Steven Bryant Avelynn’s Lullaby.......................................................................................................Joel Puckett Dancing on Water.....................................................................................................Frank Ticheli Firefly.............................................................................................................................Ryan George The Ringmaster March..........................................................................................John Mackey

aLL-STATE symphonic BAND All State Symphonic Band Richard Floyd, Conductor

Flute Nina Qin Vicki Lu Hannah Peterson Sean Chua

Bass Clarinet North Springs High School Norcross High School Oconee County High School South Forsyth High School

Celia Imhoff

Chattahoochee High School

Rebecca Xu

Johns Creek High School

Pavan Bharadwaj Ashley Marino Jocelyn Gao Ruth Bearden

Northview High School Pope High School Starr's Mill High School Home School

Erica Allen

Wayne County High School

Sally Chen

Lambert High School

Oboe Nathaniel Wolff

Decatur High School Brookwood High School

Alison Goddard

North Cobb High School

Christina Pacetti

Northgate High School

Bassoon Anthony Weaver Julia Kelly Eric Tam

Ringgold High School Fayette County High School Harrison High School Alpharetta High School

Clarinet Shannon Ke Rachel Duckett Yu-Jin Chang

Walton High School Ringgold High School North Gwinnett High School

Katherine Dukes

Habersham Central High School

Tylor Lee

Greater Atlanta Christian School

Seokjin Yoon Caitlin McOsker Megan Castaneda Pearce Kramer

Wheeler High School Ringgold High School Whitewater High School McIntosh High School

Blake Horde

Sprayberry High School

Brandi Ellis

South Paulding High School

Berek Ha Vitaliy Popovych

Greenbrier High School Heritage High School - Ringgold

Sofie Lehtikoski

Chattahoochee High School

Shane Schroeder

Jeff Davis High School

Ryan Milewski Timothy Xu Alley Knight Faith Cho Nicole Pierce Zoe Larrier

Phalon Alexander Neve Smith Devin Cowart

Milton High School Lassiter High School Central High School - Carrollton Westminster School Savannah Arts Academy Wheeler High School

Parkview High School New Manchester High School

Dillon Silva

Howard High School

William Talley Effingham County High School

Johns Creek High School

Charlie Ye

Cedar Shoals High School

Jonathan Paul

Wheeler High School

Jachike Ndubuisi

Marietta High School Johns Creek High School North Gwinnett High School

Westminster School Mountain View High School

Baritone Sax Tito Tomei

Mill Creek High School

Trumpet Michael Barbour

Paulding County High School

Jordyn Mader

Dalton High School

Lisbeth Yanez

Mill Creek High School

Matthew Lindsey Grant Gerwit

Chamblee High School South Forsyth High School

Kiko Tomei

Mill Creek High School

Daniel Gelber

Alpharetta High School

Andrew Michael

Milton High School

Stephen Burden

North Forsyth High School

Brandon Waugh

South Forsyth High School

Michael Brown

Jones County High School

John Corbett Sara Cotton Joshua Kirks

Habersham Central High School Oconee County High School Allatoona High School

Horn Elyza Wylder

Woodward Academy

Akhil Vaidya

Johns Creek High School

Nicholas Smith DaMarcus Patterson Nicholas Shealy Michele Taylor Alex Merritt James Morton

Roswell High School Richmond Hill High School First Presbyterian Day School Woodward Academy Flowery Branch High School Effingham County High School

Trombone Andrew Taylor Micah Young

Nick Evans David Simiele Nathaniel Banton

Kell High School Heritage High School - Ringgold

Starr's Mill High School Oconee County High School Jefferson County High School Fayette County High School Elbert County High School Roswell High School Appling County High School

Bass Trombone Drew Thomas

Pope High School

Baritone Daniel Jordan Daniel Agramonte Harrison Stenson

Tenor Sax Zander Sugarman

Heritage High School - Ringgold

William Sanders Madison Graham

Seung Lee

Cyrus Faruque

Sean Kwak Davis Clark

Alto Sax

Joey Park

Heritage High School - Ringgold

Walton High School

Contra Clarinet

Jason Herrera

Kenny Bader

Christopher Beatty

Shelby Johnson

Matthew Paynter

Woodland High School - Cartersville Walton High School Ola High School

Tyler Wise

Ringgold High School

Max Grand

South Forsyth High School

Aaron Canty

Brunswick High School

Tuba Adam Murray Luke Bass

Lakeside High School - Evans Carrollton High School

Aaron Simon

North Oconee High School

Madison Arnt

Ringgold High School

Ragan McCoy

Mount Paran Christian School

Percussion Cameron Wilson Kunho Kim

Davidson Fine Arts Oconee County High School

JP Reinold

Collins Hill High School

Jim Graber

Mill Creek High School

Nicholas Franques

Charlton County High School

Michael Makrides

Milton High School

Ethan Nalwasky

Cambridge High School