All-State Concert Program, January 2025

January 17-19, 2025

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Friday, January 17 Middle School Concerts

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Sunday, January 19 High School Concerts

5:00 PM • Band 6:00 PM • Orchestra 6:00 PM • Tenor/Bass Choir 7:00 PM • Treble Choir

Saturday, January 18 5:00 PM • Elementary School Choir 5:00 PM • High School Jazz Band

3:00 PM • Symphonic Band 4:00 PM • Treble Choir 5:00 PM • Wind Ensemble 6:00 PM • Tenor/Bass Choir 7:00 PM • Orchestra

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Contents and Schedule of Events List of Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 OMEA Executive Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Area Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21 District Chairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Sustaining Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84-85

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First Baptist Church 3550 Fox Meadow Rd Eugene, OR 97408

First United Methodist Church 1376 Olive Street Eugene, OR 97401

Hult Center 1 Eugene Center Eugene, OR 97401

Friday, January 17 . . . . . . . . . . . Pages . . . . . . . Location All-State Middle School Concerts 5:00 PM • Band . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-28 . . . . . . . . . . . FBC 6:00 PM • Orchestra . . . . . . . . . 31-34 . . . . . . . . . . . FBC 6:00 PM • Tenor/Bass Choir . . . 37-40 . . . . . . . . . FUMC 7:00 PM • Treble Choir . . . . . . . 41-45 . . . . . . . . . FUMC

Saturday, January 18 Elementary Choir 5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47-50 . . . . . . . . . . FBC

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High School Jazz Band 5:00 PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-53 . . . . . . . . . . . HC

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Sunday, January 19 All-State High School Concerts 3:00 PM • Symphonic Band . . . . . . . . 55-58 . . . . . . FBC 4:00 PM • Treble Choir . . . . . . . . . . . . 61-64 . . . . FUMC 5:00 PM • Wind Ensemble . . . . . . . . . 67-70 . . . . . . FBC 6:00 PM • Tenor/Bass Choir . . . . . . . . 73-76 . . . . FUMC 7:00 PM • Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-82 . . . . . . FBC O M E A JANUARY 2025

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Introduction from the OMEA President Welcome to the 2025 OMEA All-State Concerts Dear families, educators, and music-lovers, We are thrilled to gather here to celebrate the extraordinary talent and dedication of young musicians in Oregon. This event showcases not only their hard work and passion, but also the vital role that music education plays in fostering creativity, collaboration, and personal growth.

As you listen to these incredible performances, I encourage you to reflect on the journey that brought each student to this stage. Their commitment to excellence is a testament to the supportive teachers, families, districts, and communities that inspire and nurture their musical endeavors.

The OMEA board believes that every student in Oregon deserves access to high-quality music education and to the tools that allow them to thrive in music classrooms. As the supporters of these young musicians, your voice is a vital and crucial part of advocating for our music programs across the state. While this mountaintop experience is fresh in your mind, consider sending a letter to your school board, superintendent, and your state representatives in Salem encouraging them to support quality music programs in every region of Oregon. It is our mission to ensure that every young person, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to explore and excel in music, enriching their educational experience and deepening their connections to their community and to the world. Thank you for joining us in honoring these exceptional young artists. Together with our esteemed guest clinicians and conductors, and the entire conference planning team, we celebrate the power of music to unite and uplift us all.

Sincerely, Erika Lockwood

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Advertisement Index 251 Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 American Band College (CWU) . . . . . . . . . . . 88 AV Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Beacock Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Cascade School of Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Central Washington University . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Chamber Music Amici . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 George Fox University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Linfield University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Linn-Benton Comm. College . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Metropolitan Youth Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Morehouse College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Mt. Hood Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Music Camps at Wallowa Lake . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Musical Memories - Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Music in May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Northwest Band Camps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Northwest Nazarene University . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Northwest Vocal Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Oklahoma City University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 OMEA All-State Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Oregon Ambassadors of Music . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Oregon Music Hall of Fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6

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Oregon Repertory Singers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Oregon State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Oregon Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Pacific Lutheran University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Pacific University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Peripole Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Portland State University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Redfish Music Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Rogue Community College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Soundwaves Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Southern Oregon University . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Sun Valley Music Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 University of Oregon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 University of Oregon - Summer Camps . . . . 35 University of Montana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 University of Portland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point . . . . . 66 Western Oregon University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Westmont College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Willamette University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Willamette Valley Symphony . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 World Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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Erika Lockwood, OMEA President Erika Lockwood has been teaching singers from preschool through 12th grade since 2002, becoming the Director of Choirs at Rex Putnam High School in 2011. Under her direction, the choirs have been awarded numerous Gold Awards by the Oregon ACDA in addition to top placings in league and state festivals (OSAA 5A Champions, 2014 and 2022). Ms. Lockwood is a state certified choral adjudicator and has served on the board of the Oregon chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). She is currently serving as President of the Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA).

Ms. Lockwood holds a Master of Education as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Music with High Honor from Portland State University. She serves as a mentor to teacher candidates as well as new music teachers in her area. She is passionate about equity, inclusion, and connection in the music classroom.

She lives in Milwaukie with her husband and two children - all musicians - and enjoys running, yoga, baking, and spending time on the water.

Cole Haole-Valenzuela, OMEA President-Elect Cole Haole-Valenzuela was raised in Salem, Oregon, where he was heavily involved in various Salem-Keizer performing arts programs. He graduated from Sprague High School and attended Oregon State University, in which he earned a Bachelor in Music Education and a Music Education Master of Art in Teaching.

While serving on various NFHS, OSAA, and OMEA boards as a music representative, Cole has consistently strived to amplify student voices and guide discussions toward decisions that prioritize what is best for kids. He has been presented the Emerging Conductor Award from Oregon ACDA in 2019, the Outstanding Early Career Music Educator Award from OMEA, the NFHS Outstanding Music Educator Award in 2023, as well as the Oregon Symphony Music Educator of the Year award in 2024. Cole is currently the Director of Choirs at West Salem High School, where his ensembles have performed state-wide and on tour.

Kelly Moore, OMEA 2nd Vice President Kelly Moore is the Director of Bands at Ridgeview High School in Redmond, OR. She has her B.M.E. and her M.M.E. from the University of Oregon. Kelly is the current OMEA 2nd Vice President, the OBDA Central Oregon Regional Representative, and the OMEA District 05 Membership Chair. In her district, she organizes and hosts district honor band, Solo and Ensemble Festival, as well as the Middle and High School district band festivals.

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and choir at Obsidian Middle School and is in her fifth year of teaching band, drumline, and jazz at Ridgeview High School. During that time, she built the programs to record numbers, started a middle school choir program, a high school drumline, and has demonstrated her musical excellence at the state band and jazz band contests.

Kelly teaches privately and performs in Central Oregon on Flute and Alto Saxophone, is on staff with the Oregon Ambassadors of Music, and Co-Managed the All-State Wind Ensemble for the 2021 Oregon Conference.

Ben Lawson, OMEA Past President Ben Lawson is the Band and Choir Director at Redmond High School in Redmond, Oregon. Ben holds a BA in Instrumental Conducting and a MAT in Music Education from Oregon State University. Since his first year teaching he has been an active member of the Oregon Music Education Association, serving as chairs for over 25 festivals at the district level, two years on the State Executive board as 2nd Vice President and Conference Chair of the 2011 conference. He has served four years as the All-State Jazz Band Manager and eight years as the All-NW Band Manager. Currently Ben is the President of the Oregon Music Education Association, and Past-President of the Oregon Band Directors Association.He is a certified OBDA/OSAA band adjudicator and is on staff with the Oregon Ambassadors of Music.

Elizabeth Soper, OMEA Conference Chair Elizabeth Soper is a dedicated music educator who serves as the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA) Conference Chair.

With a Master’s in Education from Capella University, Elizabeth is the Choral Director at South Medford High School. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon, holding degrees in Music Education and Music Performance (Flute), along with a minor in Nonprofit Management, which showcases her commitment to a holistic education. Elizabeth’s fervent dedication to expanding musical opportunities resonates within her community and across the state, encompassing public schools and local nonprofits. Notably, she’s been the collegiate volunteer coordinator and transportation manager for the 2020, 2022, and 2023 OMEA Conferences, demonstrating her organizational expertise and dedication to fostering meaningful learning experiences within music education.

Kristi Stingle, OMEA All-State Chair Kristi Stingle is the Orchestra director at Lakeridge Middle and Senior High Schools in Lake Oswego, where she has taught since 2016. Kristi enjoys being an active member of OMEA, and served as the 2nd Vice President from 2019-2021 and as HS All-State Orchestra Manager since 2018. She also chaired the Wisconsin 8

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High School State Honors Music Project (WMEA All-State) from 2012 to 2015, and was the High School Orchestra Coordinator and String Bass coach from 2006 to 2010.

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stingle has been teaching since 2001 and has been honored by the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee, WI in 2005 for Excellence in Teaching, and was Neenah High School’s Teacher of the Year in 2016.

Laura Arthur, OMEA Public Policy Chair Laura Arthur has served as a passionate music educator and advocate for the past 20+ years. She is currently a substitute educator, clinician, and sectional coach in music classrooms across the Portland Metro area.

From 2019-2024, Laura Arthur served as the K-12 Music Teacher On Special Assignment (TOSA) for Portland Public Schools in Portland, Oregon. In her TOSA role, she supported all music programs at the district level through arts advocacy, creating and delivering professional development, curating curriculum, coordinating events, and instructional coaching.

Before becoming a part of the PPS Visual & Performing Arts team, she ran a successful middle school music program for 12 years, directing concert and jazz band ensembles along with teaching orchestra, guitar, percussion, and general music classes.

Laura serves on the Oregon Music Education Association Executive Board as the Public Policy Chair, where she coordinates and leads action related to advocacy with stakeholders on behalf of OMEA. She has presented at local, state, and national conferences around beginning band pedagogy, literature selection, and arts advocacy. She regularly performs on bass clarinet and bari sax, and is a graduate of the University of Oregon (B.Mus, Music Education) and Portland State University (M.Ed).

Laura is a steadfast advocate for equity, and believes that a comprehensive and high-quality music education can, and should, be accessible to ALL students.

Outside of music and education, she enjoys spending time with her family, playing softball, baking, comics, and trivia.

Todd Zimbelman, OMEA Treasurer Todd Zimbelman is the Executive Officer and Band Director for Oregon Ambassadors of Music. He also holds the position of Director of Bands and Co-Director of the Symphony Orchestra at West Salem High School in the Salem-Keizer 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. He holds bachelor and master of music degrees from the University of Oregon.

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The West Salem Wind Ensemble has performed at several national and international music festivals and conferences. Some highlights include the Oregon Music Education Association State Conference, NAfME Northwest Convention, Western International Band Clinic, and the Pacific Basin International Music Festival in Honolulu, HI. The West Salem Wind Ensemble has placed 1st in the OSAA State Band Contest several times. Jazz Bands and Marching Band have also placed among the top in their divisions. Students under his direction are regularly selected for honor bands at All-City, All-State, All-Northwest, and the state OMEA Chamber Ensemble and OSAA State Solo contests.

Arrangements and compositions by Mr. Zimbelman have been performed internationally. His Winds Technique Books I and II are used by several programs across the United States. He is an active adjudicator and clinician. He is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Educators, National Band Association, Oregon Band Director’s Association, Oregon Music Education Association, and Phi Beta Mu. Mr. Zimbelman is currently the Treasurer of the Oregon Music Education Association.

Cynthia Navarro, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair Cynthia Navarro is in her 9th year as the director of bands at Clear Creek Middle School in Gresham, Oregon. Cynthia attended Azusa Pacific University in California where she earned a Bachelor of Music in Bass Trombone Performance. Once in Oregon, she earned a Masters in Education at Portland State University and an Equity Certificate for School Leaders from Lewis & Clark University. In addition to serving as director of bands, Cynthia also serves her school as a member of the equity team and as advisor for the student racial affinity group, Beauty of Color. For the past few years, Cynthia has led district wide training centered on interrupting racism in the classroom. Through these positions, she strives to help dismantle structures in the education system that work against BIPOC bit by bit so that ALL of BIPOC students and teachers are seen, heard, and supported.

Amanda Sarles, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair Amanda Sarles teaches Elementary Music at Siuslaw Elementary School in Florence, Oregon. Amanda was born and raised in Music City USA, Nashville, Tennessee and earned her Bachelor of Music from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. In 2009, she began teaching at the International School of Kabul in Kabul, Afghanistan, and in 2011 her fellow teachers voted her ISK Teacher of the Year. She then moved to Kampala and taught Elementary music at the International School of Uganda.

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the Eugene Symphony’s Link Up Youth Concerts. Her involvement with the Link Up Program gave her the opportunity to speak on a panel at the 2023 National Link Up Convening at Carnegie Hall. She is in her 7th year of teaching Elementary music at Siuslaw, and in 2020 was awarded the Oregon PTA Teacher of the Year Award. In 2024 she was awarded the OMEA Excellence in Elementary Music Education Award.

Her investment in educational equity began from her own school experiences and has continued through local and regional work with the Western Regional Educator Network (WREN). She is the OMEA Equity Co-Chair and District 7 Vice-Chair.

Jennifer Bell, Band Chair Jennifer Bell is the Director of Bands at Whiteaker Middle School. She is in her twenty-second year of teaching. She has spent the last five years at Whiteaker Middle School enjoying the process of starting students on instruments and watching them grow and develop into budding musicians as she did in her first 12 years of teaching at Claggett Creek Middle School. Prior to her return to middle school, she spent 7 years at McNary High School where she led the program to place in the top 5 at the OSAA State Championships for five of those years. Throughout her career several of her students placed in the State Solo Championships and the State Ensemble Championships.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Oregon in 2001 with a Bachelor of Music Education and a master’s degree in Music Education in 2006. She has been nominated for Music Educator of the Year by the Oregon Symphony Association in Salem in 2005, 2006, and 2008 and 2014. She is a member of Phi Beta Mu International Band Director Honorary Fraternity, OBDA, OMEA and NAfME. She is the President of the Oregon Band Directors Association and works diligently as a member of OBDA Adjudication Committee. Her contribution to her profession consists of teaching multiple student teachers, organizing her districts solo and ensemble completions and all city honor bands, 5 years of transportation manager for the All-State Honor Ensembles as well as All-State Ensemble Manager. She is a sought after middle and high school honor band conductor as well as an adjudicator for multiple area competitions. She has three children and has enjoyed having all three of her boys in her band classes.

Kathy Briggs, Choral Chair Kathy Briggs has been teaching in public and private schools since 1998. She started her teaching career in public schools in rural Minnesota, where she taught elementary music and high school choir for eight years. In 2006, she moved to Portland, OR where she leads the award-winning choir program at St. Mary’s Academy. Ms. Briggs also conducted the University of Portland’s Bel Canto from 2014 - 2023. Her expertise is treble

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choirs and treble choir literature, along with the use of movement in the choral rehearsal.

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 2024 OMEA Outstanding Music Educator Award and 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 2022 OMEA State Conference, 2013 NAfME Northwest Conference, a performance at the 2018 Northwest ACDA Conference, and winning the 2015 OSAA State Choir Championship. Her students have toured in New York, Florida, Washington, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and France and her choir was invited twice to perform for President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and their guests in the White House (2012, 2013).

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 from an early age and played the tuba in her rural Wisconsin high school band. She is a proud member of ACDA, NAfME, and OMEA, is honored to be a Past-President of OMEA, currently serves as the Choral Chair on the OMEA/ACDA boards and is the OMEA State Student Composition Contest Chairperson. Ms. Briggs achieved her lifelong dream of meeting Julie Andrews in 2019.

Brigid Mayer, Orchestra Chair Brigid Mayer has spent the past twenty-two years teaching orchestras at all grade levels. Her previous experience has included teaching assignments in Ohio, Georgia, Kansas and in the North Clackamas School District (OR). She currently serves as Director of Orchestras at West Salem High School.

Originally from Burlington, Vermont, Mrs. Mayer earned both a Bachelor of Music Education and an M.A. in Educational Administration from The Ohio State University. While at OSU, she studied viola with Edward Adelson, and String Pedagogy with Dr. Robert Gillespie.

Mrs. Mayer is a member of OMEA, NafME, and ASTA. She previously served as High School Orchestra Chair for Northeast Kansas Music Educators Association, and as Kansas ASTA President-Elect. Her orchestras have performed and participated in clinics in Chicago, Orlando, Newport, and at the National Orchestra Festival (ASTA), and have consistently performed well in competitive orchestra settings.

Mrs. Mayer has served as a clinician and adjudicator in Kansas, Missouri, and Oregon, and remains an active violist. She lives in Keizer with her husband, Mac Mayer (Whiteaker MS Orchestra), and their three children (Eben, Noah, and Helen).

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Val Locke, Elementary Music Chair Mrs. Val Locke earned three separate undergraduate degrees from Warner Pacific College: a BA in Music Studies, BS in Music Composition, and another BA in Music Education. She received her M.Ed. in Creative Arts (focusing on Curriculum and Instruction) from Lesley University. She has Orff training, and certifications in World Music Drumming and Hot Marimba! as well as multiple other certificates.

A 26-year teaching veteran, Val currently teaches K-5 general music, choir, marimba, and art in the David Douglas School District in Portland, OR. She is also an adjunct professor for George Fox University’s Graduate teaching program and for Eastern Oregon University, teaching Music, Art, Theater, and Movement to future elementary educators. Mrs. Locke was also a formal mentor for Warner Pacific College. Mrs. Locke retired from flute and piccolo with the prestigious Portland Wind Symphony (25 years) and continues to play with the local Portland Power Pep Band. She is sought after as a mentor, cooperating teacher, and friend to help guide new and aspiring music teachers in the northwest.

She has served as Oregon Music Education Association’s General Music Chair in the past, and helped form their first Advocacy Group. Recently, she was inducted into the Cadre of Distinguished Educators in her school district. Val served on the NAfME Council for General Music, as their NW Representative (covering 6 states) for five years. She served as the OMEA District 2 Elementary Chair, and 5 years agoco-founded the very first elementary honor choir for that area. Val recently earned the Oregon Music Education Association’s 2020 Elementary Music Teacher of the Year Award. Val’s guiding classroom motto is, “Together, We Rock!”… her focus on giving and service within her community. In her “spare” time, Val enjoys spending time with her family, painting, and traveling. She highly recommends trying new things, even if it means looking like a dork in the process. With her whimsical humor and free spirit, she echoes the wise words of Yoda, “Do. Or do not. There is no try”.

Kelsie Demianew, General Music Chair Kelsie Demianew is in her twenty-first year as an elementary music teacher at Cummings Elementary School in Keizer, where she teaches general and vocal music. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from Linfield College and her Master of Interdisciplinary Studies, with a focus in Music Education, from Oregon State University.

Kelsie has been active throughout her career serving on committees to improve music education in her school district. Committees include the Textbook Adoption Committee, Scope and Sequence Committee, District Music Test Revision Committee and Elementary Music Curriculum Committee. She is currently serving on her district’s Elementary Choral Festival Committee.

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She has held several positions on State and District OMEA boards as well. This includes State Recording Secretary, All-State Elementary Honor Choir Co-Chair and Elementary Music Chair. She has also served as District 4 Elementary Chair and District 4 Chair. She is currently State Elementary General Music Chair.

Kelsie believes every child is a musician and she strives to tap into that in each of her students. She advocates for them, not only in the music classroom, but for their entire educational success.

Mari Schay, Secondary General Music Chair Mari Schay is the Program Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Music Education at Portland State University. She is passionate about preparing future teachers to enter the PK-12 music classroom with humility and curiosity as well as the desire to serve all students in their schools by offering a broad curriculum in both traditional and modern music classes. Prior to joining the faculty at PSU, she taught elementary and middle school music for 23 years. Mari is the author and editor of many curricular resources for general music teachers including pop music arrangements for Orff instruments

Jessika Smith, Jazz Chair Jessika Smith is an award-winning jazz composer, saxophonist, and music educator. She teaches at Parkrose Middle School and High School in Portland, and she directs the Jessika Smith Big Band. She plays frequently with jazz groups throughout Oregon and Washington, including Torrey Newhart’s Obsidian Animals and the Frank Irwin Sextet. Jessika has worked with numerous young jazz groups in the Northwest, and frequently adjudicates jazz festivals and competitions throughout the west coast. Jessika studied Jazz Composition and Arranging with Steve Owen at the University of Oregon, and has played and recorded professionally with many groups, including the Bob Curnow Big Band, Spokane Jazz Orchestra, the Columbia Basin Jazz Orchestra, the Emerald City Jazz Kings, and the Portland Jazz Composer’s Ensemble. Her first album, “Tricks of Light” features “Lights”, which was the 2013 winner of the Seattle Women’s Jazz Orchestra Composition Contest, and “Cyan Thread”, which won the 2015 NBA Young Jazz Composer Contest.

Melissa Jmaeff, Small Schools Chair Melissa Jmaeff is an award-winning music educator having taught music in small, public schools in Douglas County, Oregon since 2006. She currently teaches 6th-12th Grade Band and Choir for the Sutherlin School District.

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Music Education. In 2023, Melissa earned a Master of Music in Music Education from Kent State University.

Throughout the span of her career, Melissa has taught public school students of all ages from kindergarten through college-level. Over the years, her school bands and choirs have earned performance spots at the prestigious Oregon School Activities Association State Band and Choir Championships and her private students have performed at the highest levels of competition in vocal and instrumental categories.

In addition to her duties as a public school music teacher, Ruth is also the chair of her local Oregon Music Education Association’s district and is the OMEA Small Schools Advocacy Chair at the state level. In these positions, she advocates for music education in small schools, urging equity and access to music education for all children–particularly those in rural communities. She also serves on the National Association for Music Education (NAfME)’s Small Schools Advocacy Task Force.

When she is not teaching, Melissa is a performing musician, having self-produced 4 albums of original Americana music. She and her husband tour throughout the American west as a duo and with her band, Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories.

Andrew Bergh, Membership Chair Andrew Bergh is in his fifth year as the Choir Director at Tualatin High School in the Tigard-Tualatin School District. His directing responsibilities include four choirs and being the on-stage musical director. He spent the previous four years teaching choirs at the junior high and high school in the Tillamook School District while also directing the Tillamook Community Chorus. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education and Vocal Performance at George Fox University. In addition to teaching, he has performed with multiple professional ensembles including Male Ensemble Northwest, Portland Phoenix Choir, and the Portland Symphonic Choir. He is serving his third year on the OMEA Board as Membership Chair.

In his spare time, Andrew enjoys spending time with his wife, Bobi, and their three dogs, Zuko, Mai and Bosco, playing games with friends and family, and being a devout fan of the Portland Trail Blazers.\

Cameron Jerde, Conference Exhibitor & Sustaining Membership Chair Cameron Jerde is in his sixth year as Director of Bands at Southridge High School in Beaverton, OR. Prior to his time at Southridge, he taught high school band for three years at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, OR. He holds two degrees from the University of Oregon: a Bachelor of Music in Music: Pre-Teacher Licensure (Class of 2014) and a Master of Music in Music Education (Class of 2016). While a graduate student, he was on the instructional staff of the Oregon 18

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Athletic Bands as a Graduate Teaching Fellow, working with the Oregon Marching Band, the Oregon Basketball Band, and Oregon Campus Band.

Cameron’s responsibilities at Southridge include instructing and directing the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Mariachi Ensemble, Pit Orchestra, and the Music Theory course. He is a member of the Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA), the Oregon Band Directors Association (OBDA), the National Band Association (NBA), and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Cameron lives in Beaverton, OR, with his wife Caitlin.

Emily Warren, All-State Assistant Site Manager Emily Warren is the band and choir director at Lorna Byrne Middle School and Illinois Valley High School. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Oregon State University. Emily leads energetic band and choir programs, encouraging her students to excel in performances and competitions.

Outside of teaching, she is active in the music community through performances and being a percussion technician. In her free time, Emily enjoys reading, paddleboarding, surfing, and spending time with her family.

Kent Wilson, All-State Housing Manager Kent is in his 8th year of teaching, currently at Whitford Middle School in Beaverton, teaching choir for grades 6-8. He previously taught Band, Choir, and Theater for grades 7-12. His student groups at the high school level have performed at OSAA State Choir, Solo and Ensemble, and State Thespian events. He is a member of OMEA, ACDA, and the Portland Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon. He also sings with Willamette Master Chorus, and is an active musician for musical theater productions. When not doing music, he’s probably in the kitchen cooking the latest recipe he saved on Tik Tok or Instagram.

Joseph Demianew, All-State Transportation Manager Mr. Joseph Demianew attended Oregon State University. He graduated in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Music. He received a Masters in Art of Teaching in Music Education from Oregon State University in 2007. He has been teaching music at Central Linn Sr/Jr High School for 2 years and in McMinnville for 17 years.

He has held positions on the Oregon Music Education Association Board of Control for 7 years. He also held positions on the Oregon Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association for 8 years. He was a student conductor for the Oregon State University University Chorale for 3 years. He was the Graduate Assistant to Dr. Steven Zeilke Director of Choral Studies at Oregon State University. He did his student teaching at Wilsonville High School and Wood Middle School in Wilsonville Oregon. He has O M E A JANUARY 2025

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performed in these groups Montana State University Wind Ensemble, Montana State University University Singers, Montana State University Marching Band, University of Oregon Chamber Choir, University of Oregon Gospel choir, Oregon State University Concert Band, Oregon State University University Chorale, Oregon State University Meistersingers, and Oregon State University Chamber Choir. He has been part of Adult Choir groups; Corvallis Repertory Singer and Salem Community Choir. He has performed at National Conference for Music Educators in Salt Lake City.

He has performed in Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary; Sofia, Bulgaria; Arizona, Nevada, and Victoria, BC. He has been teaching music for 19 years. He has taught drama, choir, Mariachi, high School percussion, high school pep band, music production, 5th Grade Band, Intermediate band, and Concert Band at McMinnville and Central Linn.

Trevor Lavery-Thompson, All-State Equipment Manager Trevor Thompson serves as the band director at Joseph Lane Middle School in Roseburg, Oregon, where he also directs the Umpqua Community Concert Band. In addition to his teaching roles, he performs with the Bone Dawgs Trombone Quartet.

Trevor is actively involved in leadership roles within the Oregon Music Education Association (OMEA), currently serving as Chair of District 8 and as Equipment Manager for the OMEA conference and honor ensembles. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Trombone Performance from California State University, Chico, and a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Oregon. In 2022, Trevor presented his graduate research on mindfulness and flow state at both the National Association for Music Education National Conference held in Washington D.C. and the International Society of Research in Music Education Conference. Trevor was awarded Oregon Music Educators Association’s 2024 Outstanding Middle School Music Educator award. When not teaching or performing, Trevor enjoys spending time with his wife, Robyn, and their dog, Seiya. His hobbies include skiing, cycling, camping, hiking, gardening, and making music with friends.

Josiah Glaser, All-State Luggage Manager Josiah Glaser, a native of Salem, Oregon, is a passionate music educator currently serving as the band director at Seaside Middle and High Schools. In his role, he leads three middle school concert bands, two high school concert bands, a high school jazz ensemble, and the high school ep band. Before joining the Seaside School District, Josiah directed the band program at Clackamas High School.

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for marching and concert ensemble; as an adjudicator for solo, chamber, and large ensemble festivals; and as a drill writer for Northwest marching band programs.

Josiah earned a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Oregon, where he also worked as a Graduate Teaching Fellow with the Oregon Athletic Bands. Prior to attending the University of Oregon, Josiah graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music at Western Oregon University. In his free time, Josiah enjoys spending quality time with friends and family and playing video games.

Tristan Weitkamp, CNAfME Student Volunteer Coordinator Tristan is currently serving as Band Director at Sherwood High School alongside Brant Stai. He previously served in the role of Interim Director of Bands and full-time Visiting Instructor of Music at Portland State University, following the retirement of Pat Vandehey. Tristan earned both a Master’s in Music with a focus on Instrumental Conducting and a Master’s in Education from Portland State. Prior to his graduate studies, Tristan taught numerous jazz ensembles, marching ensembles, and small jazz combo groups across the Beaverton and Hillsboro school districts. Tristan’s bachelor’s is in Jazz Studies, also from Portland State University, where he studied with George Colligan and Darrell Grant. Following, he attended the University of Cape Town for post- baccalaureate studies in music, and global affairs.

He now seeks to balance his teaching, conducting, and performing aspirations with raising his baby daughter Aria with wife Melody, and their two dogs.

District Chairs Serving Throughout Oregon District 1 . . . . . . Chris McCurdy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School District 2 . . . . . . Molly Keller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School District 3 . . . . . . Stewart Schlazer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School District 4 . . . . . . Cole Haole-Valenzuela . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School District 5 . . . . . . Keith Chaiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School District 6 . . . . . . Alex Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . La Grande High School District 7 . . . . . . Janet Lea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bay Elementary School District 8 . . . . . . Trevor Lavery-Thompson . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School District 9 . . . . . . Ryan Egan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa Middle and High School District 10 . . . . . Melissa Jmaeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin Middle and High School District 11 . . . . . David Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School District 12 . . . . . Jon Bridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Springfield High School District 12 . . . . . Doug Doerfert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Community College District 13 . . . . . Josh Weir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School District 14 . . . . . Myriam Gendron-Dupont . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School District 15 . . . . . Jeremy Kane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School O M E A JANUARY 2025

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Middle School Band FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 5:00 PM

Conductor: Darcy Williams, Stiles Middle School, Texas Ensemble Managers: Ann McBride and Jenna Gagne

2025 Band Repertoire Nebula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randall Standridge Rio Bravo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Scott Watson The Running of the Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Story Runaway Circus Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Morales

Darcy Vogt Williams, Conductor Darcy Vogt Williams is the head band director at Stiles Middle School in Leander, TX. She is a graduate of West Texas A&M University and in her 21st year of teaching. Her bands have performed at The Midwest Clinic in Chicago and the Western International Band Clinic (WIBC) in Seattle. While at Stiles MS her bands have been state finalists in the prestigious TMEA Honor Band Contest. She is a member of Phi Beta Mu and serves on the Music For All Advisory Board.

In addition to teaching, Darcy is a clinician across the country for both students and music educators. She is the author of two books about teaching band (Teaching Rhythm Logically and Pacing for Success: Beginner Band) and creator of the music education podcast “After Sectionals”.

Ann McBride, Ensemble Co-Manager Ann McBride has been teaching instrumental music for 29 years in Oregon and Minnesota. She holds a B.S. in Music Education from Minnesota State University - Moorhead and a Master’s Degree in Education from Lesley University. She has served as secretary of OMEA District II and is currently a co-manager for the OMEA All State Middle School Band. Ann has been active O M E A JANUARY 2025

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in organizing band and solo festivals for OMEA District 2 and has recently begun working as a clinician and guest conductor for area festivals and honor bands. She has also worked extensively on band curriculum and assessment for the GreshamBarlow School District Ann is currently in her 23rd year teaching band and world music at West Orient Middle School in Gresham, Oregon.

When Ann is not teaching, you will find her running, hiking and taking adventures with her Australian cattle dog, Riley. Ann and her husband John love to travel around the country and the world. They are self-proclaimed foodies and are always on the hunt for their next amazing meal. When she is home, she enjoys time with her cats and researching the next travel adventure.

Jenna Gagne, Ensemble Co-Manager Jenna Gagne lives in Gresham, OR, and is in her seventh year as Director of Bands at Gordon Russell Middle School and 13th year in the Gresham-Barlow School District, where she teaches Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Bands, Jazz Band, and a world music class.

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

In addition to teaching at Northwest Band Camps, and Mid-Valley Band Camps, Mrs. 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.

Mrs. Gagne also strives to keep up her flute and piccolo chops by playing as often as she can, including playing in the Tabor Wind Ensemble.

When Mrs. Gagne is not involved in her musical endeavors, you will find her snowboarding with her husband Justin on the slopes of Mt. Hood, paddle-boarding and hiking throughout the Northwest, enjoying time on the Coast, loving on her wooly husky Achilles, and heading back to her native Canada as often as possible.

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Naomi Bogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Katie Bollmann . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Elizabeth Cape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Elie Choe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Hazel Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mt. Tabor Middle School Alaina Goff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Emmy Hagler . . . . . . . . . . . Harriet Tubman Middle School Corryn Horsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Lila Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Mila Karsseboom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Noah Kelley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend Middle School Addison McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Bella Munoz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riverdale Grade School Sophia Nibblett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creswell Middle School Sylvie Nuttall . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Emily Perez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Armstrong Middle School Taya Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley Middle School Rayna Wampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Hailey Worobets . . . . . . . . . . . . West Sylvan Middle School

Oboe Kenton Hadley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Marin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Jin Yamashita . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashbrook Independent School

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Katelynn Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . The Dalles Middle School Braden Doman . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View Middle School Jacob Riffle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Julianna Thomas . . . . . . . . John C. Fremont Middle School

Alto Saxophone Kada Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . John C. Fremont Middle School Nivaeh Brunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Yaretzi Contreras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Auston Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School Dominique Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Kayson McCallister . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Finneas Medley . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Orion Roper . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashbrook Independent School Desmond Ross . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School

Tenor Saxophone Harlan Bleidistel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Rubi Marie Foss . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hazelbrook Middle School Zane Guest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ockley Green Middle School Isla Manship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside Middle School Felix Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Zach Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School

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Jacey Ly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Wynston Moddison . . . . North Middle School (Grants Pass) Felix Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ockley Green Middle School Maia Weissbach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School

Jayden Austin Cruz . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Andrew Bren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitford Middle School Grant Moffat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School Ethan Salerno . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School Laci Sorensen . . . . . . . . . Thomas R. Fowler Middle School

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Ezra Ankeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View Middle School Garrett Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Olivia Borok . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hosford Middle School Alexandra Carney . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Noah Conklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boring Middle School Henley Deshler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Andy Glover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Luna Hovenden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Atari Hsieh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harriet Tubman Middle School Nolan Hsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashbrook Independent School Kiwamu Imade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Copper Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Aidan Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashbrook Independent School Bend Mendez Lopez . . . . . . . . . . McLoughlin Middle School Santos Mendoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Alesandra Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Sylvie Shi Lyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sellwood Middle School Enzo Thomas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Juniper Vold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Michael Zou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School

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Colton Brix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McLoughlin Middle School Benjamin Drake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Tyler Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Dylan Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newport Middle School Cole Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Trestin Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Cadence Jaillet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amity Middle School Lucas Kolilis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker Middle School Bryan Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Alex Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Middle School Jaden McBride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Noah Read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Israel Sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Addison Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Devante Shields . . . . . . . . . Chehalem Valley Middle School Elias Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Solomon Stillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Jude Sweeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Santiam Christian School Andrea Valdez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School Carly Wheeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School

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French Horn Sara Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Memorial Middle School Quinlan Bergerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Caitlin Bigford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Jackson Bradetich . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Connor Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Aidan Guzman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Jack Hirshon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Colton Miley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Bella Schroeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School Yaretzi Sotelo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Benjamin Tanner . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View Middle School Jaden Wanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker Prairie Middle School

Trombone Gaige Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Kai Cahill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Khloe Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Aland Dinh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Bernard Frankl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Abby Friberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Ezra Gunderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Kyle London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Sophia Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Jack Peutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Gerik Reese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada Middle School Micah Rouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Emma Sandlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kraxberger Middle School

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Ehlana Straight . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Orient Middle School Erling Swensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hedrick Middle School Jaxson Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oaklea Middle School

Euphonium BC Jaida Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Elena Dinkelman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwata Middle School Yohanna Macke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Ely Murphey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin School District Shane Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Kinley Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School

Tuba Dillon Boland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Remi Braymarsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose Middle School Alton Burr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Maison Danielson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Shannon Harrell . . . . . . . . . . . . .West Orient Middle School Kyler Kimmel . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Tristan Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Kason Rolston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School David Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School

Percussion Lexi Bures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Imioluwa Elkanah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Lyndi Knecht . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Jacob Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Archer Lundy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Ashton Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria Middle School

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Middle School Orchestra FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 6:00 PM

Conductor: Richard Meyer, Composer, California Ensemble Managers: Mac Mayer and Myriam Gendron

2025 Middle School Orchestra Repertoire Dance of the Tumblers . . . . . . . . . . Rimsky-Korsakov, arr. Bob Lipton Momentum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Meyer A Quiet Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Meyer American Reel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirt Mosier

Richard Meyer, Conductor Richard Meyer is a highly sought after music educator and maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician.

For 35 years he taught string students at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels in the public schools. For 22 of those years, he directed the orchestras at Oak Avenue Intermediate School in Temple City, California, growing the program from 29 string students to 200 and was in charge of the city’s elementary string program. In 2009, Mr. Meyer implemented the “Giving Bach” program at his school which has garnered national attention for its innovative ways of using interactive concerts to bring music into the lives of special needs and inner-city school students throughout Southern California.

He was the music director of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra for 16 years, conducting them in performances in New York, Washington D.C., Vienna, Australia, and Canada. He has been a featured clinician at the A.S.T.A. National Conference, Texas Orchestra Directors’ Association Conference, Australia National Band and Orchestra Conference and string teachers’ workshops at Ohio State University and Birch Bay, Washington. He has also guest-conducted All-State and Honor Orchestras in several states and abroad.

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In addition to his teaching and conducting assignments, Mr. Meyer is a nationallyrecognized, best-selling composer with over 200 compositions and arrangements in print, and for 16 years served as string editor for Alfred Publishing Company. He is the co-author of several string method books, including the popular “String Explorer” Series and “Sight-read It for Strings”. He and his wife, Rose, live in Sierra Madre, California and have three daughters and four grandchildren.

Mac Mayer, Ensemble 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 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, as well as communities in Georgia and Ohio.

Mr. Mayer is honored to serve today as the Co-Chair for the Oregon Middle School All-State Orchestra. Mr. Mayer is a certified orchestra adjudicator for the state of Oregon, and works frequently as an adjudicator, clinician, and conductor throughout the state and region. Mr. Mayer is on staff with Salem Youth Symphony as conductor of the Amadeus Orchestra.

Mr. Mayer is married to Brigid Mayer, Orchestra Director at West Salem High School in Salem, Oregon. His son Eben played cello through high school and is currently studying wildlife biology at the University of Montana, his other son Noah plays violin for South Salem High School’s Chamber Orchestra and Symphony, and youngest daughter Helen has started playing violin in elementary school orchestra! Mr. Mayer is thrilled to serve as your Co-Chair and looks forward to providing many more opportunities to students through music!

Myriam Gendron-Dupont, Ensemble Co-Manager Myriam is the Orchestra Director at Rosemont Ridge Middle School in the West-Linn-Wilsonville School District. She is a native French speaker from Quebec, Canada and is certified to teach Music and French. Myriam is a lifelong cellist and always knew she would follow a career path embedded in the music world.

She attended Portland State University on a full scholarship and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Masters in Education.

She obtained her teaching license and has worked over 17 years in the public education system, teaching elementary general music, choir and orchestra, as well as middle school choir, orchestra, guitar and French. She is currently attending PSU to earn a second Masters degree in Curriculum & Instruction.

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Myriam is a certified Orchestra adjudicator for the state of Oregon. She co-manages two honor ensembles: the OMEA MS All-State Orchestra and the District 14 MS Honor Orchestra. She also currently serves as District 14 Chair for OMEA and was recently elected secretary for the Oregon ASTA board.

Myriam teaches middle school orchestra and guitar, private lessons on the cello, and performs with the Tilikum Chamber Orchestra. She lives in Oregon City with her husband James and their only daughter Isabelle, who is a student at Portland State University where she is studying Business and minoring in Art.

Middle School Orchestra Roster Violin Dayanara Antonino Cervantes . . . . . Parrish Middle School Claire Bauman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Madeleine Bloom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School CJ Callahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Macy Chaffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Micah Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Ben Choi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Claire Chou . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Sophia Chung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Satiana Contreras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Luke Denham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin K-8 School Allison Dern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Andromeda Durr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Sarah Esmay . . . . . . . . . North Middle School (Grants Pass) Kaylee Freed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Everest Gao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge Middle School Clara Goff . . . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School (Grants Pass) Maxwell Gong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Tianyue Gu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Alexander Heilman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parrish Middle School Sloane Hemphill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic School Aaron Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Pius X Catholic School Elise Hoesly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High Desert Middle School Audrey Howard . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Coco Hsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Zoe Jiang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Joyce Juarez Pedraza . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School Elsa Keeslar . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Leah Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic School Justin Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Maia Kubik . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chehalem Valley Middle School Benjamin Kwon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Anika Larsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School George LeBaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beverly Cleary K-8 School Hannah Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Zachary Ma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Kiana Minot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Ai Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School

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Jaedon Ong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin K-8 School Mia Rippe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Alice Ruan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitford Middle School Adelaide Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View Middle School Leyna Shimatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Cleo Souter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Eshana Sugathadasa . . . . . . . . . . . Whitford Middle School Cirelle Summerton . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Ann Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Lucy Valero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Isabella Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Eucaly Waltner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lakeridge Middle School Andrew Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin K-8 School Fiona Wieland . . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Ania Wilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ashland Middle School Cosmos Yang . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Tyler Ye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School

Viola Lilliana Barkley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sky View Middle School Selah Bondurant . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View Middle School Katie Cho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Olivia Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowe Middle School Michael Drayton . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Sarah Garcia Vasquez . . . . . . . . . . . Stephens Middle School Madigan Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parrish Middle School Wesley Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Judson Middle School Penelope Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic High School Camila Hernandez Parada . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Olivia Kwasnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Lyla Messer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Eva Prajescu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Desirae Ramirez Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . Parrish Middle School Charlotte Rice . . . . . . . . . . .Rosemont Ridge Middle School Zia Wolfgramm . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Jessie Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal Schoole

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Cello Sophia Andrew . . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Mirabelle Chen . . . . . . . . . . . Ashbrook Independent School Dennis Dreischmeyer . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Eleora D’Souza . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Ellie Fitts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Marian Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School Kristin Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Emma Jang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Eleanor Kem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parrish Middle School Kaleb Kidney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Ike Lindley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Avery Neice . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego Junior High School Ly Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crossler Middle School Louise Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Grace Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt Middle School Jenyn Sones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Mia Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Alex Suazo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Eliana Tadema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School

String Bass Hudson Chapman . . . . . North Middle School (Grants Pass) Reece Goodin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Butte Middle School Lars Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waldo Middle School Maxwell Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Kian Johansen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Veronica Lara Anastacio . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Adrian Pouley . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Bentley Seisinger . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Alayna Sinor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Aiden Still . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Logan Winslow . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School

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OMEA All-State Middle School

Middle School Tenor/Bass Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 6:00 PM

Conductor: Brian Winnie, Western Illinois University, Illinois Ensemble Managers: Danika Locey and Kristian Bumanlag Accompanist: Cindy Mair

2025 Middle School Tenor/Bass Choir Repertoire Psallite Hodie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Johnson The River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan LaBarr Hine Ma Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Ginsberg Good Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan LaBarr Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacob Narverud

Brian Winnie, Conductor Dr. Brian J. Winnie is the Director of Choral Studies at Western Illinois University where he supervises the graduate choral conducting program; teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral conducting, choral pedagogy, and choral literature; and conducts the Chamber Singers and the “flagship” ensemble, the University Singers. He is also the artistic director and founder of withonevoice, a professional non-profit, sixteen-member vocal ensemble based in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to his tenure in higher education, Dr. Winnie was the Artistic Director of ChoralSounds NW, a community choir based in Burien, WA and taught for seven years in public education at both the middle and high school levels.

An active festival conductor and adjudicator, Dr. Winnie has been international artistin-residence and has worked with all-state and regional honor choirs throughout the United States in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Kansas, Oregon, and Alaska. He is a frequent guest lecturer/workshop leader and has presented at international, regional, and state conferences. He has published articles in the Voice and Speech Review, Choral Journal, Voice Foundation O M E A JANUARY 2025

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Newsletter, International Choral Bulletin, and ChorTeach, and he is the editor and contributing author to The Choral Conductor’s Companion and The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Teachers of Singing.

His award-winning choirs have performed at multiple state conventions and regional conferences and received accolades in both international and national competitions.

Most recently, the Western Illinois University Singers were invited to perform at the ACDA Midwestern Regional Conference in 2024, and they won the 2021 American Prize in the Performance of American Music (University/College division).

A native of Pennsylvania, Dr. Winnie received his B.S. in Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University, Master of Music Education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and his Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington. Additionally, he is a certified Estill Master Trainer and Estill Mentor & Course Instructor with Testing Privileges in Estill Voice Training.

Dr. Winnie currently serves on the Editorial Board for the Voice and Speech Review, the Estill Voice International Certification Advisory Board, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization.

Danika Locey, Ensemble Co-Manager Danika Locey is the director of choirs at Leslie Middle School in the Salem Keizer School District, where she teaches choir, leadership, and Unified Music. She started her career in Medford, Oregon, where she also taught beginning band. Danika serves on the OMEA state board as the Recording Secretary and on the Oregon ACDA board as the Middle School Co-Chair.

She received both her Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music Education and her Master of Arts in Teaching from Oregon State University, where she studied with Dr. Steven Zielke and Dr. Sandra Babb.

In addition to her duties as a choir director, Danika also enjoys serving as a church musician with St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Salem, where she is also involved with the Filipino community choir. Danika is a devoted cat parent and avid college football fan, and when she isn’t teaching she enjoys sewing, crocheting, and spending time with her large and lovable family.

Kristian Bumanlag, Ensemble Co-Manager Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Kristian attended Pacific University where he obtained his Bachelors in Music Education.

While at Pacific, he performed with the Chamber Singers under the direction of Scott Tuomi.

Currently Kristian is in his third year at St Helens Middle School teaching choir and current WEB advisor. Outside of teaching, Kristian performs for various other ensembles such as Portland Phoenix Choir and the MAC Balladeers. He is currently singing with the Oregon Chorale under the direction of Jason Sabino.

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Cindy Mair, Accompanist Cindy Mair retired in 2016 from a rewarding 36-year career teaching K-12 music in public education. Her specialties included elementary classroom music in addition to middle and high school choral instruction. An Oregon native, Cindy received her BA in Music Education from Oregon State University and later her masters in administrative leadership from Concordia University.

Her favorite assignment has always been that of a collaborative pianist. She has accompanied many ensembles and soloists both at the local and state level. Cindy accompanied the Portland Symphonic Girlchoir from 2016-2022.

She currently plays for the Milwaukie Lutheran Choir and Tilikum Choir Community under the direction of John Baker. In 2022, Cindy joined the artistic staff of the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir under the direction of Aubrey Patterson. She is thrilled to return as the collaborative pianist for this years’ Tenor/Bass Middle School All-State Choir!

Middle School Tenor/Bass Choir Roster Tenor Prudence Aegerter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Brody Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School Thomas Bradshaw . . . . . . John C. Fremont Middle School Ember Brawley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School Beckett Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Christian School Zachary Butcher . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Nathaniel Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin Middle School James Doern . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Jacoby Dourgarian . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Xander Egan . . . . . . . . . . . Chehalem Valley Middle School Zachary Fleming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanchet Catholic School Weston Gagarin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Ezra Gillespie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Hendrix Goff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Braeden Gotz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Jaxen Gustafson . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Elijah Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School Hunter Kincaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada Middle School Dylan Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Casey McAlerney . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School Colton Reilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowe Middle School Noah Salazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Sebastian Sanchez . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Andrew Sims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Onyx Soden-Kubiak . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Bennett Straub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Phoenix Strickler . . . . . . Arts and Comm.Magnet Academy Finn Strunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salem Academy

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Beckett Swanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Hima Tluba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Addisorn Tyrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School Elias Vaughan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School

Baritone Elijah Boland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Connor Chappa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Emerald Engichy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School William Fletcher . . . . . . . . . Chehalem Valley Middle School Cooper Jenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Lucius Lopez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Elijah Mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Benjamin Montes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School Griffin O’Roak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Desmond Olson . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Owen Patterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Zorian Persoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Charter School Jameson Popovich . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Dasan Rickard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Jacob Salgado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School Romero Santiago . . . . . . . . . . . West Sylvan Middle School Landon Scovell-Gonzalez . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School Fallen Shewman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siuslaw Middle School Bennett Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Brady Stauffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Peter Swanborough . . . . . . . . . . . Talmadge Middle School River Tjossem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School

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Bass Bob Avery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Landon Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Sam Demianew . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Brent Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oaklea Middle School Izediah Franco Corral . . . . . . . . . . . Waldo Middle School Aaiden Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Andrew Gough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Eli Greenshields . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Jonathan Haury . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School William Hoffmann . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Jack Jensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School William Justice . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Nick Kuhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Akash Kumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitford Middle School Joshua Lovering . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Crest Middle School Ian Markert . . . . . . . . . . John C. Fremont Middle School Silas Mendenhall . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School Forest Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Lucas Paez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Jacob Peton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Caiden Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Mize Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Isaac Siska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School Silas Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Noah Tremain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School

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OMEA All-State Middle School

Middle School Treble Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2025 7:00 PM

Conductor: Jeffery Redding, University of Central Florida, Florida Ensemble Managers: Suvi Mirka and Melinda Murdock Accompanist: Angela Hjertstedt

2025 Middle School Treble Choir Repertoire Come Travel With Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Farthing Laudamus Te . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrea Ramsey Measure Me Sky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Hagenberg Bonk ‘abaphandle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Carmelia Children, Go Where I Send Thee! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Johnson

Jeffery Redding, Conductor Dr. Jeffery Redding, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida (UCF), is a passionate choral conductor, educator, and public speaker. As the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award recipient, he has dedicated his career to fostering musical excellence and inspiring future generations of choral artists.

Throughout his career, Dr. Redding has led his choirs to significant achievements, earning numerous awards and performing at prestigious venues worldwide. His innovative teaching methods and dedication to his students have positively impacted the lives of many musicians.

As a sought-after guest conductor, clinician, and public speaker, Dr. Redding has shared his love for music with honor choirs, All-State ensembles, and professional choral organizations across the United States and abroad. His infectious passion and ability to connect with audiences of all ages have earned him widespread admiration.

He was honored to give the prestigious TEDx Talk. He is also one of the conductors for Walt Disney World’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot and the conductor of Harmonious Live! found on YouTube.

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Beyond his academic pursuits, Dr. Redding is a dedicated community leader and a passionate advocate for choral music.He has founded and directed several choral ensembles, including the Winter Garden Community Choir and the Orlando Choral Society, as well as serving as Worship Arts Leader at Tuskawilla United Methodist Church. These organizations provide opportunities for individuals of all ages to participate in choral singing and experience the transformative power of music.

Dr. Redding’s exceptional talent, dedication, and commitment to excellence have earned him widespread recognition and respect. His legacy as a visionary choral conductor and educator continues to inspire and shape the future of choral music.

Dr. Redding holds a Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Music Education and a Master of Music Education, both from Florida State University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Florida A&M University. He is a member of ACDA, NAfME, FVA, and Chorus America. He has served his profession in numerous capacities, as District 8 Chair for the Florida Vocal Association (FVA), as State R&R Chair for Ethnic Music/ MulticulturalAffairs, R&R Chair for Youth/Student Activities, and High School Mixed Honor Choir co-chair for FloridaACDA, and as R&R Chair for Community Choirs for Southern Division ACDA. Currently, he is R&R Lifelong Coordinator (Community, Music and Worship) for Florida ACDA.

Suvi Mirka, Ensemble Co-Manager Suvi Mirka lives in Portland, OR, was born in South Korea but grew up in the metro area. Suvi is the director of choirs at Gordon Russell Middle School in the Gresham Barlow School District. At Gordon Russell she teaches 5 choirs and Strategies for Success.

She received her undergraduate degree from George Fox University in Music Education and vocal performance, and then pursued her Masters in Teaching at Portland State University. She did a year of post baccalaureate work at Portland State before her masters to focus on choral conducting, vocal pedagogy, and sang in the PDX Jazz Choir. Suvi has been the OMEA All-State Treble Choir manager for the last four years, and has greatly enjoyed working to help our students have a wonderful time at All-State. She also serves as the middle school choral chair for District 2. Recently Suvi has been asked to clinic and judge and she has greatly enjoyed the opportunity to work with other choirs.

Suvi is passionate about creating a safe space for students to learn how to be the best version of themselves through community and music. Suvi loves teaching choir, sharing the joy of learning, and could not have made it to where she is today without her wonderful mentors, friends, and family.

When Suvi is not teaching she loves serving as a musician at her church playing guitar and singing. She also has a majestic cat named Joe, and when she isn’t working she loves to try new restaurants, play pickleball, and drink a good cup of coffee.

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Melinda Murdock, Ensemble Co-Manager Melinda Murdock is in her 23rd year teaching choral studies at Jackson Middle School in Portland, Oregon. She has earned degrees from Nova Southeastern University (M.A.) and Idaho State University (B.A). While attending ISU, she studied choral conducting with Dr. Scott Anderson and participated in numerous international choral tours, including England, Central Europe, Italy, Greece, and Brazil. She also worked with the late Weston Noble, in Idaho and Brazil, as a model for correct choral technique.

Except for the two pandemic years, her auditioned Ensemble Choir has participated the past 21 years in Worldstrides Heritage Festivals, including nine times in their Festival of Gold in New York City, Washington D.C., and Nashville. This March they have been selected to perform as the featured choir at the WorldStrides Festival at Carnegie Hall: National Youth Choir.

Her Concert Choir performed at the Oregon All-State convention in 2020, and they have consistently ranked in the top five at the Best in the Northwest Choral Festival.

In demand as a clinician and adjudicator, Melinda was also nominated for the prestigious Oregon Music Educator of the Year award (2006) and was named Teacher of the Year by the Portland Parent Teacher Association (2007). Melinda is a trained classical singer and maintains a vocal studio, with her students often ranking in the top ten at the state level. She strives to instill in her students a lifelong love of music.

Angela Hjertstedt, Accompanist Angela Hjertstedt was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She entered an undergraduate degree in Vocal Performance from Portland State University, followed by a Master’s degree in Education, also at PSU. She won the “Young Artists: Live at the Schnitz” competition, soloing with members of the Oregon Symphony, as well as the collegiate level of the National Association of Teachers in Singing (NATS) competition in Oregon. She continues to perform frequently as a vocalist and pianist around the Portland area, and sang with the professional group “Choro in Scuola” for 6 years.

She is also frequently hired to accompany soloists and choirs around the state.

She has taught private voice and piano lessons for over 20 years, as well as been involved in church music ministry at local and regional levels. She is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) as well as the Oregon Music Educators Association (OMEA).

Angela now teaches Middle School choir, and her choirs have won many accolades under her direction. She lives in Happy Valley, Oregon with her husband and two teenage sons.

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Middle School Treble Choir Roster Mezzo

Soprano Alice Adkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Jenna Arenivar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Five Oaks Middle School Brena Barbettini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Olivia Barrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fern Ridge Middle School Reagan Boderman . . . . . . . . . . West Sylvan Middle School Ash Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Lily Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Alyssa Clevinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Isabella Cromwell . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend Middle School Harper Dodson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Olivia Duarte . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Armstrong Middle School Leta Falconer . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Armstrong Middle School Sarina Farhangi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Katelyn Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clear Creek Middle School Savannah Frost . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Charlotte Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Guadalupe Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houck Middle School Maya Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Monique Headley-Wilson . . . . . . Sherwood Charter School Mackenzie Hickey . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Finley Hillig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray Middle School Isabelle Hui . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poynter Middle School Arlington Johnson . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Mya Krein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Lucille Lange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Maggie LeBaron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Francesca Linhares . . . . . . . . . . West Sylvan Middle School Gracie Lobo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton Middle School Alinea Lockard . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Ivy Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clear Creek Middle School Marie Mathai . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Lillian Mecham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic Middle School Hannah Menz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Raegan Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School Rubye Osmon . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Aralea Palioca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Alexander Potter . . . . . . . . . . . . West Sylvan Middle School Pearl Provenzola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alice Ott Middle School Amelia Riordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fowler Middle School Brielle Rodli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanchet Catholic School Adele Santoyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calapooia Middle School Amira Sigloh . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Caroline Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Jocelyn Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Kylie Windish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Elly Yockman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inza Wood Middle School

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Michelle Ashon-Imoroa . . . . . . . . Whiteaker Middle School Vivian Bacus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Natalie Bloom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gray Middle School Caydence Brewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Anya Brown-Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . Rock Creek Middle School Norah Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timber Ridge School Olivia Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Chloe Colletti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creswell Middle School Alyssa Correa . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Elise Crumrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Grace Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meadow Park Middle School Audrey Dinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Stevie Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Noam Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Elena Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . Chehalem Valley Middle School Avery Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Lydia Griffith . . . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Claire Hafele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School James Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Zoe Horton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Annie Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. A. Brown Middle School Julia Josephson . . . . . . . . . . . . . McLoughlin Middle School Tessa King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Finnley Martel . . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Hadley McMahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Amelia McNabb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Peyton Middlestadt . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheldelin Middle School Abigail Mohlman . . . . . . . . South Meadows Middle School Jacquelyn Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Coralie Morse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waldo Middle School Celeste Nanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hazelbrook Middle School Carmen Nunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Middle School Aylani Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gordon Russell Middle School Madeline Paulsen . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Jillian Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Olivia Preisz . . Arts and Communication Magnet Academy Clarissa Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School Stella Rachinski . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Elora Rayback . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faulconer-Chapman School Elaina Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Miyabi Rosenthal . . . . . . . . . . . . Athey Creek Middle School Ruby Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellogg Middle School Cali Sherry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Shelby Shinn . . . . . . . . . . . John C. Fremont Middle School Inchara Shree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Carver Snodgrass . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School

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Olivia Soppe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Iris Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Sophia Tan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monroe Middle School Quinn Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens Middle School Addison Valdez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood Middle School Kailani Vidal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside Middle School Natasha Villegas . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School Sadie Walker . . . . . . . . Deep Creek- Damascus K-8 School Moira Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oaklea Middle School Destiny Weitman . . . . . . . . . . Claggett Creek Middle School Chloe Widgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Floyd Light Middle School

Alto Juniper Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Maryn Arenivar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Five Oaks Middle School Sophia Astanin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada Middle School Hazel Atkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alder Creek Middle School Emma Avila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanchet Catholic School Clara Axberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Delilah Babb-Card . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Keaton Binstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Lutheran School Hailey Bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linus Pauling Middle School Lily Bunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kraxberger Middle School Sage dalke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Paloma Deal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Sydnee Fritz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School

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Emmaleigh Frome . . . . . . . . . North Albany Middle School Adrian Frye . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Armstrong Middle School Mia Garl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Madison Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School Kaydence Guidry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talmadge Middle School Lexi Hegel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Lily Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Lane Middle School Aanya Juvvadi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tumwater Middle School Anneke Karren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evergreen Middle School Hannah Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . Meridian Creek Middle School Charlotte Linnick . . . . . . . . . . Meadow Park Middle School Lauren Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School Cailin McAdoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pacific Crest Middle School Katherine Mckinney . . . . . . . . . . . Beaumont Middle School Elana McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conestoga Middle School Rory Milera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hazelbrook Middle School Annabeth Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lane Middle School Sloane Murray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Aiden Noonan . . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Andrea Norfleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Straub Middle School Emily Osiyuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds Middle School Pieta Osterhaus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada Middle School Eloise Parson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson Middle School Danica Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salem Academy Evie Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dexter McCarty Middle School Ireland Pittz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend Middle School Mya Pope . . . . . . . . . . . . South Middle School (Grants Pass) Daphne Ruprecht . . . . . . . Rosemont Ridge Middle School Natalie SamaniArts and Communication Magnet Academy Allison Sharpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talmadge Middle School Jersie Stegmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker Prairie Middle School Afton Strickland . . . . . . . . . . . . Happy Valley Middle School Chloe Sutherland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evergreen Middle School Madalynn Svendsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walker Middle School Dehlia Swanger . . . . . . . . . . Howard Street Charter School Lillian Taylor . . . . . . . . . . North Middle School (Grants Pass) Nova Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Philomath Middle School Toshi Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twality Middle School Elin Wear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leslie Middle School Elan Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitford Middle School June Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memorial Middle School Lydia Wunn . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School

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OMEA All-State Elementary School

Elementary School Choir FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 5:00 PM

Conductor: Janel Huyett, Mesa Public Schools, Arizona Ensemble Managers: John Hillan-Payne and Allison Hedgepeth Accompanist: Vicki Brabham

2025 All-State Elementary School Choir Repertoire Cantate Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald Moore Thula Klizeo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Shabalala, Arr. Leanne Macdonnell I See the Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas Beam Trolls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clifford Crawley El Vito . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Spanish Folk Song, arr. Emily Crocker

Janel Huyett, Conductor Janel Huyett is a highly respected music educator with a career spanning over 30 years in elementary classrooms. Ms. Huyett holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from the University of Iowa and a Master of Arts in Education: Administration and Supervision from the University of Phoenix.

She has taught band, general music, and choir in several different schools in the Mesa Public School District and held the position of District Band Specialist for 12 years. She began with Phoenix Children’s Chorus in 2006 as a music literacy teacher and became the Presto Conductor in 2008. During her time at PCC, Janel has helped to develop a choral curriculum that introduces music literacy in an engaging and meaningful way to young singers.

Ms. Huyett is a member of the National Flute Association (NFA), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and the Arizona Music Educators Association (AMEA).

She is currently serving as the AzACDA Community Youth Choirs R&R Chair. She has shared her expertise at state and national conferences, presenting on topics such as “Elementary Vocal Warm-ups” and “Incorporating Literacy into the Elementary Choir Rehearsal”. Additionally, she has conducted performances for both elementary band and choir at Arizona state conferences.

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Outside of her professional life, Janel enjoys activities like Pilates, kayaking, and paddle boarding, which contribute to her overall well-being and balance her dedication to her craft.

John Hillan-Payne, Co-Ensemble Manager John Hillan-Payne is delighted to be co-manager of the 2025 OMEA Elementary All-State Choir. With 20+ 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 Missouri-Kansas 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 a Past President of Southern Washington and Oregon Kodály Educators (SWOKE) and has been 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 at Lowrie Primary School and artistic director of the Wilsonville Choral Arts Society Children’s Choir.

Allison Hedgepeth, Co-Ensemble Manager Allison Hedgepeth has taught elementary music for 22 years in Kansas, California, and Oregon. For the last 17 years she has been teaching at Forest Hills Elementary in Lake Oswego, OR. Allison graduated from Kansas State with a Bachelors of Music Education and Portland State University with a Masters of Music in Education. Allison has completed the first level of Orff training and all four levels of Kodaly training. She is currently the All-State Elementary Honor Choir Co-Manager, OMEA District 14 Elementary Honor Choir Manager, and OMEA Dist. 14 Vice Chair. Allison was alo the 2023 Oregon Music Educators Association “Excellence in Elementary Music Education” award recipient.

Vicki Brabham, Accompanist Vicki Brabham is a native Eugenian. She is considered one of the area’s premier accompanists, known for her sensitive and lush interpretations, improvisation, and collaborative style. In her halfcentury career she has enjoyed numerous arenas to demonstrate her skill as an educator, music director, arranger & vocalist. Thank you OMEA for inviting me to be part of this beautiful choral event year after year!

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Elementary School Choir Roster Pearl Aarness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary Abigail Alzuhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Pius X Catholic School Olivia Anguiano . . . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Haley Arias Sanchez . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Noah Ashurex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary Stella Backer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary Helena Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary Brooklyn Ballweber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Saints School Filomena Bedard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Charlotte Bingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolton Primary School Janna Blair . . . . . . . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Aspen Boone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Dale Elementary Sophia Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Aria Bouey-Street . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Nola Brigham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary Arianna Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary Chloe Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salem Academy Lucy Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Saints School Reagan Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Violet Colletti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Skylar Condit . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Gianna de la Guardia Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Beverly deHaan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Isaiah Dominguez-Barron . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Dean Duncan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Lily Edwards . . . . . . . . . .North Clackamas Christian School Audrey Eggert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Primary Melody Engelstad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary Anika Enger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary Abigail Filkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Clayton Footer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolton Primary School Mckenzie Frey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Olivia Gerber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Penny Graglia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Finnley Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasant Valley Elementary Delainey Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary Marit Gunderson Keller . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Sydney Hagemeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Oliver Hammers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Maggie Hammett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary Carson Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary Eowyn Harth . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Kylee Harvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary Emma John Helm . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Corinne Hemry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Primary Stephania Hernandez-Hilario . . . . . . . Cornelius Elementary Madelyn Hilst . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Sofia Holden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Iris Holloran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary June Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Ayla Jacobson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary

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Kenzie James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Grove Elementary Alania Jeronimo-Robinson . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Lincoln Johns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Noralyn Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Addie Jurasevich . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary Carissa Keane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Lucy Kilfoil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Avery King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Brennan Leach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Colton Lee . . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Violet Linder-Lally . . . . Edgewood Community Elementary Nathan Loomis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Evelyn Ludwig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Adeline Lundstedt . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Charlotte Maddess . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary Jonah Maes . . . . . . . . . . North Clackamas Christian School Georgia Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Saints School Jaxson Mayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salem Academy Abbigail McCay . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary CeCe McCullar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School JJ McDonald, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowrie Primary School Jace McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Cora Meador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Emily Medina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Primary Rodolfo Medoza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Tessa Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Cierra Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary River Milton-Miller . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas Elementary Jude Mitchell . . . . . . . . Edgewood Community Elementary Beatrice Moffitt-Osborne . . . . . . . . . Bolton Primary School Alice Monte . . . . . . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Wylder Nance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arleta Elementary Isabella Nibblett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Kian Noll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Haone Oh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Lillian Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siuslaw Elementary Emma Onstot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Hailey Pearson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Olivia Perrolle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolton Primary School Peyton Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pleasant Valley Elementary Aleena Pureco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary Delia Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siuslaw Elementary Charming Raines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creslane Elementary Ellie Ramos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Riley Redding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Primary Evelyn Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Theresa Rinault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Tommy Robins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Boeckman Creek Primary Wiley Roesler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Alina Sanchez Martinez . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Lesley Santamaria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary

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Adam Schwarck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Alexa Senajon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary Max Senez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westridge Elementary Baylee Severy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siuslaw Elementary Ellanore Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cummings Elementary Nevella Sherwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arleta Elementary Nola Shires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marysville Elementary Alexa Sinkus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Hills Elementary Joslyn Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boeckman Creek Primary Lyra Spencer . . . . . . . . Edgewood Community Elementary Jamie Stanley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary Addie Stephens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salem Academy Henrik Struve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bolton Primary School Courtney Stubblefield . . . . . . . . . . . . Middleton Elementary Ruby Sunderland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary

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Lucy Sutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allen Dale Elementary Rebecca Sykes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hucrest Elementary Aarya Tenginakai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Creek Elementary Dilara Tunc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oak Creek Elementary Freya Tweto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Saints School Nicholas Varner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ainsworth Elementary Ezra Vasby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arleta Elementary Nahla Vazquez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn Elementary Aurora Velez . . . . . Buena Vista Spanish Immersion Elem.

Zoe Witczak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vose Elementary Lila Wolfe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Grove Elementary Julane Wolff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridgeport Elementary Francesca Woodworth . . . . . . . . . . Lake Grove Elementary

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OMEA All-State High School

High School Jazz Band THE HULT CENTER, SORENG THEATER SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2025 5:00 PM

Conductor: Joseph Lee Jefferson, St. Olaf College, Minnesota Ensemble Managers: Cory Francis and Tristan Weitkamp

2025 Jazz Band Repertoire Blue Chip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sammy Nestico Chinoiserie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duke Ellington trans. David Berger Lush Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Strayhorn arr. Mike Tomaro Sky Dive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freddie Hubbard arr. Erik Morales Ummmm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ayn Inserto

Joseph Lee Jefferson, Conductor Dr. Joseph L. Jefferson, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Ensembles/Applied Jazz Trombone at St. Olaf College, boasts expertise in both classical and jazz genres, demonstrating his versatility across various musical platforms. Recognized for his achievements, he was honored as one of the “Yamaha 40 under 40” Class of 2023 and received the 2022 Ellis Marsalis, Jr. Jazz Educator of the Year award from the Jazz Education Network. Joseph’s performance career has seen him share stages with notable artists like Vanessa Williams, Nick Finzer, and Randy Brecker. He’s showcased his solo talent with collegiate ensembles including the Marshall University Jazz Ensemble and George Fox University Jazz Ensemble. His contributions extend beyond performance, having been featured at prestigious events such as the International Trombone Festival, Texas Music Educators Clinic/Conference (TMEA), and the Jazz Education Network Conference, among others.

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and the International Trombone Association. Additionally, he serves as a clinician for Jazz at Lincoln Center and exclusively plays Yamaha instruments as a Yamaha performing artist. Grounded in his belief in the spiritual connection between music and the soul, Joseph infuses his performances and teachings with a deep reverence for the transformative power of music.

Cory Francis, Ensemble Co-Manager Cory Francis grew up in Salem, OR and received a degree in Music Education from the University of Oregon in June 2020.

He has previously taught in the Banks School District and Salem-Keizer School District teaching band, marching/pep band, jazz band, choir, and SPED music. He is currently the Director of Bands and Choirs at Taft 7-12 School in Lincoln City, OR. His primary instruments are the trombone and electric/upright bass. Outside of music, his hobbies include basketball, hiking, and going on walks at the beach.

Tristan Weitkamp, Ensemble Co-Manager Tristan is currently serving as Band Director at Sherwood High School alongside Brant Stai. He previously served in the role of Interim Director of Bands and full-time Visiting Instructor of Music at Portland State University, following the retirement of Pat Vandehey. Tristan earned both a Master’s in Music with a focus on Instrumental Conducting and a Master’s in Education from Portland State. Prior to his graduate studies, Tristan taught numerous jazz ensembles, marching ensembles, and small jazz combo groups across the Beaverton and Hillsboro school districts. Tristan’s bachelor’s is in Jazz Studies, also from Portland State University, where he studied with George Colligan and Darrell Grant. Following, he attended the University of Cape Town for post- baccalaureate studies in music, and global affairs. He now seeks to balance his teaching, conducting, and performing aspirations with raising his baby daughter Aria with wife Melody, and their two dogs.

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Jazz Band Roster Alto Saxophone

Trombone

Kaiyan Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Coltrane Reynolds . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School

Tenor Saxophone

James Meissner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKay High School Simon Pinniger . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Bridger Schaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Elaina Stuppler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School

Sasha Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Ben Congo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School

Guitar Drew Sykes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

Baritone Saxophone Nima Rejai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon High School

Piano Quinn Thornton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School

Trumpet Thomas Biggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School Lincoln Fox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Korbin Gargarin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Ian Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canby High School Donovan Peterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School

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Bass Jude Sheridan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School

Drums Jesse Broderick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

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High School Symphonic Band FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 3:00 PM

Conductor: T. André Feagin, Central Washington Univ., Washington Ensemble Manager: Daniel Hartley and Seth Arnold

2025 Symphonic Band Repertoire Commonwealth Fanfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Holmquist Blue Radiance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Piunno Stillwater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kelijah Dunton Viva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jack Wilds

T. André Feagin, Conductor Dr. T. André Feagin serves as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Central Washington University where he guides the educational and artistic vision of a comprehensive band program. He heads the graduate wind conducting program and serves as the conductor of the Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble, the preeminent wind band at CWU. Under his leadership, the CWU Wind Ensemble was a featured performer at the 2022 College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Western/Northwestern Division Conference and at the 2024 World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensemble (WASBE) International convention in Gwangju, South Korea.

Dr. Feagin has appeared as a guest conductor with numerous All-state, honor bands, and professional bands and orchestras throughout the United States, Canada, Central and Southwest Europe, and Southeast Asia. As a clinician/presenter, he has been invited to speak on conducting, diversity and inclusivity in music education, and leadership at numerous music educators’ conferences across the United States and around the globe. In 2022 he presented at the 19th WASBE International convention in Prague, Czech Republic.

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Dr. Feagin holds professional memberships in the National Association for Music Education, College Band Directors National Association, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, Washington Music Educators Association, Patron of Mu Phi Epsilon, and honorary memberships in both Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He currently serves on the diversity, and research committees of the College Band Directors National Association and serves on the advisory board of Emergence: Research & Performance Topics in Black Music, the scholarly publication of the National Associations of Negro Musicians, Inc. Dr. Feagin holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting from the University of Arizona School of Music where he was a student of Gregg I. Hanson.

Daniel Hartley, Ensemble Co-Manager Daniel is in his eleventh year of teaching high school band and is currently teaching at Lakeridge High School in Lake Oswego.

Prior to teaching at Lakeridge, Daniel taught for seven years at Kelso High School in Kelso, WA and served as the District Music Coordinator for Kelso School District and the President of the Southwest Washington Music Educators Association (SWWMEA).

In 2017 he was named Secondary Teacher of the Year for Kelso School District.

In his free time Daniel plays Principal Trombone and serves on the Board of the Portland Wind Symphony and also serves on the board for the non-profit: LO for Love. He is also the President-Elect of the Oregon Band Directors Association (OBDA) and manages the OMEA All-State Symphonic Band. He earned his Bachelor and Masters degrees in Music Education from University of Oregon. He lives with his husband, André, and two cats, Gizmo and Gadget, in SE Portland.

Seth Arnold, Ensemble Co-Manager Seth Arnold graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Oregon and earned his Master of Music Education from Central Washington University through the American Band College. He currently leads five performing ensembles in the Gladstone School District, where he teaches students from 6th through 12th grade. Seth is currently in his tenth year of teaching and serves as the Vice Chair for District 13. He is lucky enough to go through life with his wife, and fellow music educator, Emily Arnold.

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High School Symphonic Band Roster

Sofie Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin School District Violet Allori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banks High School Brianna Barker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Charlotte Baumgarden . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Rachel Belau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crosspoint Christian School Havanna Benn . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Umpqua High School Yirhe Ha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Mary Hellinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph Charter School Rheannon Jarmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canby High School Elizabeth Jeremiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Christian Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa School District Katy Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker High School Sofia Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Lauren Pelto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Ayda Rappleyea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Elisha Strauch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Olivia Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Morgan Tran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic High School Sabrina Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Kaija Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School

Oboe Brooke Hibbeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stayton High School Juliana Ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caldera High School Clara Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Michael Rapin-Hanes . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Jaylee Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School

Bassoon Paige Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Marilynn Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Dalles High School Tristan Brester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Andrew Oblack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Hunter Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Valley High School

Clarinet Luke Amies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Bailee Cecilio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Tanner Como . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School MaryJane Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Alexandria Dewey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nyssa School District John Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Megan Duffy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin School District Khloe Grotting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Hannah Ho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Emily Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Sasha Holt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend High School Finn Howell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Paige Inman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southridge High School Rylie Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Aiden La Grave . . . . . . . . . . . . South Umpqua High School

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Nathan Lauruhn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Hannah Mall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Jasper Marsden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon High School Keegan McCourtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Naomi Monteith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Daphne Purcell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School Jordyn Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phoenix High School Emily Roth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Ellie Shen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Ashley Simila . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Eric Sotomayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell High School Cassidy Such . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School Oliver Uelmen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Oliver Yoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High Schooll

Bass Clarinet Eric Azorr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Kylee Brissette . . . . . . . . . . Brookings-Harbor High School Cadence Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Lyla Garcia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Avani Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Adelia Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Valley High School

Alto Saxophone Josh Asplund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School John Baldridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Brayden Huson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Aaron Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Kasey Morehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin School District Alexander Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas High School

Tenor Saxophone Darcy Erickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Lewis Hansen . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School Sam Nichol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Alexander Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend High School

Baritone Saxophone Cayden Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newport High School Jack Parr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School JJ Parsons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas High School Ronin Usher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canby High School

Trumpet Shaden Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baker High School Lauren Chaiet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Samuel Chapman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Mason DeVault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Tyler Ferreira . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Cole Hanson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Ayden Hoeft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School Faith Hoyt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School

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Madison Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Lilyann Kinkaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Ian McHone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Sebastian Mota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Karti Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Brennen Robb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Gabriel Shellman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Jacob Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Jadon Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Arcadio Vargas Rincon . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School Ryen Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas High School

Austin Hosch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Liam Hubbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sisters High School Jayden Lehne . . . . . . . . . . Adrienne C. Nelson High School Reed Norlander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Caleb Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School Gabriel Santillan . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Caleb Vaughn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Nathan Wiggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School

Baritone TC Connor Mahoney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banks High School Trestyn Teto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Umpqua High School

French Horn Angel Anthony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Valley High School Theo Kunze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Sean Mengel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mazama High School Peter Merriss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Ryleigh Mervine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Alek Milburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Riley Morehead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elgin School District Lucas Nelson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Douglas High School Hailey Severe . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School Dusty Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas High School Jeremiah Vasquez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Colin Zelenka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School

Trombone Tristan Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Valley High School William Burch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell High School Yahir Cornejo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Dalles High School Midnite Daly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Nathan Dickerson-Ferguson . . . . . Scappoose High School Hunter Edmonson-Pena . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Josh Flett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Gabe Gallares . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaSalle Catholic College Prep Johnathan Griffiths . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Camden Hayes . . . . . . . . Arts & Comm. Magnet Academy

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Euphonium BC Silas Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Jeffy Kuhl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Kylie Malkemus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton High School Ryan Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton High School Coleson Schroder . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Townsend Weiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School

Tuba Ruhr Ben . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Thatcher Burkart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Gabrielle Cronin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Josiah Killian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Umpqua High School Carter Kliewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Blair Wolfe-Rocca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School

Percussion Jack Austin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School May Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pilot Rock Senior High School Kyle Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warrenton High School Faith Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Avery Nidiffer . . . . . . . . . . . . Brookings-Harbor High School Eralyn Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Umpqua High School Peter Thompson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newport High School Terra Wach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hidden Valley High School

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OMEA All-State High School

High School Treble Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 4:00 PM

Conductor: Julie Yu-Oppenheim, Oklahoma City Univ., Oklahoma Ensemble Managers: Josh Weir and Luis Rivera Accompanist: Lauren Servias

2025 High School Treble Choir Repertoire Gloria in Excelsis Deo (from “Gloria Kajoniensis) . . . . . Gyöngyösi Levente Vocalise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rachmaninoff (arr. Tanner Wilemon): Vocalise i carry your heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Brunner My People are Rising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Barnett This Little Light of Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Gibson

Julie Yu-Oppenheim, Conductor Dr. Julie Yu is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and the Artistic Director of Canterbury Voices, Oklahoma’s premier symphony chorus.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Central Oklahoma, a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Oklahoma State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. Before joining OCU and Canterbury Voices, she taught at Norman North High School in Oklahoma, San José State University, and Kansas State University.

She has given presentations and conducted, and/or her choirs have performed for state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and the European Music Educators Association. She is the past president of the Southwestern Region of the American Choral Directors Association and served as an International Conducting Exchange Fellow to Kenya.

Her favorite area of research and performance is working as a guest clinician/ conductor for various honor choirs and professional organizations.

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Josh Weir, Ensemble Co-Manager Joshua Weir is the Director of choirs at Kraxberger Middle School and Gladstone High School. He earned his bachelor of Music Education from Warner Pacific University and his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Portland State University. Mr. Weir’s middle school choirs have won awards from the music in the parks program and his high school choir made it to the Oregon State Choir Championships in 2019. Mr. Weir’s Jazz Choir has also won numerous CCC Vocal Jazz Festival awards. Outside of teaching Mr. Weir sings in the Oregon Repertory Singers and is the associate conductor for Unistus Chamber Choir. During his tenure as Assistant Conductor, he has had the opportunity to travel to numerous US cities for the West Coast Estonian Days. He has traveled twice to Estonian to participate in Laulupidu (Song Party) where he sang in a choir of 35,000 voices. Mr. Weir has also sung in the Portland Opera Chorus, Portland Symphonic Choir, and Novum Chamber Singers. Mr. Weir is the organizer of District 13’s High School Honor Choir and this is Mr. Weir’s 4th year as a high school all-state group co-manager.

Luis Rivera, Ensemble Co-Manager Luis Rivera is one of the co-managers for the all-state treble choir.

He is in his sixth year of teaching and currently is the choir director at Woodburn high school. Rivera holds a bachelors of music from the University of Oregon.

Rivera is also highly involved in performing around the community.

He sings with the chamber choir group In Medio where he has been a part of the choir for four years.

Lauren Servias, Accompanist Lauren Servias has performed with Tacoma Opera, the Oregon Festival of American Music, Eugene Ballet, Cascadia Concert Opera, Northwest Opera In Schools Etc. (NOISE), Lark Opera, Seattle Civic Dance Theatre, and the National Opera Center, among other performing arts organizations. Servias taught on the Oregon State University music faculty from 2012 to 2021, serving as the music director for OSU Opera, instructor of group piano and accompanying, and pianist for Bella Voce and the Corvallis-OSU Symphony. She now is an in-demand freelance pianist, adjudicator, and lecturer. Servias holds a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano Performance from the University of Oregon and a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Central Washington University.

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High School Treble Choir Roster Soprano 1 Sarah Baglin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Vivian Caron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Samara D’Souza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Dylan Dunlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School McKinley Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Kenny Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Charlotte Gaston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Isabella Gerami . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend High School Camryn Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Shaelyn Innes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Kamorah Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Siuslaw High School Marissa Margolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Brianna Mendenhall . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Kasper Miranda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Douglas High School Ed Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Brooklyn Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Aviana Morse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Zia Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Xitlali Naegele Ramirez . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School August Newton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Charity Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Mia Pedroso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Eliza Penberthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Eden Penugonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Xochitl Ponce-Juergens . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Amelie Rappoport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Lexi Sapp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Callie Schmitke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Lucia Smithstanza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Mailani Tran . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Seattle Trejo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School Mya Vanderpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Makayla Verant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Rhaya Waddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Southridge High School Laney Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canby High School Isabelle Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Grace Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School

Soprano 2 Arianna Avendano-Stiltner . . . . . . North Salem High School Lucy Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Yana Beskorovaynaya . . . . . . . Valley Catholic High School Ella Bielman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Harlie Billings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Nicole Boehland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Daphne Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Clare Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Kylie Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Emily Dinh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Kyndra Eggleston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Logan Felix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School

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Kathryn Fischer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Maizee Gerber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Century High School Ava Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Kaia Haddock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Arianna Hammond . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Laerke Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Mira Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Ariel Hogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Julianne Huang . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valley Catholic High School Sai Nithya Kalavai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Nadia LeClerc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Annika Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Carissa Miller . . . . . . . . . . . Westside Christian High School Hailey Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Erin Reaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reynolds High School Hadlie Rowton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Josephine Rustvold . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Maizie Schoonard . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Natalie Segerlind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Century High School Marygrace Simpson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Camila Spieth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Lucy Stokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Ania Vilius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Marisa Walling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tillamook High School Ingrid Weddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Marie Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School

Alto 1 Isabella Aguirre . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Lucy Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Susan Asaya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Liv Bain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School McKayla Baird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School Shea Bamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Caity Brassell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Haley Carmalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Annabelle Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Josie Crosbie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Lutheran School Joni Delman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Isabel Doogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Kiah Dunne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Vienna Goodwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Lorelei Hein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Audrey Hillery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Aubrey Holznagel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Thalia Lazarus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanchet Catholic School Kamyron McClellan . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Savannah McKee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Zion Mollel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Sara Mueller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Madeline Munoz . . . . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Maren Olson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School

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Reagan Pelke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Kaelyn Perlmutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Renae Poe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Roan Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Isabelle Sanders . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Cupid SochermanArts and Communication Magnet Academy Jordan Walling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tillamook High School Mikayla Weidman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Sonya Wilde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liberty High School Josie Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Kaelyn Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thurston High School Alice Woodburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Jocelyn Wynes . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School

Alto 2 Sage Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Oliva Bain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Lorna Baldwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Ayaunna Bolin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Camila Castillon-Gordian . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Sydney Cederberg . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Emily Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Alexa Cornejo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Hailey Dinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Ashley Enos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Western Christian School McKenzie Gilmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School

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Four-year music scholarships awarded for majors and non-majors.

Degree Programs: BA in Music, Minor in Music, Minor in Arts, Technology & Multimedia

> Learn more about scholarship auditions at: willamette.edu/go/musicauditions

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High School Wind Ensemble FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 5:00 PM

Conductor:John Lynch, Univ. of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin Ensemble Managers: Frank Petrik and Kevin Soon

2025 Wind Ensemble Repertoire American Salute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morton Gould Sound and Smoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Viet Cuong The Spirit is Willing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole Piunno O Rose of May . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harrison J. Collin

John Lynch, Conductor John Lynch is a leading international wind band conductor and a dual citizen of the United States and Australia. He is currently the Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, a freelance conductor/composer/ teacher based in Madison Wisconsin, and the new Musical Director of the Madison Brass Band. He was formerly the Director of Bands and Wind Symphony Conductor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music where he created the first graduate degrees in wind conducting and the first comprehensive university band program in Australian history. He is the founder and artist director of the Verbrugghen Ensemble, the Conservatorium’s professional chamber orchestra in residence, and was previously Director of Bands and Professor of Music at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas. Other positions include those at Northwestern University and Emory University. He was the Music Director of Chicago’s renown Northshore Concert Band and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and is the founder of the Greater New York Wind Symphony and the University of Kansas/Kansas City Youth Wind Symphony.

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John Lynch has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Asia, and Australia including the national conferences of the College Band Directors National Association, the American Bandmasters Association, the National Association for Music Education, Australian National Band and Orchestra Conference, the Midwest Clinic, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, as well as at Interlochen, Barcelona’s Grec Festival, and invited tours of Spain, China, Argentina, and Europe. Lynch has three professional recordings on the Naxos label including the premiere in the Wind Band Classics Series, and one on the Klavier label.

He is a published composer through C. Alan Music and Maestro and Fox. Awards include The American Prize, the national Stanbury Award for outstanding conducting and teaching, New York’s Big Apple Corps National Leadership in the Arts award, The University of Georgia Creative Research Medal, a Northwestern University Searle Fellow for Teaching Excellence, and elected membership in the American Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu international band honor fraternity, and Pi Kappa Lamba music honor fraternity. He was nominated for Performance of the Year in the Australian Arts Music Awards. An advocate for diversity in music, he serves on the advisory boards of several think tanks including the Institute for Composer Diversity and is one of the featured conductors in “The Horizon Leads Forward.” John Lynch is a passionate advocate for new music and has commissioned, recorded, and premiered works from around the globe by both today’s leading composers and those new to writing for the wind band and brass band mediums. He has a special interest in interdisciplinary work, as well as forwarding the wind band and brass band as serious genres for creative, artistic expression. John Lynch holds degrees from Indiana University, the Eastman School of Music and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Frank Petrik, Ensemble Co-Manager Frank Petrik has been an educator for 26 years in Oregon. He currently is the Director of Bands at Lincoln High School in Portland. He has taught at Beaumont Middle School, John F. Kennedy High, Sherwood High, Silverton High School and Ron Russell Middle School. He is an Oregon Band Director Association certified adjudicator, past OMEA Advocacy Chair, District 4 Band Chair, District 14 Band Chair and is the current OBDA President.

Kevin Soon, Ensemble Co-Manager Kevin Soon has served as the Director of Instrumental Music at Liberty High School in Hillsboro since 2007. Prior to his appointment at Liberty, he taught band and choir in the public schools of Cave Junction, Oregon. He holds a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Western Oregon University and a Bachelor of Science in 68

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Mr. Soon is a member of the National Association for Music Education, Oregon Music Education Association and the Oregon Band Directors Association, where he serves as the Northwest Region Representative. He has served on the board of the Oregon Music Education Association and as President of the Northwest Association for the Performing Arts. He lives in Portland with his wife and three children.

High School Wind Ensemble Roster Flute Amelia Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School James Hohn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Molalla High School Sophie Kasner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Annecy Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Marilyn Ruthruff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Emily Wen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Ellie Whitaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School

Lorelei Szalewski . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Susy Tussing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School

Bass Clarinet Jude Brandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Lucas Hatfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Kayla Stefan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Sasha Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School

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Elliette Hutchings . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Sophia Ohle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Aasha Patel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Kai Yamashita . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School

Wyatt Marr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Jacob Peizner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School Ben Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School William Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

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Griffin Bloomquist-Hulbert . . . . David Douglas High School Alexandra Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Emma Nuttall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Tate Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

Ethan Hargunani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Molly Heimbuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School

Bb Soprano Clarinet Natalie Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Ethan Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crescent Valley High School Kae Chang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Sasha Drews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Michael Gong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School John Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parkrose High School Seojeong Huh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Wesley Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandy High School Nayeon Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Kawon Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Claire Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lincoln High School Hailey Moen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Lauren Richmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Mary Schlabach . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Ruby Schwarz-Worth . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Marleigh Slack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School

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Baritone Saxophone Caeden Andresen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDaniel High School Easton Arnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School

Trumpet Caeden Andresen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McDaniel High School Easton Arnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Brady Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKay High School Ezra Burroughs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Ally Castaneda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Alexis Chalton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Cameron Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sprague High School Ryleigh Faust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Mason Hague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Caden Hjertstedt . . . . . . . . Adrienne C. Nelson High School Evan Luksich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Nelson Santos-Cime . . . . . . . . . David Douglas High School Avery Wiesler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Cameron Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School

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Taylor Aguilar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Andie Blake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Tegan Deming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Weston Glover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School June Monteleone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Helens High School Rowan Oakes-Harada . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Barrett Oilar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Jonathan Schauer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

Matthew Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Hazel Heise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon High School Nathan Julian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Bruce Leverman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Atticus Zmach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School

Trombone Evelyn Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School William Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Elliot Ciancetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Eli Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Rowan Martin-Collier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Cason Reinhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Aidric Washko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Ryken Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School

Percussion Hank Dorsey . . . . . . . . . . . Adrienne C. Nelson High School Brendan Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Rohan Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Henry Hall-Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School James Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Kevin Lin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Logan Shimatsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School

Euphonium BC Symeon Braman . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Daniel Flores Reyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Mukul Sammi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Noah Stai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School

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OMEA All-State High School

High School Tenor Bass Choir FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2025 6:00 PM

Conductor: David Morrow, Morehouse College, Georgia Ensemble Managers: Belinda Sisson and Katey Simmons Accompanist: Naomi LaViolette

2025 High School Tenor Bass Choir Repertoire Haste Thee, Nymph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G.F. Handel / Eugene Rogers Danny Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Jameson Marvin Music in the Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. Nathaniel Dett, arr: David Morrow See the Victory Before Us and Walk on . . . . . . . . . . . Uzee Brown, Jr. My Good Lord’s a-Done-a Been Here . . . . . . . . . arr. Stacey V. Gibbs Ascribe to the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosephanye Powell

David Morrow, Conductor Dr. David Morrow, a native of Rochester, NY, was valedictorian of his Morehouse College class, holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. He is a long-time faculty member at Morehouse College and is current Chair of the Music Department. He conducts the renowned Morehouse College Glee Club to domestic and world-wide acclaim; most recently in the 50th Anniversary Tour of Nigeria in 2024. He also conducts the Wendell P. Whalum Community Chorus and Co-Directs the Morehouse-Spelman Chorus. His conducting honors include performances in such widely varying venues as Atlanta’s Symphony Hall with, soprano, Jessye Norman, the national anthem of Superbowl XXVIII with Natalie Cole, the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games, on the masterworks series for the Colour of Music Festival O M E A JANUARY 2025

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in Charleston, South Carolina. With the Morehouse College Glee Club he has conducted at Carnegie Hall, with the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, the Georgia Symphony Orchestra and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.

He is a sought-after choral clinician and lecturer, who serves on the Board of Directors of both the Intercollegiate Men’s Choruses, Inc. and Chorus America, Inc., and has served on the Georgia Council for the Arts. He holds membership in the Metropolitan Atlanta Musicians Association, The National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc., the American Choral Directors Association, the Georgia Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and is a “Friend of the Arts” member of Sigma Alpha Iota. His compositions and arrangements are published with Alfred Music Publishers, Oxford Music and GIA music publishers. He has written a chapter on the Morehouse College Glee Club in Conducting Men’s Choirs, edited by Donald L. Trott.

Belinda Sisson, Ensemble Co-Manager Belinda Sisson is the Director of Choirs at Ridgeview High School in Redmond Oregon. She has her Master’s Degree in Art and Teaching and her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the College of Liberal Arts at Oregon State University. She has served as the Collegiate NAfME representative on the Board of the Oregon Music Educators Association. Her favorite part about being an ensemble manager is getting to see the joy that singing brings to each of the students and watching them make lifelong friendships.

Katey Simmons, Ensemble Co-Manager Katey Simmons (they/them) is the choral director at Franklin High School in the Portland Public School District and the Associate Director of the Oregon Repertory Singers Youth Choir. Simmons holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Oregon State University.

Naomi LaViolette, Accompanist Naomi LaViolette is a composer, performer, singer-songwriter and versatile pianist based in Portland, Oregon. She has a master’s degree in classical piano performance – but she has also immersed herself in the study of jazz standards, folk songs, soul, pop and gospel. Naomi has released multiple singles and four records, most recently Live at The Old Church with Members of the Oregon Symphony, released February 2019. Her recordings have received great reviews and critical acclaim and she has performed at esteemed venues and festivals including the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall, Portland Jazz Festival, Jimmy Mak’s, the Doug Fir Lounge, the Aladdin Theater and All Classical Portland. Her work with Steven Goodwin and the Saving His Music project has received prominent coverage in national and local news, including CBS Sunday Morning. Their record, entitled The 74

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Since 2004, the Oregon Repertory Singers have made her an essential part of their artistic staff as their pianist. Naomi is a published choral composer with Santa Barbara Publishing. The Oregon Symphony collaborates with Naomi as a songwriter and arranger for the Lullaby Project. Naomi frequently sings national anthems for conventions and sporting events, and she is a pianist for Michael Allen Harrison’s Ten Grands concert and She’s Speaking, a collective that creates forums/spaces for women’s voices and women’s stories to be heard.

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Anthony Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Hansen Berrett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Sophia Bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Andrew Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Ari Cummings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Hunter Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Adrian Diego Rabago . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Jacqueline Esqueda . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Izzy Garland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Axel Gil-Carrillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Leo Grosso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Aiden Jagels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thurston High School Dawson Kemper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Janet Lang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Jesse Leffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Angel Lopez Gomez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Will Lowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Kal-El McElfresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silverton High School Jason Moffett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Dakota Olivos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Adrian Perez Meippen . . . . . . . . . . Willamette High School Ethan Plankenhorn . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Dawn Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Daisy Sandefur . . . . . . . . . . Brookings-Harbor High School Dustin Schmidt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Salem High School August Slamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Frankie Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Banks High School Zackary Whitworth Painter SwayzeScappoose High School David Wilkerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Jake Winstead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School

Jonathan Beldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Anthony Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Ethan Boaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Keke Briggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Yuyoun Choi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Rowan Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lincoln High School Conley Dawson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Tyler Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Rowan Ducker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Spencer Egbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Benjamin Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant Union Sr High School Landon Grider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Luke Highland . . . . . . . . . . . Westside Christian High School Corbin Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Portland Christian Schools Baylea Johns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Max Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Brendan Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Sawyer Littrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Lutheran School Collin MacTaggart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Jacob McGinnis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Angelic Michel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Ethan Mittleider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thurston High School Spencer Neighorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Benjamin Rodriguez . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Teddy Sferrazza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Gray Smrkovsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Ravi Solomon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Churchill High School Jordon Sostilio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Pryor Stegmeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canby High School Alex Swartz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Joseph Ulrich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Truan Wajdik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School Aiden Walter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scappoose High School Nathan Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell High School Preston Weller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School James Wiseman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Orion Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School

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Gyovani Andrade-Angel . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Terry Arnold-Munoz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Tyler Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School William Brock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Salvador Chiodo . . . . . . . . . Marshfield Senior High School Caden Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Evan Conley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Callon Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tualatin High School Lucas Curry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Addison Feld-Gore . . . . . . . . . . . . Ida B. Wells High School Luke Frome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Shane Glenn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Jackson Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Luke Haury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School James Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sutherlin High School Gabriel Ketchum-Dindinger . . . . . South Salem High School Christopher Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Armando Martinez . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Ian McGuire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Toby Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Riley Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Michael Nedelisky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Juvin Nguyen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Kole Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Dez Pappas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Hugo Pierre-Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seaside High School Penn Poole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Henry Riedel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Skyler Ryker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Ben Schoettger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Jake Snider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Rylan Solano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cascade Senior High School Alex Sotomayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell High School Trevor Southwick . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Yasha Starushok . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Andy Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aloha High School Miles Tamborello . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Tayson Trujillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Lucian Walker-Clough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astoria High School Skyler Wang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School cameron washburn . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Levi Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Alvin Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School

Peyden Carmitchel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Zavier Cruz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheldon High School Logan Ditmore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southridge High School Nathan Dodd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Kellan Elkinton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Eli Fager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Joshua Felzien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Century High School Ian Fryer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Southridge High School Graham Gibson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Bend High School Wyatt Gross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Lars Hoffbeck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesuit High School Dominic Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roseburg High School Morgan Israelsson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gresham High School Landon James . . . . . . . . . . Grant Union Senior High School Elijah Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Banks High School Oscar Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School Drew Jungling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Miles Kraines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Aidan Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Drake Morvay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Camden Naylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Nathan Niccum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Dash Pappas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Albany High School Chase Pitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Preston Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henley High School Maksim Smotkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Dallin Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School Nico Spillett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam Barlow High School Nathan Stevenson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trinity Lutheran School Brooks Summers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silverton High School Julian Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Century High School Keegan Tucker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountain View High School Stephen Wade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon City High School Jack Walters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Alban Watson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School London Whitworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delphian School Ethan Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Jose Wilson-Dzib . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Estacada High School Lucas Zhang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School

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Conductor: Christopher Fashun, Belmont University, Tennessee Ensemble Managers: Kevin Rouse and Eri Nogueira

2025 High School Orchestra Repertoire Overture to Candide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Bernstein Melody . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myroslav Skoryk Symphony No. 4 - Movement IV: Allegro con fuoco by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Kauyumari . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabriele Ortiz

Christopher Fashun, Conductor Dr. Christopher H. Fashun is a versatile conductor, performer, and music educator. Known for his ability to conduct and perform across classical, popular, and folkloric styles, he has worked with Broadway star Doug LaBrecque, beatboxing saxophonist Derek Brown, bluegrass mandolinist Nate Roberts, tap dancer Heather Cornell, Brazilian group Choro das 3, and recorded with jazz artists Jordan VanHemert, Rodney Whitaker, and Lisa Sung on Navona Records. A champion of new music, Dr. Fashun has commissioned works from composers Texu Kim, Evan Williams, Andrew Maxfield, Choro das 3, Micheal Udow, Egemen Kesikli, and Christopher Theofanidis. Other notable conducting engagements include the Holland Symphony Orchestra, the Elkhart Symphony Orchestra, the La Porte County Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Ambrose University Community Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Fashun served as the Music Director/Conductor for the Elkhart Youth Honors orchestra and the Holland Area Youth Orchestra and conducted the Iowa All-State Symphony String Orchestra, Midwest Mennonite Festival Orchestra and Concert Band, and several All-County Festivals.

A distinguished recipient of a 2019 Fulbright Award in the U.S. Scholar Program, Dr. Fashun lived in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil researching Afro-Brazilian music and culture. His project title, “The Dissemination of Afro-Brazilian Music in Salvador da O M E A JANUARY 2025

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Bahia” explored the cultural, racial, religious, and musical milieu that contribute to the shared musical identity of Afro-Brazilians and, by extension, all of Brazil. His research brings more awareness to the various ways music is taught and disseminated within Brazilian culture. As an application of this research, Dr. Fashun created the Holland Samba School, an intergenerational community group that teaches the culture and drumming styles of Brazil.

Dr. Fashun has presented sessions at the national NAfME and state music education conferences throughout the Midwest, teaching K-8 music educators how to integrate Brazilian songs, rhythms, and dance into the general music classroom. Central to his mission as an award winning guest conductor, clinician, and performer, Dr. Fashun seeks to create community through the joy of music.

When he’s not making music, he is either cycling, paddle boarding, and enjoying the great outdoors with his wife and daughter..

Kevin Rouse, Ensemble Co-Manager Kevin Rouse is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where he received a degree in music education. As a bass trombonist, he studied under Matthew Guilford, the bass trombonist for the National Symphony Orchestra. Rouse received his masters through American Band College. Rouse is the instrumental music director at Lake Oswego High School in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Previously, he was the director at Thomas S. Wootton High School in Rockville, Maryland (2014 - 2018), and Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland (2006 – 2014). His bands and orchestras have received consistent superior ratings at county and state festivals. Mr. Rouse’s marching bands, symphonic bands, and orchestras have also received multiple awards in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Rouse has a thriving trombone/baritone studio. He also adjudicated solo and ensemble festivals in several counties in Maryland and is a judge for the marching band circuit, NWAPA. He has enjoyed composing and arranging for his marching band and other schools around the country. He has composed for small ensembles and marching bands for the past 11 years. His music has won many “best music” awards for marching bands. In 2017, the music he composed for Thomas S. Wootton High School won “best music” at the group 3A Maryland state competition and the US Bands National Championship. His music for Northwest High School also won “best music” at the Maryland state competition in the 2A group.

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Eri Nogueira, Ensemble Co-Manager Eri Nogueira is a dedicated educator and versatile musician. In 2018, she joined the Lake Oswego School District as the orchestra director for both Lake Oswego Middle and High Schools, where she also coordinated and taught in the Lake Oswego Elementary Strings after-school program. Currently, Eri teaches general music at Palisades World Language School and conducts the Hillsboro Overture Strings at the Metropolitan Youth Symphony.

Eri’s passion for teaching and commitment to nurturing others have been central to her career. As a versatile performer, she continues to collaborate with ensembles across genres, sharing her talents with a diverse musical community.

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Seoyeon An . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Parker Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit High School Eden Choi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake Oswego High School Bethany Christensen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Nicole Danner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Leeshia DenHartigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Anna Han . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Olivia Hsu . . . . . . . . . . . . . International School of Beaverton Helen Jeong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Addison Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School Yoojin Kang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Ryan Khoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrienne C. Nelson High School Evan Ko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lakeridge High School Dominic Kwon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marist High School Abigail Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Asher Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Noah Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Jane McCook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ridgeview High School Kaylee Nah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Shane Ong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Emily Rhew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Samantha Sage . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Kayden Samuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Grove High School Emma Shim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Sam Skarstad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Catlin Gabel Upper School Kodesh Springer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sprague High School Elysian Sroka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Kepri Sroka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Abe Tsai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Nina Vivek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Paja White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Luna Woo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oregon Episcopal School

Cyrus Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corvallis High School Tudor Dascaliuc . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Anna Goff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Soren Holbrook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milwaukie High School Ming Mei Jakubowski . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School David McDonald . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Candace Ngan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clackamas High School Alex Reyna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKay High School Jillian Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Maisy Sturman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Mary’s Academy Sabine Voelker . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Eugene High School Emilia Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roosevelt High School Hailey Youn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Sarah Yuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

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Leo Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Sophia Culp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wilsonville High School Iris Hiltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Jordan King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Medford High School Daisy Kupitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Klamath Union High School Trenton Mendez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Sofia Picucci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milwaukie High School Steven Walker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School

Joshua Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . North Medford High School

Flute Jackson Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Salem High School Talia Mesecar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McNary High School Lilia Niebuhr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School

Trumpet Merannen Gatien . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Jackson Hayzlett . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Albany High School Daniel Herren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . McKay High School

French Horn Aris McCanta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Westview High School Jackson Porter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sherwood High School Haruka Sakiyama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Linn High School Bastian Sorenson . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School

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Sebastian Bernard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School Maya Faulhaber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

Tai Friel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School James Norfleet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants Pass High School Brayden West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glencoe High School

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Paul Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gladstone High School Vincent Randol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cleveland High School

Trey Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Franklin High School

Soprano Clarinet

Jeramaya Acosta . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School Liam Andrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mountainside High School Sam Tselnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant High School Seojin Ha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset High School Caleb Peterson-Hunt . . . . . . . . . . . West Salem High School

Samuel Hardy . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crescent Valley High School Kaden Prichard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rex Putnam High School

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OMEA 2024-2025 Sustaining Members 251 Realty 292 Oakmont Drive Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 wholeheartrealty.com

Chamber Music Northwest 1201 SW 12th Avenue #420 Portland, Oregon 97205 cmnw.org

Bandworld 6736 Jacob Lane Springfield, Oregon 97478 bandworld.org

Columbians Drum & Bugle Corps P.O. Box 4190 West Richland, Washington 99353 columbiansdrumcorps.org/

Beacock Music 1420 SE 163rd Avenue Vancouver, Washington 98683 beacockmusic.com

Conn-Selmer 1000 Industrial Parkway Elkhart, Indiana 46516 connselmer.com

Cascade School of Music 510 NE 3rd Street Bend, Oregon 97701 cascadeschoolofmusic.org

Educational Travel Services, Inc. 25 SE 82nd Drive, Suite 102 Gladstone, Oregon 97027 etsi.ws/

Eugene Symphony 115 West 8th Avenue, Suite 115 Eugene, Oregon 97401 eugenesymphony.org

JW Pepper & Son, Inc 191 Sheree Boulevard Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 jwpepper.com

Linfield University 900 SE Baker Street McMinnville, Oregon 97128 linfield.edu/music/

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Metropolitan Youth Symphony

Oregon Symphony

4800 South Macadam Avenue, Suite 105 Portland, Oregon 97239 playmys.org

851 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 385 Portland, Oregon 97204 orsymphony.org

Music Camps at Wallowa Lake

Pacific Lutheran University

P.O. Box 636 La Grande, Oregon 97850 wlmusiccamps.org/

12180 Park Avenue, S. Tacoma, Washington 98447 plu.edu/music/

Music-ade, LLC

Peripole Music

5603 SE Morrison Street Portland, Oregon 97215 music-ade.com

P.O. Box 12909 Salem, Oregon 97309 peripole.com

Northwest Band Camps

Portland Youth Philharmonic

84270 Wright Road Florence, Oregon 97439 nwbandcamps.com

9320 SW Barbur Boulevard #140 Portland, Oregon 97219 portlandyouthphil.org

Nova Music International

Quartet Violin Shop

170 West Ellendale, Suite 103 #401 Dallas, Oregon 97338 novami.org

9150 SW Pioneer Court Suite J Wilsonville, Oregon 97070 quartetviolins.com/

Oregon Ambassadors of Music

Southern Oregon University

2599 NW Orchard Heights Avenue Albany, Oregon 97321 oregonambassadors.com/home

1250 Siskiyou Boulevard Ashland, Oregon 97520 sou.edu/academics/music/

Oregon Children’s Choir

University of Portland

PO Box 11007 Eugene, Oregon 97440 oregonchildrenschoir.org

5000 N. Willamette Boulevard Portland, Oregon 97203 college.up.edu/pfa/music-program/

Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival

Willamette Valley Music Company

PO Box 2405 Newport, Oregon 97365 youthsymphonyfestival.org

484 State Street Salem, Oregon 97301 wvmc.net

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