All State Concert Program, January 2019

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2019 All-State Gala Concerts Friday, February 15 Middle School Gala Concerts 5:00 PM • Band 5:45 PM • Orchestra 7:00 PM • Mixed Choir

Saturday, February 16

10:30 AM • Elementary Honor Choir

Sunday, February 17 High School Gala Concerts

4:30 PM • Mixed Choir 4:30 PM • String Orchestra 5:15 PM • Wind Ensemble

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Contents and Schedule of Events OMEA Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Sustaining Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Performance Locations FUMC

BFHS Benjamin Franklin High School 5405 SE Woodward St. Portland, OR 97206

OCC

First United Methodist Church Oregon Convention Center 1838 SW Jefferson 777 NE Martin Luther King Blvd.

Portland, OR 97232 Portland, OR 97201

Friday, February 15

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All-State Middle School Gala Concerts 5:00 PM

Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BFHS

5:45 PM

Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BFHS

7:00 PM

Mixed Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FUMC

Saturday, February 16 Elementary Honor Choir 10:30 AM

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Sunday, February 17 All-State High School Gala Concerts 4:30 PM

Mixed Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-24 . . . . . OCC-Exhibit Hall A1

4:30 PM

Large String Orchestra . . . . . . . 25-27 . . . OCC-Oregon Ballroom

5:15 PM

Wind Ensemble . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-30 . . . OCC-Oregon Ballroom

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OMEA Executive Board Kathy Briggs, OMEA President Kathy Briggs has been teaching in public and private schools since 1997. She started her teaching career in the public schools in Minnesota, where she taught elementary music and high school choir for eight years. Now in her twelfth year at St. Mary’s Academy in Portland, Oregon teaching general music and choir, she also conducts the Women’s Chorale at the University of Portland.

Ms. Briggs earned her BA in Music Education from the University of WisconsinMadison and her MA in Music Education/Choral Conducting from the University of St. Thomas. She has earned numerous awards and recognition for her teaching, including the 2016 Oregon ACDA Podium Award for Excellence in the Choral Arts. Her research has been published in the ACDA Choral Journal, she has authored and published general music lesson plans for VH1 and NAfME, and she has been a clinician at both state and regional NAfME conferences. Ms. Briggs’s choirs have won numerous awards and recognition in the Pacific Northwest, including a performance at the 2013 NAfME Northwest Conference and winning the 2015 OSAA State Choir Championship for 6A schools. Her students have toured in New York, Florida, Washington, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and France and her choir has twice been invited to perform for President Obama and the First Lady and their guests in the White House.

Ms. Briggs is a third-generation educator – both her parents were public school teachers and her grandfather was a high school band director. She was active in music and choir from an early age and was a proud tuba player in the band throughout elementary, middle, and high school in her rural Wisconsin home town. She is a proud member of ACDA, NAfME, and OMEA and is honored to be the current OMEA President-Elect. It is Ms. Briggs’ lifelong dream to meet Julie Andrews.

Jeremy Zander, OMEA President Elect Jeremy Zander is in his second year as Director of Bands at Mountainside High School in the Beaverton School District in Beaverton, OR. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Zander served at Southridge High School for seven years and has held the Director of Bands position at middle schools in the TigardTualatin and Salem-Keizer School Districts. He holds a Bachelor of Music (Music Education & Flute Performance) degree from the University of Oregon and a Master of Music (Conducting) from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University. While at the University of Oregon, he received the Outstanding Service Award and graduated Magna Cum Laude.

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Wind Ensembles, Jazz Ensembles and Marching Bands under his direction have received many accolades. During his time at Southridge, the Wind Ensemble qualified for the OSAA 6A Band Contest every year, and finished among the top five bands on four occasions. Many of Mr. Zander’s students have been selected to participate in All-State or All-Northwest ensembles and several students have placed in their instrumental categories at the OSAA State Solo Contest. The Southridge Wind Ensemble was selected to perform at the 2017 OMEA Conference.

Mr. Zander’s responsibilities at Mountainside include instructing and conducting the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Chamber Orchestra and Marching Band and Musical Theater Pit Orchestra.

Mr. Zander is active as an adjudicator and guest conductor for several programs across the state. He is a member of Phi Beta Mu and currently serves as OMEA’s band representative for the Oregon Schools Activities Association. He is an active advocate for music education and served on Beaverton School District’s Music Task Force.

Todd Zimbelman, OMEA Past President Todd R. Zimbelman is the Director of Bands and Co-Director of the Symphony Orchestra at West Salem High School in the SalemKeizer School District (OR). Mr. Zimbelman has held Director of Bands and Associate Director of Bands positions at the high school and college levels in Oregon and Texas. Mr. Zimbelman has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Directors That Make A Difference,” the Claes Nobel’s Educator of Distinction, and the Oregon Symphony’s Music Educator of the Year.

Under his direction, marching bands have received several championships and they are the reigning NWAPA Champions and Bands of America Tacoma Regional Champions. Wind ensembles consistently receive superior ratings and most recently have placed first at the 6A OSAA State Band Championship the past nine years in a row (2009-Southridge, 2010-Present-West Salem). His ensembles have attended national and international festivals and have performed at the Oregon Music Educators State Conference and the NAfME All-NW Conference. Students under his direction are regularly selected for All-City, All-State, and All-Northwest honor bands as well as the OSAA State Solo Contest.

His arrangements and compositions are performed at national and international festivals and competitions. His technique books are used by several programs across the United States. He has adjudicated for several organizations including Bands of America and Drum Corps International. He is currently a member of The American Band Masters Association, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Educators, National Band Association, Oregon Band Directors Association, Oregon Music Education Association (president), and Phi Beta Mu.

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David Becker, OMEA Treasurer David Becker retired in 2011 from Lewis & Clark College where he was Director of Bands for 29 years. In addition to directing concert and jazz bands, he taught music education, conducting and jazz appreciation courses, and led Lewis & Clark students on numerous fine arts semesters in London. He also chaired the Music Department for several terms and taught and supervised student teachers for the Graduate School’s MAT program. While teaching at Lewis & Clark, he also served for two years as Conductor-In-Residence at Oregon State University.

Becker has adjudicated, managed or conducted at over 300 music festivals in 21 states and Canadian provinces. His frequent appearances at state, regional and national music conferences as a clinician include conducting several all-state bands.

Becker is a past president of the Oregon Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association NW Division and Oregon Alliance for Arts Education.

He was the first president of the Oregon Band Directors Association and continues to chair their Adjudicator Certification Committee. He was a co-creator of the OBDA Band and Orchestra Adjudication System in the early 1980s and helped create and continues to be involved with the Oregon School Activities Association’s State High School Band & Orchestra Championships. He also has been responsible for Oregon’s High School Band Contest Literature List since its inception in 1984.

He has been the recipient of the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association, Interscholastic Music Outstanding Music Educator Award, Section 8, from the National Federation of State High Schools Associations, and service awards from the Oregon School Activities Association and Oregon Music Education Association, including the John McManus Service Award, named in honor of Becker’s collegiate mentor at the University of Oregon.

Janet Lea, OMEA 2nd Vice President Janet Lea teaches Kindergarten through fifth grade general music and fourth and fifth grade choir at North Bay Elementary at North Bend School District in North Bend, Oregon. This is her fourteenth year teaching, and before elementary music she taught secondary choir. Janet has been active with OMEA as a district chair, and chair and co-chair of festivals such as solo/ensemble and middle school choir festivals in various locations in Oregon. She attended Pacific Lutheran University from 1995-1998 studying music composition. She received her Bachelor of Arts with an emphasis in music composition from Whitworth College in 1999, and her Master of Arts in Teaching from Lewis & Clark College in 2005. Ms. Lea also holds an Endorsement in Drama from George Fox University.

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OMEA All-State Middle School

Band BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 5:00 PM Guest Conductor: William Owens Co-Managers: Ann McBride and Jenna Gagne

Excellentia Overture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Shaffer Down by the Salley Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Sweeney The Blue Orchid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Owens Multnomah - (commissioned work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Owens Eagles Among Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Balmages

William Owens, Guest Band Conductor William Owens is a native of Gary, Indiana. His career as a music educator spans three decades and he is very active as a composer, clinician and conductor throughout the United States and Canada. His compositions for young ensembles display a practical, erudite approach which has firmly established him as a leader in the field.

Since 1993, William has written over 200 commissioned and published works for concert band, string orchestra and small ensemble. His music has been performed at prestigious venues as Carnegie Hall, the Midwest Clinic, and appears on required music lists nationally and abroad. Principal commissions include those from the California Band Directors Association, the Chicago Public School Bureau of Cultural Arts, the Iowa Bandmasters Association, the Indiana Bandmasters Association and the South Plains College (TX) Department of Fine Arts.

Several of his compositions are recorded and analyzed in educational text by the GIA series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band while numerous others have become staples of the young band repertoire.

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William is a 1985 graduate of Chicago’s VanderCook College of Music and the recipient of numerous awards and grants for composition. In 2014, he was recognized by the Texas Bandmasters Association as the Feature Composer and named Distinguished Alumnus by his Alma Mater. Professional memberships include the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Composers Forum (ACF), Phi Beta Mu, the Association of Texas Small School Bands (ATSSB) and the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA).

In 2014, William retired from duty as a band director in Texas after 30 years of service.

In his spare time, he enjoys sightseeing and reading, particularly motivational material and Presidential biography. A proud Chevrolet Corvette owner/enthusiast, he holds membership with Cowtown Vettes, a non-profit charitable organization in the DFW Metroplex. Owens resides in Fort Worth, TX with his wife and best friend, Georgia.

Ann McBride, Band Co-Manager Ann McBride is currently the band director at West Orient Middle School in the Gresham-Barlow School District. She has been directing bands for 22 years, in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, the Oregon Trail School District, and for the last 16 years at West Orient Middle School. In addition to co-managing the All-State Band, Ann organizes festivals, teaches at band camps, and has worked for years on band curriculum and assessment for the Gresham-Barlow School District.

Ann graduated with a BA in Music Education from the University of Minnesota – Moorhead, and earned an MEd in Education Technology, from Lesley University.

When Ann is not teaching music, you will find her bicycling, running, or swimming as she prepares for her next triathlon. Ann loves spending time with her husband; they like to travel around the country and the world. They are self-proclaimed foodies and are always on the hunt for another amazing meal. When she is home, she delights in her cats and researching the next travel adventure.

Jenna Gagne, Band Co-Manager Jenna Gagne lives in Gresham, Oregon, and is now in her sixth year as Director of Bands at Dexter McCarty Middle School in the Gresham-Barlow School District, where she teaches Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Bands, Jazz Band, a world music class, and an AVID class.

Ms. Gagne graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Music degree 2011 and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree in 2012.

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Metro Band Camp, Ms. Gagne also organizes band festivals and other music events, in addition to her years of assisting in the managing of the Oregon Middle School All State Band.

Ms. Gagne also strives to keep up her flute and piccolo chops by playing as often as she can, including playing in the Warner Pacific College Community Band.

When Ms. Gagne is not involved in her musical endeavors, you will find her snowboarding on the slopes of Mt. Hood, paddle-boarding and hiking throughout the Northwest, enjoying time on the Coast, and heading back to her native Canada as often as possible. When you see her, make sure to ask about poutine and other Canadian delicacies!

Middle School Band Flute Caroline Gao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Elise Jenkins . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas R. Fowler Middle School Ethan Kessler . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Alexandra Gunderson . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Emma King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Twyla Colburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corbett Middle School Lauren Sprengeler . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton Grade School Jaycob Morris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School Liam Schmitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Gunnar Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Point Middle School Victor Ceja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Ezri Koch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evergreen Middle School Eve Dugan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Marion Voss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School

Bassoon Ariah Piper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hosford Middle School Reese Hunsaker . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School

Bb Clarinet Olivia Tranby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Lyon Blomberg . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Pearl Hilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens Middle School Dina Biggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Lillian Sorensen . . . . . . . . . . . .Happy Valley Middle School Carly Cummings . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Cecelia Petrik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Community Roots School Eli Mignano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Claire Moberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Gary Hickam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Peyton Hardin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School Sophia Hanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Sophi Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Lindsey Wargnier . . . . . . . . White Mountain Middle School

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Olivia Gober . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Park Middle School Hannah Vuylsteke . . . . . . . . South Meadows Middle School Samantha Riggle . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Junior High School Zachary Shao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School

Bass Clarinet Mallory Gisler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School Porfirio Tello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Riece Hines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School

Alto Saxophone Helen Brodahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray Middle School Aaron Watt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Waldorf School Montanah Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coffenberry Middle School Isaiah Hoeft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Sasha Hoehne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School

Tenor Saxophone Brennan Martin . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Elliana Munk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa Middle School Lelu Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hood River Middle School

Baritone Saxophone Trent Van Winckel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Cassandra West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School

Trumpet Madeline Madsen . . . . . . . . . . . . Clear Creek Middle School Rebecca Witharm . . . . . . . . North Bend Junior High School Thomas Uelmen . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Nicholas Peterson-Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Kaden Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Ronith Sethi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Noah Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Nicholas Telford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Mason Maurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose Middle School John Nickolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School

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Benjamin Farrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Xander Macsurak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obsidian Middle School Keegan Arnsmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Beckham Bowers . . . . . . . . . . . . R A Brown Middle School Julie Dinwiddie . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Park Middle School

French Horn Amanda Plant . . . . . . . . . . . Jefferson County Midlle School Jonah Goldberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Russell Middle School Jacob Hodges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Brittain Boswell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Fatehjot Gogia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Olivia Eyestone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Ott Middle School Rilyn Quirke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School Edie Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School

Trombone Owen Kochersberger . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Kai Rubel-Schrier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Noah Eddy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Mason Chambers . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Sophie Jacqmotte-Parks . . . . . . . . . Hosford Middle School Logan Koester . . . . . . . . . Mc Loughlin Junior High School Jaylun Nowickas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Juan Diego Contreras . . . . . . . . . . The Dalles Middle School Clara Cywinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Mary-Ann Gross . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School Maxwell Dahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Park Middle School Cyrus Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brixner Junior High School

Euphonium Kaelani Cappadony . . . . . . . North Bend Junior High School Cadelyn Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Preston Sleeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obsidian Middle School Frances Munger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School

Tuba Rebecca Peetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clear Creek Middle School Dustin Chalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Joelle Jorden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School Amelia McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lasalle High School Braedon Akers . . . . . . . . . . . W L Kraxberger Middle School Quinn Stratman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Tucker Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hosanna Christian Academy Evie Oliff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Creole Middle School Cate Latimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray Middle School Caleb Polvoght . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens Middle School Christopher Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Jasmine Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silverton Middle School Graeson Williams . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Victoria Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Highland Park Middle School

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OMEA All-State Middle School

Orchestra

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 5:45 PM Guest Conductor: Kirt Mosier Managers: Eddy Robinson and Mac Mayer Mad Hatter Musings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirt Mosier Rutter Suite for Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Rutter Movement 3 “O Waly Waly”

Green Rhythmico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirt Mosier Finale from Symphony No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. by Deborah Baker Monday

Kirt Mosier, MS Orchestra Conductor Internationally known composer and conductor Kirt Mosier is the artistic director for the Kansas City Youth Symphony and is the former director of orchestras at Lee’s Summit West High School in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. He has also taught orchestration and arranging as an adjunct professor at UMKC Conservatory of Music in Kansas City, Missouri. Mosier has twice won national composition awards. In 1993, his original work, “Baltic Dance,” won the National School Orchestra Association Composition Contest and in 2004, “American Reel,” won the 2004 Merle J. Isaac national composition contest.

In 2010, the Portland Ballet Company of Portland, Maine commissioned Mr. Mosier to write an original score to their production of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

From 1990 to present, Kirt Mosier has conducted numerous all-state and honor orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. In addition, he has frequently been utilized as a keynote speaker at conferences.

Mr. Mosier is the founding teacher of the Digital Media Technology program at Summit Technology Academy which is housed by the Lee’s Summit R7 School District. Digital

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Media Technology students learn studio multitrack recording as well as video editing software and techniques. Mr. Mosier’s students at Summit Technology Academy have won national recognition.

Mr. Mosier has been the past orchestra vice-president for the state Missouri Music Educators Association and is currently the past president of American String Teachers Association for the state of Missouri.

In 2015, Mr. Mosier conducted his work RUN! with the Georgia All-State Orchestra.

In September of 2015, Mr. Mosier conducted the International Strings Festival in Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Mosier was also a quarterfinalist for the 2016 Grammy Music Educator of the year award. In 2016 Mr. Mosier conducted the National High School Honors Orchestra as well as the National Junior Honors Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

He also had two world premiere performances at the 2017 Midwest International Clinic in Chicago. In 2017 Mr. Mosier’s travels took him twice to Carnegie Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland, and Jakarta, Indonesia, as well as many locations within the United States. In 2018 his conducting appearances will include performances throughout the United States, Singapore, The Netherlands, and at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia. The Kansas City Symphony premiered one of Mosier’s holiday arrangements in December of 2017.

In 2018 and beyond, Mr. Mosier will be conducting various all state and honor groups that will include two guest appearances in Seoul, South Korea. He has also been named composer in residence at the Taipei American School for 2020.

Eddy Robinson, MS Orchestra Co-Manager Eddy Robinson began playing the bass when he was nine years old. Between the ages of eleven and eighteen, he participated in the Salem Youth Symphony. A graduate of Sprague High School in Salem, Eddy earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Oregon in 2004.

Mr. Robinson started the orchestra program in the Florence Unified School District in Florence, Arizona in 2005, where he taught for seven years. Eddy was the 2012 co-chair of the Southern Arizona Honor Orchestra. Mr. Robinson currently teaches orchestra at both Sky View Middle School and Mountain View High School in Bend, Oregon, as well as co-conducts the Central Oregon Youth Orchestra.

Mac Mayer, MS Orchestra Co-Manager Mac Mayer is Orchestra Director at Whiteaker Middle School and feeder elementary schools in Keizer, Oregon. He holds undergraduate degrees in Music Performance (Double Bass- Jazz Studies) and Music Education from The Ohio State University and 12

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a Master of Music Education from the University of Kansas. Prior to teaching in the Salem-Keizer School District, Mr. Mayer taught orchestra in Olathe, Kansas, Marietta, Georgia, and Pickerington, Ohio. While in Kansas, Mr. Mayer served as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician across the state, including twice as a conductor for String Fling at Kansas State University, and for the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival. Mr. Mayer is married to Brigid Mayer, Orchestra Director at Clackamas High School in Clackamas, Oregon. His son Eben plays cello and baseball, his daughter Noa plays violin, and youngest daughter Helen shows a variety of musical abilities at a young age! Mr. Mayer is honored to serve students and teachers in Oregon as Co-Chair of the Middle School All-State Orchestra and looks forward to providing many more opportunities to students through music!

Middle School Orchestra Violin Noa Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Aditi Bhaskar . . . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Mia Combs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Nathan Wilde . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Quynh Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Russell Middle School Sophia Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eagle Point Middle School Kaden Oprea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Finley Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Kate Koblegarde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Annan LeBaron . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Cyndee Li . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Joonseo Lee . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Jaimie Choi . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Philip Rha . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Lauren Zhang . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Ellie Berg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Haylee Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Imo Udoh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Elizabeth Fajer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Sara Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Claudia Wen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Sydney Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Ada Tseng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Emily Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Amalie Odegaard . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge Junior High School Eleni Antonis . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge Junior High School Grace Beatty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel School Keira Adsitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Elyse Pauken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Joe Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Kayla Pobuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Qusavon Pathoumsat . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School

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Camden Cook . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Ellen Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Uma Grover . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Laura Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Cadence Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . Alliance Charter Academy Megan Hiserote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alliance Charter Academy Carys Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sky View Middle School Reid McMullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sky View Middle School Abby Haudenshild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brixner Junior High Sean Stephenson . . . . . . . . . . . . Ponderosa Middle School Sophia Wang . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School James Heller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Elysian Sroka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Jack Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Jia Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Madeline Gimeno . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Lily Colas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashland Middle School Jaemin Kwak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stoller Middle School Basil Dracobly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School

Viola Mason Givens . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Veda Robertson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Charlotte Parry . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Violet Vega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Waldorf School Gregory Park . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Dougie Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School April Jang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Dalton Burchette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Bela Marshak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Matthew Chan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Isabelle Reksopuro . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Keean Balsiger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School

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Katya Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alliance Charter Academy Francesca Hajj . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Daniel Huang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Mia Rawland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Lucas Clemons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Kierra Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sky View Middle School Hudson Hassler . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Amelia McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Fox University

Kogen Brown . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Filip Lauran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Colin Kopf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowe Middle School Deon Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alliance Charter Academy Noah Daley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ponderosa Middle School Isabelle Yoon . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Jack Bauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashland Middle School

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Elijah Givens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Noah Leichty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Brady Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Corey Tingey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Amelia McGahey . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School Aimee Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Ryan Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School

Tyler Tadema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Mika Oprea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Jiyu Yang . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Kellen Prichard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Sarah McKee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Eliana Starr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Amanpreet Sandhu . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Aria Kimdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Helen Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Jacob Morin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Cyrus Ngan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Jeffrey Milberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School

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Mixed Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019 7:00 PM Guest Conductor: Dr. Anthony Trecek-King Managers: Zachary Schwalbach and Mary Brandenstein Accompanist: Janet Coleman Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round . . . . . . . . arr. Dr. Anthony Trecek-King Adorable Flujo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul Basler Gloria from Mass in G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schubert arr. Robinson

We Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ysaye Barnwell Alle, Alle, Alle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamaican Folk Song, arr. Will Schmid

The Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Graham & David Downes arr. John Purifoy

Take Me to the Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rollo Dilworth

Dr. Anthony Trecek-King, Mixed Choir Conductor Dr. Anthony Trecek-King is the President and Artistic Director of the award-winning Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC). Under his direction, the chorus has earned a reputation as an ensemble of high distinction and in 2013 received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from the White House.

Trecek-King’s performances have been heralded as possessing a “surprising range of dynamics and depth of expression.” He has collaborated on performances with Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Simon Halsey, Yo Yo Ma and Roomful of Teeth and has led BCC in performances at Boston Symphony O M E A FEBRUARY 2019

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Hall, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Carnegie Hall in New York City, and Royal Albert Hall in London. He is a frequent guest conductor for All State, Festival and Honor Choirs. In addition to Trecek-King’s conducting work, he can be seen on air and online on the WGBH television series “Sing That Thing,” and two TEDx Boston talks. He holds a B.M. in Cello Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from the Florida State University, and a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the Boston University.

Mary Brandenstein, MS Mixed Choir Co-Manager Mary Brandenstein moved to Portland, Oregon from Chicago, Illinois to pursue her career in music education. She currently serves as the choir director at Glencoe High School, in Hillsboro, OR. Previously, Mary spent 4 years directing a full time choral program of over 250 students at Houck Middle School, in the Salem Keizer school district. She is proud to be an alumna of Millikin University, where she received her BM in Vocal Music Education.

Zachary Schwalbach, MS Mixed Choir Co-Manager Zach Schwalbach is the Director of Choirs at Lake Oswego High School, where he has the privilege of working with five curricular choirs and teaching music theory. He also serves as the secondary music coordinator for the Lake Oswego School District, and as treasurer for the Oregon ACDA. He received his BM in Vocal Music Education from St. Olaf College, where he studied conducting with Anton Armstrong, Timothy Mahr, and Christopher Aspaas.

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Alissa Kennedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlington School Distrct Phoebe Toh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Stephen’s Academy Grant Montgomery . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray Middle School Callie Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Riley Mehr . . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Kaydence Monson . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Landrie Kinkade . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Bailey Frasier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hood River Middle School Taylor Dodson . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Amy Unruh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Sofia Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Danielle White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Miranda Scovil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Emma Elbon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School Mia Williams . . . . . . . . . Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School Anika Hornbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Kate Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marshfield High School Sara Glauser . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Loughlin Junior High School Sohpie Neighorn . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Karlee Warthen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silverton Middle School Edith Crever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ockley Green Middle School Lucca Ruggiero . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Tatum Brintnall . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge Junior High School Coral Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose Middle School

Alto Alexia Hasbrouck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Ramona Maraglia . . . . . . . . . . . . Ron Russell Middle School Tylyn Bowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creswell Middle School Lindsay Weltsch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens Middle School Aidan Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Penelope Kaye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Waldorf School Kaylarae Boyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowe Middle School Jackson McQuain . . Arts & Communication Middle School Norah DeYoung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School Madeline Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurel Ridge Middle School Noah Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Morgan Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Jenika Reidhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Miranda Lawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Kendall Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Ott Middle School Keely Crockett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Obsidian Middle School Iris Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Dalles Middle School Raegan Boice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hedrick Middle School Reola Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Middle School Naomi Klockars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian School Rachel Belau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hosanna Christian Academy Olivia Holmstedt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian School Faith Walker . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Sarah Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton Grade School

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Graciela Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lacomb Michaela Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada Middle School

Tenor Christopher Miller . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Kyler Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . W L Kraxberger Middle School Joel Ruden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Patton Middle School Carson Morisson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School Justin Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic Middle School Pierce Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Carter Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seven Oak Middle School Carson Ihde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Raleigh Halgren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Roman Castronovo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Jaimon Chaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Bruce Juarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Luke Palau . . . . . . . . . . . Deep Creek-Damascus K-8 School Payo Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa Middle School Erick Leiva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School Eli Briggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Jesse Lindholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Brody Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend Junior High School Gordon Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Park Middle School Ricardo Acero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Lucas Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cedar Park Middle School

Bass Rishab Jain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stoller Middle School Sam Decker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Michael Stilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Jaden Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Andrew Isenberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose Middle School Xavier Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza R. Wood Middle School Brec Feehan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic Middle School Charlie Trabosh . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic Middle School Jeramy Rivas . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter D McCarty Midlle School Aiden Crabb . . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter D McCarty Midlle School Caden Glissan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talmadge Middle School George Marske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Andrew Poulsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Ammon Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Aiden Teague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crook County Middle School Benjamin Matlock . . . . . . . . . . . Laurel Ridge Middle School Kaden Arellano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Jackson Schell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Julian Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Crest Middle School Jaden Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . Dexter D McCarty Midlle School Riley Schreiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Damion Brubaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School John Beckman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hood River Middle School Omar Flores Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School Jake Newsum . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend Junior High School

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Elementary Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2019 10:30 AM Guest Conductor: Carolyn Welch Managers: John Hillan-Payne and Allison Hedgepeth Accompanist: Vicki Brabham Gloria Tibi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernstein Wherever You Walk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GF Handel arr. Doreen Rao

Three Quotes by Mark Twain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Ramsey Won’t You Sing Along? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Kallman Sisi Ni Moja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Narverud Ilkley Moor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yorkshire Folksong arr. Carolyn Welch

Carolyn Welch, Guest Choir Conductor Carolyn Welch, Artistic Director of the Lawrence Children’s Choir, has been an integral part of LCC since 1996 and became Artistic Director in 2012. She oversees the artistic life of the 6-choir organization and directs the Ambassador Choir (grades 8-10), Tour Choir (grades 5-10), Choristers (grades 3-6), Cadenza (grades K-3) and Crescendo (senior citizens). In addition to regular home concerts, recent performances include “Carmina Burana” at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, MO; a collaborative project called “Modern Families” with the Heartland Men’s Chorus at the Folly Theater in Kansas City; shared concerts with the Kansas Sinfonietta, mezzo- sopranos Joyce Castle and Vanessa Thomas and pianists Anna Han and Chaeyoung Park at the Lied Center in Lawrence, KS; and “The Play of Daniel” with the Boston Camerata, under the direction of Anne Azema. The LCC Tour Choir tours annually, with an emphasis on collaborative and cross-cultural experiences. Recent world premier performances 18

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include “The Weaver” and the treble arrangement of “Sisi Ni Moja”, both by Jake Narverud, and “If It Must Be,” by Andrea Ramsey.

Carolyn holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Vocal Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Minnesota State University, where she studied conducting with David Dickau. She spent her youth in Colorado, California, Texas and Latin America. She has taught private voice for many years and taught vocal and choral music from 1996-2013 for the Lawrence Public Schools, at the elementary, middle and high school levels, and is active as a judge and clinician.

Carolyn and her husband Bryan live on a farm outside Lawrence, KS, where they raise organic, grass-fed cattle and sheep.

Allison Hedgepeth, Choir Co-Manager Allison Hedgepeth has taught elementary music for 17 years in Kansas, California, and Oregon. For the last twelve years she has been teaching at Forest Hills Elementary in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Allison graduated from Kansas State with a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Portland State University with a Masters of Music in Education. Allison has completed all four levels of Kodaly training, and is currently serving as the OMEA District 14 Elementary Honor Choir Organizer and Elementary Music Coordinator for the Lake Oswego School District. In her free time Allison enjoys spending time with her two daughters, husband, and yellow lab named Daisy!

John Hillan-Payne, Choir Co-Manager John Hillan-Payne is delighted to be co-manager of the 2019 OMEA Elementary All-State Choir. With fourteen years of directing children’s choirs, teaching classroom music, and presenting teacher workshops, he seeks to instill in students a lifelong passion for music through fun and rigorous experiences in singing songs and games, playing instruments, and movement. He graduated from the University of MissouriKansas City Conservatory of Music with a Bachelor of Music Education degree (2004) and earned a Master’s in Teaching degree from Portland State University (2009). Further trainings include Orff-Schulwerk and Kodály philosophies, as well as National Board Certification. In 2016, he was the recipient of the OMEA Outstanding Music Educator award. He works to strengthen music education in Oregon by serving on several boards and committees; he is currently President of Southern Washington and Oregon Kodály Educators (SWOKE), and has been an Elementary Chair for the Oregon Music Education Association. Mr. Hillan-Payne has taught in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District since 2004 and is currently the music teacher and choral director at Lowrie Primary School.

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Elementary Choir Ada Schwartz . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Aditi Saxena . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Wismer Elementary School Aja Balmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary School Alesseah Aguero . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary School Alexander De La Torre . . . . Chenowith Elementary School Aline Lorenzo Reyes . . . . . . . . Mill Park Elementary School Alisabeth Hartenstein . . . . Faye Wright Elementary School Alisi Taukolo . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Allison Marshall . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary School Allison Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verne Duncan Elementary Andrea Guevara . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Angela Dang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mill Park Elementary School Anna Dalbey . . . . . . . . . . . . May Street Elementary School Anna Hubbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary School Arabella Clubb . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Aspen Fridley . . . . . . . . . . . . May Street Elementary School Aubreelynn McComas . . . . . . Creslane Elementary School Avah Kyser . . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Avery Eckley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stafford Primary School Barak Colburn . . . . . . . . . . Faye Wright Elementary School Brian White . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chenowith Elementary School Camielle Hlavinka . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Carmen Thomas . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Caroline Dersch . . . . . . . . . . Pine Ridge Elementary School Charlotte Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Community School Chloe Oswald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stafford Primary School Daisy Arbogast . . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School Deegan Thomas . . . . . . . . Washington Elementary School Delaney Hackett . . . . . . . . . May Street Elementary School Diana Villasenor . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary School Eden Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Elliette Kinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary School Elliott Bakke . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Emma Massey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verne Duncan Elementary Emma Ortega . . . . . . . . . . . Chenowith Elementary School Ethan Zurbrick . . . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School Evie Deeter . . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Finnley Fugate . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Elementary School Giselle Romero . . . . . . . . . . . Mid Valley Elementary School Hannah Baik . . . . . . . . . .Jacob Wismer Elementary School Ian Tutty . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Jaren Yoshioka . . . . . . . . . Washington Elementary School Jayden Denton . . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School Jenedrik Almen . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary School Jeremiah McBarron . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Jonny King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary School Joshua Pollack . . . . . . . . . . . Pine Ridge Elementary School Juliana-Skye Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary School Kaelyn Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oakridge Elementary School Kai Plumbo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Karma Towers . . . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School

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Kate Burnham . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary School Kaylee Christy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Windy River Elementary Krrish Ravuri . . . . . . . . . Jacob Wismer Elementary School Lucia LaViolette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Maclain Mazur . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary School Madalynn Minne . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Makayla Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . Mill Park Elementary School Makiah Rash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lacomb Marilla Holden . . . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School Marisol Avalos-Vega . . . . . . . Mid Valley Elementary School Maura McShane . . . Sherwood Heights Elementary School Maxine Nuesa . . . . . . . . Jacob Wismer Elementary School Mikelle Kerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arlington School Distrct Mitch Geiger . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Molly Eames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Molly Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary School Morgan Wonderly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Mylee Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verne Duncan Elementary Nehemiah Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . Mill Park Elementary School Nikaansh Singh . . . . . . . Jacob Wismer Elementary School Olive Beall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pine Ridge Elementary School Paige Ledgerwood . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary School Paige McNulty . . . . . . . . . . . Pine Ridge Elementary School Parker Humbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McBride Elementary Phoebe Studebaker . . . . . . Chenowith Elementary School Quinn Passon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Rachael Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary School Raina Simonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Regan Gwaltney . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary School Rhea Sukumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stafford Primary School Rileigh Fritzler . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Elementary School Sadie Hovey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Samantha Kaiser . . . . . . . . . Mid Valley Elementary School Sarah Friess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Seth Frost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Street Elementary School Sienna Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stafford Primary School Sofia Hernandez . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary School Sophia Rupe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McBride Elementary Sophia Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Sophia Culp . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Elementary School Sophie Nathe . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Joseph Elementary School Stephanie Castro . . . . . . . . . . Mid Valley Elementary School Susie Ward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stafford Primary School Taylor Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lacomb Trinity Galarneaux . . . . . . . . . . . . Verne Duncan Elementary Uriel Ayala Figueroa . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary School Wyatt Browne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verne Duncan Elementary Xander Ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . May Street Elementary School Yaradicxa Ramos Adame . . . . . Auburn Elementary School

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Mixed Choir OREGON CONVENTION CENTER: EXHIBIT HALL A1 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 4:30 PM Guest Conductor: Erick Lichte Managers: Kevin Durfee and Allison Bassett Accompanist: James Pick Agnus Dei from Paukenmesse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franz Joseph Haydn ed. David Russell Hulme

Armistice 1918: Everyone Sang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Carnahan Take care of This House/My House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernstein arr. Rob Fisher

A Boy and A Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Whitacre Down By the Riverside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional African-America spiritual arr. Rosephanye Powell

Erick Lichte, HS Mixed Choir Conductor Hailed by the Washington Post for the “audacity” of his programming, and by the Chicago Tribune for the “meticulous preparation” of his choirs, Erick Lichte has been at the vanguard of choral music in North America. As a founding member, singer and Artistic Director of the male vocal ensemble Cantus, Lichte created and sustained one of the only a full-time vocal ensembles in the United States. Since 2013, Lichte has been the Artistic Director of Chor Leoni Men’s Choir in Vancouver B.C. During his tenure, he has transformed the ensemble into one of the most prolific and popular amateur choirs in North America, annually presenting over 25 concerts to nearly 17,000 people.

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Allison Bassett, Mixed Choir Co-Manager Allison Bassett is a true Oregonian, having grown up on the coast, obtained her degrees at Oregon colleges, and is the current Director of Choirs at Cleveland High School in Portland Oregon.

She has been teaching choir and theatre at various grade levels since 2010. Most recently, she was a graduate choral assistant in the School of Music at Portland State University. While there, she co-conducted the PSU Man Choir and University Choir, taught classes in Music Education, and sang in the international champion Portland State Chamber Choir. Allison is an Oregon-licensed music educator and prior to coming to Portland State, she was the Director of Choral Activities & Theatre Arts at Marshfield High School. During her time at Marshfield, Allison served as the Fine & Performing Arts Department Chair, established a thriving male chorus and more than tripled choir enrollment over three years. Allison also served District 7 OMEA in positions of leadership and was awarded “Teacher of the Year” in 2011 by the Coos Bay School District. Allison holds a bachelor’s degree in Vocal Performance/Choral Music, a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Eastern Oregon University, and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Portland State University. While at EOU, she was awarded “Music Student of the Year” in 2009 and “Graduate Teacher Student of the Year” in 2010.

Kevin Durfee, Mixed Choir Co-Manager Kevin Durfee is in his eleventh year of teaching choirs at La Grande Middle and High Schools. Prior to teaching in La Grande, Mr. Durfee taught choir in the Nyssa School district for eight years.

He received his Associate of Arts degree from Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon, a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Portland State University and a Master of Arts in Teaching with a music emphasis from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

La Grande High School Choirs have enjoyed a tradition of excellence for decades.

Under Mr. Durfee’s tenure, La Grande A Cappella Choir has placed in the top three at the OSAA State Choir Championships nine out of ten years, and won the event in 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2015. In addition to teaching, Mr. Durfee is also a Chief Warrant Officer Four in the Army National Guard of Idaho, where he commands the 25th Army Band. During CW4 Durfee’s tenure as Bandmaster, the band has performed for President George W. Bush, and performed missions in Colorado, Montana, South Carolina, Georgia, Oregon, and California.

Besides his command duties in the band, Mr. Durfee also plays piano in the small jazz ensemble: Snake River Jazz. Mr. Durfee has been married to his beautiful wife Kascie for 27 years. Together they have eight children: Jessica, Dononvan, Quentin, Amanda, Sarah, Weston, Eliza, and Olivia, all of whom are musically inclined and busy. Kevin’s hobbies outside of music is wrenching on motor-cycles and cars.

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High School Mixed Choir Soprano 1 Jordan Devoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Cate Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Annabella Mumma . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Katie Plunkett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Annika Cutler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Savannah Springer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Jessica Hornibrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Elisa Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Brooke Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Abigail DeYoung . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Grace Trammell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Emerson Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newberg High School Chloe Paton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa High School Ditte Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aloha High School Tayler Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centennial High School Emily Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School

Soprano 2 Olivia Merth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Madison Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Nathalia Nicolalde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Alexis Parson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Emma Moran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Amber Galbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Serena Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Jessica Heinauer . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Rosalie Folger-Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Madison High School Grace Andreski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Vanisa Khamkhosy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Aimee Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Jenna Gaskin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School Emma Zallee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian School Lauren Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Olivia Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School

Alto 1 Clare Rodman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Soumya Tadepalli . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Caitlin Peetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Naomi Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Jasmine Leonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Claire Shipman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Lucy Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Laurel Bice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Alexander Hernandez . . . Milwaukie Academy of the Arts Clara Lloyd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Olea Opdahl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Lauren Joyce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Ariana Villeda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Cleo Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . Milwaukie Academy of the Arts Maria Gutierrez . . . . . . . . Academy of Arts and Academics

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Madeline Fournier . . . . . . . . . . Hosanna Christian Academy Annalise Fagliano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aloha High School Zea Abreu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benjamin Franklin High School Sarah Schnookum-Wookum . . . . . . La Grande High School

Alto 2 Madeline Giebels . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Emily Ray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Oona Eger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Gianna Friendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Caitlyn Carnahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Paige Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School Elle Larson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Faith Schultz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Keli Mireles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Eliesse Jakotich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Annija Sproles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Petra Chinsangaram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Phoebe Castaneda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Abigail-Lueze Yahn . . . . . . Milwaukie Academy of the Arts McKenna Galyon . . . . . . . . Milwaukie Academy of the Arts Jasmine Gutierrez . . . . . . Academy of Arts and Academics Hannah Collee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Shyloh Peckham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Aurora Harrington . . . . . . . . Brookings-Harbor High School

Tenor 1 Cameron Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Brendan Webley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Luke Aanderud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Eric Sohnrey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Casey Colley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Cameron Creitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Braxton Herd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Kassie Switzer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Erik Breiling . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Conor Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Kai Reyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Ryley Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Zachary Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield High School Carter Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marshfield High School Alex Fieken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheridan High School Chris Mendez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centennial High School John Cabrera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School Ben Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School

Tenor 2 Aymeric Burthey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Bradley Parrish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Kullen Whittaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Austin Mursu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Adam Shinomiya . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Andrew Walton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School

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William Golsan . . . . . . . . . . . Westside Christian High School Carson Beguelin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Ayden Nuttbrock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Raymond Ingersoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Benjamin Hanf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lincoln High School Toby Neighorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Jordan Di Nocenzo . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Peyson Acree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Jackson Autry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centennial High School Patrick Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hillsboro High School Matt Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Justice Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School

Bass 1 Sam Rossback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Lane Alvis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Skyler Bolster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School James Taylor . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Aaron Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Austin Haddock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Nisala Kalupahana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School Alex Connelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Keegan Cereghino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Arthur Khamkhosy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Logan Latourette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School David Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Lucas Mabry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newberg High School Shayne Lowry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Ryan Merhoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School Jonathan Mohlman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hillsboro High School Joshua Houghton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School

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Bass 2 Colton Juilfs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Charlie DeRose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Scot Rein . . . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Brandon Lu . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Brodie Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Hadjar Heidar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Andrew Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Ryan Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Matthew Cunnington . . . . . . . . . . Mc Loughlin High School Mateo Campos-Davis . . . . Hood River Valley High School Anthony Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Andrew Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Samuel Asaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian School Gibson Landreville . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Luke Strasdas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Eric Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Ethan Beck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Centennial High School

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Large String Orchestra OREGON CONVENTION CENTER: OREGON BALLROOM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 4:30 PM Guest Conductor: Dr. Soo Han Managers: Kristina Stingle and Darian Douglas Sinfonia No. 2 in D Major, MWV N2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Felix Mendelssohn 1. Allegro 2. Andante 3. Allegro vivace

Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1. Pezzo in forma di sonatina: Andante non troppo — Allegro moderato 2. Valse: Moderato — Tempo di valse 3. Élégie: Larghetto elegiaco 4. Finale (Tema russo): Andante — Allegro con spirito

Dr. Soo Han, Guest Orchestra Conductor Dr. Soo Han is the Director of Orchestral Activities at The Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music, a contributing editor for Hal Leonard’s Essential Elements for Strings, a D’Addario Orchestral Strings Artist, Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician, a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and the former Director of Orchestras & Department Chair of the William H. Duke Center for the Performing Arts at Carmel High in Carmel, IN. As an active conductor, he has appeared with Carmel Symphony Orchestra, Cave Run Symphony Orchestra, Michigan State Opera Theatre, Michigan State Symphony Orchestra, Valparaiso University, and Butler University Symphony Orchestra. He is an active conductor for All-State, regional, and honor orchestras appearing in over 30 states and has conducted internationally in Austria, China, and Australia. He has collaborated with numerous artists, groups, and conductors such as Lynn Harrell, David Kim, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. He has produced multiple recordings of complete symphonies and has premiered several O M E A FEBRUARY 2019

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commissioned works for strings and full orchestras. He has presented workshops and clinics internationally and for nearly every major national and state music conference including, Australian String Teacher Conference, Maryborough National Australia Conference, Midwest Clinic, ASTA National Conference, NAfME National Conference, and Ohio University Summer String Teacher Workshop.

Orchestras under his leadership experienced a great deal of success including 9 Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) State Championship and being named Grand Champions at the National Orchestra Cup at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall. As a passionate supporter of public school music programs, he continues to remain active in instrumental classrooms throughout the country.

He is the past-president of the Indiana American String Teachers Association and the chapter was awarded the ‘Most Improved Chapter’ during his time as president and recently served as the National American String Teachers Association’s K-12 Committee Chair. He received his Bachelor of Instrumental Music Education degree from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Master of Science in Education from Indiana University School of Education, and received his Doctorate in Orchestral Conducting from the Michigan State University College of Music.

Kristina Stingle, HS Orchestra Co-Manager Kristina Stingle is the Orchestra director at Lakeridge Junior and Senior High Schools in Lake Oswego, where she has served since the fall of 2016. Ms. Stingle previously taught at Neenah High School in Wisconsin for 16 years as an instrumental and choral music educator. She led the high school orchestras, an eclectic string ensemble, directed pit orchestras, and was the K-12 Music Department Chair for the district. Kristi enjoyed being the Chair of the Wisconsin High School State Honors Music Project (WMEA All-State) from 2012 to 2015, and the High School Orchestra Coordinator and String Bass coach from 2006 to 2010. Stingle was the inaugural conductor of the “Fox Valley Sinfonia” (2015), where she was a part of a comedic team creating unique performances by “amateur” (beginning) musicians in support of the Fox Valley Symphony and Youth Symphony program, which has currently equated over $100,000 in support over the course of three years. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stingle was honored by the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee, WI in 2005 for Excellence in Choral Teaching, and was Neenah High School’s Teacher of the Year in 2016.

Darian Douglas, HS Orchestra Co-Manager Darian Douglas is a professional violinist and educator, who has been performing and teaching orchestras in Tucson, Arizona and Lake Oswego, Oregon since 2008. He is currently a Graduate Fellow in String Education at the University of Oregon. In the interest of sharing this knowledge of pedagogy to enrich 26

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High School String Orchestra Violin Sean Bullock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Jenna Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Dipti Vasudevan . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Emilie Chau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Zachary Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Kay High School Hannah Eggert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Thomas Pierce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Gabriella Boros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Tyler Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pendleton High School Sienna Abbott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanchet School Succi Yuan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Sydney Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Sarah Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Lily Bakkom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Corvallis High School Alicia Cheng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Jemin Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Devna Howard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Beatrice Lobscheid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Emma Mabry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newberg High School Kevin Dai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Mattin Khoshzaban . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Marie McCausland . . . . . . . . . . . . North Salem High School George Danzelaud . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Steven Peng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Madeleine Getz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Jacob Lorenz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Soren Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Evan Petticord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Amelia Covington . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Kaitlyn Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashland High School Grace Tran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School William Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Sebastian Stenfert Kroese . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Isabelle Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Eugene High School Anthony Ro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset high school

Viola Julianne Burdis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Carson Mangum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Adeline Averill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

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Hope Mathews . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Russell Chai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High school Alex Moreau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Rebecca Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Zoey Dodson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Luca Berti . . . . . . . Arts & Communicaton High School Sydney Berrey . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crescent Valley High School Julie Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Valley High School Rainer Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Brooke Cummings . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Eli Ablow Measelle . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Jordan Profitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School

Cello Jeremiah Lute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Pete Amawattana . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Ian Hammerquist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Maya Luscomb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Derrick Cha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic School Alice Kang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Ryan Babe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Hannah Tallan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Todd Meng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Ella Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Jordan Zhou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Sarah He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Christine Youn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Gene Liu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Amanda Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School Won Sung Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School

String Bass Ronald Huffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Bruce Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Daniel Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Vegas Walker-Harmon . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Haden Misra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Ronny Junkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Justin McLaughlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Grayson Merickel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School

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Wind Ensemble OREGON CONVENTION CENTER: OREGON BALLROOM SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2019 5:15 PM Guest Conductor: Larry Gookin Manager: Stuart Welsh Original Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Jacob edited by C.P Heidenreich

Salvation is Created . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pavel Tschesnokoff arr. Bruce Houseknecht

California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Maslanka Pas Redouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camille Saint-Saens arr. Arthur Frackenpohl

Larry Gookin, Wind Ensemble Guest Conductor Larry Gookin is Distinguished Professor and Emeritus Professor of Music at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. He served for 34 years as Director of Bands before retiring from CWU in 2015. Prior to teaching at Central, Professor Gookin taught band for ten years in Montana and Oregon public schools.

During his tenure at Central, the CWU Wind Ensemble performed by invitation at major conferences and conventions, including the College Band Directors National Association Conferences in Boulder and Seattle, the Music Educators National Conference in Minneapolis, the Western International Band Clinics in Seattle, the Western/Northwestern CBDNA Division Conferences in Reno, the Northwest Division NAFME conferences, and WMEA State Conferences.

Larry Gookin has received numerous honors and awards. He has served as president of the Northwestern Division of the CBDNA, Divisional Chairman for the National Band Association, and Vice President of the Washington Music Educators Association.

He is a member of the American Bandmasters Association and the WMEA Hall of Fame, and he is a past recipient of the NBA “Citation of Excellent Award,” the 28

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First Chair of America “Mac” Award, the ASBDA “Standbury Award,” the WIAA/ WMEA teacher of the year award, and the University of Oregon’s School of Music Distinguished Alumnus Award. Gookin was also named CWU Distinguished Professor of Teaching, and while at Central, he served as Associate Chair and Coordinator of Graduate Studies. In 2016, Gookin was elected into the Northwest Bandmaster’s Association, and in 2017 he received the National Association for Music Education Distinguished Service Award. He is former principal trombone of the Eugene and Yakima Symphony Orchestras, and is Emeritus Artistic Director/Conductor of the Seattle Wind Symphony.

Professor Gookin received the M.M. in Music Education from the University of Oregon School of Music in 1977 and the B.M in Music Education and Trombone Performance from the University of Montana in 1971. Professor Gookin has appeared as clinician, adjudicator, and conductor in the United States, Canada, Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He is a Yamaha Master Educator and remains active as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator.

Gookin resides in Ellensburg, Washington, with his wife Karen, who is Emeritus Professor of English at CWU and recently retired on piccolo and flute from the Yakima Symphony Orchestra.

Stuart Welsh, Wind Ensemble Manager Stuart Welsh is the Director of Bands at West Albany High School in Albany, Oregon. His program includes two jazz bands, three concert bands, two percussion ensembles, AP music theory and Event Technology. Originally from Sitka, Alaska, Mr. Welsh received his Bachelors of Instrumental and Vocal Music from the University of Idaho in 1996. He received his Masters of Science in Music from the American Band College in 2001.

Mr. Welsh began teaching fifth through twelfth grade music in Leavenworth, Washington in 1996. He has been teaching at West Albany High School since 2004.

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Anusha Ragade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Alexa Montgomery . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Cassidy Steckmann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Grace Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Olivia Cunningham . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Rose Lelack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Elena Kato . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School

Abigail Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Jordan Gibor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Emmaline Worthington . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School

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Bassoon Cole Branson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Isabella Crumpton . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Luke Pancoast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Karen Partida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

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Eddie Storr-Desmond . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Ana Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Hannah Kuper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Andrew Bae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School David Hilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Jacob Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Niall Alboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Robert Weener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Austin Dong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Max Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High Schooll Kaisa Liljenwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton High School Alex Yu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Zach Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Elayna Pieper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aloha High School Daniel Alvarez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Chris Dunstan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

Erwin Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Catholic High School Adrienne Choc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Isabella Morrill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton High School Zachary Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Lindsay Lalic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Century High School Gabriel Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Evan Doster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Kay High School Anna Nuno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School

Bass Clarinet Susie Colyar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Olivia Freidal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Lizzy Reeve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Kaylie Rhine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School

Alto Saxophone Nathan Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Nathan Koga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Eric Tran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Andrew Liles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School

Tenor Saxophone Anthony Bolden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Nicholas Strom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School

Baritone Saxophone Jonah Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Mason Utz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School

Trumpet Ethan Budde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Morrigan Magee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Anna McGlade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Amy Snyder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Andrew Zellner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Julian Franco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Toby Buss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Kariya Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Felipe Hernandez Estrada . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Joshua Coburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Brad Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Jacob Shipley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School

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Trombone Paul Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Dante Olivo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Elizabeth Hernandez . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Kyler McNaught . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mc Nary High School Heidi Watkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Bailey Filley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Lucas Evans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Trevor Davison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School

Euphonium Logan Lasala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Peter Cooley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Tyler Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Trevor Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas High School

Tuba Thomas Koutsopoulos . . . . . . . . . . . Redmond High School Deion DeLeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Joey Chesak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Eddy Tello Hernandez . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Aiden Tabrah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School

Percussion Micah Nichols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Matthew Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Kyle Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Brian Ekstrom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Jared Rountree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Jordan Buser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

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2019 Sustaining Members Beacock Music Russ Beacock Phil Hodapp philiphodapp@gmail.com

J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. Brad Mastrangelo bmastran@jwpepper.com www.jwpepper.com

Northwest Band Camps Larry Hine P.O. Box 1611 Corvallis, OR 97339 larry@nwbandcamps.com

University of Oregon School of Music Sara Spicer Eugene, OR SOMDadmit@uoregon.edu music.uoregon.edu

University of Portland – PFA Dept.

David De Lyser 5000 N. Willamette Blvd.

Portland, Oregon 97203 up.edu/music

Wally’s Music Steve Bond Willamette Valley Music Co. steve@wallysmusic.com

Portland State University School of Music Debbie Glaze glazed@pdx.edu www.pdx.edu/music

Charles Kem Kemtone@wvmc.net www.wvmc.net

Soundwaves Recording Dan & Virginia Canalos 4708 Surfside Drive Huron, OH 44839 dan@soundwaves.org www.soundwaves.org

Yamaha Corporation of America Band & Orchestra Division Josh Prewett 11410 NE 124th St PMB 521 Kirkland, WA 97034 jprewett@yamaha.com

University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music Spencer Martin spmartin@uidaho.edu www.uidaho.edu/class/music/ O M E A FEBRUARY 2019

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