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

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 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

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

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

Cello

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

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

String Bass

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