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2011 All-State Concerts

Orchestra: January 22, 2011, 6:30 p.m., P.S. duPont Middle School

Jr. and Sr. Band: January 29, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Dover Central Middle School

Junior Chorus: February 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m., Dover Central Middle School

Sr. Women’s & Mixed Chorus: February 5, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Dover Central Middle School

Jr. and Sr. Jazz Bands: February 12, 2011, 6:00 p.m., Dover Central Middle School

This evening’s All-State concert is being professionally recorded by The Music Cen-tre, Inc., of Exton, Pennsylvania. Please turn off all electronic equipment such as cell phones and recording devices. Copyright laws strictly prohibit private video-taping or recording of the performance.

Delaware All-State medallions and plaques are provided by Champion Specialty Advertising of Wilmington.

2011 Delaware All-State Concert Program

DMEA Mission Statement ................................................................................4

Special Acknowledgements ..............................................................................4

All-State Orchestra ............................................................................................5

All-State Junior Band ........................................................................................9

All-State Senior Band .....................................................................................13

All-State Junior Chorus ...................................................................................17

All-State Senior Women’s Chorus ..................................................................22

All-State Senior Mixed Chorus .......................................................................25

All-State Junior Jazz Band ..............................................................................29

All-State Senior Jazz Band .............................................................................32

DMEA Past Presidents ....................................................... Outside Back Cover

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Delaware Music Educators Association

The Delaware Music Educators Association, a body of professional music educa-tors, exists to improve music curricula and instruction for students and to fos-ter professional growth of all music educators within the State. The Association advocates the National Standards as advocated by the MENC and accepted by the U.S. Department of Education for school music programs and the Delaware Standards for Music as developed by the Visual and Performing Arts Frameworks Commission. The DMEA provides professional development for the members of the organization as well as other music educators in the state. The DMEA also organizes the All-State programs in Delaware. Current All-State organizations in-clude: Orchestra, Junior Jazz Band (7-9), Senior Jazz Band (10-12), Junior Band (7-9), Senior Band (10-12), Junior Chorus (7-8), Senior Mixed Chorus (9-12), and Senior Women’s Chorus (9-12).

Special AcknowledgementsThe Delaware Music Educators Association would like to thank the following in-dividuals for their help with the 2011 All-State concerts:

Glenn Ferracone of The Music Centre of Exton, Pennsylvania for recording •services.The Delaware Symphony Orchestra for their assistance and participation in •DMEA’s Senior Soloist Competition.Champion Specialty Advertising of Wilmington for All-State medals and t-•shirts.

“Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.” Aaron Copland

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2011 Delaware All-State OrchestraSandra Dackow—Guest Conductor

Sandra Dackow earned the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music and the Ph.D. from the Eastman School of Music of The University of Rochester. An Aspen Conducting fellow in 2001, she was also awarded the Silver Medal in the 2001 Vakhtang Jordania/New Millennium International Conducting Competi-tion in Kharkov, Ukraine. She is currently serving as Music Director of the Hershey Symphony Orchestra in Pennsylvania and Conductor of the William Paterson University Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. Guest conducting has included appearances with the Helena Symphony, Montana, the All-Queensland Honors Orchestra in Brisbane, Australia, the Kharkov Philharmonic in Ukraine, the Rapides Symphony and the Monroe Symphony, both in Louisiana, the Spar-tanburg Philharmonic, South Carolina, the Montpelier Chanber Orchestra, Ver-mont, the Danbury Symphony, Connecticut, Adelphi Chamber Orchestra in NJ, and the Midland Symphony, Michigan, as well as a tour with the Moriah College Orchestra in Australia. Dr. Dackow is a former music director of the Ridgewood Symphony in N. A Native of East Paterson, New Jersey, Dr. Dackow has conducted bands and orchestras in the schools of Glen Rock and East Brunswick, New Jersey, and served as Supervisor of Music for the Ridgewood NJ public schools. A former chair of the string department and orchestra director at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania, she has been a visiting faculty member during the summer ses-sions of the Eastman School of Music, Temple University, Montclair State College NJ, Wichita State University, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Colorado State Uni-versity and Cork School of Music, Ireland. As a member of the faculty of Bran-deis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, she directed the University Symphony

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Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. An annual ASCAP award winning arranger, Dr. Dackow has published over ninety works for orchestras and is an author of the Orchestra Expressions curricu-lum. She is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician across the na-tion and Canada, in England, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Ukraine, South Africa and throughout Australia and Ireland. Articles of hers have appeared in major professional journals and she has contributed to music reference books, methods and texts. Dr. Dackow recently served as President of the Conductors Guild, an international organization comprised of members from 32 countries. She has conducted at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, teaches at William Pater-son University, NJ, and has directed the Hershey Festival Strings at recent MENC National Conventions, the Midwest Clinic in Chicago and the ASTA National Conference. In 2009 she was voted a Lowell Mason Fellow by MENC: The National Association for Music Education and awarded the “Bruno Walter Best Conductor” prize by the Master Players International Competition, Lugano, Swit-zerland.

2011 Delaware All-State Orchestra

Overture to Nabucco ...................................................................Giuseppe Verdi

Concerto for Clarinet No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 74 ................. Carl Maria von Weber III. Alla Polacca Joyce Li: Winner, 2011 DMEA Sr. Soloist Competiton

Emperor Waltz ........................................................................Johann Strauss, Jr.

Feuerfest ........................................................................................ Josef Strauss

Capriccio Espagnol ................................................. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff I. Alborada II. Variazioni III. Alborada IV. Scena e canto gitano V. Fandango asturiano

“A painter paints a picture on canvas. But musicians paint their picture on silence.” Leopold Stokowski

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All-State Orchestra MembersViolin i*Courtney Chang St. Andrew’s School*Kerith Wang Archmere Academy*Yu-ju Park Wilm. CharterEvi Lowman Archmere Academy Gabriella Stout Newark HSCaleb Wang The Independence SchoolJames Lin Middletown HSAnnalee Althouse Wilm. Christian SchoolJessica Wang Newark Charter SchoolJasmine Wang Newark Charter SchoolEmily Patten Wilmington Christian SchoolKristi Chen HB DuPont MSAlbert Lo Wilm. CharterMark Aboff Tower Hill SchoolJenny Zhang St. Thomas More SchoolEmily Zhang Archmere Academy

Violin ii*Marius Sander Holy Cross School*Aaron Chang St. Andrews School*Jeffrey Chang Wilm. CharterRebecca Wang Wilm. CharterJohn Suh St. Andrew’s SchoolAnqi Cong Wilm. CharterEnoch Lee Newark HSJulian Ha St. Andrews SchoolRuyan Chen Wilm. CharterZhiyuan Liu Wilm. CharterRachel Minkovitz Tower Hill SchoolGina Zhu HB DuPont MSCourtney Gaston Smyrna HSErika Rumbold The Tatnall SchoolSudeepti Trivedi Wilm. Charter

Violin iiiJiwon Nam St. Mark’s HSAriel Kuciel Wilm. CharterHannah Gaston Smyrna HSRebecca Malone Wilm. CharterEmma Whitney St. Mark’s HSNaomi Jawahar Dover HS

Viola

Sarah Gianakon Wilm. CharterLauren Gaston Smyrna HSHassan Henderson Newark HS

Ian Alejandro Cab Calloway Chris Reisine St. Andrews SchoolSam Kang St. Andrews SchoolArwen LaDine St. Thomas More School

Cello

Vincent Lo Wilm. CharterHa Yung Song Newark HSKatherine Haroldson St. Andrews SchoolMegan Rise Newark HSMadeleine Delbeau HB DuPont MSPaul Gianakon Wilm. CharterIsaac Gaston Smyrna MSCaroline Beston Newark HSAlexander Tam The Tatnall SchoolBecky Huang The Tatnall SchoolJames Idsardi Newark HSJoseph Lee Newark HSEileen Long Wilm. Charter

Bass

Jack Hollingsworth Wilmington Friends Douglas Jones Dover HSSam Alexander The Tatnall School

PiCColo

Laurella Lutz St. Mark’s HS

Flute

Angela Li Cab Calloway Anna Thompson Wilm. CharterMaria Ji Wilm. Charter

oBoe & english horn

M. Andrew Arrington Mt. Pleasant HSMeghan Mills Dover HS

Clarinet

Joyce Li Wilm. CharterFrederick Allen Wilm. CharterMaria Oei Wilm. CharterLauren Mentzer Milford HS

Bass Clarinet

Samantha Fellner St. Thomas More School

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Bassoon

Christiaan Clark Newark HSRebecca Russell Milford HS

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John Vitale Caesar Rodney HSShannon Morken Wilm. CharterJennifer Figueroa William Penn HSVincent Cooper Concord HS FrenCh horn

Elle Bacon Ursuline AcademyRebekah Lorenz Appoquinimink HSSarah Somers Middletown HSMeredith McGinnis Caesar Rodney HS

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Brandon Mast Polytech HSReilly Mask Mt. Pleasant HSJohn Nixon Dover HS

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Stephen Gilcrest Salesianum HS

PerCussion

Gordon Engelgau Dover HSAnthony Shelton Cab Calloway Thomas Kolakowski Caesar Rodney HSPeter Potecha Wilmington Christian SchoolNick Hoffman Newark HSSabrina Lessner Wilmington Friends School

* indicates highest scoring violinists

Acknowledgements

The 2011 All-State Orchestra Committee: Anita Pisano, Chair; Bonnie Ayers, Robert Emmons, Christina VonDuyke, Rosaria Macera.

The All-State Orchestra wishes to thank the administration and staff of the Brandywine School District for their assistance and support.

“There’s music in the sighing of a reed;There’s music in the gushing of a rill;There’s music in all things, if men had ears:Their earth is but an echo of the spheres.” Lord Byron

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2011 Delaware All-State Junior Band2nd Lieutenant Daniel W. Boothe—Guest Conductor

Born and raised in Salisbury, Maryland, Lieutenant Daniel W. Boothe is Deputy Commander and Associate Conductor of the United States Air Force Band of Flight located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Lieutenant Boothe is a magna cum laude graduate of Radford University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition, and was among 20 top scholars nationally recognized by USA TODAY in 2005. He earned a Master of Music degree in Conducting from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virgin-ia. Lieutenant Boothe was selected for the annual “David Effron Conducting Fel-lowship” at the prestigious Chautauqua Institute Music School Festival and served as Conductor for the American Music Stage in the Washington D.C. area, both while completing his graduate degree. He then went on to serve as a Visiting Artist and member of the Adjunct Music Faculty at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, where he expanded the percussion program and was featured as a guest lec-turer. Prior to joining the Air Force, Lieutenant Boothe was Director of Percussion at Radford University, VA. Lieutenant Boothe has also served as a frequent adjudi-cator for the WGI World Percussion Championships. He has studied conducting with Frederick Fennell, Timothy Muffitt, David Wiley, and Anthony Maiello, and composition with Mark Camphouse and Beth Weimann. Lieutenant Boothe enlisted in the United States Air Force and was com-missioned through Officer Training School, Maxwell, AL on October 27, 2009.

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All-State Junior Band Participating Schools & DirectorsJoseph Baione Lake Forest HS Thomas Baione W.T. Chipman MSRobert Barbarita Cape Henlopen HS Bob Baronio Springer MSValerie Beardsley Red Lion Christian Acad. Donna Bell PS DuPont MS Bill Bennett Beacon MS Samantha Bisaro Newark Charter School Mike Brelick Gunning Bedford MS Harvey Bullock Sussex Technical HS Carlton Cannon Cab Calloway MS Brenda Carpenter A.G. Waters MS Jamie Chamberland Georgetown MS Daniel Collins Archmere Academy Brian Cox Salesianum HSMark Crossley Postlethwait MS Reggie Daniel Dover Central MS David DeLong Dover Air Base MS Damian Demnicki The Independence School Brian Drumbore Mt. Pleasant HS Brian Endlein William Penn HS Benjamin Erskine Georgetown MS Frank Ferraro Ursuline Academy Jessica Ganska Smyrna HS Fred Geiersbach St. Andrews School Mike Gleason Skyline MS Christine Goff George Read MS John Grant Delaware Military Academy Jane Grudzina Holy Cross School Patrick Healy Conrad School of Science Michael Howell Providence Creek Academy Lenny Knight Dover HS Sarah Kuwik Sanford School Pamela Letts HB DuPont MS Dale Mann Milford Central Academy Mark Marvel Indian River HS Jennifer McCutchan Smyrna MS Kathleen McGrath Redding MS

William Merritt Caravel Academy Eugene Moore Dover Central MS Ryan Moseley Appoquinimink HS Kara Newham PS DuPont MSMelody Oneschuk S. DE School of the Arts Matt Pagel Middletown HS Paul Parets AI DuPont HS Domenic Pisano Concord HS Ruthann Pyle Meredith MS Kevin Reeves AI DuPont MS Clayton Riepen Selbyville MS DuWane Sandlin Caesar Rodney HS Vanessa Sandlin Caesar Rodney HS Jim Satcher Brandywine HSBarbara Schiller Wilm. Christian School Mike Smith Fifer MS Phil Steinhoff St. Thomas More Prep James Tharp Cab Calloway HS Christopher Verry Wilm. Friends School Lloyd Walton Shue-Medill MS Ryan Warfel Talley MS Arden Wellington Polytech HS Jonathan Whitney Tatnall School Jonathan Wittman Newark HS Scott Zeplin Tower Hill School

Special Thanks:Sue Moore & Mark Moore, VolunteersDuWane Sandlin, Rehearsal Site HostEugene Moore & Reggie Daniel, Concert Site Hosts

Jr. Band Committee: Pam Letts, Kathleen McGrath, Eugene Moore, Vanessa Sandlin

“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.” Gustav Mahler

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2011 Delaware All-State Junior BandProgram will be selected from the following:

Chorale and Shaker Dance .......................................................... John Zdechlik

Earthdance ..............................................................................Michael Sweeney

Fantasia on a Theme by Sousa ........................................... Andrew Boyson, Jr.

Folk Dances ....................................... Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. James Curnow

The Fairest of the Fair ........................John Philip Sousa, arr. Brion & Schissel

Sky Dance .............................................................................Richard L. Saucedo

All-State Junior Band MembersFlute

Caroline Shaffer Concord HSJosephine Chu Tower HillCarina Miller Tower HillEmma Claire Field Ursaline AcademyShannon McNames PS DuPont MSAlison Hoffman Newark HSAubrey Krabil Lake Forest HSMichelle Dao Caesar Rodney HSIsabel Tague Newark HSCourtney Lyons Polytech HSSara Brown Tower HillJessica Blythe Caesar Rodney HSKatelyn Stidham Cab Calloway HSMaggie Latchford Cab Calloway HS

oBoe

Cynthia He HB DuPont MSAlexandra Marcinkewicz Redding MS

Clarinet

Elena Ramos Caesar Rodney HSArthur Wang Cab Calloway MSEmily Shumosic Cab Calloway MSEnoch Lee Charter School of WilmingtonTaylor Moore Caesar Rodney HSAamir Majeed Charter School of WilmingtonMiguel Barajas Mt. Pleasant HSAllan Shen PS DuPont MSChloe Danyo Cab Calloway MS

Rachel Loney Talley MSJun Park Skyline MSBrian Ruether HB DuPont MSDavid Kim AI DuPont HSAmy Koss PS DuPont MSJessica Zbranak Sanford SchoolChristiana Taylor DE Military AcademyGibson Betancourt Cab Calloway MSZoe Phillips DE Military AcademyLauren Penfield PS DuPont MS

Bass Clarinet

Gabe Harley Concord HSRebecca Williams PS DuPont MS Carmen Matthews PS DuPont MS Christina Morrison Postlethwait MS

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Abraham McIlvaine Concord HSMarius Sander Holy Cross Kevin Lee Charter School of WilmingtonFrank Lin Cab Calloway HSJohn Bounds HB DuPont MSCaitlin Purcell Postlethwait MS

tenor saxoPhone

Quan Bui Concord HSColin Whitesel Wilmington Christian

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Baritone saxoPhone

Erin Gallagher Cab Calloway HS

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Andrew Walls Dover Air Force Base MSDavid Buzdygon Concord HSSa’eed Abuwi Cab Calloway HSSara Hernandez Lake Forest HSChristian Ruth Charter School of WilmingtonGraham Coughlin PS DuPont MSRoss Forney Caravel AcademyAdam Heilman Dover HSJeffrey Zhao HB DuPont MSMariano DiGabriele Concord HSSeth Collett Cab Calloway MSLogan Paige Caesar Rodney HSJohn Grau Caesar Rodney HSGarrett LaCurts S. DE School of the ArtsDanielle Farnum Newark HS

FrenCh horn

Alison VanVorst Sussex Technical HSHannah McIlvaine Talley MSMatthew Comollo Smyrna MSChristopher Gillie AG Waters MSIan Alejandro Cab Calloway MS

tromBone

William Esterling Cab Calloway HSChristopher Bell Concord HSMichael Gray Wilmington ChristianJohn Kee PS DuPont MS Jeffrey Wood HB DuPont MSMiles Wang HB DuPont MSVaishnavi Gundakaram Fifer MS

euPhonium

Patrick Gallucci Caesar Rodney HSMarc Christian Appoquinimink HSThomas Bara Cab Calloway HS

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Timothy Tanzilli AI DuPont HSBrandon Smith Fifer MSPavel Tolkanitsa HB DuPont MSKristen Kelsall Skyline MS

mallets

Elizabeth Burton Archmere AcademyJulia Menardy Springer MS

PerCussion

Trevor Thomas Dover HSGregory Dexter Cab Calloway HSCorbin McNeill Wilmington ChristianGeorge Sample III William Penn HSTyler Schwartz PS DuPont MS

“Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative pro-cesses, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.” Ludwig van Beethoven

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2011 Delaware All-State Senior BandColonel Thomas H. Palmatier—Guest Conductor

Colonel Thomas H. Palmatier was appointed Commander and Conductor of The U.S. Army Field Band of Washington, DC, in September 2007. Prior to this he served as Commandant of the U.S. Army School of Music, responsible for the training of Army Band Soldiers, Noncommissioned Officers, Warrant Officers, and Commissioned Officers for the Army’s 106 bands worldwide. His previous assignments include Commander of the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, Executive Officer to The Adjutant General of the Army, and the Department of the Army Staff Bands Officer, overseeing band activities for all Active, Reserve, and National Guard bands. Earlier assignments included command and staff positions in Army bands around the world, to include service with The United States Army Band in Washington, DC. Additionally, he supervised musical support for the 1989, 1993, and 2001 Presidential Inaugural celebrations. Colonel Palmatier holds a Bachelor of Music degree, magna cum laude, in Applied Music from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York, and was selected to receive the Minerva Award in 2010, presented each year to an alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding lifetime professional achievement. He also has earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Music from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, and a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the U.S. Army War College. A member of the Army War College Association, he also belongs to the Adjutant General Corps Regimental Association. Colonel Palmatier is former Director of the Rochester International Tattoo and former Principal Director of Music for the Virginia International Tattoo. He was also Music Director of the Dominion Brass Band, which won the Honors Sec-tion of the North American championships in 1996. His professional affiliations include the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, the North American

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Brass Band Association, of which he is Past-President and an Honorary Lifetime Member, and the National Band Association. Colonel Palmatier has received numerous military honors to include two awards of the Legion of Merit and seven awards of the Meritorious Service Medal. He was the first Army Band Officer to earn both the Parachutist and Air Assault Badges. He also earned a combat patch for service in El Salvador. His wife, Shir-ley, is a retired Army Medical Corps officer, and his daughter, Gabrielle, is a ballet dancer and instructor in Los Angeles.

2011 Delaware All-State Senior BandRiders for the Flag .............................................John Philip Sousa, arr. Fennell

First Suite in E-flat for Military Band ........................Gustav Holst, ed. Fennell

On a Hymnsong of Phillip Bliss .......................................... David R. Holsinger

Dances from Oprichnik ......................................................Peter I. Tchaikovsky

Music for a Festival ......................................................................Philip Sparke

Armed Forces Medley

All-State Senior Band Members

Flute

Angela Li CharterAnna Thompson CharterMaria Ji CharterLaurella Lutz St. Mark’sMegan Johnson CharterStephanie Sauerbrunn ConcordBradley Rogge DoverVi Bui CharterJessica Ringer Caesar RodneyKeira Dobbs Mt. PleasantEmily Ozer Mt. PleasantAllison Shaw CaravelKatie Grant Sanford

Clarinet

Joyce Li CharterFrederick Allen CharterMaria Oei CharterLauren Mentzer Milford

Shannon Gillie MiddletownSarah Greendoner Cab CallowayAndrew Leem St. Andrew’sLena Barrett CharterKourtney Bastianelli Sussex CentralAlana Weber Caesar RodneyJoo Heon Yoo St. Andrew’sMichael McNeely St. Thom. MoorePatrick Reilly ArchmereTyler Modesto MiddletownNicole Brincat St. Mark’sAdwoa Nyame DelmarHaley LaMarche ConcordHannah Wagner Sanford

Bass Clarinet

Samantha Fellner St. Thom. MooreChristine Kirk Mt. PleasantLaura Malinowski Caesar RodneyVictoria Oberdick Caesar Rodney

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M. Andrew Arrington Mt. PleasantMeghan Mills DoverMeredith Vieira Ursaline

Bassoon

Christaan Clark NewarkRebecca Russell Milford

alto saxoPhone

Kenny Ayer DoverMichael Testa ConcordDanae Paparis ConcordPreston McCord Cab CallowayDalton Cox Charter

tenor saxoPhone

Lauren Buzdygon CharterThurston Brevett Cab Calloway

Baritone saxoPhone

Ben Simmons Indian River

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John Vitale Caesar RodneyShannon Morken CharterJennifer Figueroa Wm PennVincent Cooper ConcordPranita Muralidhar NewarkDavid Marvel WoodbridgeChristine Sauerbrunn ConcordEvan Roberts Mt. PleasantTy Lucas Ranieri BrandywineKyle Root ConcordRyne Dudley Indian RiverJeffery Heilman DoverPeter Kolakowski Caesar RodneySchyler Adkins Indian River

FrenCh horn

Elle Bacon UrsulineRebekah Lorenz Appoquinimink Sarah Somers Middletown Meredith McGinnis Caesar Rodney Christopher Getty Wilmington Friends Skylar Schirtzinger Delmar Harlie Norquest Dover

tromBone

Brandon Mast PolytechReilly Mask Mt PleasantJohn Nixon DoverBryan Wright DoverMelissa Grau Caesar RodneyMichaela Shaffer ConcordRichard Gaunt Sussex Tech

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Fiona Karbel ConcordJeremiah Adams CharterPatrick Cronin CharterRachael Becker Newark

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Stephen Gilcrest SalesianumDouglas Jones DoverBenjamin Becks Mt. Pleasant

string Bass

Jack Hollingsworth Wilmington Friends

mallets

Nick Hoffman NewarkSabrina Lessner Wilmington Friends

Battery PerCussion

Gordon Engelau DoverAnthony Shelton Cab CallowayThomas Kolakowski Caesar RodneyPeter Potecha Wilm. Christian

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U.S. Army All-American Marching BandJohn Vitale, Trumpet

Being a part of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band was an absolutely unforgettable experience for me. The requirements for both the audition process and the performance preparation are rigorous, to say the least, but once I got to San Antonio, the level of talent there – in the ensemble, the instructors, and the mentors – was just hum-bling. From the minute we arrived, our schedules were packed with rehearsals, uniform fittings, and a little sightseeing on the run - sort of the ultimate band camp experience. (I was grateful for the prep-

aration that four years of band camp at Caesar Rodney High School had given me!) I particularly enjoyed playing in the Alamodome - the biggest performance venue in which I have performed - and the eye-opening mentoring sessions with the Army musicians. Being a military musician will definitely be a consideration of mine after college. The U.S. Army and MENC ensured that this was a first-class operation from start to finish; although it is challenging, I highly recommend it to anyone with a love of marching band. This extraordinary opportunity was made possible through the support of my parents and the instructors I work with each and every day.

“Musical compositions, it should be remembered, do not inhabit certain countries, certain museums, like paintings and statues. The Mozart Quintet is not shut up in Salzburg: I have it in my pocket.” Henri Rabaud

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2011 Delaware All-State Junior ChorusRollo Dilworth—Guest Conductor

Joseph Louden—Accompanist

Dr. Rollo Dilworth is Associate Professor of Choral Music Education at Temple University’s Boyer School of Music in Philadelphia, PA. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education, he serves as conductor for the University Chorale. Prior to his appointment at Temple, Dil-worth served as Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at North Park University in Chicago, IL for 13 years. Dr. Dilworth holds degrees from Case Western Reserve University, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Northwestern University. Dilworth has written and/or arranged over 150 choral works that are cur-rently in print. His choral compositions are a part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with Hal Leonard Corporation and Colla Voce Music Com-pany. He has recently published pieces with the Santa Barbara Music Publishing Company as part of the Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series. Dilworth is a contributing author for the Essential Elements for Choir and the Experiencing Choral Music text-book series, both published by the Hal Leonard Corporation/Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publications, and for Music Express! Teachers Magazine. He authored a book of choral warm-ups for elementary and secondary choral ensembles entitled Choir Builders: Fundamental Vocal Techniques for General and Classroom Use. Dilworth has co-authored another choral warm-up book entitled Choir Builders for Growing Voices. He frequently serves as a guest conductor and/or clinician for honors, festival and all-state choirs throughout the United States and abroad. Dilworth is an active member of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), the American Choral Direc-

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tors Association (ACDA), and Chorus America. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and currently serves on the Pennsylvania ACDA State board as Director of Student and Youth Activities.

2011 Delaware All-State Junior Chorus

What’s in a name?

“Gloria” (from Heiligmesse) ........................Franz Joseph Haydn, arr. Williams

The Cuckoo .............................................................................. arr. Robert Hugh

El Grillo (“The Cricket”) ........................... Josquin des Prez, arr. Dan Davison

Shojojee ............................................................................. arr. B. Wayne Bisbee

Cripple Creek ........................................................................ arr. Emily Crocker

Shenandoah ...........................................................................arr. Rollo Dilworth

Tatkovina .................................................................................arr. Greg Jasperse

Birdland .................................................................... Joe Zawinul, arr. Emerson

Little David, Play on Your Harp ...........................................arr. Rollo Dilworth

“The key to the mysteries of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another...and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.” Leonard Bernstein

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All-State Junior Chorus MemberssoPrano

*Louisa Gonsecki Independence School*Sara Brown Tower Hill*Kathleen Reeve Cab Calloway*Mandy McHale Cab Calloway*Corinne Freeth Newark Charter*Asia DeShields Newark Charter*Meghan Hartzell Caravel Academy*Samantha Kasehagen Newark Charter*Bevan Fields P.S. DuPont*Lyndie Moe Cab CallowayShannon Babcock Sanford SchoolMeghan Bennett MillsboroKelly Bessel H.B. DuPontAlexandra Bishop TatnallLayne Brank Cab CallowayMichaela Brodie-Willey SeafordLexi Butler Tower HillMadeline Carlson Holy CrossClaire Caverly Independence SchoolMaude Ceruso NCCLKayla Chen Talley MiddleSidney Clarke SpringerReily Corbeil PostlethwaitMackenzie Crane H.B. DuPontBrooke Dawson Caravel AcademyVeronica Defosse SpringerJessica Emmons Caravel AcademyIfe Fisher Meredith MiddleSamantha Gibbs SpringerRebecca Goodier Sanford SchoolShayna Greenblatt NCCLRebecca Heinz NCCLKate Holden PostlethwaitIsabel Idsardi Newark CharterKarthi Jayakumar Caravel AcademyAlexis Jeynes Ursuline Abby Kamen Cab CallowayJacquelyn Kepley Ursuline Amy Koss P.S. DuPontEmily Kropp SpringerRaven McBroom Milford Central AcademyMaria McGloin Holy CrossCasey Moore Newark CharterAbigail Morrell Shue-MedillLaura Mullins Holy CrossDanielle Newman Caravel Academy

Mary Niles SeafordColleen O’Brien Holy CrossBrittany Poore PostlethwaitJessica Pusey SkylineBridget Ramzy Sanford SchoolAlexus Robinson Holy CrossMadison Shockley Cab CallowayElizabeth Sprague Talley MiddleElizabeth Stant Holy CrossCarly Volko Ursuline Leanne Voshell PostlethwaitRebecca Wilson GeorgetownMorgan Wood Cab CallowayAmanda Wood Milford Central AcademyCaroline Wren Wilmington FriendsFaith Yanovitch Talley Middle

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*Rajee Ingram H.B. DuPont*Elise Brown Tatnall*Meghan Hamilton Greenwood Mennonite*Claire Kolakowski Holy Cross*Elizabeth Schofield Fifer Middle*Brianna Bryfogle Greenwood Mennonite*Regine Choi Independence School*Olivia Giglio Dover Central*Francesca Gill Cab Calloway*Kristin Greene Cab CallowaySarah Adams H.B. DuPontNicole Anupol Holy CrossMonica Becton Milford Central AcademyCiara Blaser SDSAKatherine Bole PostlethwaitAshton Cleveland Pike Creek ChristianLindsay Cummings Shue-MedillDorothy DaBaldo P.S. DuPontRose Davis SkylineSamantha Deming P.S. DuPontJenna Derrick Cab CallowayImani Drew Holy CrossMichelle Faverio Cab CallowayKayla Grady P.S. DuPontAlexis Grady P.S. DuPontBelinda Hanes Cab CallowayKayla Hester Holy CrossKelsey Huffman Holy CrossMarie Kennan Springer

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Melissa Kennard P.S. DuPontMelissa Lewis PostlethwaitLinda Liu P.S. DuPontMarissa Lugaro Holy CrossCarmen Matthews P.S. DuPontKelsi McBarron Holy CrossKyle McDowell KirkJack Mecca Sanford SchoolIsmael Melendez Cab CallowayCory Mengden Tower HillHannah Mihok Fifer MiddleVictoria Mobley H.B. DuPontAnna Nowak Cab CallowaySummer Okoye SDSAJacquelyn Peirson Shue-MedillPaul Pinkett Cab CallowayCecelia Poole Caravel AcademySarah Pulling Redding MiddleEmily Ragan P.S. DuPontNikki Rizzo PostlethwaitGabriella Roa Fifer MiddleVictoria Sanchez SDSAChristina Sanders Wilmington ChristianAlicia Satterfield SDSAMelissa Schoonfield MillsboroRowan Short SpringerCache Smith SpringerMadison Steele SpringerMara Tazartus H.B. DuPontEmily Valentine H.B. DuPontAnsleigh Watson SpringerTaylor White P.S. DuPontKelly Winters Holy Cross

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*Jonathan Mason H.B. DuPont*Josh Diehl Postlethwait*Thomas Giorgi P.S. DuPont*Andrew Walls Dover Air Base*B. Nicolo Bautista Holy CrossChristian Adkins Dover CentralAeddon Berti SpringerBenjamin Bole Holy CrossJohn Bounds H.B. DuPontMatthew Bursler Holy CrossJeffrey Cannon Fifer MiddleJimmy Caputo SkylineMatthew Charno H.B. DuPontTaurence Chisholm Jr Smyrna Middle

Matthew Comollo Smyrna MiddleClarke Coury Holy CrossDylan Cramer Greenwood MennoniteTimothy Deska-Kahn Shue-MedillSean Devine St. Edmond’s AcademyCameron Dixon Newark CharterSeth Eriksen Gunning BedfordJames Ferneyhough Jefferson SchoolAntoine Fulton P.S. DuPontDaniel Garzarella Holy CrossAlexander Geiersbach NCCLGianni Giannotti NCCLMatthew Gray PostlethwaitMichael Greendoner Cab CallowayBrandon Holveck Shue-MedillStephen Jackewicz Holy CrossGeorge Kinser PostlethwaitThomas Lam P.S. DuPontDylan Lang SkylineTeddy Lawlor St. Edmond’s AcademySean MacLeish Holy CrossEwan Malenfant Holy CrossVincent Onorato P.S. DuPontChad Pase Greenwood MennoniteAkhil Patel Holy CrossZachary Pennington SpringerNicholas Reyes Holy CrossJustin Saum Shue-MedillThomas Whan Tong St. Edmond’s Academy

Baritone

*Henry Mette P.S. DuPont*Conner Baker H.B. DuPont*Luke Moran Newark Charter*Liam Kriner Shue-Medill*Eric Bailey Jr. P.S. DuPontWillard Ashmore IV SDSALuke Desperito Tower HillHalim Hamroun Shue-MedillSpencer Harmon SpringerTariq Nour Shue-MedillMatthew Oliver Caravel AcademyMatthew Price SDSACody Sapp Greenwood MennoniteJames Williams P.S. DuPont

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PartiCPating DireCtors

Springer Lauren Anderson, ChairHoly Cross Jane Grudzina, Co-ChairCab Calloway Martin Lassman, CommitteeH.B. duPont Gary Smith, CommitteeMillsboro MS Stephanie Buchert, CommitteeWilmington Friends Sara Gaines, CommitteeA.I. duPont Daniel BriggsAlfred G. Waters Middle Brenda CarpenterCaravel Academy Kelly HudsonDover Air Base David DeLongDover Central Kevin MurphyFifer Mike SmithGeorgetown Middle Benjamin ErskineGreenwood Mennonite Kevin YoderGunning Bedford Courtney WaddingtonIndependence School Jill HicksJefferson School Ann FreemanKirk Barbara SwartzMeredith Middle Ruthann PyleMilford Central Academy Kathy Wetherhold

NCCL Margaret BadgerNewark Charter School Kelly KlineP.S. DuPont Middle John BellPike Creek Christian Heather HughesPostlethwait Mark CrossleyRedding Sharon FiedlerSanford School Clint WilliamsSDSA Denise AdkinsSeaford Lisbeth BakerSelbyville Marla MooneyShue-Medill Rachel SnyderSkyline Nick RonaghanSmyrna Jennifer McCutchanSt. Edmond’s Deborah DeHartStanton Middle Jessica PrinceTalley Beth WarfelTatnall Wilson SomersTower Hill Jack BurnamUrsuline Joseph LoudenWilmington Christian Kerry WeberWoodbridge Bob Lewis

“I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.” H. A. Overstreet

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2011 Delaware All-State Senior Women’s ChorusLynne Gackle—Guest Conductor

Lori Geckle—Accompanist

Lynne Gackle currently is associate professor of music and associate direc-tor of choral activities at Baylor University, where she conducts the Baylor Women’s Choir and the Baylor Concert Choir. Lynne is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator for choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops, and festivals throughout the United States and abroad. Gackle has conducted all-state choirs in 26 states, several division ACDA honor choirs, and two ACDA national honor choirs. Her choirs performed at American Choral Directors Association state, division, and national conferences and the Music Educators National Conference Biennial Convention. Interna-tionally, she conducted the Australian National Choral Association’s High School Women’s Choir in Brisbane, the Alberta Choral Federation’s High School Honour Choir in Calgary, the DoDDS Europe Honors Music Festival Mixed Choir, in Wiesbaden, Germany and the Haydn Youth Festival in Vienna, Austria. Lynne has served as president of ACDA-Florida and the ACDA’s Southern Division. The Florida ACDA Chapter awarded her the Wayne Hugoboom Distin-guished Service Award for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence. Lynne has also served in various R&S roles within ACDA, including National R&S Chair for Children’s Choirs. Currently, she serves on the editorial board for the Choral Journal. She is the editor of Choral Artistry for the Singer with Walton Music and the Lynne Gackle Choral Series for Colla Voce Music, Inc. She has written several articles for the Choral Journal and contributed to the MENC publication, Music at the Middle Level: Building Strong Programs. Lynne is the author of Finding Ophelia’s

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Voice, Opening Ophelia’s Heart: Nurturing the Adolescent Female Voice, to be pub-lished by Lorenz Music Corporation in 2010. Additionally, she currently serves on the repertoire task force and as a lead author with Glencoe/McGraw Hill. She is a member of ACDA, MENC, the Texas Music Educators Associa-tion, the Texas Choral Directors Association, ISME, and NATS. Gackle received her BME from Louisiana State University and her MM and DME from the Uni-versity of Miami, in Coral Gables, Florida.

2011 Delaware All-State Senior Women’s ChorusO Aula Nobilis ......................................................................... William Matthias

Beati Quorum Via.................................Charles Stanford, arr. Russell Robinson

Du bist die Ruh .......................................... Franz Schubert, arr. Peter A. Eklund

Ouvre Ton Coeur .................................Georges Bizet, arr. Tucker Biddlecombe

Love is a Rain of Diamonds ..................................................... Gwyneth Walker

Holy is the Lord .............................................................................. Jeffery Ames

“There is in souls a sympathy with sounds:And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleasedWith melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave;Some chord in unison with what we hearIs touch'd within us, and the heart replies.” William Cowper

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All-State Senior Women’s ChorussoPrano i Kristina Cassidy St. Mark’sTaylor Reeves Indian RiverRachel Bakley Caesar RodneyMadeline Laird ArchmereChristina Wyatt Cab CallowayEmilyWalls Caesar RodneyLauren Johnson St. Mark’sAlexis Lounsbury CaravelKatharine Moshaver Cape HenlopenMary Mecca SanfordKylie Shivery Cab CallowayAnnie Rose Baum Sanford Laura Steimer Cab CallowayElyssa Issel Cab CallowayMcKinley Short ConcordKatherine Christenbury ArchmereCaroline Shaffer ConcordStacey Gerard St. Mark’sBrittany DiFilippo Pencader CharterElyse Carmack Cab Calloway

soPrano iiJulia Laird ArchmereHannah Abrams CaravelRose McFassel MilfordCarrie Weidman Cab CallowayJessica Weber CaravelBrooke Kelly Tower HillKristin Schmidt AppoquiniminkMiah Wright MiddletownEvelyn Ripsom Mount PleasantMolly Marcus Wilmington FriendsCara Hummel Caesar RodneyJamie Millison Cab CallowayMadison Dodge MilfordSandra Yoo A I DuPont Eunice Arce MiddletownDanielle Radacosky-Pentoney Wilm. FriendsEmma Barczak AppoquiniminkRaven Neubert Delmar

alto iMolly Atwater TatnallSophie Schmidt TatnallSummer Kay Kates Sussex TechnicalLauren Delong Caesar RodneyAlexa Liberi Cab CallowayJill Cartwright MilfordGenevieve Piatt A.I. DuPont Rita Snell SanfordLyndsi Jones DelmarMargaret Wiggins UrsulineAshley O’Donnell Cape HenlopenOlivia Margaret Crass Indian RiverMelissa Testa ConcordIsabella Candido Cab CallowayErica McGaurn SanfordHannah Browne Mount PleasantAmber Beck DoverHannaleigh Scott NewarkCourtney Norris AppoquiniminkMelissa Harkness AppoquiniminkEmily Betley St. Mark’sEmily Price MiddletownDelaney McMullen Indian RiverAbigail Goslin Brandywine

alto iiAmanda Garcia-Walker MiddletownAmber Copeland Mount PleasantChristine Kirk Mount PleasantGabriella Patone Cab CallowayEmily Calvetti St. Mark’sDeejay Johnson Indian RiverAmanda Seiwell Caesar RodneyRebecca Fisher Mount PleasantLorraine Ramsey GlasgowChristina Ashford DoverRandie Filasky MiddletownSarah Fisher Mount PleasantKatherine Carpenter Indian RiverHannah Glavin Wilmington ChristianAmanda Schultz Indian RiverStephanie D’Eramo Ursuline

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2011 Delaware All-State Senior Mixed ChorusZ. Randall Stroope—Guest Conductor

Betsy Kent—Accompanist

Z. Randall Stroope is one of the most active choral conductors and compos-ers working today, with recent conducting engagements at the American School in Singapore, Canterbury Cathedral (England), Salzburger Dom (Austria), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Vancouver Symphony (Brit-ish Columbia), and three performances at the Vatican in the past two years. He also is Artistic Director for summer international choral festivals in Berlin, Germany and Rome, Italy. Stroope has toured 15 countries with ensembles under his direc-tion, as well, including China and South Africa. In the United States, Dr. Stroope has conducted 35 all-state choirs (Kentucky, New Hampshire and Delaware in 2011), and does many clinics a year for professional choirs, universities, and state music organizations across the country. At Oklahoma State University, Dr. Stroope is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies where he conducts the Concert Chorale and Chamber Choir, over-sees recruitment activities, and coordinates the undergraduate and graduate con-ducting program. He and the other six faculty and staff in the choral/vocal divi-sion have seen tremendous growth in the number of music majors and general university involvement in the choral program. Prior to teaching at OSU, Dr. Stroope was the Director of Choral Studies at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. In October 2009, Dr. Stroope was featured in an hour-long interview (“Sounds Choral”) with well-known radio personality Marjorie Herman in a series with The Classical Network WWFM syndicated classical radio. In this interview, Stroope talked about his compositional study with Cecil Effinger and Normand

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Lockwood, both students of Nadia Boulanger (in turn, a student of Gabriel Fauré), as well as various aspects of his conducting work. Dr. Stroope has 95 published works with Alliance, Walton, Colla Voce, and MorningStar and Heritage Music Press. His compositions sell over 200,000 copies a year, and are performed regularly by esteemed ensembles throughout the world, including professional ensembles in the United States, France, Holland, Hong Kong, Spain, Japan, Australia, the Czech Republic, and Canada. Dr. Stroope has personally conducted/recorded 13 professional compact discs, and recordings of his music are heard frequently on radio and television broadcasts, including National Public Radio. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Stroope completed his masters in voice performance at the University of Colorado (Boulder), and a doctorate in conducting at Arizona State University. He also did post graduate individual con-ducting study with Margaret Hillis, Chorus Master of the Chicago Symphony. As a recipient of the Australian-American Fulbright, he has also done work in western Australia.Dr. Stroope and his wife, Cheryl – a middle school choral music teacher in Stillwa-ter - enjoy travel and time with their Sheltie.

2011 Delaware All-State Senior Mixed ChorusErschallet, Ihr Lieder .....................................................Johann Sebastian Bach

Fugue III: “Singet dem Herrn” ......................................Johann Sebastian Bach

Cantate Domino ..................................................................Claudio Monteverdi

Lay a Garland ............................................................................ Robert Pearsall

I Will Greatly Rejoice .................................................................... Knut Nystedt

Song to the Moon ..................................................................Z. Randall Stroope

Earth Song .................................................................................... Frank Ticheli

Three Flower Songs, No. 2: “With a Lily in Your Hand” .............Eric Whitacre

“All music is folk music. I ain’t never heard a horse sing.” Louis Armstrong

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All-State Senior Mixed Chorus MemberssoPrano iLauren Curlett St. Thomas MoreElizabeth Rivera DoverEmily Sebastian Caesar RodneyCaroline Colino Cab CallowayAnna Gill Cab CallowayLindsey Smith MilfordOlivia Boddicker St. Thomas MoreBethany C. Walter Indian RiverKristina Biddle St. Mark’sMargieSaunders Tower Hill Stephanie Surma Cab CallowayMegan Carney Cab CallowayAlessandra Ceretto Tower HillRebecca Gasperetti St. Thomas MoreTaylor Thornberg Sussex TechnicalChassidy Jewell DelmarJulie Binder Cab CallowayAbigail Vanderlek A I DuPont Kyle Taylor Mount PleasantSarah Moore Red Lion Christian

soPrano iiJulianne Nemith St. Thomas More AcademyVivian Prieto Tower HillIsabel Tague NewarkCorinne Whitehead CaravelKelsey Shivery Cab CallowayKyra Carmack Cab CallowayNatalie Roddy PaduaAnne Rollins ConcordSydney Hastain Cab CallowayKimberly Anguish St. Mark’sCaroline Wilson Cab CallowayLily Greener AppoquiniminkMary Copper SeafordHaley Wahrhaftig AppoquiniminkAlyssa Lewis AppoquiniminkSamantha Tan Tower HillMalana Linder Pencader CharterSiobhan Harding CaravelBrooke Saunders ConradShanica McIntosh GlasgowAnnie Garner Mount Pleasant

alto iLaurel Ann Gonsecki St. Mark’sAngela Errico Caesar Rodney Olivia Thomas Cab Calloway Gretta Willemin Tower Hill Katherine Ianni Tower Hill Katie Needles Red Lion Christian Morgan Mariner MilfordFiona Bucher Cab Calloway Brianna Ruiz Middletown Courtney Bopp Appoquinimink Josephine Chu Tower Hill Emma Skilton St. Thomas More Linda Gorman Mount Pleasant Serena Pierce Tower Hill Victoria Oberdick Caesar Rodney Jordan Beard Wilmington Friends Emma Heberton Sanford Seraphina Cromwell Middletown Devon Coventry Caesar Rodney Caitlin McCoy Middletown Jessica Szczurowski Cab Calloway

alto iiEmily Anne Ellis Delmar Sarah Stevens St. Thomas More Academy Meghan Wharton Indian River Lily Gates Cab Calloway Sian Rigby Wilmington Charter Lauren Forman St. Mark’s Anisa Adkins Dover Rachel Jackson Indian River Diamond Ohemeng Middletown Molly Weldon Caravel Mallory Robson Middletown Megan Blissick Concord Heather Reid Caesar Rodney Miranda Wood Delmar Reian Megginson Sussex Central Julia Collett Cab Calloway

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tenor iDonald Coggin Mount Pleasant Ian Scott Cab Calloway Rory Slatko Tower Hill Andrew McGowan Caesar Rodney Drew Jones Cab Calloway Justin Fitzwater Middletown Christopher Raglin Delmar Kirsten McGuigan Indian River Kai Inguito Tower Hill Drew Capone Caravel Adam Spangler Wilmington Christian Collins Nai Newark

tenor iiEthan Udovich Cab Calloway Alexander Rigby Wilmington Charter Trey Williams Indian River Douglas Jones Dover Ian Hess Caesar Rodney John Vitale Caesar Rodney Chandler Smith Cab Calloway Christopher Bell Concord Daniel Potter Wilmington Friends Peter Kolakowski Caesar Rodney Thaddeus J. Potter Sanford Marcus Bradley Sanford Nicholas Mancari Pencader Charter Fazad Mohamed Caesar Rodney Jayson Trotter McKean Patrick Kane William Penn Andrew Starobynski Salesianum Matt Coyle Mount Pleasant Caleb Brokaw Tatnall Matthew Hermenau Caravel

Bass iRonald Pierce Concord Asher Denberg Cab Calloway Ben Walker Cab Calloway Chad Jervis Cab Calloway Aric Markl Cab Calloway Tyler Heiss Salesianum Kevin Harvey Concord Timothy Hegedus Newark William Facciolo, Jr Salesianum Joshua Wilder Delmar Nick Madden Sanford Walker Wiley Concord Daniel Despins Cab Calloway Tim Millison Cab Calloway David Marvel Woodbridge Kurt Stevenson Seaford Patrick Boland St. Mark’s Richard Gantt Dickinson Jeremy Keeler St. Mark’s Kallen Dun Cab Calloway Patrick Fresolone A.I. DuPont Christopher Malafronti Sanford John Young St. Elizabeth

Bass iiGabe Harley Concord Thomas Becker Red Lion Christian Benjamin Simmons Indian River Michael Cohen Tatnall Josh Cox Cab Calloway Jay Eros Concord Joseph Slayton Dover Turner Jones Middletown Schyler Adkins Indian River Langhston Hailey Pencader Charter Sam Bradley A.I. DuPont James Kennedy Concord William Baker Dover Thomas Kolakowski Caesar Rodney

“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.” Aaron Copland

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“Composer, sculptor, painter, poet, prophet, sage, these are the makers of the afterworld, the architects of heaven. The world is beautiful because they have lived; without them, laboring hu-manity would perish.” James Allen

2011 Delaware All-State Junior Jazz BandVince Lardear—Guest Conductor

Mr. Vince Lardear is a native of Wilmington, Delaware. As a senior in high school he was selected to the McDonald’s All-American Concert/Jazz Bands and the All-East Jazz Ensemble. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree and a Performer’s Certificate from the prestigious Indiana University School of Music, along with a Master of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Vince was named an Emerging Artist at the 1999 East Coast Jazz Festival’s annual competi-tion. He is a former member of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra under the direction of Buddy Morrow and played lead alto saxophone with the Illinois Jacquet Big Band for six years until the legendary saxophonists’ death in July 2004. Vince has also recorded with Grammy Award winning saxophonist Phil Woods and is cur-rently a member of the Baltimore Symphony Pops. Composer, arranger, educator, and performing artist, Vince’s talent is a presence on the jazz scene in Philadelphia and the surrounding Tri-State area.

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Program seleCteD From the FolloWing titles:

Alice in Wonderland ........................................................................ Jack Cooper

Big Daddy Blues ..........................................................................Howard Rowe

Hit the Bricks .......................................................................... Gordon Goodwin

L’il Darlin’ ......................................................................................... Neal Hefti

Miss Fine ................................................................................ arr. Oliver Nelson

Running of the Bulls ................................... arr. Doug Beach & George Shutack

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child ...............................Jamey Simmons

The Defibrillator .................................................................................Adrien Re

2011 Delaware All-State Junior Jazz Band

Special Acknowledgements

The All-State Junior Jazz Band Committee: Reginald Daniel, Chair; Robert Emmons

The All-State Junior Jazz Band wishes to thank the administration and staff of Dover Central Middle School and the Capital School District for their assis-tance and support.

The discovery of song and the creation of musical instruments both owed their origin to a human impulse which lies much deeper than conscious intention: the need for rhythm in life… the need is a deep one, transcending thought, and disregarded at our peril. Richard Baker

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All-State Junior Jazz Band Memebersalto saxoPhone 1Abraham McIlvaine Concord HSStephen Stamegna Springer Middle School

alto saxoPhone 2Marius Sander Holy Cross SchoolKieran Tuntivate Springer Middle School

tenor saxoPhone 1Quan Bui Concord HSColin Whitesel Wilmington Christian School

tenor saxoPhone 2Ian Armstrong Brandywine HS

Baritone saxoPhone

Diego Barajas PS DuPont Middle School

trumPet 1David Buzdygon Concord HSSa’eed Abuwi Cab Calloway

trumPet 2Christian Adkins Dover Central MSMariano DiGabriele Concord HS

trumPet 3Adam Heilman Dover HS

trumPet 4Paige Logan Caesar Rodney HS

tromBone 1William Esterling Cab Calloway

tromBone 2Sam Dimov Mt. Pleasant HS

tromBone 3George Spock Springer MS

guitar

Brandon Yearick Caesar Rodney HS

Bass

Christopher Bell Concord HS

Drums

Gregory Dexter Cab CallowayCorbin McNeill Wilmington Christian

“Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of your horn.” -Charlie Parker

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2011 Delaware All-State Senior Jazz BandWillie Hill—Guest Conductor

Dr. Willie Hill is Director of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and a Professor in Music Education. He received his B.S. degree from Grambling State University and earned M.M. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Colorado-Boulder. Dr. Hill was a Professor in Music Education, and the Assistant Dean at the College of Music at the University of Colorado-Boulder for eleven years; and, Director of Education for the Thelonious Monk Institute in Los Angeles, California. Prior to his tenure at the University of Colo-rado, Hill taught instrumental music for 16 years and served as instrumental music supervisor for four years in the Denver Public Schools (DPS). His professional activities in the Denver/Metro area included the follow-ing: a former member of the Denver Broncos Jazz Ensemble, a regular performer at the Denver Auditorium Theater, Paramount Theater, Boettcher Concert Hall and a variety of nightclubs; guest soloist with the Garden City Community Col-lege, Hastings College, the University of Colorado, and the University of Den-ver Jazz Ensembles; a freelance performer with George Burns, Liza Minneli, Lena Horn, Lou Rawls, Ben Vareen, Lola Falana, Johnny Mathis, Sammy Davis Jr., Diz-zy Gillespie, James Moody, Jon Faddis, and many others. As a woodwind specialist, he has been a faculty member of the Clark Terry Great Plains Jazz Camp; Founder and Co-Director of the Rich Matteson-Telluride Jazz Academy, and Founder of the Mile High Jazz Camp in Boulder, CO. The Colorado Clarinet Choir was chosen to represent the United States in London, England (1984) at the International Clarinet Symposium and Dr. Hill was a member of that touring organization. His conducting experiences include numerous Citywide Honor performances, All-State Jazz Ensembles, All-County Bands, Musical Director at The Schwayder and Bonfils Theaters. He is Past-President of MENC: The National Association for Music Edu-

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cation (MENC); Past-President of the International Association for Jazz Educa-tion (IAJE); a member of the national board of directors for Young Audiences, Inc.; Past-President of the Colorado Music Educators Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society; and, was a member of the writing team for MENC’s Vision 2020. In January 2001, Dr. Hill was the recipient of the presti-gious Lawrence Berk Leadership Award presented by the International Association for Jazz Education. In 1998, he was inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Hall of Fame. A national artist/clinician for Yamaha Musical Instrument Com-pany, he is co-author of Learning to Sight-Read Jazz, Rock, Latin, and Classical Styles (Ardsley House Publication), the author of The Instrumental History of Jazz (N2K, Inc.), Approaching the Standards (Warner Brothers Publication, 1999); and Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator’s Handbook and Resource Guide (Warner Broth-ers Publication, 2002). Hill is listed in the first edition of Who’s Who among Black Americans and Who’s Who among International Musicians.

2011 Senior All-State Senior Jazz BandNaima ....................................................... John Coltrane, arr. Craig Skeffington

Barnburner ....................................................................................... Les Hooper

Sky Dive ......................................................Freddie Hubbard, arr. Erik Morales

Recorda Me ................................................... Joe Henderson, arr. Eric Richards

Yardbird Suite ..................................................Charlie Parker, arr. David Wolpe

Red Clay ....................................................... Freddie Hubbard, arr. Mike Crotty

Emergency Stopping Only .......................................................Craig Skeffington

Rivers ............................................................................................ Mike Tomaro

Country music is three chords and the truth. Harlan Howard

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AcknowledgementsThe All-State Senior Jazz Band Committee: Carlton Cannon, Chair; Robert Em-mons

The All-State Senior Jazz Band wishes to thank the administration and staff of Dover Central Middle School and the Capital School District for their assistance and support.

2011 All-State Senior Jazz Bandalto saxoPhone 1Kenny Ayer Dover HS

alto saxoPhone 2Michael Testa Concord HS

tenor saxoPhone 1Thurston Brevett Cab Calloway

tenor saxoPhone 2Lauren Buzdygon Cab Calloway

Baritone saxoPhone

Benjamin Simmons Indian River HS

trumPet 1Evan Roberts Mt. Pleasant HS

trumPet 2John Vitali Caesar Rodney HS

trumPet 3Shannon Morken Cab Calloway

trumPet 4David Marvel Woodbridge HS

tromBone 1Brandon Mast Polytech HS

tromBone 2Fiona Karbel Concord HS

tromBone 3Bryan Wright Dover HS

tromBone 4Mitchell Mengden Tower Hill School

guitar

Christiaan Clark Newark HS

Bass

Stephen Griffin Middletown HS

Piano

Asher Denburg Cab Calloway

ViBraPhone

Sabrina Lessner Wilmington Friends

Drums

Gordon Engelgau Dover HS

“A song has a few rights the same as ordinary citizens... if it happens to feel like flying where humans cannot fly... to scale mountains that are not there, who shall stop it?” Charles Ives

Past Presidents of DMEAEdwin Engelhart

1959

Harley Hastings1968-1970

Beatrice Shiffert1970-1972

Herb Windel1972-1974

Wesley E. Diemer, Jr.1974-1976

Abb Gunn1976-1978

L. Jerome Rehberg1978-1980

Betty Moudy1980-1982

Paul Parets1982-1984

Jean Williams1984-1986

Dr. Henry Cady1986-1987

Paul Hess1987-1989

Groome Mears1989-1991

Dr. Robert Streckfuss1991-1993

Christopher Arots1993-1995

Janet Spangler1995-1997

Thomas Alderson1997-1999

Joe Lofland1999-2000

Thomas Alderson2000-2004

Thomas Dean2004-2007

Robert Emmons2007-2009