2024 Program Book

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Barre, VT May 8-11, 2024

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 nest 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.

fi

Sincerely, Mari Goodridge Miller, Principal Spaulding High School

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 lled with joy, inspiration, and the transformative power of music.

fi

Warm regards, Bobby Booth & Aimee O’Meara Music Educators & Festival Hosts

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

VMEA 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 af liate of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). VMEA is a nonpro t 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

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 Assistant Director Adam Sawyer

Contemporary A Cappella Manager Alexis Koch

School Hosts Bobby Booth Aimee O’Meara

Chorus Managers Melissa Towle Cailin O’Hara

Jazz Ensemble Manager Bruce Sklar

Dean of Students Grace Hain

Modern Band Manager Brian Boyes

Housing Chair Frank Whitcomb

Orchestra Managers Kathleen Kono Rusty Charpentier

Hotel Chaperones Lynn Sweet Daniel Johnstone Jenna Schultz Megan LaRose fi

Concert Band Manager Andy Gagnon

fi

Festival Director Denis Lambert

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

Adjudicators Joanna Alpizar 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

Kathy Luzader 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

SCHOLARSHIP Performance Scholarships 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 nancial 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 nancial 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 certi cate but no nancial award or performance opportunity.

Senior 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 eld 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.

fi

fi

fi

fi

fi

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

SCHOLARSHIP 2024 Honorees WOODWIND CATEGORY Avery Cochran - scholarship performance ( ute) Hailey Messier - honorable mention (bassoon)

U-32 High School Essex High School

BRASS CATEGORY 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)

St. Johnsbury Academy Champlain Valley Union High School St. Johnsbury Academy Champlain Valley Union High School

PIANO CATEGORY Sophia Lu - scholarship performance Hailey Messier - honorable mention

Essex High School Essex High School

CLASSICAL VOCAL CATEGORY Connor Trombly - scholarship performance (tenor) Ryan Carpenter - scholarship (bass) Lili Diemer - scholarship (soprano) Ambrose Cusick - honorable mention (soprano) Neve Bruno - honorable mention (soprano)

Rice Memorial High School North Country Union High School Rice Memorial High School Burlington High School Stowe High School

CONTEMPORARY VOCAL CATEGORY Ella Kinney - scholarship performance (soprano) Nathan Bates - honorable mention (bass) Nora Perry - honorable mention (soprano) Charli Kellaway - honorable mention (soprano)

Lamoille Union High School Essex High School Burlington High School North Country Union High School

fl

COMPOSITION CATEGORY Callum Robechek - scholarship performance (Water Buries, Too) Zachary Nevins - scholarship (Ishmael) Delilah Daniels - scholarship (Though It Gets Us in the End) Harrison Brown - honorable mention (Endurance)

Montpelier High School Middlebury Union High School Spaulding High School Stowe High School

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

smcvt.edu • 802.654.3000

smcvt.edu/music

Pursue

your passion and turn it into a profession at Saint Michael’s College.

Explore over 40 majors including music and theatre.

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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, utist 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.

fl

Two Mexican Dances by Gordon Stout

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 insuf cient for generating the amount of money needed to give signi cant nancial 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 Ciof 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

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

You can help… DONATE TO THE LONG-TERM SCHOLARSHIP FUND! 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 signi cant impact. To give, scan the code to the right to visit: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/86c241d8-f79f-4748-8893-67dfc7c22f60

Donations can also be made by check (payable to “Vermont All State Music Festival”) Mail to:

fi

fi

fi

fi

fi

Vermont All State Music Festival PO Box 438 Fairlee, VT 05045

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 fteen 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

Assistants

fi

Brian Boyes (Harwood UHS)

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 Kaiden Prim

Harwood Union High School 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 Nathan Bates Annie McMillion Passy Matendo

Harwood Union High School Essex High School Harwood Union High School Winooski High School

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 Uni ed Union School District

Rosina Cannizzaro Deborah Confredo John Brugger Emily Wiggett

Congratulations!

Stickers Northwest Style #2246-LSTK Available in store & online

Keep Rockin’

from your friends at Lenny’s

fi

Barre • Williston • St. Albans • Plattsburgh Shop Online @ LennyShoe.com

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

JOIN OUR MUSIC GROUP 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. Available Positions:

Bass

Bassoon

Clarinet

Music Production

Oboe

Percussion

Saxophone

INCENTIVES • Free tuition to any Vermont State College • $50,000 Student Loan Repayment Program • Montgomery GI Bill + Kicker • Affordable Health Care Insurance • Access to state of the art facilities & instruments • Network with musicians throughout New England

Euphonium

Flute

Trombone

Guitar

Trumpet

Horn Tuba

Keyboard Vocalist

FIND US ON

40TH ARMY BAND Contact SFC Yulia Benson yulia.r.benson.mil@army.mil 802-338-3480

fl

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Jazz Ensemble Guest Conductor Daniel Ian Smith is a New England based saxophonist, utist, 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.

Manager Bruce Sklar (retired - Harwood Union HS)

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Jazz Ensemble Student Ensemble Members ALTO SAXOPHONE Eben Wagner Yuma Cormier

Brattleboro Union High School Harwood Union High School

TENOR SAXOPHONE Emmett Jarvis Micah Clevenstine

Montpelier High School Vergennes Union High School

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Adrianna Sidelinger Brattleboro Union High School TRUMPET Jonathan Kafumbe Miguel Levy Jing Williams Calvin Ladd

Middlebury Union High School Mill River Union High School Vergennes Union High School Otter Valley Union Middle/High School

TROMBONE Xavier Auer Rhett Gardner Wilder Brooks Louis Napolitan

Mill River Union High School Champlain Valley Union High School Mill River Union High School Burlington High School

BASS Xavier Mayhew

North Country Union High School

PIANO Callum Robechek

Montpelier High School

DRUMS Truman Sienicki

South Burlington High School

GUITAR Aron Garceau

fi

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 Certi cate in Music Theory from Berklee College of Music.

Managers

fi

Kathleen Kono (Burlington HS) Rusty Charpentier (St. Albans Schools)

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

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

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

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

VIOLA Greer Kennedy Arlo Bolles Eliza Gilbert McKenzie Barnes

St. Johnsbury Academy Burlington High School U-32 High School Rutland High School

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 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Orchestra Student Ensemble Members BASS Tam Rezaei Tari

Burr & Burton Academy

FLUTE Avery Cochran Yvonne Miceler

U-32 High School Champlain Valley Union High School

OBOE Lily Collins

Rice Memorial High School

BASSOON Hailey Messier

Essex High School

CLARINET Lila Cook Yoder Ethan Spritzer

Middlebury Union High School Middlebury Union High School

TRUMPET Iola Parry Sarah Benz Holden Friesel

South Burlington High School Middlebury Union High School Essex High School

FRENCH HORN Olivia Serrano Max Demaine

U-32 High School Lake Region Union High School

TROMBONE Grey Fearon Brody Chamberlain Regan Vooris

Vergennes Union High School BFA St. Albans Rutland High School

TUBA Thomas Burke

Rutland High School

PERCUSSION Lucas Majer Izzy Schwendler Jack Russell Lumen Terounzo

Brattleboro Union High School Champlain Valley Union High School Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Mill River Union High School

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 ll out the ensemble.

Vermont Youth Orchestra Association applauds the young musicians involved in the All-State Music Festival!

The VYOA transforms young people’s lives through music programs including three orchestras, small ensembles, a lesson program, early childhood programming, performances, tours, and more.

fi

Learn More at VYO.org

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Orchestra 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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)

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Concert Band Student Ensemble Members PICCOLO Abrum Alexander

Mt. Mans eld Union High School

FLUTE Ayame Merkel Clara Young Liliana Rudiakov Alice Breen Jessie Bodette Anna Dauerman Theoden Marvell-Brown Gwendalyn Guild

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Burr & Burton AcademY Essex High School Middlebury Union High School Champlain Valley Union High School The Putney School Bellows Falls Union High School

CLARINET Kurt Moore Penelope Noza Noah Wood Greta Schaller Kenzie Marcy Vivian Halladay Gwenyth Irwin Olivia Kalinowski

Mt. Mans eld 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 Otter Valley Union Middle/High School

BASS CLARINET Elaina Allard Aya Addington Mia Mosle Cedric Minier

Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Burr & Burton Academy Harwood Union High School South Burlington High School

ALTO SAXOPHONE Eve Neider Genevieve Redmond Pengju Sui Dan Jackson

Rice Memorial High School Brattleboro Union High School Burr & Burton Academy South Burlington High School

TENOR SAXOPHONE Ben Edwards Ivan Mokeyev

Rice Memorial High School Rutland High School

fi

fi

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Rowan Turner Stowe High School Riley Farmer Champlain Valley Union High School Ella Saccio Mt. Anthony Union High School Maximus DiDomenico West Rutland High School

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Concert Band Student Ensemble Members

FRENCH HORN Naomi Shpaner Elisabeth Rockwell Tessa Nowell

Colchester High School Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School

TROMBONE Molly Fournier-Stephens Miles Rae Luke Sunderland Emily Howe Donley Johnson Joshua Santway

Hartford High School Brattleboro Union High School Rutland High School Colchester High School St. Johnsbury Academy Mt. Anthony Union High School

EUPHONIUM Fisher Irwin Crow Chant Emmet MacKay Larkyn Moodie-Hamilton

Champlain Valley Union High School Essex High School Fair Haven Union Middle & High School Hartford High School

TUBA Gracie Morris Drew Farmer

South Burlington High School Champlain Valley Union High School

PERCUSSION Megan Mentzer Wyatt Cudworth Jordan Bertrand Owen Lahiff Finnegan Madding

Vergennes Union High School Brattleboro Union High School Otter Valley Union Middle/High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School BFA St. Albans

fi

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

fi

TRUMPET Devon Ellicock Sydney Schaller Jasper Woliver Owen McGrath Wells Burkhardt Jack Kelley Jacob Howe Veronica Miskavage Carl Lesure Jasper Hammack

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

fi

fi

fi

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 Spring eld 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 Spring eld 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. Mans eld 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 ve 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 Semi nal Champions and represented the region as one of 8 nalists 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

fi

fi

fi

Alexis Koch (Essex HS)

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Contemporary A Cappella Vocal Ensemble Student Ensemble Members SOPRANO I Siri Jolliffe Reagan Bridgeman

St. Johnsbury Academy Montpelier High School

SOPRANO II Joanna Toy Lila Brightman Eliana Buckingham

Mt. Abraham Union High School Mt. Abraham Union High School Harwood Union High School

ALTO I Hannah Karki Phoebe Raphael Kyle Girard *

Essex High School Vergennes Union High School Brattleboro Union High School

ALTO II Fiona Toole Isabelle Gallivan

Brattleboro Union High School Mt. Abraham Union High School

TENOR I Grace Cloutier Tarin Askew Maida Stahler

Hazen Union School Harwood Union High School Lyndon Institute

TENOR II Theodore Herrin Olly Sergi

Essex High School Brattleboro Union High School

BASS I Jonathan Barrows Xander Olszewski

Colchester High School Champlain Valley Union High School

BASS II AJ Donlon Tucker Broe Carter Whitman *

Mt. Abraham Union High School Lake Region Union High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School

fi

* = also Vocal Percussion

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 nds 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.

fi

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.

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 nest 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

fi

playing percussion…

Parker Mann Anne Decker Matt Davide Evan Peltier

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Congratulations Vermont All State Musicians

Specialists in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Extractions, Wisdom Teeth & Implants)

Jeffrey Glosser, D.D.S.

Robert Lesny, D.D.S.

www.neos-vt.com 14 North Main Street, Suite 4001 Barre, VT 05641 802-622-0323

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Chorus Student Ensemble Members

fi

Lamoille Union Middle/High School North Country Union High School North Country Union High School Hartford High School Stowe High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School St. Johnsbury Academy Vergennes Union High School Vergennes Union High School

fi

SOPRANO II Ruby Kontos Charli Kellaway Aubrey Sicotte Quinn Chartier Hattie Mitchell Sonya Klinger Grace Courville Lila Mackenzie Ellie Wilkinson-Sachs Megan Willis

fi

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. Mans eld Union High School Mt. Mans eld Union High School Mt. Anthony Union High School Mill River Union High School Champlain Valley Union High School Montpelier High School 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

fi

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 Graceyn Nichols-Timpone 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Chorus Student Ensemble Members 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. Mans eld Union High School

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

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

fi

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Chorus Student Ensemble Members

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

Missisquoi Valley Union High School Hartford High School Mt. Mans eld 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

fi

Essex High School Essex High School Essex High School Essex High School U-32 High School Brattleboro Union High School Twin eld 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

fi

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Chorus Student Ensemble Members

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 Spaulding High School Stowe High School Enosburg Falls Middle/High School North Country Union High School Mt. Mans eld 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

fi

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. Mans eld 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

fi

TENOR I 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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

Middlebury Union High School Middlebury Union High School North Country Union High School North Country Union High School Missisquoi Valley Union High School Mt. Mans eld 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

BASS II Annan Duquette-Hoffman Paul Petzoldt Alden Kalb eisch 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 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

fi

fl

Chorus

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

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 ll 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

fi

Learn more at: vso.org/education

2024 Vermont All State Music Festival

Your family music store since 1946

 School Delivery Service  Instrument Rental Program  Sales of Musical Instruments  Musical Instrument Repairs  Method Books, Sheet Music, and Arrangements

Congratulations to the 2024 All State Musicians!

Shop Online at

(802) 234-6400 EllisMusic.com