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2020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES 2

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES

Selected to perform in the 2020 All-National Honor Ensembles are 542 of the most musically talented high school students in the United States. With assistance from their music teachers and directors, these exceptional students have prepared challenging music that they will perform under the leadership of prominent conductors in this annual event.

Grateful acknowledgment is given to the parents, families, and friends of the selected students for their cooperation and support as they share in this joyful experience. Special acknowledgment is also given to the following individuals for their leadership, expertise, and assistance in organizing and presenting these concerts.

To our 2020 Sponsors and Partners:

NAfME acknowledges Jazz at Lincoln Center for their continued support of the All-National Jazz Ensemble. NAfME acknowledges Little Kids Rock for their support of the All-National Modern Band. NAfME would like to thank Conn-Selmer for their support hosting the virtual platform for all events and rehearsals. NAfME would like to thank the Mark Wood Music Foundation for providing content and resources for this year’s string students, and Harman for providing recording equipment for this year's Modern Band. NAfME is also appreciative of our concert production company, GPG Music (Our Virtual Ensemble) for their dedication to music education during the COVID-19 pandemic and for providing educators with a platform for sharing their concerts virtually.

Jazz Ensemble, Mixed Choir, Guitar Ensemble, Modern Band, Symphony Orchestra, Concert Band

32020 NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES

NAfME President and Board Chair

Mackie V. Spradley, Austin, TX

NAfME President-Elect

Scott R. Sheehan, Hollidaysburg, PA

NAfME Immediate Past President

Kathleen D. Sanz, Tallahassee, FL

Eastern Division President

Keith Hodgson, Egg Harbor Township, NJ

North Central Division President

Karen Salvador, Flint, MI

Northwest Division President

Scott Barnes, Lynnwood, WA

Southern Division President

Sonja Williams, Jacksonville, NC

Southwestern Division President

Anne Dawson, Norman, OK

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION (NAfME)National Executive Board

Western Division President

Renee Shane-Boyd, Tucson, AZ

Eastern Division Immediate Past President

Marc E. Greene, Coram, NY

North Central Division Immediate Past President

Judy Bush, Lincoln, NE

Northwest Division Immediate Past President

John Combs, Missoula, MT

Southern Division Immediate Past President

Dian Eddleman, Jackson, TN

Southwestern Division Immediate Past President

Michael Raiber, Norman, OK

Western Division Immediate Past President

Samuel Tsugawa, Provo, UT

NEB ObserversEastern Division President-Elect Susan Barre, Waterville, ME

North Central Division President-Elect Richard Tengowski, Kohler, WI

Northwest Division President-Elect Tom Muller, Gresham, OR

Southern Division President-Elect James G. Daugherty, Lexington, NC

Western Division President-Elect Scott Hedgecock, Placentia, CA


Alabama David Raney

Alaska Lucas Clooten

Arizona Scott Burgener

Arkansas April Shelby

California Armalyn De Le O

Colorado Kevin Beaber

Connecticut Amy Bovin

Delaware Jim Thorpe

District of Columbia Josh Krohn

European Louis Hewitt

Florida Steven Kelly

Georgia Carl Rieke

Hawaii Michael Lim

Idaho Kathy Stefani

Illinois John Currey

Indiana Julie Gray

Iowa Kevin Droe

Kansas Gae Phillips

Kentucky George Boulden, III

Louisiana Scotty Walker

Maine Sandra Barry

Maryland Brian Schneckenburger

Massachusetts Cecil Adderley

Michigan Bill Vliek

Minnesota Barry Zumwalde

Mississippi Tommy Creel

Missouri Chris Sprague

Montana Kim Lorengo

Nebraska Evan Lee

Nevada Paul Beuning

New Hampshire Joe Mundy

New Jersey Patrick O’Keefe

New Mexico Jennifer Rogers

New York David Brown

North Carolina Carol Earnhardt

North Dakota Mark Herold

Ohio Ann Usher

Oklahoma Jeanine Gully

Alabama David Raney

Alaska Lucas Clooten

Arizona Scott Burgener

Arkansas April Shelby

California Armalyn De Le O

Colorado Kevin Beaber

Connecticut Amy Bovin

Delaware Jim Thorpe

District of Columbia Josh Krohn

European Louis Hewitt

Florida Steven Kelly

Georgia Carl Rieke

Hawaii Michael Lim

Idaho Kathy Stefani

Illinois John Currey

Indiana Julie Gray

Iowa Kevin Droe

Kansas Gae Phillips

Kentucky George Boulden, III

Louisiana Scotty Walker

Maine Sandra Barry

Maryland Brian Schneckenburger

Massachusetts Cecil Adderley

NAfME STATE/FEDERATEDMusic Education Association Presidents

Michigan Bill Vliek

Minnesota Barry Zumwalde

Mississippi Tommy Creel

Missouri Chris Sprague

Montana Kim Lorengo

Nebraska Evan Lee

Nevada Paul Beuning

New Hampshire Joe Mundy

New Jersey Patrick O’Keefe

New Mexico Jennifer Rogers

New York David Brown

North Carolina Carol Earnhardt

North Dakota Mark Herold

Ohio Ann Usher

Oklahoma Jeanine Gully

Oregon Jeremy Zander

Pennsylvania Philip Stattel

Rhode Island Emma Hookway

South Carolina Michael Moore

South Dakota Kimberly Bruguier

Tennessee Alexis Yatuzis-Derryberry

Texas Julie Derges (Kastner)

Utah Todd Campbell

Vermont William Prue

Virginia Annamarie Bollino

Washington Karen Helseth

West Virginia Keith Jackson

Western (India) Anjli Mata

Wisconsin Paul Budde

Wyoming Steve Schofield


Mackie V. Spradley is President of the National Association for Music Education and serves as the Director of Enrichment Education at the Texas Education Agency in Austin, TX. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration, College of Education, at the University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Voice from UNT and a Master of Arts in Vocal Pedagogy from Texas Woman’s University, Denton. She received her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Anthropology from UNT. Spradley has published in academic journals and books, such as the National Forum of Multicultural Issues Journal, Texas Music Educators Conference Connections, and Educational Leadership and Music (in press). She is a national speaker on music education, culturally responsive pedagogy, and social justice.

MACKIE V. SPRADLEY NAfME President, 2020–2022

As a presenter, Spradley has shared her expertise throughout the United States and abroad. She has presented at various state, national and international conferences including the Texas Music Educators Association, the Colorado Music Educators Association, the Society for Music Teachers Education, the National Association for Music Education (formerly MENC), the Texas Choral Directors Association, the National Association Multicultural Education Texas Conference, and the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. She is the facilitator of the Teacher Retention ASAP of the Society for Music Teacher Education.

Spradley is a published author with research interests in music teacher effectiveness, critical discourse, culturally responsive teaching, social justice in music education, and critical theory. She continues to focus her work and efforts on issues related to equity in music education programs and improving music teacher effectiveness.

MACKIE V. SPRADLEY, PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION


A nationally recognized advocate and leader for the advancement of music education, Scott R. Sheehan is the Director of Bands and Music Department Chairperson at the Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, where he directs the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band and teaches AP Music Theory, Fundamentals of Guitar, and the elective course Rock, Rap, and Revolution! During his tenure at Hollidaysburg, the school district has been named one of the Best Communities for Music Education in the United States by the NAMM Foundation for the past nine years.

In addition to his duties at Hollidaysburg, Sheehan serves as the President-Elect (2020–2022) of the National Association for Music Education and is the Program Chair for the NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles. He was the NAfME Eastern Division President for from 2015–2017, during which he served on the Executive and Finance Committees. As an active member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Sheehan served as State President, as well as the District 6 Vice President and the District 4 President and Curriculum and Instruction State Representative. He coordinates the PMEA Leadership Academy, serves on the PMEA Mentoring Program Steering Committee, and is coordinator of the PMEA Model Curriculum & Assessment Steering Committee.

SCOTT R. SHEEHAN NAfME President-Elect Program Chair, NAfME All-National Honor Ensembles

SCOTT R. SHEEHAN, PRESIDENT-ELECT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION

Sheehan is an Educational Clinician for Conn-Selmer and a consultant for strategic planning and association development. He served as the NAfME Mentor for Band, and he was recognized at the state level as a Pennsylvania Keystone Technology Integrator by the Department of Education. He also served on the Educator Effectiveness Stakeholders Steering Committee for the Department of Education and was a lead teacher for the implementation of the Student Learning Objectives initiative for PDE.

He is a member of Phi Beta Mu, the International Bandmasters Fraternity, was named Teacher of the Year in 2013 by the Hollidaysburg Area School District, and received the Outstanding Music Educator Award from Penn State University’s College of Arts and Architecture in 2016. Sheehan was a finalist for the 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award and is an active guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States. He plays trumpet with the Hollidaysburg Community Band, of which he is also the group’s Associate Conductor. Additionally, he performs with the Altoona Brass Collective and the Blair County Brassworks for various community events and local church services. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education and a Bachelor of Music in Music Marketing from Clarion University, as well as a Master of Music Education from the Pennsylvania State University. Scott Sheehan and his wife Amy are the proud parents of a daughter named Ellie.


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES COMMITTEE

PROGRAM CHAIRScott R. Sheehan, Hollidaysburg Area School District, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

ENSEMBLE MANAGERS

MIXED CHOIR

Kraft McLemore, Vice President of Education and CommunityEngagement, Nashville Symphony, Nashville, Tennessee

GUITAR ENSEMBLE

Christopher Perez, Director of Guitar Studies, Freedom High School,Orlando, Florida

MODERN BAND

Tony Sauza, Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, Little Kids Rock, Los Angeles, California

Mary Claxton, Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, Little Kids Rock,Greeley, Colorado

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

M. Edward Nagel, Director of Instrumental Music, Northeast High School, Anne Arundel County, Maryland

CONCERT BAND

Jason Albert, Director of Bands, Lincoln Park Academy, Fort Pierce, Florida


BRANDON BOYD Singer/Songwriter

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES CLINICIANS

FELICIA BARBER Director of Choral Activities, Westfield State University, Westfield, Massachusetts

MIXED CHOIR CLINICIAN

QUINTON MORRIS Director of Chamber and Instrumental Music and Associate Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Seattle University, Seattle, Washington

MARGARET BALDRIDGE Professor of Violin and Viola at the University of Montana, Missoula

VIOLIN CLINICIANMIXED CHOIR CLINICIAN

VIOLIN CLINICIAN

LaSAUNDRA BOOTH Founder and Principal Cellist of Integrity Strings, North Carolina

CELLO CLINICIAN

MARY JENSEN Principal Flute, Symphony Tacoma, Tacoma, Washington

FLUTE CLINICIAN



SUZANNE TIRK Associate Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oklahoma, Norman

CLARINET CLINICIAN

JENNIFER CAVANAUGH Professor of Music at the University of Montana, Missoula

OBOE CLINICIAN

JAVIER RODRIGUEZ Associate Professor of Bassoon and Director of Graduate Studies at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho, Moscow

BASSOON CLINICIAN

OTIS MURPHY Professor of Saxophone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington

SAXOPHONE CLINICIAN

PANCHO (FRANK) ROMERO a Professor of Music at the New Mexico State University, Las Cruces

TRUMPET CLINICIAN

JEFF NELSEN Professor of Horn at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington

HORN CLINICIAN



PAUL COMPTON Associate Professor of Trombone at the Oklahoma State University Greenwood School of Music, Stillwater

DANNY HELSETH Head of Instrumental Studies at the Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington

TROMBONE CLINICIAN

EUPHONIUM CLINICIAN

VELVET BROWN Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Penn State, University Park, Pennsylvania

LAUREN TEEL Director of Percussion for Mililani High School, Mililani, Hawaii

TUBA CLINICIAN

PERCUSSION CLINICIAN

TODD GOWERS Adjunct Professor of Double Bass at the Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington

BASS CLINICIAN

DARIN AU Composer, Honolulu, HI

GUITAR CLINICIAN



CONNIE SHEU General Manager for the Guitar Foundation of America and Educator at the Colburn School, Los Angeles, California

MARTHA MASTERS President of the Guitar Foundation of America and Professor at Loyola Marymount University and California State University Fullerton, Los Angeles

GUITAR CLINICIAN GUITAR CLINICIAN

VICTOR GOINES Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, New York, NY

KENNY RAMPTON Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, New York, NY

VINCENT GARDNER Member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, New York, NY

JEFF HAMILTON Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Los Angeles, CA

JAZZ CLINICIAN JAZZ CLINICIAN JAZZ CLINICIAN

JAZZ CLINICIAN


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR ENSEMBLES GUEST ARTISTS

CANADIAN BRASS ERIC WHITACRE

WYNTON MARSALIS

MARK WOOD

KERRY “KRUCIAL” BROTHERS, JR.

MICHAEL BEINHORN


Mary Claxton has spent her professional life at the joyful intersection of music performance, teaching, and advocacy. Her early passion for music led her to be involved with every musical ensemble possible—band, choir, jazz band, pit orchestra, and drumline, as well as informal experiences with various genres of pop bands. In the classroom, Claxton went on to teach nearly every one of those same ensembles and later was pulled particularly toward the Modern Band movement that emphasized the songwriting and student-centered aspects that have made music so meaningful to her throughout the years.

She joined the Little Kids Rock team full-time as the Colorado Director of Programs in 2017. She now works as Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, creating teacher certification pathways in addition to student resources.

Claxton has been a presenter and clinician for organizations such as the Association of Popular Music Education, the Modern Band Summit, the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival, and the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, the institution where she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree.

She continues to perform often on drums, vocals and ukulele, working hard to further her skills and continue the conversation with her community and students about the role music plays in reflecting and changing our world.

MARY CLAXTON Conductor, Modern Band

Tony Sauza taught secondary music in Los Angeles for eight years before joining the music education nonprofit Little Kids Rock. He is now the Senior Developer of Curricular Programs, where he supports teachers in developing their Modern Band programs across Southern California. Sauza received a bachelor’s degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA while minoring in Chicana/o Studies. He then earned his California Single Subject Teaching Credential in Music in 2010 and his master’s degree in Afro-Latin Music from California State University Los Angeles in 2012.

Sauza is a multi-instrumentalist and has been playing guitar for more than twenty years. He currently performs locally and nationally with his cumbia project, Viento Callejero, along with guest appearances and collaborations with international artists. He is an avid supporter of music from around the world, a firm believer in recreational music-making and music therapy, and has a deep passion for Afro-Caribbean music.

TONY SAUZA Conductor, Modern Band

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MODERN BAND CONDUCTORS


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MODERN BAND

March 2021

Sponsored by:

Little Kids Rock

Tony Sauza, DirectorMary Claxton, Director

“If I Ain’t Got You” Alicia Keys

“All I Need” Jacob Collier


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MODERN BAND

VOCALS

*Jade Klacko, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

*An Lai, Central York High School, York, PA

Mari Shoop, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

GUITAR

Maxwell Baxter, Windsor High School, Windsor, NY

Jack Goode, Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT

*Peyton Rohrbaugh, Spring Grove Area High School, Spring Grove, PA

BASS

Vance Carpenter, Pentucket Regional High School, West Newbury, MA

Max Kozol, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA

DRUMS

*Alston Harris, R.J. Reynolds High School, Winston-Salem, NC

*Brendan Livelsberger, Spring Grove Area High School, Spring Grove, PA

KEYBOARD

*Tanya Qu, North Carolina School of Sciences and Mathematics, Durham, NC

SAXOPHONE

Nolan Slate, Tahanto Regional High School, Boylston, MA

TROMBONE

Jacob Dove, Owego Free Academy, Owego, NY

*NAfME recognized this student for participating in the Tri-M® Music Honor Society


Chuck Hulihan has enjoyed a career over the past three decades as a guitarist, educator, conductor, narrator, arts administrator, and as a classical music radio host. Hulihan has directed the guitar program at Glendale Community College since 1999, where he is the Assistant Department Chair for Performing Arts. In 2015 he was chosen by his peers to receive the GCC Gaucho Globe Award for Supporting Student Success. His work at GCC is highlighted by collaborations with composers who have written new works for the GCC Guitar Ensembles, including Mark Houghton, Rex Willis, Jan Bartlema, Adrian Andrei, Frank Wallace, Andrew York, Vito Nicola Paradiso, Francisco Munoz, Aramis Silvereke, and Phil Moloso. Since 2000, his students have consistently won the Artists of Promise competition in both solo guitar and instrumental ensemble categories, and in 2014 the GCC Guitar Octet won the Guitar Foundation of America’s Ensemble Showcase Competition and went on to perform two world premieres at the 2014 convention.

Hulihan’s work as a conductor has included more than 120 concerts directing the GCC Guitar Ensembles and includes leading large orchestras comprising students from high school, college, and guitar society ensembles. He has he led the Arizona Guitar Orchestra (AZGO), a collaboration of musicians from across Arizona, in three statewide tours that featured Shingo Fujii’s Concierto de Los Angeles with soloist William Kanengiser, Brad Richter’s Once We Moved Like the Wind, and Andrew York’s By Chants with the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. He has been a featured guest conductor with the Clark County School District Honor Ensemble, the Vanguard University Guitar Festival Orchestra, the State College of Florida Guitar Ensemble, the Sonoran Desert Guitars Festival Ensemble, the Austin Classical Guitar’s Guitar Curriculum National Teacher Training Summit and Guitar Ensembles Festival, as well as Florida, Virginia, and New Mexico All-State Guitar Ensembles. In 2019, Hulihan conducted the world premiere of David Leisner’s Medanales Morning in Virginia with the All-Virginia Guitar Ensemble, Mark Houghton’s Guitarchestra no. 10 with the GFA Youth Guitar Orchestra in Florida, and Michael Keplinger’s Gale in Texas with the Austin Classical Guitar Ensemble Festival Orchestra. During the 2019 GFA Convention in Miami Florida, Hulihan led an exclusive performance of music from the Netflix mini-series Godless by Emmy-award-winning composer Carlos Rafael Rivera, and collaborated with the composer on the arrangement for cello, guitar and guitar orchestra for this special performance.

He is the Director of the Guitar Foundation of America’s Youth Guitar Orchestra, Community Guitar Orchestra, and Guitar Summit. Hulihan contributes to the field of music education as a conference clinician and presenter and serves as Western Division Representative for the National Association for Music Education’s Innovations Council, as ex-officio Guitar Chair for the Arizona Music Educators Association, and as an active board member of the Grand Canyon and Phoenix Guitar Societies.

CHUCK HULIHAN Conductor, Guitar Ensemble

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR GUITAR ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR GUITAR ENSEMBLEMarch 2021

Chuck Hulihan, Conductor

Program

Gävlebocken Darin Au

World Premiere

A special thank you to Darin Au for writing Gävlebocken for the 2020 NAfME All-National Honor Guitar Ensemble.


PART 1

Haylee Coogle, Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee, FL

Ava Hearne, Riverside High School, Leesburg, VA

Ian Lee, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Siddhant Mane, West Windsor Plainsboro North High School, Plains-boro Township, NJ

John Neo, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

Hannah Prater, Las Vegas Academy of that Arts, Las Vegas, NV

*Caitlin Robinson, Loudoun County High School, Leesburg, VA

Danny Ross, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM

Yian Wang, Northwood High School, Irvine, CA

Riley White, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

PART 2

Karen Ervin, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

Malcolm Hoffman, Clark High School, Las Vegas, NV

William Kandle, Oyster River High School, Durham, NH

Rachel Krumholtz, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ

Katerina Leedy, Renaissance Music Academy, Blacksburg, VA

Rio Manzanares, New Mexico School For The Arts, Santa Fe, NM

Michael Podolsky, Desert Oasis High School, Las Vegas, NV

Chelsea Prat, Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV

Sophia Schaeuble, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

Lucas Wing, Pembroke Academy, Pembroke, NH

Vincent Xiao, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH

PART 3

*Lachezar Balabanski, Riverside High School, Leesburg, VA

Allison Hanka, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Coby Harker, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

*Maha Kanakala, John P. Stevens High School, Edison, NJ

Megan Levanger, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV

Silvia Miller, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Meg Moyer, Northland Preparatory Academy, Flagstaff, AZ

Alejandra Rios, Green Valley High School, Henderson, NV

Brooklynn Wittmayer, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV

Gracia Zachman, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

PART 4

Anna Clifford, Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, SC

Noah Collins, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV

Katie Cook, Legacy High School, North Las Vegas, NV

Kaylin deLespinasse, Desert Oasis High School, Las Vegas, NV

William Krebs, Wall High School, Wall Township, NJ

*Nathan Kwon, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI

Peter Lindholm, Southwest High School, Minneapolis, MN

Ashley Melendres, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM

Jasper Miller, New Mexico School for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM

*Rhys Schwan, Midlothian High School, Midlothian, VA

*Ella Waigel, Youth Performing Arts School, Louisville, KY


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR GUITAR ENSEMBLE


Frances Fonza is the Director of Worship and Arts at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton, Maryland, and teaches at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree at the University of Missouri Columbia, and a Master of Music Education and a Doctorate in Music Education/Choral Conducting at Florida State University.

Fonza taught choral music at the middle school and high school levels in Kentucky for several years. Additionally, Fonza served as Assistant Professor of Music Education and Director of Choral Activities at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Her responsibilities included teaching music education courses, aural skills, choral conducting, supervising music education interns, and directing the Wittenberg choirs. Choirs under her direction have participated in state, regional, and national music festivals. Fonza is an active singer, clinician, and adjudicator. A frequent guest conductor, she has conducted several honor, public school, and church choirs. Her research interests are community partnerships, healthy singing in gospel music, and tone-building strategies used in the choral classroom.

Fonza holds professional memberships in the National Association for Music Educators and the American Choral Directors Association.

FRANCES FONZA Conductor, Mixed Choir

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MIXED CHOIR CONDUCTOR AND ACCOMPANIST

Ms. Powell received her B.A. in Music Education from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan and then spent a decade directing Junior and Senior High School bands in Michigan and Ohio. Since moving to Jackson, Tennessee in 2005, Lisa has invested in a variety of both musical and ministry opportunities. She served as the Staff Accompanist for Bethel University’s Music Department, as well as the Musical Director for Bethel’s Renaissance Theater Program from 2011 to 2019. She did collaborative piano work for the Music Department at the University of Tennessee in Martin in 2018 and 2019 as well. From 2005 to 2013, Lisa was involved in both the Children’s Ministry and the Youth Ministry at Northside Church, in Jackson, Tennessee.

Currently, Ms. Powell is the Director of Music and Student Ministries at Grace United Methodist Church in Jackson, Tennessee, where she has served since 2010. She is also the Band Director and History Teacher at Sacred Heart of Jesus High School in Jackson. Lisa accompanies numerous Junior High and High School choirs and musical theater productions in Jackson and has also served as an All Northwest Choir Accompanist since 2008. She has had the opportunity to be a TMEA All State Choir accompanist in 2011, 2018, 2019, and 2020, and is looking forward to the future, when these groups can resume with more traditional performances.

This is the first time Lisa has been a part of NAfME. She is looking forward to 2022, when she will serve as the accompanist for the National Honor Choir in San Diego and work with the esteemed conductor Frances Fonza Smith.

Lisa resides in Jackson, Tennessee and is proud of her three kids Julia (23), Jesse (18), and Joanna (16).

LISA POWELL Accompanist, Mixed Choir


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR MIXED CHOIR

March 2021

Frances Fonza, Conductor

Lisa Powell, Accompanist

Program

“Sanctus” Randall Johnson

“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho” Moses Hogan



SOPRANO 1

Madeline Blandini, Oyster River High School, Durham, NH

Deja Breitfeller, Northampton Area High School, Northampton, PA

*Julia Calvert, Fauquier High School, Warrenton, VA

Rachel Castillo, Westminster Academy, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Paulina Cevallos, Reading High School, Reading, PA

*Szilvia Cimino, Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, CT

*Tiana Clemons, Henry E. Lackey High School, Indian Head, MD

Cara Cooper, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN

Briana Crowder, Barren County High School, Glasgow, KY

Katie Delker, Soldotna High School, Soldotna, AK

Amanda Erno, Sigonella High School, Catania, Sicily, Italy

Elianna Flower, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA

*Vicki Freedman, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL

*Lianna Gonzalez, Fort Defiance High School, Fort Defiance, VA

*Lindsay Hebert, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY

Rebecca Korzelius, Longleaf School of the Arts, Raleigh, NC

Juno Kuszyk, La Canada High School, La Canada Flintridge, CA

Kaylynn Langham, Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy, Grand Prairie, TX

Ellie LeBar, Free State High School, Lawrence, KS

*Ellyn Lew, Summit High School, Breckenridge, CO

Natalie Mastali, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, FL

*Lauren Oh, Mount Pisgah Christian School, Johns Creek, GA

Baylee Richardson, Perry High School, Massillon, OH

Ellie Schneider, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC

Amari Smith, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA

Sadie Storts, Central Crossing High School, Grove City, OH

Sofia Strandjord, St. Helens High School, St. Helens, OR

Morgan von Hentschel, Moriarty High School, Moriarty, NM

SOPRANO 2

Liberty Ashe, Quakertown Community Senior High School, Quaker-town, PA

*Elizabeth Bennett, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN

*Dorothy Black, Portland High School, Portland, CT

Blythe Ditman, Valdez High School, Valdez, AK

Isabel Dunlap, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT

*Sophie Dvorak, Shaker High School, Latham, NY

*Samantha Faber, Heights High School, Wichita, KS

*MacKenzie Glasmann, Newton High School, Newton, KS

*Charlotte Greggs, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, FL

Abby Hetherington, Houston High School, Collierville, TN

*Annie Hochberg, Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA

*Samyukta Iyer, Joseph Wheeler High School - Center for Advanced Studies, Marietta, GA

Stephanie Khasayan, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA

Melissa Maisey, Ridgevue High School, Nampa, ID

Issabella Marchio, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, WA

*Sadie Margolis, Kingswood Oxford School, West Hartford, CT

Kathryn Miller, Tolland High School, Tolland, CT

Kayla Outman, Arlington High School, Lagrangeville, NY

*Natalie Policky, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, KS

Grace Randall, Warren Local High School, Vincent, OH

*Lindsey Reilly, Saint Bernard School, Uncasville, CT

*Tori Ross, Selinsgrove Area High School, Selinsgrove, PA

Aditi Shukla, Buchholz High School, Gainesville, FL

Chelsea Suba, Starpoint High School, Lockport, NY

Chloe Swadley, Aurora High School, Aurora, MO

Katarina Thompson, McIntosh High School, Peachtree City, GA

Taryn Turner, South Burlington High School, South Burlington, VT

*Tori Turner, O'Fallon Township High School, O'Fallon, IL

*Sariah Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ

Bella Wood, Arkansas City High School, Arkansas City, KS



ALTO 1

*Savannah Bensing, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL

*Emily Bial, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS

El Bloom, Enloe High School, Raleigh, NC

Rachel Bohannon, Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, VA

Brianna Callahan, Pilgrim High School, Warwick, RI

Indigo Clark, Peninsula High School, Gig Harbor, WA

Emily Danczyk, York Catholic High School, York, PA

Hallie Dickerson, Carlsbad Early College High School, Carlsbad, NM

Claire Dignazio, Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE

Rebecca Drake, E. O. Smith High School, Storrs, CT

Gretha Fergus, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, PA

*Katie Fletcher, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, FL

Sadie Fridley, Fayetteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY

Louisa Gundeck, Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, NY

*Madison Hunter, Corinth Holders High School, Wendell, NC

Emma Jurski, Sylvania Northview High School, Sylvania, OH

*Madison King, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL

Emily Latten, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA

*Zora Muhammad, Martinsburg High School, Martinsburg, WV

Jaidyn Newton, Byron High School, Byron, IL

Adharsha Ramesh, Westford Academy, Westford, MA

Katherine Sullivan, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA

De'Nasia Thomas, Ware County High School, Waycross, GA

Lanee Turner, Calvary Academy, Lakeland, FL

*Akshitha Viswanathan, Farmington High School, Farmington, CT

Yufan Wang, The Gunnery, Washington, CT

*Elisabeth Williams, Farmington High School, Farmington, CT

*Abby Wilson, Indian River High School, Dagsboro, DE

Emily Woelke, Houston High School, Germantown, TN

Ashley Yuen, Irvine High School, Irvine, CA

ALTO 2

*Shy'Kira Allen, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN

Hannah Beason, Carlsbad Early College High School, Carlsbad, NM

Linden Biskup, Alma Public Schools, Alma, NE

Mariae Broome, Sandusky High School, Sandusky, OH

Jaelyn Burch, East High School, Cheyenne, WY

*Paige Bush, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN

Alexa Calegari, Valley Regional High School, Deep River, CT

Bethany Correll, Dover-Sherborn Regional High School, Dover, MA

Madi Crawford, Highland High School, Highland, IL

Maddie Curtis, Ridgevue High School, Nampa, ID

Kaytlyn Eagleton, Inola High School, Inola, OK

Emma French, Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, KY

Cynthia Gao, Newport High School, Bellevue, WA

*Tajah Garrett, Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, FL

Lily Goren, ACES Educational Center for the Arts, New Haven, CT

Kylee Kee, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, TN

Lauren Kuncio, West Middlesex Jr./Sr. High School, West Middlesex, PA

Samantha Melquist, Brunswick High School, Brunswick, ME

*Leah Monteleone, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA

Ema Nakayama, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD

Delaney Ocock, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL

Isabella Olzak, Sylvania Northview High School, Sylvania, OH

Alayna Parvin, Lansing High School, Lansing, KS

Ariel Radinovic, South Fayette High School, McDonald, PA

Jazzmyne Roberson, Howard W. Blake High School, Tampa, FL

Teagan Serink, Damonte Ranch High School, Reno, NV

*Ana Victoria Serna, Mineola High School, Garden City Park, NY

Lupe Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ

Deborah Weber, William J. Pete Knight High School, Palmdale, CA

*Hayley Whitsett, Shaker High School, Latham, NY




TENOR 1

Garrett Abel, Fort Gibson High School, Fort Gibson, OK

*Caleb Auldridge, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, Hagerstown, MD

Xander Baker, Waverly High School, Waverly, NE

*Andrew Bova, Miller Place High School, Miller Place, NY

Ty Brennan, Grafton High School, Grafton, WI

Michael Bromley, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA

Jacob Busch, Burlington High School, Burlington, WI

Ryan Coleman, Valley View High School, Archbald, PA

Adam Duffy, Meadville Area Senior High School, Meadville, PA

*Devin Embrich, William T. Dwyer High School, Palm Beach Gardens, FL

*Adrian Escalona, Blairsville High School, Blairsville, PA

Charles Fassl, Bangor Area High School, Bangor, PA

Peyton Gaida, Cambria Heights Senior High School, Glendale, PA

*Francisco Gomez, Saint Thomas Aquinas High School,

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Roberto Guevara, Reading High School, Reading, PA

Garrett Heady, Germantown High School, Germantown, TN

Ruby Holland, Canyon High School, Santa Clarita, CA

Benjamin Jaffer, Commonwealth School, Boston, MA

Samuel Lyczkowski, Concord Carlisle Regional High School, Concord, MA

*Michael Masciola, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OH

Gerard McCrohan, Fayeteville Manlius High School, Manlius, NY

Andrew Neubauer, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT

*Adrian Otero, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Dix Hills, NY

Andre Pamplona da Silva, Del Norte High School, Crescent City, CA

Andrew Pletsch, St. Helens High School, St. Helens, OR

Ashton Rapp, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS

John Raskopf, Darien High School, Darien, CT

Logan Sandefur, Millbrook High School, Winchester, VA

Andrew Sutherland, The Gunnery, Washington, CT

Tyler Thieman, Malcolm Public Schools, Malcolm, NE

Regina Troyer, Maplewood Jr./Sr. High School, Guys Mills, PA

TENOR 2

Sebastian Alfreds, Greely High School, Cumberland, ME

Benjamin Brown, Upper Dublin High School, Fort Washington, PA

Riley Brown, Pulaski High School, Pulaski, WI

*Joshua Egnatuk, Eastwood High School, Pemberville, OH

Connor Fertig, East High School, Cheyenne, WY

Steven Fontana, Ward Melville High School, East Setauket, NY

*Aidan Fraser, Central York High School, York, PA

Matthew Gilbert, Greely High School, Cumberland, ME

*Edwin Gregory, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT

Liam Hamm, McClintock High School, Tempe, AZ

*Jeremy Hardjono, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OH

*Luca Iallonardi, Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge, NY

Xavier Jameson, Hutchinson High School, Hutchinson, KS

Wesley Lane, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA

Brody Melton, Arlington High School, Arlington, TN

Alex Mortier, Seneca Valley High School, Harmony, PA

Jack Norman, Carmel High School, Carmel, CA

Paurush Pandey, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA

Braden Perry, Anderson High School, Cincinnati, OH

Sam Pineda, Omaha South High School, Omaha, NE

Andy Rogers, Bardstown High School, Bardstown, KY

*Ishan Saha, Rock Ridge High School, Ashburn, VA

Ronak Saluja, Boston Latin School, Boston, MA

*Zachary Short, Marion Center High School, Marion Center, PA

Daniel Teeter, Athens Area High School, Athens, PA

Benjamin Twitchell, Greenfield High School, Greenfield, IL

*Liahona Vaioleti, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZ

Baihan Zhang, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT




BASS 1

Charles Adorney, Greenwich High School, Greenwich, CT

*Jeremy Berkun, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Ethan Bunch, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC

Robert Cope-Powell, Ketchikan High School, Ketchikan, AK

*Dylan Cranston, Trumbull High School, Trumbull, CT

*Enzo Cupani, Garden City High School, Garden City, NY

Ryan DiCicco, Bremerton High School, Bremerton, WA

*Lleyton Elliott, Olympia High School, Orlando, FL

Zachary Evans, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA

Owen Ferguson, North Andover High School, North Andover, MA

*Alexander Franklin, Westford Academy, Westford, MA

*Adam Garrity, East Ridge High School, Woodbury, MN

Henry Herbert, Holy Cross School, New Orleans, LA

Caleb Howard, Meade High School, Meade, KS

Shane Landis, Sayre School, Lexington, KY

Grayson McCullough, Clinton High School, Clinton, OK

Jonathan Menzel, Inola High School, Inola, OK

Ryan Murray, Thornton Academy, Saco, ME

Max O'Reilly, Park City High School, Park City, UT

Nicholas Quintana, Appoquinimink High School, Middletown, DE

Jacob Rademacher, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, RI

Nathan Sedlmeier, Woodmore High School, Elmore, OH

Wally Stenson, San Diego Children's Choir, San Diego, CA

*Gavin Tarling, South Portland High School, South Portland, ME

Suraj Vaddi, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and

Technology, Alexandria, VA

*Carick Veale, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, AZ

*Aidan Veghte, Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Timmy Wilcox, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL

Haotian Yu, Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GA

BASS 2

*Brycen Addison, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT

*Xavier Bates, ELCO High School, Myerstown, PA

Benjamin Bradley, Natick High School, Natick, MA

Sam Brock, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT

Owen Davis, Dover Area High School, Dover, PA

Justinian Ding, Hamden Hall Country Day School, Hamden, CT

James Downs, Damonte Ranch High School, Reno, NV

Nicholas Freeman, Bonny Eagle High School, Standish, ME

Blake Grundy, Carbon High School, Price, UT

Owen Hershberger, Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA

*Matthew Huang, Wilton High School, Wilton, CT

*Dylan Huffman, Unionville High School, Kennett Square, PA

Mo Jansson, Greece Athena High School, Rochester, NY

Trenton LaPoint, Sanford School, Hockessin, DE

Skyler McCoy, Mark Morris High School, Longview, WA

*Jackson McGovern, Downingtown East High School, Exton, PA

*Garrick Neuner, Valley Stream North High School, Franklin Square, NY

Francisco Oh, Shaker High School, Latham, NY

Saadhan Pittala, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA

Jo Ray, Pryor High School, Pryor, OK

Austin Reinke, Lincoln Pius X Catholic High School, Lincoln, NE

Joshua Schultz, Greece Athena High School, Rochester, NY

Kellen Smith, General McLane High School, Edinboro, PA

*Peter Stauffer, Downingtown High School East Campus, Exton, PA

Tyler Stewart, Bandys High School, Catawba, NC

Mateo Vargas, William G. Enloe Magnet High School, Fuquay Varina, NC

Grady Whelan, Vivace Youth Chorus, San Jose, CA

*Hollis Wilkins, Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, KS

Cole Zimmerman, University High School, Normal, IL

Benjamin Zimpfer, New Bremen High School, New Bremen, OH




In over three decades as a music educator, Todd Stoll has taught young musicians at every level, from elementary school through college. His impact on public music education can be seen in his legacy at central Ohio’s Westerville City Schools where he served for 18 years as music teacher and for 10 years as music curriculum coordinator. He has also served as Ohio’s president of the International Association of Jazz Educators and the inaugural Chair of Jazz Events for the Ohio Music Education Association. His curriculum work has been implemented at public schools across Ohio and beyond, bringing jazz education to students who otherwise might not have received it.

An experienced performer, Duke Ellington expert, and jazz advocate, Stoll founded the Columbus Jazz Youth Orchestra (CJYO) in 1991 to give young people the chance to cultivate a love of jazz through performance. He served as the director until 2011. Under his direction, the CJYO released six CDs, participated in the prestigious Essentially Ellington competition at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and toured Europe and South America. His students have achieved successes that have taken them to the Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, and the New York Philharmonic.

In 2011, Stoll became the Vice President of Education at Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) in New York City, which continues to afford him the opportunity to bring jazz education programs to thousands of people of all ages and socioeconomic levels. Since he joined the organization, JALC has produced more than 10,000 education events in the US and around the world. The innovative Essentially Ellington high school jazz band program has expanded during his tenure, providing nearly 200,000 free scores to 4,000 high schools in all 50 states and 46 countries, reaching more than 500,000 students.

Stoll holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from Miami University. He currently serves on the boards of the Jazz Education Network where he is President; the New York City chapter of Most Valuable Kids; and the National Association for Music Education Policy Roundtable.

TODD STOLL Conductor, Jazz Ensemble

TERELL STAFFORD Guest Soloist, Jazz Ensemble

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE CONDUCTOR AND GUEST SOLOIST

Terell Stafford, acclaimed trumpet player based in New York, has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player: He combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well-defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads.

Since the mid-1990s, Stafford has performed with groups such as Benny Golson’s Sextet, McCoy Tyner’s Sextet, the Kenny Barron Quintet, Frank Wess Quintet, Jimmy Heath Quintet and Big Band, Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Alumni Band. Stafford, with the Hamilton-Clayton Jazz Orchestra, performed on Diana Krall’s GRAMMY nominated From this Moment On (2006). John Clayton invited Stafford to perform with the Clayton Brothers Quintet and Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Stafford is a member of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and they were awarded a GRAMMY in 2009 for Best Large Ensemble, Live at the Village Vanguard. Stafford can be heard on more than 130 albums, including his own BrotherLee Love, Celebrating Lee Morgan, which received a 47th Annual NAACP Image Award nomination. His most recent album, Family Feeling, is a BCM&D release.

Stafford is the Director of Jazz Studies and Chair of Instrumental Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founder and band leader of the Terell Stafford Quintet, and Managing and Artistic Director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia. Stafford is renowned in the jazz world as an educator, performer, and leader and has received countless award nominations and accolades.

Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in Chicago, Illinois, and Silver Spring, Maryland. He received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the University of Maryland in 1988 and a Master of Music from Rutgers University in 1993.


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

March 2021

Sponsored by: Jazz at Lincoln Center

Todd Stoll, ConductorTerell Stafford, Guest Soloist

Program

“Who, Me?” (1958) Frank Foster


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE

ALTO SAXOPHONE

*Keegan Kaiser, Olathe Northwest High School, Olathe, KSVeronica Stimpfling, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT

TENOR SAXOPHONE

Maxwell Barnes, Redhook High School, Redhook, NYConnor Munroe, Ransom Everglades School, Coconut Grove, FL

BARI-SAXOPHONE

*Zachary Spondike, Shaler Area High School, Glenshaw, PA

TRUMPET

Christopher Goldwire, Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FLSamantha Obara, Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Wilmington, DEKeller Remington, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Las Vegas, NV*Rockwell Valentine, The Woodstock Academy, Woodstock, CTBrannon Wiltshire, Jefferson High School, Shenandoah Junction, WV

TROMBONE

Braxton Hart, Memphis University School, Memphis, TN*Tyler Kinsky, Westborough High School, Westborough, MA*Eli Lockhart, Blue Valley West High School, Overland Park, KS*Ben Rosen, Agoura High School, Agoura Hills, CA

DRUMS

Ani Perez-Brennan, Wheeling High School, Wheeling, IL

GUITAR

Anya Owens, Dillard Center for the Arts, Fort Lauderdale, FL

BASS

Laura-Simone Martin, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, NJ

PIANO

*Marvin Koonce, Cary Academy, Cary, NC



Nobuyoshi Yasuda was appointed as Orchestra Director at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1991, Music Director of the Chippewa Valley Symphony in 1993. He guest conducted orchestras such as the Muncie Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, La Crosse Symphony and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. With the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, he has participated in the educational outreach project, “Arts across Minnesota” granted by the Minnesota State Arts Board, to have residency in a high school; he led a “side-by-side rehearsal” and gave a concert. Yasuda made his international conducting debut in Germany with Das Philharmonie Orchester des NDR–Hannover in May 2003. And in March 2004, he made his Japanese debut with the Osaka Philharmonic.

He has served as Acting Assistant Conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra and was Associate Conductor of the Grand Teton Music Festival. His performance of Milhaud’s Création du monde at the festival was broadcast on National Public Radio’s Performance Today in July 2001.

Yasuda’s contagious enthusiasm and dedication to education has made him an icon of music in Eau Claire and surrounding communities. His expertise and joyful approach to music that enable him to work successfully with the musicians of the Chippewa Valley Symphony, Grand Teton Music Festival, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra has allowed him to reach out to aspiring young musicians as well. He leads master classes and guest-conducts middle and high school orchestras and bands, as well as serves as a speaker at inspirational “career days” for young adults throughout the upper Midwest.

His reputation as an inspiring teacher and a conductor has led him to be invited as a conductor of the Wisconsin High School State Honors Orchestra, the Illinois All State High School Orchestra, the Alaska All State High School Orchestra, North Dakota All State High School Orchestra, and the Minnesota Middle Level State Honors Orchestra.

A native of Takarazuka, Japan, Yasuda’s music studies began on the violin at the age of three. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Soai University in Japan and a Master of Music from Indiana University, Bloomington. Yasuda has been an active violin soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States and Japan. His interest in conducting was sparked by his desire to find new ways to share his passion for music with people.

NOBUYOSHI YASUDA Conductor, Symphony Orchestra

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONDUCTORNAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

March 2021

Nobuyoshi Yasuda, Conductor

Program

Pini di Roma Ottorino Respighi

William Tell Overture: Finale Gioachino Rossini


FLUTE 1

*Ivy Lee, Greater Atlanta Christian School, Norcross, GAGrace Samaha, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, PA

FLUTE 2

Beneditto Caroccio, Bakersfield Christian High School, Bakersfield, CARuth Pearson, Soldotna High School, Soldotna, AK

OBOE 1

Payton Brown, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, FLAnna Lower, Gahanna Lincoln High School, Columbus, OH

OBOE 2

Julia Fung, Bothell High School, Bothell, WAElijah Huttman, Hall-Dale High School, Farmingdale, ME

CLARINET 1

*Samantha Kopec, Tarpon Springs High School, Tarpon Springs, FL*Megan Talikoff, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC

CLARINET 2

*Adalaide Graham, D'Evelyn Jr./Sr. High School, Denver, COKevin Jin, Mill Creek High School, Hoschton, GA

BASSOON 1

*Brian Fadel, American Heritage School, Plantation, FLLawrence Wu, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA

BASSOON 2

Adelaide Braunhill, Natick High School, Natick, MA*Samantha Civil, Oceanside High School, Oceanside, NY

FRENCH HORN 1

Gabrielle Michael, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn, ILHannah Schubring, Starpoint High School, Lockport, NY

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FRENCH HORN 2

Grace Barrett, T.R. Robinson High School, Tampa, FLLea Helsel, Avonworth High School, Pittsburgh, PA

FRENCH HORN 3

Clara Conatser, St. Martin's Episcopal School, Metairie, LAChristopher Relyea, Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick, RI

FRENCH HORN 4

Robert Ellis, Vision Charter School, Caldwell, IDJacob Lucas, Smoky Valley High School, Lindsborg, KS

TRUMPET 1

Dasara Beta, Rocky River High School, Rocky River, OHNicolas Weaver, De Soto High School, De Soto, KS

TRUMPET 2

*Emma Barrett, Robinson High School, Tampa, FLEvan Golden, Bellevue School of Performing Arts, Cordova, TN

TRUMPET 3

Kaylin Gates, Deer Creek High School, Edmond, OK*Benicio Gutierrez, Saint Pius X High School, Albuquerque, NM

TROMBONE 1

Connor Jones, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, KS*Evan Villani, Green Hope High School, Cary, NC

TROMBONE 2

Thor Reimann, Eastview High School, Apple Valley, MNMadelyn Stoklosa, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI

TROMBONE 3

*Mateo Buitrago, Sickles High School, Tampa, FLRyan Whitson, Poway High School, Poway, CA



TUBA

*Giles Askim, Williston High School, Williston, NDCallie Widi, Pulaski High School, Pulaski, WI

PERCUSSIONDaniel Knipscher, Vestal High School, Vestal, NY*Jackson Kowalczyk, Canon McMillan High School, Canonsburg, PAAmilyah Robinson, Lake Brantley High School, Altamonte Springs, FL

TIMPANI

Nate Mathew, James B. Conant High School, Schaumburg, IL

PIANO

*Stana Choi, Columbus High School, Columbus, GA

HARP

*Josephine Davis, Benjamin Logan High School, Bellefontaine, OH

VIOLIN 1

Jae Min Ahn, Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MAKenneth Chen, Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, CA*Kevin Chen, Norcross High School, Peachtree Corners, GARicky Chen, Whitney M. Young High School, Chicago, IL*Jay Gopal, North Broward Preparatory School, Coconut Creek, FLJonathan Jesalva, Enloe High School, Cary, NCJason Kang, Horace Greeley High School, Chappaqua, NYBrandon Kim, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MOElla Kim, Weston High School, Weston, MASara Lee, Northview High School, Sylvania, OH*Sophia Liu, Cary Academy, Cary, NCEmma Lo, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PAElizabeth Milan, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FLEvan Schuman, Mayo High School, Rochester, MN*Aleksi Zaretsky, Nyack High School, Nyack, NY*Eric Zhao, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA*Kelly Zhou, Briar Woods High School, Ashburn, VA

VIOLIN 2

Isabelle-Marie Anis, William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CTJames Chen, Henry Clay High School, Lexington, KYEileen Chen, Spring Valley High School, Columbia, SCClare Chi, Charter School of Wilmington, Wilmington, DEMelody Choi, Valley Christian High School, San Jose, CAAlastair Deng, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LAElla Golden, Bellevue School of Performing Arts, Cordova, TNBenjamin Jacobsen, East High School, Lincoln, NEEthan Jiang, Dublin Jerome High School, Dublin, OH

*Sunny Lee, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago, ILEmma Maconaughey, George Washington High School, Charleston, WV*Ellie Park, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GAEshan Parkash, McLean High School, McLean, VAFiona Petrie, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, MNLila Schweinfurth, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland, ORIsabella Syverson, Eastside Preparatory School, Kirkland, WABowen Ying, Lower Merion High School, Wynnewood, PAGracie Zhang, Laramie High School, Laramie, WY

VIOLA

Sidney Barbier, Steamboat Mountain School, Steamboat Springs, COSophia Best, Houston High School, Germantown, TN*Justin Chen, Newport High School, Bellevue, WATony Chen, Perrysburg High School, Perrysburg, OH*John Crowley, Shenendehowa High School, Clifton Park, NYMatthew Dahlke, Kearney High School, Kearney, NE*Alexander Diaz, Amityville Memorial High School, Amityville, NY*Dorothy Junginger, Valley High School, West Des Moines, IARyan Kuang, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, KS*Seungha Lee, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NCAndrew Mangini, Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy, Coeur d'Alene, ID*Patrick McGovern, Masuk High School, Monroe, CTJuyoung Moon, Portola High School, Irvine, CA*Katherine Stenner, Clover Hill High School, Midlothian, VA*Selina Wang, Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, TNShirley Wang, Desert Vista High School, Phoenix, AZIan Woodrich, Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School, Cocoa, FLCecilia Wright, Lancaster Country Day School, Lancaster, PA

CELLO

Jimmy Cai, Concord Academy, Concord, MADerrick Cha, Valley Catholic High School, Beaverton, OR*Anya Chan, Radnor High School, Wayne, PA*Samuel Cho, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MDTyler Gemmell, Mill Creek High School, Hoschton, GAGrace Gibson-Snyder, Hellgate High School, Missoula, MT*Nathaniel Hagan, Cardinal Gibbons High School, Raleigh, NC*Prem Jain, BASIS Peoria, Peoria, AZIrene Lee, Northwood High School, Irvine, CA*Natalie Van Winkle, Gateway Science Academy, St. Louis, MO*Sean Yoshihara, James B. Conant High School, Hoffman Estates, IL*Ethan Young, Eastport South Manor Jr./Sr. High School, Manorville, NY

DOUBLE BASS

Alexio Ciorra, Riverview High School, Oakmont, PALuke Darney, Enloe Magnet High School, Raleigh, NC*Gisel Dominguez, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FLAnjali Gahlaut, White Station High School, Memphis, TN*Colby Heimburger, Parkway Central High School, Chesterfield, MOJoshua Liu, University High School, Fresno, CA*Aidan Lobenstein, Hauppauge High School, Hauppauge, NY*Baily Palmer, Osceola County School for the Arts, Kissimmee, FLAndrew Vinther, Mountlake Terrace High School, Mountlake Terrace, WA

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Rodney Dorsey is Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music; a position he has held since the fall of 2018. Dorsey is the conductor of the internationally recognized Indiana Wind Ensemble and guides all aspects of the graduate wind conducting program. Past positions have included Director of Bands at the University of Oregon, Associate Director of Bands at the University of Michigan, Associate Professor of Music at DePaul University, and Director of Athletic Bands at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. Dorsey also taught public school for eight years in Florida and Georgia.

Ensembles under Dorsey’s direction have performed at state and national events including the College Band Directors National Conference North/Northwest Regional Conference and the Music for All National Festival. He is an active guest conductor having led intercollegiate, all-state, and regional honors bands around the country. International engagements include Hungary, Canada and Bulgaria.

An active advocate for the composition of new wind repertoire, Dorsey has been involved in a number of commissioning projects that include the following composers; Andrea Reinkemeyer, Steven Mackey, D. J. Sparr, Anthony Barfield, Stacy Garrop, Andrew Rindfleisch, and John Mackey.

Dorsey has also presented clinic sessions at national and state conferences that include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, College Music Society, and the Midwest Clinic. He has also presented at numerous state music conferences around the United States.

Dorsey’s professional memberships include the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Education, Indiana Bandmasters Association, Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma (honorary), Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated.

His commitment to the music community has been demonstrated by his participation on boards of directors for the Midwest Clinic and Music for All. He is also an elected member of the prestigious American Bandmasters Association. His lifelong commitment to teaching saw him recognized as a Yamaha Master Educator.

A native of Gainesville, FL. Rodney Dorsey is a graduate of Florida State University and Northwestern University in Evanston. He studied conducting with James Croft, John Paynter, and Mallory Thompson and clarinet with Fred Ormand and Frank Kowalsky.

RODNEY DORSEY Conductor, Concert Band

NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR CONCERT BAND CONDUCTOR


NAfME ALL-NATIONAL HONOR CONCERT BANDMarch 2021

Rodney Dorsey, Conductor

Program

“Galop” Dmitri Shostakovich

“Anahita” Roshanne Etezady


PICCOLO

Luke Aliga, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn, IL

FLUTE 1

*Hylton Baker, Central Davidson High School, Lexington, NCSophia Burhart, Centennial High School, Boise, IDGriffin Light, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NMAudrey Yang, Princeton High School, Princeton, NJ

FLUTE 2

Phoebe Chen, Upper Saint Clair High School, Pittsburgh, PA*Isabella Lolus, American Heritage School, Plantation, FLSydney Marker, Henley High School, Klamath Falls, OR*Audrey Stenger, Rosemount High School, Rosemount, MN*Yue Zhong, Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, VA

OBOE 1

*Abigail Lee, Parsippany Hills High School, Morris Plains, NJAlexis Wilson, Crestwood High School, Mantua, OH

OBOE 2

Nathan Foo, West Shore Jr./Sr. High School, Melbourne, FL*Madeleine Kropp, Bow High School, Bow, NH

CLARINET 1

*Dylan Addonizio, DeLand High School, DeLand, FLLawrence Chen, Northwood High School, Irvine, CASarah Cho, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, RI*Kenny Kim, Roslyn High School, Roslyn Heights, NY*Yiyun Li, Towson High School, Towson, MDAlan Sun, Conway High School, Conway, AR

CLARINET 2

*Pema Childs, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MOJonas Du, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GAEric Kim, Sunset High School, Portland, OR*Irene Son, Belmont High School, Belmont, MAAiden Sussner, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, MN*George Xue, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, KSDaniel Zeng, Watchung Hills Regional High School, Warren, NJ

CLARINET 3

Clara Chen, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT*Brady Cloyd, Worthington Kilbourne High School, Columbus, OHYukina Higashi, Fremont High School, Fremont, NEIsabella Jiang, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CTBrandon Li, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, ILJoey Wang, Fox Chapel Area High School, Pittsburgh, PAKathy Zhong, Pickerington North High School, Pickerington, OH

BASS CLARINET

Aditi Chandrashekar, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA*Ethan Huang, Troy High School, Fullerton, CAEric Park, North Gwinnett High School, Suwanee, GAAnna Roodnitsky, Waukee High School, West Des Moines, IA

BB CONTRABASS CLARINET

*Logan Mazer, Newfield High School, Selden, NYTrevor Meyer, Edgewood Jr./Sr. High School, Merritt Island, FL

BASSOON 1

Hayden Britsch, Scott County High School, Georgetown, KY*Skye Sisco, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

BASSOON 2

Delia Harms, Massabesic High School, Waterboro, ME*Catherine Kim, Jericho High School, Jericho, NY*Lizzie Sylves, Seneca Valley High School, Harmony, PA

CONTRABASSOON

*Kasey Park, Lambert High School, Suwanee, GA

ALTO-SAXOPHONE 1

Ryan Clever, Pinecrest Academy, Cumming, GADarryl Leung, Mountain Ridge High School, Glendale, AZ

ALTO-SAXOPHONE 2

Anthony Basselini, Washingtonville High School, Washingtonville, NYDaniel Gliksberg, Boston University Academy, Boston, MA

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TENOR SAXOPHONE

*Colin Fogerty, Olentangy Orange High School, Lewis Center, OHHunter Gibbs, Billings West High School, Billings, MTSwaroop Pujari, Yorktown High School, Yorktown Hts, NY

BARI-SAXOPHONE

Ben Curry, Northwest Rankin High School, Flowood, MSCayley Mead, Bainbridge High School, Bainbridge Island, WA

FRENCH HORN 1

Jocelyn Hao, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD*Daniel Jansen, Aspen High School, Aspen, CO*Mary Leskowicz, State College Area High School, State College, PA

FRENCH HORN 2

Aliceyn Covington, Union County High School, Blairsville, GATyler Perkins, University High School, Fresno, CA*Danica Tuohy, Yorkville High School, Yorkville, IL

FRENCH HORN 3

Amelia Caruk, William H. Hall High School, West Hartford, CTCarson Duckworth, David Crockett High School, Jonesborough, TNChristian León, Manassas Park High School, Manassas Park, VA

FRENCH HORN 4

Abigail Konopik, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MOIain Riordan, Enterprise High School, Enterprise, AL*Chandler Rosenzweig, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, NY

TRUMPET 1

Zachary Hommel, Cornwall Central High School, Cornwall, NYChristopher Petrella, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, KS*Yoshiki Shimokawa, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CAOliver Zhang, Blue Valley North High School, Overland Park, KS

TRUMPET 2

Zakary Bonham, Corinth Holders High School, Wendell, NCSam Greetis, Glenbard East High School, Lombard, ILMichael Jagiello, Forest High School, Ocala, FLPaul Kwak, Buford High School, Buford, GARyan Yu, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ

TRUMPET 3

Hayden Addington, Science Hill High School, Johnson City, TN*Tanner Deyo, State College Area High School, State College, PAJeremiah Gross, Faith Baptist School, Fredericksburg, VA*Xavier Hackenberg, Skutt Catholic High School, Omaha, NENick Schnitzspahn, Hilliard Darby High School, Hilliard, OH

TROMBONE 1

Evan Beachy, Northern Garrett High School, Accident, MDAaron Cook, Oldham County High School, LaGrange, KYPreston Fonseca, Floyd Central High School, Floyds Knobs, INAidan Fuller, Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, FL

TROMBONE 2

Amruth Niranjan, Hall High School, West Hartford, CTPeter van der Bijl, The Shepherd's Horn, Collierville, TN*Derek Yao, Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC*Joshua Zhang, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA

TROMBONE 3

Skylar McDavid, Bothell High School, Bothell, WA*Jonathan Shin, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GAAndrew Simmons, Teton High School, Driggs, ID

BASS TROMBONE

Logan Hopper, Harrison School for the Arts, Lakeland, FL

EUPHONIUM

*Anthony Dockett III, New Bern High School, New Bern, NC*Augustus Fadden, Indian River High School, Dagsboro, DEMarvin Larweh, Elkhorn South High School, Omaha, NE*John Liu, Staten Island Technical High School, Staten Island, NYErin Miyahara, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CAVideesha Mohan, Woodward Academy, Johns Creek, GAJacob Olinger, Edina High School, Edina, MN




TUBA

Colby Batchelor, Sparkman High School, Harvest, ALJared Brandt, Watkins Memorial High School, Pataskala, OHJames Knight, Waynesville High School, Waynesville, MOIsaac Nazelrodt, Petersburg High School, Petersburg, WVHaley Pauzus, Lake Orion High School, Lake Orion, MIZachary Solano, Roxbury High School, Succasunna, NJJennifer Yulfo, Delaware Valley High School, Milford, PA

PERCUSSION

Alexander Gamboa, McLean High School, McLean, VA*Matthew Greer, Blue Valley High School, Stilwell, KSGabriel Iadeluca, McDowell High School, Erie, PAEnoch Lai, Clayton High School, Clayton, MOIrene Lin, Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA*Christian Weimer, Denmark High School, Alpharetta, GA

DOUBLE BASS

*Athina Padilla, Tucson High Magnet School, Tucson, AZColyn Traini, Grove City High School Orchestra, Grove City, OH




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