2024 Program Book

Barre, VT May 8-11, 2024

Welcome from SPAULDING Principal

Welcome to Spaulding High School and the 97th annual All State Music Festival. This is a wonderful yearly event that brings together student musicians from 48 high schools across Vermont to share their instrumental and vocal talents. In a world that focuses on competition, this festival is a true collaboration, a blending of the talents of many of our finest musicians, vocalists, and their teachers to celebrate music in Vermont schools.

Thank you to Spaulding music educators Bobby Booth and Aimee O’Meara for all their work bringing this festival to our school this year. Their passion for music and for their students is laudable, and the lives of our students, as well as the Spaulding community, are better because of their commitment. Thank you to the many educators from around the state for their hard work and dedication, as festivals like this cannot happen without them.

I hope you enjoy your All State experience and that it provides you with memories of music, friendship, and the joy of performing in such a remarkable event.

Sincerely,

Mari Goodridge Miller, Principal Spaulding High School

Welcome from SPAULDING MUSIC EDUCATORS

Dear Participants and Guests,

On behalf of the organizing committee, it is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 97th Vermont All State Music Festival! We are thrilled to host this prestigious event alongside our dedicated team of music educators and enthusiasts.

This festival is a celebration of the extraordinary talent and passion for music that exists across our state. It is an opportunity for musicians of all ages and backgrounds to come together, share their love for music, and inspire each other to new heights of musical excellence.

As music educators and former music students ourselves, we understand the transformative power of music education. It is our belief that music has the ability to inspire, educate, and unite us in ways that few other art forms can. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and supported on their musical journey.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the participants, teachers, parents, and volunteers who have worked tirelessly to make this event possible. Your dedication and passion for music are truly inspiring, and we are honored to be a part of this incredible community. We would also like to thank the staff and administration of Spaulding for supporting us throughout the endeavor of hosting!

We wish you all the best for a memorable and enriching experience at the 2024 Vermont All State Music Festival concerts. May your time be filled with joy, inspiration, and the transformative power of music.

Warm regards,

Bobby Booth & Aimee O’Meara Music Educators & Festival Hosts

The Vermont All State Music Festival is operated as a program of the Vermont Music Educators Association.

The Vermont Music Educators Association (VMEA) is a state affiliate of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). VMEA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring all Vermont students receive a comprehensive and sequential music education of the highest quality.

VMEA

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President …………….. Nick Allen (St. Albans Town Educational Center)

President-Elect ……… Andrew Loose (Mill River UHS)

Past President ………. Emily Wiggett (Danville School)

Treasurer …………….. Gary Moreau (retired - A.D. Lawton School)

Secretary …………….. Peter Roach (Mill River UHS)

ALL STATE STAFF Festival VMEA

The festival event held in May is the culmination of planning that begins more than a year in advance. Organizers address the hundreds of details involved in preparing for rehearsals, lodging, transportation, meals, equipment acquisition, performance logistics, and more.

Festival Director

Denis Lambert

Festival Assistant Director

Adam Sawyer

School Hosts

Bobby Booth

Aimee O’Meara

Jazz Ensemble Manager

Bruce Sklar

Modern Band Manager

Brian Boyes

Orchestra Managers

Kathleen Kono

Rusty Charpentier

Concert Band Manager

Andy Gagnon

Contemporary A Cappella Manager

Alexis Koch

Chorus Managers

Melissa Towle

Cailin O’Hara

Dean of Students

Grace Hain

Housing Chair

Frank Whitcomb

Hotel Chaperones

Lynn Sweet

Daniel Johnstone

Jenna Schultz

Megan LaRose

ALL STATE STAFF

Auditions

The selection process for All State begins in January when pre-registered students perform in front of musical judges (or in the case of composition, submit original music to be scored). The festival would like to thank all the adjudicators who so generously volunteered their time to score the auditions, which provided organizers with the information needed to build the festival ensembles.

Instrumental Adjudicator Coordinator

Camille Stevens

Vocal Adjudicator Coordinators

Lynn Sweet

Kristin Cimonetti

Jazz Adjudicator Coordinators

Andrew Loose

Cameron Wescott

Scholarship Adjudicator Coordinator

Megan Larose

Audition Scheduler

Denis Lambert

Little Big Band (for jazz auditions)

Rich Davidian

Thomas Frink

Zak Hampton

Bear Irwin

Frank Mehaffey

Rich Steele

Rusty Wescott

Joanna Alpizar

Adjudicators

Kathy Luzader

Shannon Aridgides

A.J. Banach

Brian Boyes

Caleb Bronz

Bailey Brown

Aimee Bushey

Danielle Carrier

Mike Casarico

David Castonguay

Stacy Chadwell

Molly Clark

Michael Close

Chris Comstock

Matt Davide

Jessica DellaPepa-Clayton

Carina Ellis

Katie Evans-Oprea

Julie Freebern

Andy Gagnon

Ali Gibson

Kevin Ginter

Serena Gorham

Erin Grainger

Zak Hampton

Michael Hartigan

Phil Henry

Jeremy Hill

Hannah Ishizaki

Daniel Johnstone

Sadie Jones

Mikayla Kelemen

Betsy Killorin

Alexis Koch

Kathleen Kono

Liz LeBeau

Caitlin Long

Dale Long

Mavis MacNeil

Charles Madsen

Molly McEachen

Jesse Metzler

Thomas Neeson

Erik Nielsen

Susanne Norwood

Andrew Palumbo

Melissa Perley

Travis Ramsey

Chris Rivers

Peter Roach

Sam Rodgers

Alan Rowe

Lindsey Rusnock

Jodi Sanders

Kyle Saulnier

Bruce Sklar

Larry Solt

Kate Stein

Alex Stewart

Peter Storrings

Emily Sunderman

Christian Terry

Melissa Towle

Sarah Trouslard

Bre Valdez

Ray Vega

Nate Venet

Becky Watson

Stefanie Weigand

Frank Whitcomb

Jason Whitcomb

Eddie Wilkin

Ian Yarnall

SCHOLARSHIP

In addition to auditioning for acceptance into one of the festival ensembles, students can choose to audition for scholarship funds and the opportunity to be featured as a soloist during the All State Music Festival.

To do so, students prepare, memorize, and perform — (or in the case of composition, compose and record) — music for a panel of adjudicators. All performers receive valuable feedback from the panel of judges and are considered for scholarship honors.

The top rated student in each category scoring at or above 93% (85% for composition) receives a financial award and is invited to perform during the All State scholarship concert. The next one or two students scoring at or above the rating cutoff receive a financial award (with no performance opportunity). Adjudicators may choose to bestow honorable mention recognition upon performers at their discretion. Students recognized with honorable mention receive a certificate but no financial award or performance opportunity.

Senior Scholarships Performance Scholarships

The Evelyn Springstead Scholarship is a $750 award presented by the Vermont Music Educators Association to a senior who has been accepted into a college music program and is a current year performance scholarship honoree. This scholarship honors the legacy of Evelyn Springstead, one of the founders and directors of the Vermont All State Music Festival, who also served as president of VMEA and who was present at every Vermont All State Music Festival from 1928 through 2003.

The Richard W. Ellis Scholarship is a $1,000 award administered through VMEA and presented by Ellis Music Company to a senior who has been accepted into a college music program and is a current year ensemble member. This scholarship honors the legacy of Richard Ellis, a big band era saxophone player who started instrumental music programs in several central Vermont schools and taught hundreds of students before leaving the field of education to found Ellis Music Company.

Other Scholarship Opportunities

The Vermont chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) offers a scholarship to a high school senior who is pursuing a career in vocal music.

The Green Mountain Swing Band awards a scholarship of $400 to one member of the current year’s All State Jazz Ensemble.

WOODWIND CATEGORY

SCHOLARSHIP

2024 Honorees

Avery Cochran - scholarship performance (flute) U-32 High School

Hailey Messier - honorable mention (bassoon)

BRASS CATEGORY

Essex High School

Iola Parry - honorable mention (trumpet)South Burlington High School

PERCUSSION CATEGORY

Megan Mentzer - scholarship performance (marimba) Vergennes Union High School

STRING CATEGORY

Maaike Dam - scholarship performance (violin)

Ariel Toohey - scholarship (cello)

Greer Kennedy - honorable mention (viola)

Joshua Lu - honorable mention (violin)

PIANO CATEGORY

Sophia Lu - scholarship performance

Hailey Messier - honorable mention

CLASSICAL VOCAL CATEGORY

St. Johnsbury Academy

Champlain Valley Union High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Champlain Valley Union High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Connor Trombly - scholarship performance (tenor) Rice Memorial High School

Ryan Carpenter - scholarship (bass)

Lili Diemer - scholarship (soprano)

Ambrose Cusick - honorable mention (soprano)

Neve Bruno - honorable mention (soprano)

CONTEMPORARY VOCAL CATEGORY

North Country Union High School

Rice Memorial High School

Burlington High School

Stowe High School

Ella Kinney - scholarship performance (soprano) Lamoille Union High School

Nathan Bates - honorable mention (bass) Essex High School

Nora Perry - honorable mention (soprano)

Charli Kellaway - honorable mention (soprano)

COMPOSITION CATEGORY

Burlington High School

North Country Union High School

Callum Robechek - scholarship performance (Water Buries, Too) Montpelier High School

Zachary Nevins - scholarship (Ishmael)

Middlebury Union High School

Delilah Daniels - scholarship (Though It Gets Us in the End) Spaulding High School

Harrison Brown - honorable mention (Endurance)

Stowe High School

SCHOLARSHIP

Thursday, May 9,

2024

Program

Music-COMP's Vermont Student Composer Scholarship

Callum Robechek, composer from Montpelier High School Water Buries, Too by Callum Robechek

Sopranos: Reiss Fuller, Clare Pritchard, Miriam Serota-Winston, Reagan Bridgeman, Sadie Jones, Molly Clark, Mavis MacNeil ~ Altos: Ruby Moorhead, Finley Torrens-Martin, Amelia Currier, Aimee O’Meara, Danielle Turner, Christina Maynard, Alexis Koch, Grace Hain ~ Tenors: Cameron Brownell, Mark Kuprych ~ Basses: Glenn Sproul, Emmett Jarvis, Jose Schmidt ~ Violins: Chase Ehrlich, Isla Robechek, Molly Mackenzie ~ Violas: Eliza Gilbert, Ally Tarwater ~ Cellos: Luke Murphy, Asa Rosenberg, Jamie Maddox-White

Maaike Dam, violinist from St. Johnsbury Academy accompanied by Alison Cerutti, pianist Concerto #1 in G minor (1st movement) by Max Bruch

Connor Trombly, vocalist (tenor) from Rice Memorial H.S accompanied by Alison Cerutti, pianist

Si mes vers avaient des ailes by Reynaldo Hahn

Come ready and see me by Richard Hundley Dichterliebe #6 by Robert Schumann

Sophia Lu, pianist from Essex H.S.

Prelude No. 1 from Three Preludes by George Gershwin Prelude No. 1 from Pour le Piano by Claude Debussy

Avery Cochran, flutist from U-32 H.S. accompanied by Alison Cerutti, pianist Concerto (1st Movement) by Jacques Ibert

Ella Kinney, vocalist (soprano) from Lamoille Union H.S. accompanied by Frank Whitcomb, pianist

I Speak Six Languages (from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) by William Finn No One Else (from Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) by Dave Malloy

Megan Mentzer, percussionist (marimba) from Vergennes Union H.S.

Two Mexican Dances by Gordon Stout

SCHOLARSHIP Funding

The funding of All State scholarships is an ongoing challenge. The students who earn scholarships deserve more than they receive, but the current funding mechanism (a portion of ticket sales plus any other donations) is insufficient for generating the amount of money needed to give significant financial awards.

Several years ago, the festival established a long-term scholarship fund and is working to raise enough principle so that this fund can generate revenue (interest income) to help fund the annual scholarships. The fund currently has approximately $31,000. A list of donors to the endowment appears below.

Benefactors ($5,000+)

Ellis Music Company

Vermont Jazz Ensemble

Sponsors ($1,000-$4,999)

Champlain Valley Instrumental Music District

Connecticut Valley Music Festival Association

Green Mountain Music District

Lion's Club of Vermont

Newport Rotary Club

Friends ($500-$999)

Susan & David Bevans

Colchester Music Association

District VI Music Festival Association

Green Mountain Bank

Gribbons Music

Northwest Music Festival Association

Vermont Music Educators Association

Patrons ($100-$499)

Chittenden Bank

Robert Cioffi

Patricia Davidson

Caroline Ouellette Edmunds

Dr. Gregory Ellis, DDS

Fothergill Segale & Valley CPAs

Dr. Susanna Guthman

Dr. William Hage, MD

Dean Howe

Karen James

Kinney Pike Insurance

Frances LaPlaca

Mafalda Maggiori

Martha Magliula

Frederick Michel

Mintzer Brothers Lumber Company

Dr. John & Sally Ouellette

Emily Page

George & Donner Rigby

South Royalton Music Boosters

South Royalton Town Band

You can help… DONATE TO THE LONG-TERM

SCHOLARSHIP FUND!

Patrons ($100-499) continued

Jean Swain

Clint & Bonnie Swift

Sue Tessier

Supporters ($1-$99)

Tricia & Rick Andring

Pauline Barnes

Carolyn & Joe Bellefeuille

Carole Blake

Rich & Shawn Davidian

Lucille Dupont

Carina Ellis

Stanley Flink

Joanne & Dana Goodnow

David & Ann Hunt

Theron & Madeleine Manning

Becky & Paul Morse

Cara Robechek

Phil & Donna Wheeler

Bob & Joan Williamson

Donations to this campaign will be added to the long-term scholarship fund (currently consisting of approximately $32,000) to help us reach the ultimate goal of building an endowment that can generate $5,000 to $10,000 (or more) annually, so that the festival can award scholarships that have a significant impact. To give, scan the code to the right to visit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/86c241d8-f79f-4748-8893-67dfc7c22f60

Modern Band Ensemble

Guest Conductor (Coach)

Steve Holley is a music educator/bassist/author living in Boston, MA. Steve holds a Ph.D. in Music Learning and Teaching from Arizona State University as well as a B.M. and an M.M. in Jazz/ Classical Bass Performance from the University of Memphis.

As a teacher, Steve previously served as the Producer for the Commercial Music Program at the Kent Denver School outside Denver, CO, for nineteen years. During his tenure, the R&B, soul, salsa, and jazz bands of the CMP were recognized by DownBeat magazine’s Student Music Awards fifteen times. The bands performed hundreds of gigs in the U.S. and abroad, held standing gigs at local clubs, performed on dozens of radio and television broadcasts, recorded at some of the most hallowed studios in the country, and performed with dozens of Grammy-caliber artists.

As a bassist, Steve has recorded on over 100 studio projects and has played over 10,000 gigs across the world in every style of music imaginable.

As a writer, Steve authored the book Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble: Blending formal, non-formal, and informal approaches in the rehearsal and co-edited Action-based Approaches in Popular Music Education—a text featuring chapters from 26 experienced popular music educators discussing their teaching approaches to the popular music learning space.

Currently, Steve serves as the President of the Association for Popular Music Education. Steve and his family recently moved to Boston, MA, with their two rescue Boston Terriers, Matilda and Clementine.

Manager

Brian Boyes (Harwood UHS)

Assistants

Mikayla Kelemen (WInooski HS) Stefanie Weigand (Music-COMP)

Modern Band Ensemble

Student Ensemble Members

ALTO & BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Christopher Cummiskey Harwood Union High School

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Ray LaChance Colchester High School

TRUMPET

Noah Carmona Colchester High School

TROMBONE

Ben Robinson Harwood Union High School

ELECTRIC GUITAR

Josh McHugh Harwood Union High School

Kaiden Prim Missisquoi Valley Union High School

ELECTRIC BASS

Miles Ackerman-Hovis Brattleboro Union High School

KEYBOARD

Nate Conyers Harwood Union High School

DRUM SET

Charles Kehler Craftsbury Schools

VOCALIST

Zoe Blackman Harwood Union High School

Nathan Bates Essex High School

Annie McMillion Harwood Union High School

Passy Matendo Winooski High School

Modern Band Ensemble

Friday, May 10, 2024

Program

To be selected from…

Shining Star by Maurice White, Larry Dunn, and Philip Bailey (made popular by Earth, Wind and Fire)

Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder

Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad by Eric Clapton and Bobby Whitlock

Canned Heat by Derrick Mckenzie, Simon Katz, Wallis Buchanan, Toby Smith, Jason Kay, and Sola Akingbola (made popular by Jamiroquai)

25 or 6 to 4 by Robert Lamm (made popular by Chicago)

Kick It to Me by Sammy Rae & The Friends

NEW ENSEMBLE FUNDING

The 2024 All State Music Festival includes two new ensembles: Modern Band Ensemble and Contemporary A Cappella Vocal Ensemble. A fundraising effort was undertaken to help defray the costs involved in adding these groups to the festival.

We would like to acknowledge the following donors to this cause…

Irene Facciolo

Kate Earley

Brian Boyes

Megan McDonough

Linda Elrick

Antoinette Maas

Ilene Brown

Charles Jones

Katherine Youngdahl Stauss

Tamara Henson

Greg Matses

Ron Lay-Sleeper

Nate Gusakov

Avram Patt

Mariah Sanderson

Rober & Nancy Wimble

Harwood Unified Union School District

Rosina Cannizzaro

Deborah Confredo

John Brugger

Emily Wiggett

Musicians have always been an integral part of the military and that continues with “Vermont’s Own” 40th Army Band. The 40th Army Band tours around the state of Vermont to provide musical entertainment to Soldiers and civilians alike. They are not just a concert band but a marching band, a rock band, a jazz band, a brass band, and various small ensembles. Continue your music or technical career while supporting your state and nation by joining the 40th Army Band located at Camp Johnson in Colchester, VT.

Jazz Ensemble

Guest Conductor Manager

Daniel Ian Smith is a New England based saxophonist, flutist, educator and composer with over 35 years of experience on the national and international stages. He is an acclaimed professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA where he has taught in the Harmony and Jazz Composition department for almost 30 years. Smith is in demand as a clinician, guest soloist, and lecturer with appearances throughout the United States, Japan, Germany, Canada, Mexico, Israel and the UK.

The recordings and performances by his ensemble The New World Jazz Composers Octet (No Place to Hide-2007, Transitions-2010, Breaking News-2011, and The Next Stage-2020) have received rave reviews in DownBeat, JazzTimes, Cadence, ArtsFuse and All About Jazz magazines. His groups The New World Jazz Composers Octet, and The Latin Side of Billy Strayhorn have been featured at festivals and concert halls locally and internationally.

Daniel has been a guest lecturer at Boston University, MIT, Augustana College, JAZZUV (University of Veracruz, Mexico), University of Durango (Durango, Mexico), Rimon School of Music (Tel Aviv, Israel), Pan School of Music (Tokyo and Kobe, Japan) and was recipient of the Ted Pease Excellence in Teaching Award at the Berklee College of Music.

Daniel was a featured soloist on the 2023 Grammy nominated recording by the Boston Modern Orchestra project of Anthony Davis’ The Life and Times of Malcolm X. Smith has recorded and been featured on over 40 albums.

Smith’s cross-genre versatility as a performer has featured him with ensembles and artists as diverse as The Boston Philharmonic, Billy Childs, Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble, Michael Abene, Sergio Brandao, Paula Cole, Juan Luis Guerra, Gloria Estefan, Bevan Manson’s Redwood Project (featuring Tierney Sutton and Joe Locke), Jack Walrath, Maria Schneider, Arturo Sandoval, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Fred Ho, Sheila Jordan, Ronen Shmueli, Akikazu Nakamura, Jyoji Sawada, Claudio Roditi, Dave Samuels, Mark Walker, Pablo Ablanedo, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Patti Lupone, Michelle Rosewoman, Bill Mobley, Clark Tracey, Steve Berry, The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, Marty Ehrlich, Ron Carter, Herb Pomeroy, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra and many others.

Bruce Sklar (retired - Harwood Union HS)

Jazz Ensemble

Student Ensemble Members

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Eben Wagner

Yuma Cormier

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Emmett Jarvis

Brattleboro Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Montpelier High School

Micah Clevenstine Vergennes Union High School

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Adrianna Sidelinger Brattleboro Union High School

TRUMPET

Jonathan Kafumbe Middlebury Union High School

Miguel Levy Mill River Union High School

Jing Williams

Calvin Ladd

TROMBONE

Xavier Auer

Rhett Gardner

Vergennes Union High School

Otter Valley Union Middle/High School

Mill River Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Wilder Brooks Mill River Union High School

Louis Napolitan

BASS

Burlington High School

Xavier Mayhew North Country Union High School

PIANO

Callum Robechek Montpelier High School

DRUMS

Truman Sienicki South Burlington High School

GUITAR

Aron Garceau

Thanks to Aron (music educator from Missisquoi Valley UHS) for filling the guitar spot that was empty due to no students auditioning.

Jazz Ensemble

Friday, May 10, 2024 Program

To be selected from…

Another Story by Mike Tomaro

Stolen Moments by Oliver Nelson, arranged by Hopkins

Portrait of Winette by Mark Taylor

Cool (from West Side Story) by Leonard Bernstein arranged by Mark Taylor

And the Band Played On by Carter Burwell, arranged by Tom Kubis

Ir Reggae Ular Blues by John La Barbera

Switch in Time by Sammy Nestico

This Is the Moment by Sammy Nestico

Orchestra

Guest Conductor

Catherine Birke is an energetic and passionate conductor and educator. She is the Music Director of the Music Advancement Program (MAP) at The Juilliard School, the Music Director of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra (MYO) Nassau Symphony Orchestra, and the Director of Orchestras at Herricks High School in New Hyde Park, NY. A sought-after guest conductor for collegiate, regional, and All State festivals, she specializes in working with young musicians in ensemble settings and is an expert at getting students of all ages to achieve the highest levels of musical performance.

Ms. Birke’s ensembles perform annually at venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and Alice Tully Hall, and compete regularly in regional and national competitions, such as the ASTA National Orchestra Festival. In 2023, Ms. Birke prepared the MAP Orchestra for a side-by-side performance with the New York Philharmonic as part of The Composing Inclusion Project, a partnership of The Juilliard School Preparatory Division, New York Philharmonic, and American Composers Forum. She has served as the Director of Strings at the NY State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA) School of Orchestral Studies and as an adjunct faculty member at Hofstra University. As a violinist, she regularly performs as Concertmaster of the South Shore Symphony.

Ms. Birke holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Temple University, a Master of Music in Music Education from the University of the Arts, and an Advanced Certificate in Music Theory from Berklee College of Music.

Managers

Kathleen Kono (Burlington HS)

Rusty Charpentier (St. Albans Schools)

Orchestra

Student Ensemble Members

VIOLIN I

Joshua Lu

Maaike Dam

Emma Xia

Lisa Zhou-Hackett

Richard Jiang

Winslow Solomon

Theo Rosenau

Scarlett Cannizzaro

Madeleine Messier

Molly MacKenzie

Maya Girard

Marisa Botti

VIOLIN II

Evan Xia

Leah Eells

Jaeda Spradley-Gavin

Zach Jackman

Joshua Kafumbe

Noa Shawn

Yunseo Kim

Root Rosenberg

Molly Leavey

Katie Marthage

Isla Robechek

Zuzu Zygarowski

VIOLA

Greer Kennedy

Arlo Bolles

Eliza Gilbert

McKenzie Barnes

CELLO

Ariel Toohey

Luke Murphy

Ethan Neimark

Owen Spafford

Elsa Burrows

Mayla Landis-Marinello

Asa Rosenberg

Ethan Downey

Izobel Calfee

Champlain Valley Union High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

South Burlington High School

Burlington High School

South Burlington High School

Vermont Commons School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Essex High School

BFA St. Albans

BFA St. Albans

Champlain Valley Union High School

Mill River Union High School

South Burlington High School

Homeschool

Colchester High School

Essex High School

Middlebury Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

The Putney School

South Burlington High School

Long Trail School

Montpelier High School

Burlington High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Burlington High School

U-32 High School

Rutland High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Montpelier High School

U-32 High School

Rutland High School

Middlebury Union High School

U-32 High School

Montpelier High School

The Putney School

Lake Champlain Waldorf School

BASS

Orchestra Student Ensemble Members

Tam Rezaei Tari

FLUTE

Avery Cochran

Yvonne Miceler

OBOE

Lily Collins

BASSOON

Hailey Messier

CLARINET

Lila Cook Yoder

Ethan Spritzer

TRUMPET

Iola Parry

Sarah Benz

Holden Friesel

FRENCH HORN

Olivia Serrano

Max Demaine

TROMBONE

Grey Fearon

Brody Chamberlain

Regan Vooris

TUBA

Thomas Burke

PERCUSSION

Lucas Majer

Izzy Schwendler

Jack Russell

Lumen Terounzo

Burr & Burton Academy

U-32 High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Rice Memorial High School

Essex High School

Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

South Burlington High School

Middlebury Union High School

Essex High School

U-32 High School

Lake Region Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

BFA St. Albans

Rutland High School

Rutland High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Mill River Union High School

Orchestra

Guest Musicians

PICCOLO

Ally Tarwater

OBOE

Katie Oprea

BASSOON

Nora Cannizzaro

FRENCH HORN

Bruce McRae

Bill Karstens

PIANO (HARP)

Anne Decker

TIMPANI

Nic Cannizzaro

The festival strives to have students playing all the parts. However, sometimes that is not possible, either because no students auditioned for a particular part or there were no student auditionees who met the quality threshold necessary to be invited. Thanks to these adult musicians for helping to fill out the ensemble.

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Program

Namouna by Edouard Lalo

As I Am

by Jordyn Davis

Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens

Pas de Cymbal

by Cecile Chaminade

Concert Band

Guest Conductor

Emily Threinen is an Associate Professor of Music and serves as Director of Bands at the School of Music of the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities. In this position, she conducts the acclaimed University Wind Ensemble, guides the graduate wind band conducting program, and provides administrative leadership for all aspects of the University of Minnesota-TC Band Program. Threinen began this post in 2016.

Prior to her appointment at Minnesota, Threinen served as Associate Professor, Director of Bands, and Artistic Director of Winds and Brass at Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Before her work in Philadelphia, Threinen served as Assistant Professor, Director of Bands at Shenandoah Conservatory of Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia; Director of the Duke University Wind Symphony in Durham, North Carolina; Director of the Concordia University Wind Ensemble in Ann Arbor, Michigan; Conductor of the Dodworth Saxhorn Band in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Director of Bands and Instrumental Music at Harding High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she received the Outstanding Teacher Award.

Threinen consistently works with composers, arrangers, and performing artists of varied disciplines. Residencies, projects with composers, and new compositions are integral to her creative work. Threinen has been published in multiple volumes of the GIA “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” book series, where she has been recognized as a strong scholarly contributor. She is active across the nation and abroad (including appearances in Australia, Spain, Brazil, and Canada), as a guest conductor, clinician, and conference presenter. In 2023, Threinen was a guest conductor and clinician for the U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own” Conductors Workshop and in 2019, Threinen was the conductor for the National Association for Music Education All-National High School Concert Band at the National Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Threinen is a strong advocate for music education and is proud to serve as a Yamaha Master Educator. She is an active member of these organizations: American Bandmasters Association (ABA), World Association for Symphonic Band and Ensembles (WASBE), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), Big Ten Band Directors Association, National Band Association (NBA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and Pi Kappa Lambda and Kappa Kappa Psi as an honorary member.

Threinen is a native of Minnesota and a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (1999), Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois (2004), and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan (2007). She and her family live in a suburb outside of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Manager

Andy Gagnon (Stowe HS)

Concert Band

Student Ensemble Members

PICCOLO

Abrum Alexander Mt. Mansfield Union High School

FLUTE

Ayame Merkel

Clara Young

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Liliana Rudiakov Burr & Burton AcademY

Alice Breen

Jessie Bodette

Anna Dauerman

Essex High School

Middlebury Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Theoden Marvell-Brown The Putney School

Gwendalyn Guild

CLARINET

Kurt Moore

Penelope Noza

Noah Wood

Greta Schaller

Kenzie Marcy

Vivian Halladay

Gwenyth Irwin

Bellows Falls Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

BFA St. Albans

Hartford High School

Spaulding High School

Richford Junior/Senior High School

Burlington High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Olivia Kalinowski Otter Valley Union Middle/High School

BASS CLARINET

Elaina Allard

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Aya Addington Burr & Burton Academy

Mia Mosle

Cedric Minier

ALTO SAXOPHONE

Eve Neider

Genevieve Redmond

Pengju Sui

Dan Jackson

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Ben Edwards

Ivan Mokeyev

BARITONE SAXOPHONE

Rowan Turner

Riley Farmer

Ella Saccio

Maximus DiDomenico

Harwood Union High School

South Burlington High School

Rice Memorial High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Burr & Burton Academy

South Burlington High School

Rice Memorial High School

Rutland High School

Stowe High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

West Rutland High School

Concert Band

Student Ensemble Members

TRUMPET

Devon Ellicock

Sydney Schaller

Jasper Woliver

Owen McGrath

Wells Burkhardt

Jack Kelley

Jacob Howe

Veronica Miskavage

Carl Lesure

Jasper Hammack

FRENCH HORN

Naomi Shpaner

Elisabeth Rockwell

Tessa Nowell

TROMBONE

Molly Fournier-Stephens

Miles Rae

Luke Sunderland

Emily Howe

Donley Johnson

Joshua Santway

EUPHONIUM

Fisher Irwin

Crow Chant

Emmet MacKay

Larkyn Moodie-Hamilton

TUBA

Gracie Morris

Drew Farmer

PERCUSSION

Megan Mentzer

Wyatt Cudworth

Jordan Bertrand

Owen Lahiff

Finnegan Madding

Burlington High School

Spaulding High School

Brattleboro Union High School

South Burlington High School

South Burlington High School

Spaulding High School

Leland & Gray Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Essex High School

Colchester High School

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Hartford High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Rutland High School

Colchester High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Essex High School

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School

Hartford High School

South Burlington High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Otter Valley Union Middle/High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

BFA St. Albans

Concert Band

Saturday, May 11, 2024 Program

To be selected from…

On Parade by Amanda Aldridge, edited by Kaitlin Bove

Awakenings by Kimberly Archer

Chester by William Schuman

Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs (movements TBD) by Frank Ticheli

A Mother of A Revolution! by Omar Thomas

ALL STATE HISTORY

The Vermont All State Music Festival began in 1928 as a gathering of high school orchestras organized by Burlington High School music educator Adrian Holmes and a UVM student named Evelyn DeBrune (later Springstead).

Over time, other ensembles (concert band, chorus, jazz ensemble) were added to the festival. The event was held in Burlington for many years with the support of the Burlington Lions Club.

Starting in 1980, the festival began to move around the state, bringing the annual gathering of student musicians to all corners of Vermont, with communities housing the students in local homes. From the 1980s until 2004, the festival was sponsored by the Vermont Principals Association.

The global Covid-19 pandemic resulted in two years of video auditions and no performances and contributed to the decision to begin housing students in hotels. With a limited number of communities able to meet the current hotel lodging and ensemble space requirements, future plans are uncertain.

However, it is hoped that the Vermont All State Festival will continue past its upcoming centennial to provide a valuable and memorable exprience to the student musicians who participate.

VT ALL STATE FESTIVAL DIRECTORS

Adrian Holmes (1928-1953)

Lyman C. Hurd III (1954-1955)

Hubert Brooks (1956-1960)

Virgilio Mori (1961-1964)

Evelyn D. Springstead (1965-1969)

John A. Preston (1970-1972)

George Bedell (1973-1974)

Donna Costes (1975-1977)

Richard Dodd (1978-1979)

Robert Simonds (1980-1981)

Theresa Trahan (1982-1983)

Robert Levis (1984)

Mitch Davis (1985-1986)

George Bedell (1987-1988)

Maryellen Harlow (1989)

Steffen Parker (1990-1992)

Vicki Matteson (1993-1994)

Fritz Wendlendt (1995-1996)

Steffen Parker (1997-2022)

Denis Lambert (2023-2024)

FESTIVAL SITE HISTORY

1928 - 1979 Burlington

1980 Brattleboro Union HS

1981 Spaulding HS

1982 Rutland HS

1983 Bellows Free Academy St. Albans

1984 South Burlington HS

1985 Springfield HS

1986 North Country Union HS

1987 Montpelier HS

1988 Essex HS

1989 Colchester HS

1990 Rutland HS

1991 Brattleboro Union HS

1992 Missisquoi Valley Union HS

1993 Middlebury Union HS

1994 St. Johnsbury Academy

1995 Bellows Free Academy St. Albans

1996 Springfield HS

1997 North Country Union HS

1998 Essex HS

1999 Colchester HS

2000 Rutland HS

2001 Brattleboro Union HS

2002 Burlington HS

2003 Spaulding HS

2004 St. Johnsbury Academy

2005 Middlebury Union HS

2006 Mt. Anthony Union HS

2007 North Country Union HS

2008 Vergennes Union HS

2009 Essex HS

2010 Rutland HS

2011 Bellows Free Academy St. Albans

2012 Burlington HS

2013 Mt. Mansfield Union HS

2014 St. Johnsbury Academy

2015 Middlebury Union HS

2016 Missisquoi Valley Union HS

2017 Brattleboro Union HS

2018 Essex HS

2019 Montpelier HS & Union 32 HS

2020 [virtual auditions, no festival performance]

2021 [virtual auditions, no festival performance]

2022 Colchester HS

2023 Bellows Free Academy St. Albans

2024 Spaulding High School

Contemporary A Cappella Vocal Ensemble

Guest Conductor

Dave Grossman is the vocal music director at Plymouth North High School in Plymouth, Massachusetts. At North, he directs two curricular choral ensembles, and directs the school's a cappella program, composed of four groups: Northern Lights, Spectrum, Menergy, and Girl Treble. Since starting at North in 2012, a cappella groups from Plymouth North have won competitions around Massachusetts, recorded and released five albums, toured and taught workshops to students in the United Kingdom, performed in the 2022 Massachusetts State of the Commonwealth Address, and most recently were named 2023 ICHSA New England Semifinal Champions and represented the region as one of 8 finalists in the International Championship of High School A Cappella.

A 2011 graduate of Ithaca College, Dave has taken his experiences in contemporary vocal music along with his choral experiences with conductor Mr. Larry Doebler and worked to weave them together in an effort to combine the musicality and emotional power of traditional choral music with the energy and accessibility of contemporary pop music. He was a founding organizer and eventual Education Director of the NE Voices High School A Cappella festival, taught in the inaugural summer of A Cappella Academy, and has led workshops and masterclasses at various a cappella events.

Manager

Alexis Koch (Essex HS)

Contemporary A Cappella Vocal Ensemble

Student Ensemble Members

SOPRANO I

Siri Jolliffe

St. Johnsbury Academy

Reagan Bridgeman Montpelier High School

SOPRANO II

Joanna Toy

Lila Brightman

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Eliana Buckingham Harwood Union High School

ALTO I

Hannah Karki

Essex High School

Phoebe Raphael Vergennes Union High School

Kyle Girard * Brattleboro Union High School

ALTO II

Fiona Toole

Isabelle Gallivan

TENOR I

Grace Cloutier

Brattleboro Union High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Hazen Union School

Tarin Askew Harwood Union High School

Maida Stahler Lyndon Institute

TENOR II

Theodore Herrin

Essex High School

Olly Sergi Brattleboro Union High School

BASS I

Jonathan Barrows Colchester High School

Xander Olszewski Champlain Valley Union High School

BASS II

AJ Donlon

Tucker Broe

Carter Whitman *

* = also Vocal Percussion

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Lake Region Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Contemporary A Cappella Vocal Ensemble

Saturday, May 11, 2024 Program

Loose

by Allen Stone, arranged by Rob Dietz

Love Runs Out

by Ryan Tedder, Brent Kutzle, Drew Brown, Zach Filkins, and Eddie Fisher, arranged by Katherine Bodor

Islands

by Matt Hales and Sara Bareilles, arranged by Ben Bram

Evermore

by Taylor Swift, William Bowery, and Justin Vernon, arranged by Matt Goldstein

Hold Back the River

by Iain Archer and James Bay, arranged by Dave Grossman

Chorus

Guest Conductor

Sophia Miller is a conductor, clinician, singer, and music educator based in New York City. An expert in children’s voices, she seeks to empower the voices of young artists in her work, leading with a combination of artistic skill and a fully present heart.

Currently the Artistic Director for the Fieldston Choral Society in New York City, Sophia finds great joy in working with young people and adults alike. From 2007-2023, she served on the artistic team for the award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City, most recently as Senior Associate Conductor where she conducted young people ages 8-18 in YPC’s Performance Choruses and Schools Choruses Programs. She has conducted in venues large and small throughout New York City, and has prepared choruses for recording sessions, television and radio performances, collaborations of all kinds, and performances on prominent stages nationally and internationally. In 2022 and 2023, she conducted YPC in Brundibár, a powerful and historical children’s opera written by Hans Krása and Adolf Hoffmeister before the start of World War II.

Sophia has furthered her impact as a widely sought-after guest conductor and choral clinician, bringing her expertise to choristers and choral conductors around the US and the world. Internationally, she most recently spent her time making music with children at La Escuela Municipal de Música y Danza de Cabanillas del Campo in Guadalajara, Spain, and young people from over 50 countries around the world at the Ingenium Music Academy in Winchester, England. This season, Sophia has been overjoyed to work with young people and music educators alike in Nebraska, Georgia, Missouri, Illinois, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Connecticut, and was deeply honored to conduct the 2024 ACDA Eastern Region Elementary Honor Choir.

Sophia also serves as Conductor and Clinician for the prominent music publishing company Hal Leonard, through which she is delighted to represent new works and offer professional development opportunities to music educators throughout the United States.

Sophia studied music education, voice, and conducting at the Ithaca College School of Music, where she studied conducting with Dr. Janet Galván and was recognized as an esteemed alumna for her work conducting young people and celebrating the voices of children. A performer as well, Sophia continues to sing regularly throughout New York City.

Chorus

Accompanist

Matt Podd is a pianist, composer, arranger, and music director based in Brooklyn, NY. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music and Ithaca College. As a pianist Matt specializes in jazz, gospel, pop, musical theatre, and choral accompaniment. He has appeared on stage with some of New York City's finest musicians at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Symphony Space, and the 92nd Street Y.

He has worked on stage and behind the scenes as an arranger and orchestrator for such world-class acts as the Barbra Streisand, Dave Matthews, Darlene Love, the Boston Pops, New York Pops, Philadelphia Pops, Toronto Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Steve Van Zandt, Little Big Town, Reneé Fleming, Joshua Bell, Kurt Elling, Jason Robert Brown, Gregory Porter, Capathia Jenkins, Montego Glover, Sy Smith, Darren Criss, Stephanie J. Block, Brian D'arcy James, the Young People's Chorus of NYC, Time for Three, SHEL, Jake Shimabukuro, Stephen Kellogg, Milton Delug, and many other artists, choirs, and ensembles.

His arrangements have been heard across America and throughout the world including performances at Carnegie Hall, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Symphony Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, P.B.S. the White House, Caramoor Music Festival, the 92nd Street Y, Symphony Space, and beyond.

Managers

Melissa Towle (Colchester HS)

Cailin O’Hara (Vergennes UHS)

Guest Musicians

playing percussion…

Parker Mann

Anne Decker

Matt Davide

Evan Peltier

Student Ensemble Members Chorus

SOPRANO I

Ella Kinney

Maybel Leaker

Lilah Thurston

Angela Stevens

Ambrose Cusick

Samantha Mitchell

Cora Winslow

Neve Bruno

Grace Evans

Emmeline Dodd

Zoe Rosen

Trinity Madison

Alaina Cimonetti

Hannah Stein

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Spaulding High School

North Country Union High School

Burlington High School

BFA Fairfax

Hartford High School

Stowe High School

Stowe High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Graceyn Nichols-Timpone Montpelier High School

Sophia Montague

Jaedyn Connolly

Gina LeBeau

Sophia Lu

Celeste Pullis

Lysa Teganyi

Marian Wojcik

Elliana Galdamez

Sarah Dinco

Abigail Richards

Camille Edgcomb

Macey Mawhinney

Lyla Trigaux

SOPRANO II

Ruby Kontos

Charli Kellaway

Aubrey Sicotte

Quinn Chartier

Hattie Mitchell

Sonya Klinger

Grace Courville

Lila Mackenzie

Ellie Wilkinson-Sachs

Megan Willis

St. Johnsbury Academy

Rutland High School

Vergennes Union High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Harwood Union High School

Lyndon Institute

Burlington High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

North Country Union High School

North Country Union High School

Hartford High School

Stowe High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Vergennes Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Chorus

Student Ensemble Members

Madeleine Stroup

Bailey Parenteau

Sarah Wildman

Alexandra Aither

Lila Armour-Jones

Cady Taylor

Hawthorne Hughes

Aidyn Peters-Smith

Aurianna Quintyne

Lily Niemi-Moskowitz

Juliana Tomlinson

Abigail Boisvert

Alina Donaldson

Adleigh Franke

Solveig George

Maddie Stephan

Ella Bushey

ALTO I

Clara Chant

Ella Kozak

Subia Khan

Julia-Rose Daley

Sophie Hunsberger

Lilith McNeil-Hagopian

Sierra Brown

Natalie Lawson

Rowan Thayer

Alaina Rogers

Donnia Blagrove

Maddie Moore

Lily Brown

Georgia Schnee

Rowan Dodge

Claudia Canuto

Leah Gervais

Zoey Zazzaro

Kate Ahearn

Di Hunt

Matilda Seyler

Emma Bates

Vergennes Union High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Randolph Union High School

South Burlington High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Spaulding High School

North Country Union High School

North Country Union High School

Burlington High School

BFA Fairfax

Green Mountain Union High School

Hartford High School

Stowe High School

Stowe High School

Stowe High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

Enosburg Falls Middle/High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Essex High School

Student Ensemble Members Chorus

ALTO I (continued)

Chelsea Larsen

Elaina McKinstry

Lucia Nichols

Katherine Oalican

Elsie Pawul

Indigo Rosenzweig-Davidovitz

Attia Brack-Matt

Audrey Warren

Greta Stirling

Jane Rich

Ava Burdick

Marnie Russo

Leah Tierney

Nina Henzel

Lucy Laidlaw

Damiana Leese

Eireann McDonough

Lorelai Collins

ALTO II

Asher Nester

Rosemary DalPra

Flora Jean Hart

Oleviya-Saige McCart

Allison Billodeau

Abigail Usher

Rose Lord

Kaylee Desmarais

Kiana Bushee

Audrey Caputo

Ava Kreiter

Gabrielle Lavee

Silas Brubaker

Mariam Diallo

Remy Flood

Peyton Borick

Eve Stirling

Aurora Barella

Cady Robillard

Essex High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

U-32 High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Twinfield Union School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Harwood Union High School

Lake Region Union High School

Missisquoi Valley Union High School

Hartford High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Bellows Falls Union High School

Rutland High School

Rutland High School

Essex High School

Milton High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Brattleboro Union High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Lyndon Institute

TENOR I

Student Ensemble Members Chorus

Alexis Burgos

Hazen Longe

Aero Brunell

Kagan Whiteman

Jon Coulombe

Owen Scott

Sebastian Lorenz

Gavin Fairbrother

Sonnet Lawson

Thomas Saunders

Dante Ramirez

Connor Trombly

Miles Duby

Lincoln Hurley

Levi Duteau

Molly Labrecque

TENOR II

Samuel Goodell

Aubrey Cheney

Dillan Cobaugh

Maxwell Frappier

Morgan Kelly

Torin Tracey

Michael Wierzbicki

Sasha Auer

Nate McNabb

Calvin Karlhuber

Luke Steele

Earl Aguila

Ian Wirtz

David Charlebois

Alexander Sirois

Aiden Welkar

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

North Country Union High School

BFA Fairfax

BFA St. Albans

BFA St. Albans

Hartford High School

Enosburg Falls Middle/High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Rice Memorial High School

Rutland High School

Brattleboro Union High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Lamoille Union Middle/High School

Spaulding High School

Stowe High School

Enosburg Falls Middle/High School

North Country Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Mill River Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Champlain Valley Union High School

Essex High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Lyndon Institute

Essex High School

Chorus

BASS I

Nathan Stefani

Avery Hamilton

Ryan Carpenter

Aiden Briggs

Caleb Tropeano

Samuel Acus

Cameron Casalinova

Colin Nesbit

Benedict Diehl-Noble

Calvin Gramling

Aidan DiRosa

Roland Laverty

Jonas Ackerman-Hovis

Aiden Hagan

Ken Smith

Max Frostman

Everett Bergeron

Remington Hardy

Norman Martin

Ethan Gann

Aiden Heath

Corbin Michaud

BASS II

Annan Duquette-Hoffman

Paul Petzoldt

Alden Kalbfleisch

Aristotle Williamson

Arlo Philip

Jacob Willey

James Niggel

Micah Patton

Owen Marcotte

Alex Elliott

Gabe McAlarney

Oliver Lawrence

Ori Johnson

Braden Paquin

Edonusem Pomeyie

Henry Allred

Matthew Grout

Middlebury Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

North Country Union High School

North Country Union High School

Missisquoi Valley Union High School

Mt. Mansfield Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Mt. Anthony Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Vergennes Union High School

Essex High School

Essex High School

Brattleboro Union High School

Danville School

South Burlington High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Colchester High School

Hazen Union School

Harwood Union High School

Lake Region Union High School

Middlebury Union High School

North Country Union High School

BFA Fairfax

Oxbow Union High School

Hartford High School

Enosburg Falls Middle/High School

Rice Memorial High School

Mill River Union High School

St. Johnsbury Academy

St. Johnsbury Academy

Rice Memorial High School

Essex High School

Brattleboro Union High School

South Burlington High School

Colchester High School

Mt. Abraham Union High School

Oxbow Union High School

Chorus

Saturday, May 11, 2024 Program

“TO PLAY AND DREAM”

Ikan Kekek

Malay Children’s Song, arranged byTracy Wong

Bring Me All Your Dreams by Christopher H. Harris

Non Nobis, Domine by Rosephanye Powell

Peace I Give To You by Matt Podd

Walk On by Raymond Wise

Yonder Come Day

Georgia Sea Islands Spiritual, arranged by Adam and Matt Podd

Special Thanks

Festival Director Denis Lambert wishes to thank…

• Spaulding High School’s amazing hosts, Bobby Booth and Aimee O’Meara, for undertaking such a large project

• Dennis Bruso of East Coast Printers for supporting the All State Music Festival in many ways over the years (most recently helping to manage and transport student luggage)

• Frank Whitcomb, the world’s most organized housing chair

• Jim Beaulieu, sound technician

• Adam Sawyer for agreeing to fill a very important role and being willing to take on any task

• Matt Tatro and the 40th Army Band for lending equipment

• Lynn Raymond, Gene Nuovo, Alisa Martin, Bear Irwin, Peter Matthews, Doug Nelson, and Raymond Rosenstock, who were some of the key music teachers in my own education

• Steffen Parker, who is responsible for the Vermont All State Music Festival’s success over the past several decades

Vermont Symphony Orchestra and you

Musicians in Schools presentations (k-6) with woodwinds, strings, and brass

Young Composers and MasterClef (6-12) music composition workshops

Student Insiders concerts/Rutland (all ages)

$10 student & educator tickets

New in 2024/2025:

Young Person’s Concert with the Flynn Student Matinee Series

VMEA Conference music educator training workshops

Learn more at: vso.org/education

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