Honors Concerts 2018

Presented By The

St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association

and EducationPlus

St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association Affiliated With EducationPlus

Missouri Music Educators Association MENC - The National Association for Music Education

www.slsmea.com

EXECUTIVE BOARD – 2016-18 President Aaron Lehde, Ladue President-Elect Lisa McMahon, Mehlville Past President Jason Harris, Maplewood-Richmond Heights Secretary/Treasurer/Scheduler James Waechter, Retired-Ladue HS Band VP Chelsea Silvermintz, Lindbergh MS Band VP Mike Kanaan, Clayton HS Jazz Band VP Denny McFarland, Pattonville MS Jazz Band VP Jeremy McMahon, Lindbergh

HS Orchestra VP Alex Chang, Lindbergh MS Orchestra VP Kyla Herbert, Hazelwood 6th Grade Orchestra VP Adrianna Mittler, Rockwood HS Vocal VP Ronda Fields, Wentzville MS Vocal VP Kim Carson, Ritenour Stephanie Ruggles, Ritenour Elementary Vocal VP Katy Moehlman, Orchard Farm MS Large Ensemble/Solo Ensemble Festival Director David Meador, St. Louis

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St. Louis Suburban Sixth Grade Honor Orchestra Susan L. Rolá, Conductor

January 6, 2018 Ritenour High School

2:00 p.m.

PROGRAM Trailblazing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Griesinger Sailors of the Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Day Sparkle! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kathryn Griesinger Fandango Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victor Lopez The Polka Dot Polka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Meyer

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Susan L. Rolá is currently enjoying her third year of retirement from teaching orchestra for 31+ years! She was the Director of Orchestras at Lindbergh High School for 24 years. Prior to teaching at Lindbergh she taught in the Ritenour School District for 7+ years. At Lindbergh, Sue directed the Lindbergh High School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, team taught at Sperreng Middle School and instructed elementary strings. Under her leadership, the Symphony Orchestra performed at the Missouri Music Educators Association convention on two occasions. They also were aired four times on Classic 99 KFUO Radio in a program called “High School Outreach for the Classics”. She established the Lindbergh High School Strolling Strings in 1991. The LHS Strolling Strings is an extracurricular high energy, enthusiastic group of young musicians who perform throughout the Greater St. Louis area. In the winter months she directed the “pit” orchestra for the annual high school musical. Sue received her Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education at the University of Missouri, St. Louis and a Masters of Education Degree from National-Louis University. She earned additional credit hours through Truman State University. Sue maintains a private violin studio and is a member of the Sunset String Quartet as well as the Town and Country Symphony Orchestra. She has served two terms as the High School Orchestra Vice President of the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association. She also holds professional memberships with MoASTA and the National Association for Music Education. During her retirement she enjoys adjudicating orchestra festivals in Missouri. Sue’s honors include the “Lindbergh Leader” award from the Lindbergh School District in 1998. In 2011 she received the “Outstanding Music Educator” award from the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association. The “Secondary String Educator of the Year” award was presented to her by the Missouri American String Teachers Association in 2014. In January, 2015 the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association honored Sue with the Prestigious “Hall of Fame” award. In the Fall of 2016, Sue established a new community strolling strings group called “Pizzazz”! Pizzazz is open to students from high school through adult who enjoy playing alternative styles of music. Sue’s other interests include, jewelry designer, exercise instructor, scrapbooking, traveling and enjoying her family. She would like to thank her husband Matt for all his support throughout the years as well as her parents who never missed a concert! Sue and Matt are not only proud of their four children, all with music careers, but also their budding musical grandchildren (three violins and a drummer)!

PERSONNEL FIRST VIOLIN Ella Boeckmann - Parkway Southwest Lilian Chan - Crestview Joshua DeLay - Steger Jasmine Gura - Nipher Shawn Hughes - Parkway Central Elle Kazerooni - Parkway Central Sarah Lichtenberg - North Kirkwood Aidan Nosovitch - Rockwood Valley Ebba Schroeder - Nipher Nate Sowder - LaSalle Springs Kyle Stawuarski – LaSalle Springs Weston Vlahiotis - Holman Grace Wollenberg - Sperreng SECOND VIOLIN Caden Bergman - Wildwood William Bernert - Selvidge Carina Dickie - Steger Michael Grill - Selvidge Anna Harstick - Rockwood Valley Sonora Haake - Steger Vivian Jones - Jefferson Linzi McPartlin - Wildwood Allyson Olson - Ladue Adithrri Subramanian - Selvidge BASS Paisley Fortus - Parkway West William Jaffe - Ladue Henry Kidd - Steger Katherine Matthews - Jefferson Patrick McCollum - Parkway Northeast Erik Oswald - Parkway West Ty Parks - Parkway Northeast Grace Peach-Righton - North Kirkwood William Unk - Parkway Central

VIOLA Isaac Blassingame - Holman Nora Lee Brown - Nipher Josie Del Carmen - Wildwood Jenna Elmore - Rockwood South Olivia Krempp - Crestview Claire Miller - Steger Mallory Mihm - North Kirkwood Hannah Moon - Wydown Kate Mullins - Hazelwood West Norah Rutkowski - Parkway West Ben Skikas - Jefferson Brandon Slaughter - Holman Miriam Steinberg - Ladue Kate Wright - Parkway Southwest CELLO Akhil Banerjee - Parkway West Angela Chen - Wydown Aaron Davis - Truman Julia DeWeese - Truman Mei Han - Rockwood Valley Maya Jury - Rockwood Valley Aditi Kompalli - Parkway Southwest Insang Lee - Parkway West Joshua Li - Crestview Christopher Liu - Parkway Central Piper McCarty - Jefferson Roniel Randelman - Sperreng Rina Simpson - Truman Mason Thayer - Rockwood South Isabella Tober - Parkway Southwest Eli Tritinger - Parkway Northeast Katelyn Turley - Steger Rachel Walkenhorst - Nipher

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association would like to thank the following for their assistance in making this afternoon’s performance a success: First and foremost, this would not have taken place without the wonderful generosity of Ladue School District and the staff at the Ladue Fifth Grade Center for the use of their facilities for our rehearsals. Special thanks also go to the teachers who came to assist with tuning or sectionals at rehearsals, especially L. Michelle Howard, Kyla Herbert, Clay McKenny, Emily Peterson Pankratz, Steve Patton and Jaquie Sheehan. And finally, thank you to our conductor, Mrs. Susan L. Rolá. Her work with the students has been wonderful! The SLSMEA Sixth Grade Orchestra Vice President is Adrianna Mittler, Rockwood School District.

St. Louis Suburban Middle School Honor Orchestra Michael Blackwood, Conductor

January 6 , 2018 Ritenour High School

3:00 P .M.

PROGRAM Keystone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Lee Silva “Scherzo” from Serenade #1 in D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brahms/Dackow Serendipity Suite - Richard Meyer I. Fit As A Fiddle II. Sol-La Viola III. Cello Pudding IV. Oasis for Basses Springtide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darren Mitchell “My Shot” from Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miranda/Moore

Guest Artist, Omega Jones

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Michael Blackwood is a native of the St. Louis area and has taught music in public & private schools here for the past 17 years. Currently teaching strings in the Rockwood School District, he holds a BS in Secondary Education from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a MM in Composition from Webster University. He has had the good fortune to direct several groups throughout his career, including the Parkway-Rockwood Intermediate Honors Orchestra and the Metro 8 High School Honors Orchestra. Also, he is a published composer, a freelance musician, enjoys music directing for local musical theatre productions (and even gets on stage occasionally to act). He is the proud husband of Sara, and father of two, Caroline & Eric.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to the Ladue School District’s faculty, administration, and especially Twinda Murry for hosting the orchestra again this year. We also thank Ritenour High School for hosting our concerts in this beautiful space of theirs. Thank you to the following string professionals for their assistance with auditions, coaching, and rehearsals: Twinda Murry, Steve Patton, Jacquie Sheehan, Ruth Panhorst, Amanda Davis, Steve Patton, Michelle Howard, Fariga Drayton, Jennifer Husky, Eve Flowers, and Clay McKinney. Thanks also to Steve Knowles at Top Notch Violins for the folders for students to use in rehearsals. Additionally, thank you to all of the area teachers for the work you do with your students, and to all of the parents for your continuous support. This program would not exist without you! The SLSMEA Middle School Orchestra Vice President is Kyla Herbert, Hazelwood West Middle School.

PERSONNEL FIRST VIOLIN Kira Boegeman- Sperreng Yoon SeoChang- Selvidge Katie De La Paz- Wydown Ida Fan- Truman Madeline Foersterling- Wydown Michelle Ho- Parkway Northeast Cynthia Hu- Parkway Central Ava Janes- Wydown Matthew Jing- Ladue Jonathan Liu- Selvidge Evelyn Lui- Parkway Northeast Alia Noor- Nipher Josephine Robinson- Parkway Central Gabby Schmiedeke- Rockwood South Laurel Seidensticker- Nipher Emily Shaw- Ladue Nevin Song- Ladue Sydney Studer- Truman Margaret Yu- Rockwood South Cathryn Zou- Rockwood Valley SECOND VIOLIN Celia Alexander- Hixson Julia Crowe- Truman Zsasha Easley- Hazelwood West Wilson Gao- Parkway West Kiran Garre- Selvidge Lana Herkenhoff- Hazelwood West Olivia Hu- Ladue Darren Hwang- Wildwood Meenakshi Kalinathabotla- Parkway Northeast Irene Ko- Parkway West Ava Lamb- Wildwood Jennifer Li- Crestview Rachael Lin- Ladue Shashank Mani- Crestview Allison Peng- Rockwood South Shreeya Ravindranath- Ladue Rohit Sayeeganesh- LaSalle Springs Julia Serafimov- Parkway Southwest Alan Song- Parkway West Joyce Yu- Ladue

VIOLA Hannah An- Parkway Northeast Nia Anderson- Nipher Lillian Chen- Ladue Mariah Collins- Brittany Woods Chloe Halls- Hixson Middle Andrew Hickman- Nipher Emma Kasicki- Holman Zoe Kohrs- Truman Hariett Krajcovic- Nipher Isabella Pantano- Hixson Larry Qian- Wydown Eugene Renner- Wildwood Tyra Smith- Hixson Middle Cameron Thomas- Holman Aaron Wolz- Holman Ava Wood- Truman CELLO Emma Cheng- Parkway Southwest John Cramblitt- Ladue Katie Downey- Hixson Lawrence Doyle- Nipher Sebastian Fleming- LaSalle Springs Sean Kee- Selvidge Stephanie Lei- Crestview Nisha Murali- Parkway Central Sam Nordstrom- Parkway West Emma Smith- Nipher Keziah-Yvonne Smith- Nipher Samantha Zhang- Rockwood Valley BASS Tara Chandler- Holman Evelyn DiGenova- Rockwood Valley Anna Kasprzyk- Pattonville Traditional Calvin Lackey- Rockwood South Zachary Patton- Crestview Sam Stremlau- Crestview

St. Louis Suburban High School Honor Orchestra Mark Laycock, Conductor

January 6, 2018 Ritenour High School

4:00 p.m. PROGRAM

Concerto Polonois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georg Philipp Telemann Elegy for String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Jones Serenade for Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Elgar American Sketches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joshua Reznicow

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Dr. Mark Laycock is a Professor of Music at Wichita State University, where he holds the Ann Walenta Faculty of Distinction Endowed Professorship. He has been recognized with the WSU Excellence in Creative Activity Award (2012) and the College of Fine Arts Excellence in Teaching Award (2007). He serves as Director of Orchestras and Coordinator of Strings. WSU Symphony Orchestra appearances under his direction include international tours to Spain and Canada, a May 2011 concert at Carnegie Hall, and multiple invited performances at Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshops. Dr. Laycock is a member of the Board of Directors of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic; he serves as Chair of Orchestra Activities. He is Conductor of the Wichita Youth Symphony and Director of the Youth Orchestras Program. His work as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator spans 29 states; upcoming engagements encompass Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas. He has conducted all-state, region, and district orchestras throughout the country. He has served the National Orchestra Festival as adjudicator and clinician, and in 2018 will begin a two-year term as chair of the event. His appearances with professional ensembles include the Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Grand Opera, and Opera Kansas, as well as orchestras in Slovakia and Canada. Dr. Laycock has presented clinic sessions for numerous state education conferences, as well as the American String Teachers Association National Conference, the Northwest and Northeast Division Conventions of the National Association for Music Education, and the Midwest Clinic. In May 2016, he presented professional development sessions for instrumental music educators in Brisbane, Australia, returning that September to conduct the Sir Charles Mackerras String Orchestra of the Queensland State Honours Ensemble Program. He is a Keynote Presenter for the Australian Strings Association 2018 National Conference in Perth. From 2013-2015, Dr. Laycock was an invited music education panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, evaluating grant applications from institutions throughout the country. He served as Director of Orchestras and Instrumental Music at Chapman University in Orange, California, where he led invited performances for the California Music Educators Association and at Disneyland. He was also Principal Conductor of the Irvine (CA) Classical Players, leading the youth orchestra on concert tours to Italy (2006) and France (2008). From 1998-2003, Dr. Laycock served as Director of Orchestral Activities at Iowa State University and was Music Director of the Central Iowa Symphony. Under his leadership, the ISU Symphony Orchestra performed at the North Central Division Convention of the Music Educators National Association and collaborated with such artists as bass-baritone Simon Estes and pianist-composer Marvin Hamlisch. He earned a Doctor of Arts degree in orchestral conducting from the University of Northern Colorado. Dr. Laycock holds a Master of Music degree in instrumental conducting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music history and literature from the University of Southern California. An experienced educator, he was an instructor of strings and orchestra at the middle and high school levels in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada.

PERSONNEL VIOLIN I Dominic Doray - Parkway Central Eva Shanker - Parkway Central Diya Diwakaran - Ladue Mugdha Sinha - Parkway Central Hongkai Jiang - Clayton Avirath Dodabele - Parkway South Christine Kim - Marquette Eric Sun - Parkway Central Grace Hu - Ladue Vincent Gao - Parkway Central Maxwell Yu - Rockwood Summit Alan Peng - Rockwood Summit Andy Mai - Marquette Andrew Kim - Lindbergh Julia Makarsky - Hazelwood West Maple Wang - Parkway South Ira Samsonova - Parkway Central Rahul Suresh Kanna - Lafayette Joshua Simelbauer - Parkway North Meranda Breece - St. Charles West Violin 1 alternates Michael Cambron - McCluer North Jarred McCormick - Pattonville VIOLIN II Krishny Karunanandaa - Parkway Central Sydney Goehler - Marquette Raymond Soto - Lindbergh Karena Wong - Lafayette Jason Zheng - Parkway South Elora Robeck - Rockwood Summit Theresa Moteleone - Parkway West Kelly Phung - Ladue Nathan Hart - Lindbergh Justin Wang - Parkway Central Isaiah Minner - Afton Tyler Bickmeyer - St. Charles Hillary Fadojutimi - Ritenour HS John Gordon - Parkway South Boran Li - Ladue Madlyn Anderson - Lindbergh Alex Evets - Parkway North Yeonsoo Park - Lindbergh Sol Kwon - Clayton Emily Xu - Parkway South Violin 2 alternates Caleb Robinson - Lindbergh Karen Trevor-Roberts - Parkway West Saniah Savala - McCluer North VIOLIN-ALTERNATES Sean Yn – Alternate - Parkway Central Karena Wong – Alternate - Lafayette Steven Tyler – Alternate - Afton

VIOLA Linnea Johansen - Parkway South Natalie Young - Pattonville Logan Feulner - Hazelwood West Chloe Henderson - Rockwood Summit Nathan Moser - Pattonville Rincon Jagarlamudi - Marquette Jessica Son - Parkway Central Alyssa Summers - Parkway West Cheyenne Parson - McCluer North Janice Ntimba - Parkway Central Brayden Haas - Marquette Ryan Lam - Ladue Maya Combs - Afton Jacob Wilfong - Pattonville Zoe DeLay - Webster Groves Patrick Markovitz – Eureka Viola alternates Anna Tetreault - Webster Groves Diamond Wilson - McCluer North Stephanie Hughes - Hazelwood West Lorne St. Christopher ll - Parkway North CELLO Jack Krudop - Marquette Fatou Kane - Rockwood Summit Victoria Strege - Parkway Central Emily Budde - Lafayette Hannah Dinwiddie - McCluer North Janae Bursey - McCluer North Jared Morton - Parkway Central Kyle Yerby - Lafayette San Kwon - Clayton Varsha Murali - Parkway Central Kathryn Blasini - Parkway Central Jacob Keesey - Eureka Mary Gordon - Parkway South Bennett Pina-White - Eureka Cello alternates Ian Obst - McCluer North Sylvia E - Parkway Central Max Ludwig - Parkway South Hannah Jones - Pattonville BASS Mitch Moore - Parkway Central Colby Heimburger - Parkway Central Abby Surlet - Pattonville Cloe Jones - Eureka Courtney Berghoff - Parkway Central Hannah Verseman - Parkway South Emma Weeks - Marquette Victor Folk - Parkway West Bass alternates Hannah Rivas - Parkway Central Madison Hassler – Oakville

ALL-STATE ORCHESTRA MEMBERS:

Violin 1 Katie He - Clayton Theo Bockhorst - Clayton Grace Crockett - Ladue Rebecca Lang - Ladue Leanne Dang - Lindbergh Kevin Zhou - Marquette Nayoung Sarah Yoo - Marquette Liya Liu - Parkway Central Mary Xu - Parkway Central Violin 2 Ethan Mayer - Clayton Hikari Umemori - Clayton Andrew Withrow - Clayton Jonathan Munroe - Kirkwood Shelei Pan - Ladue Anna Zhong - Ladue Michael Lu - Lafayette Claire Zhang - Marquette (Yerin) April Moon - Parkway Central Jason Wan - Parkway West Jeremy Ling - Webster Groves Violin Alternates Rachel Sengl - Fort Zumwalt West Yuria Bergt - Kirkwood David Decker - Kirkwood Ellie Yang - Parkway Central

Viola Katie Snelling - Clayton Junyi Su - Clayton Molly Prow - Kirkwood Jack Rittendale - Kirkwood Jacob Sheldon - Ladue Emily Liu - Lafayette Rohan Bohra - Lafayette Philip Duchild - Lindbergh Linnea Johansen - Parkway South Viola Alternate Annalise Bauserman - Kirkwood Cello Daniel Tse - Clayton Claire Lin - Kirkwood Daniel Diringer - Ladue Alex Cho - Marquette Cello Alternate John Krudop - Marquette Bass Natalie Bruns - Kirkwood Christian Maldonado - Kirkwood Clayton Pokorny - Kirkwood Merrick Schnider - Kirkwood Lillian Van Rees - Kirkwood (Band) Lauren Wash - Lindbergh Colby Heimburger - Parkway Central Bass Alternate Emma Weeks - Marquette

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to Dr. Shane Hopper, Principal of Ritenour High School, and the staff for the use of their building facilities in order to host this event. Thank you to the orchestra directors and private teachers of all participating schools for preparing their students for the auditions, rehearsals and concert. We also want to thank those who assisted in managing, scoring, and adjudicating auditions, rehearsals and sectional coaching: Joseph Bradley, Julianna Campbell, Darby Dachroeden, Michael Dunsmoor, Amanda Davis,Kimberly Jackson, John Mazar, Amy Meschke, James Nacy, Leah Poe, Steve Patton, Ken Rapini, and the Arianna String Quartet. SLSMEA High School Orchestra Vice President – Alex Chang, Lindbergh

St. Louis Suburban 7th and 8th Grade Honor Jazz Band ROB BABEL, CONDUCTOR

JANUARY 7, 2018 KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

2:00 P.M.

PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING: Blue Beamer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rick Stitzel Afro Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mongo Santamaria arr. Michael Sweeney The Nearness of You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Mark Taylor Bye Bye Blackbird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ray Henderson, arr. Mark Taylor Gandy Dancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeff Jarvis

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Rob Babel is currently in his 20th year as Director of Bands at Ft. Zumwalt North High School in O’Fallon, MO and his 25th year teaching. His duties include directing the Panther Pride Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band and Jazz Lab Band. In addition, he assists with beginning and intermediate band at North Middle School. Under his direction the Ft. Zumwalt North Jazz Band has three times presented concerts at The Midwest Clinic and the Missouri Music Educators Conference and twice presented concerts at the Jazz Education Network Conference. In addition, the FZN Wind Ensemble and Symphonic have consistently earned superior ‘I’ ratings at State Contest and the 155-member Panther Pride Band has been recognized as one of the outstanding marching bands in Missouri, earning recognition as a Bands of America Class AA Champion and Super Regional Finalist and receiving Division ‘I’ ratings at BOA Super Regionals in St. Louis for the past six years. Mr. Babel has been recognized as the 2016 Missouri Music Educator of the Year and is a recipient of the Charles Emmons Outstanding Band Director Award for Lamda Chapter of Phi Beta Mu. He has also been named the Ft. Zumwalt North Teacher of the Year, the St. Louis Metro District Eight Music Educator of the Year, and an O’Fallon Citizen of Achievement. He has served as Jazz Vice President for the Missouri Music Educators Association and remains active as a saxophone teacher, clinician and adjudicator and currently resides in St. Louis with his wife Tina, and their three children, Alex, Katie, and Chloe.

St. Louis Suburban 7th and 8th Grade Honor Jazz Band

PERSONNEL

Alto 1: Alex Turley, Hixson Alto 2: Luke Morrow, Truman

Tenor 1: Hannah Wehrman, Truman Tenor 2: Jacob DeMaggio, Hixson

Bari: Carter Bowman, North Kirkwood

Trumpet 1: Kylie Reuter, Sperreng Trumpet 2: Carter Stanton, Truman

Trumpet 3: Max McFarland, Holman Trumpet 4: Olivia Buckley, Parkway Northeast

Trumpet 5: Jackson Kenney, Crestview

Trombone 1: Thomas Gustafson, Wydown Trombone 2: Owen Jefcoat, Sperreng

Trombone 3: Patrick McPheeters, Nipher Trombone 4: Ryan Sanner, North Kirkwood

Trombone 5: Carter Mezines, Parkway Northeast

Drums: Alex Zhang, Wydown Drums: Rachel Byerly, Sperreng

Bass: Lucie Herrick, Hixson Piano: Brian Kim, Truman

Guitar: Benjamin Mayer, Truman Vibes: Josiah Hawkins, Truman

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS On behalf of St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association and all the students performing, Jeremy McMahon would like to thank the following for their invaluable assistance on audition night serving as judges for the Middle School Jazz Band: Tim Karth, Jimmy Hahn, Tommy Perry, Rick Haydon,Eliot Courtois, and Miles Vandiver. Thanks to , Mike Steep, Gabe Warren, and Denny McFarland for helping out with sectional rehearsals. Thank you to Mike Kanaan, Rob Nichols, Kim Shelley, Jennifer Shenberger, Paul Varley, the custodians, teaching staff, and administration of Clayton High School for providing and preparing facilities for auditions and rehearsals. Thanks to the students of Wydown Middle School and Clayton High School for their help on the night of auditions. The SLSMEA Middle School Jazz Band Vice President is Jeremy McMahon, Sperreng and Truman Middle Schools, Lindbergh School District.

St. Louis Suburban High School Honor Jazz Band DANIEL SMITH, CONDUCTOR

JANUARY 7, 2018

KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 2:45 P.M.

PROGRAM TO BE SELECTED FROM THE FOLLOWING:

Take The A Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Billy Strayhorn/Arr. Nestico Northridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dave Leach Big Dipper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thad Jones Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Coltrane/Arr. Taylor Cabeza De Carne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Harris

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Dan Smith received a B.M. in Music Education from the University of Missouri at St. Louis and has done post graduate work at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois. Dan is in his second year as adjunct professor at Webster University leading the Jazz Collective Big Band and also teaches a jazz brass class at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. Dan is a busy freelance player who has performed at The Muny, The Fox Theatre and at Riverport Amphitheatre backing artists including Sammy Davis Jr., Doc Severinsen, Burt Bacharach, Mel Torme, Michel Legrand, Amy Grant, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Manhattan Transfer, Barry Manilow, Jerry Lewis, Natalie Cole, The Moody Blues, Rosemary Clooney, Bernadette Peters, Jay Leno, Don Rickles, Bob Newhart to name just a few. He has performed with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, has toured with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and has done 6 tours playing lead trumpet with the 1940's musical revue, In The Mood Live! including 2 tours in Australia. Dan stays busy with his private teaching and also plays solo piano around the St. Louis metropolitan area.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to the Administration, Faculty and Staff of Parkway North HS--especially Mark Linn and Andrew Larose--for the use of their building facilities in order to host this year's auditions. Thank you to the Administration, Faculty and Staff of Kirkwood HS--especially Jeff Melsha and Rebecca Friesen--for the use of their building facilities in order to host this year's rehearsals and concert. Thanks to the band directors and private teachers of all participating schools for preparing their students for the auditions, rehearsals and concert. Additional thanks to those who assisted throughout the process in order to make this year's All-Suburban HS Jazz Band experience a great one: Matt Bittles, Kevin Cole, Sara Deutschmann, Rick Haydon, Adaron Jackson, Aaron Lehde, Chelsea Silvermintz, Brett Stamps, Jason Swagler, Miles Vandiver and Anna White. SLSMEA High School Jazz Band Vice President – Denny McFarland, Pattonville

PERSONNEL

ALTO SAXOPHONE Ron McDaniel - Hazelwood Central Ben Shafer - Eureka # TENOR SAXOPHONE Jeff Homrighous - Lindbergh & Sean Smith - Lindbergh BARITONE SAXOPHONE Abigail Twyman - Pattonville TRUMPET Hank Miller - Webster Groves + Spencer Hunt - Parkway North * Adam Colter - St. Charles West Brad Eatherton - Lindbergh Miles Godfrey - Lindbergh TROMBONE Isaac Gong - Lindbergh @ Max McArthur - Webster Groves * Julianna Jones – Lindbergh BASS TROMBONE Carter Kennedy - Pattonville RHYTHM SECTION Guitar Ben Reinhart - Kirkwood Piano Jack Snelling - Webster Groves &% Vibraphone Noah Ford - Lindbergh * Bass Clayton Watts - Parkway North Drum Set Mike Mullins - Lindbergh ^ Dominic Anzalone - Clayton

JAZZ BAND ALTERNATES: Alto Sax Josh Coibion - St. Charles West Tenor Sax Jack Snelling - Webster Groves Jack Bledsoe - Webster Groves Baritone Sax Liam Newman - Lafayette Trombone Reade Snelling - Webster Groves Jack Smith - Kirkwood Bass Trombone Isaac Gong - Lindbergh Makyla Boyd - Pattonville Vibraphone Thomas McFarland - Pattonville Bass Cloe Jones - Eureka Drum Set Noah Ford - Lindbergh & Sam Shull - Pattonville + @ All State Band Member #All-State Band Honorable Mention % All-State Band Alternate + All-State Jazz Band Member * All-State Jazz Band Honorable Mention & All-State Jazz Band Alternate ^ All-State Orchestra Member

St. Louis Suburban 7th & 8th Grade Honor Band CHRIS BECKER, CONDUCTOR

JANUARY 7, 2018 KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

3:30 P .M.

PROGRAM Spontaneous Combustion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Sheldon Harkstow and Lost Lady Found (from Lincolnshire Posy) arr. Michael Sweeney Appalachian Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Michael Brown Susato Dance Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. David Marlatt Movement 1 – La Morisque Movement 4 – Bergerette sans Roche Movement 5 – La Bataille Encanto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert W. Smith

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Chris Becker graduated from the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music “With Distinction” in 1977, receiving the Bachelor of Music Education Degree, and earned a Master of Arts in Education from Lindenwood University. Mr. Becker is the Director of the Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Band at Washington University in St. Louis, and serves as the director of winds and percussion. Mr. Becker has taught instrumental music in Missouri for 40 years at all levels from the elementary to the university level. In June, 2017, he retired as Director of Bands at Parkway South High School, after serving for 36 years in the Parkway School District (St. Louis County, Missouri). During his tenure there, he directed Marching Bands, Symphonic Bands, Jazz Bands, and all other related band activities. In addition, he is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Manchester Community Band, a highly successful ensemble founded five years ago and enthusiastically received by the residents of Manchester. Mr. Becker has also been a frequent guest conductor for both concert bands and jazz bands in Missouri and Illinois. Mr. Becker has served as the Jazz Vice President for the Missouri Music Educators Association, the first educator to hold that position after it was established as a part of the MMEA Board. Mr. Becker is a Past President of the Missouri unit of the International Association of Jazz Educators. During his term he helped clarify the mission and goals of the unit, and endeavored to reach out to music educators, those in the music industry, and professional players to create a broader base of support for jazz education. Becker has also served as Jazz Vice President for the St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association. Becker plays the trumpet professionally with a variety of ensembles in the St. Louis area, and has taught trumpet privately in both the Kansas City and St. Louis areas. Mr. Becker is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Missouri Music Educators Association, the Missouri Association for Jazz Education, the Missouri Band Masters Association, and Phi Beta Mu Band Directors Fraternity. He was named "Charles Emmons Outstanding Band Director of the Year" by Phi Beta Mu in January, 1999. He was nominated numerous times for the Pillar of Parkway Award, which recognizes commitment and dedication for work in the Parkway School District, and was awarded a Pillar of Parkway in April, 2016.

PERSONNEL FLUTE Sonia Palamand-Wydown Middle Sophia Liu-Ladue Middle Caitlin Roulhac-Selvidge Middle Ashlynn Nevil-Selvidge Middle Holly Jones-Pattonville Traditional Katelyn Shaffer- Sperreng Middle Cassidy Berghoff-Parkway Central Middle Kaitlyn Tran-Wydown Middle Olivia Thomure-Buerkle Middle Mia Heuberger-Truman Middle Dennis Sheynkerman-Crestview Middle Aneliese Evans-Buerkle OBOE Alex Norrenberns-Washington Middle Nicholas Karr-Washington Middle BASSOON Lawrence Liu-Crestview Middle Hunter Eyestone-Washington Middle CLARINET Jonah Feinstein-Wydown Middle Frances Freund-Truman Middle Colton Stefanski-Truman Middle Shane LaGesse-Wydown Middle Ian McCann-Hixson Middle Ashton Cotton-Rockwood South Middle Abigail Ohms-Crestview Middle Sydney Suvansri-Holman Middle Emilee Goebel-Buerkle Middle Elena Sherwood-North Kirkwood Middle Emma Baum-Wydown Middle Benjamin Liu-Ladue Middle Kate Babel-Hixson Middle Tanner Jesperson-Crestview Middle Alex Carroll-Rockwood South Middle Madison Sweet-Truman Middle Bek Handzic-Smith-Wydown Middle Bonnie Niedermann-Oakville Middle Abigail Stein-Rockwood Valley Middle Brandon Vaughn-Nipher Middle Alanna Hamm-North Kirkwood Middle Samantha Davitt-Truman Middle Adison Mosher-Wentzville Middle Amber Depke-Buerkle Middle

BASS CLARINET Aidan Shelledy-Wydown Middle Jane Guillot-Beinke-Truman Middle Michael Davis-Bernard Middle ALTO SAXOPHONE Will Bransford-North Kirkwood Middle Reed Gunn-Wydown Middle Ryan Shin-Crestview Middle Ava Duggin-North Kirkwood Middle Andrew Lee-Crestview Middle Skylar Menner-Parkway South Middle TENOR SAXOPHONE Sam Opinsky-Parkway Central Middle Adelaide Goss-Sperreng Middle Landon Oelschlaeger-Rockwood Valley BARITONE SAXOPHONE Faruk Sopovic-Bernard Middle AveryBrown-Parkway Northeast Middle TRUMPET Sean Gallagher-Washington Middle Max Jonak-Bernard Middle Sameer Iyer-Crestview Middle Anthony Wang-Ladue Middle Blake Burrus-Sperreng Middle Jackson Hart-Truman Middle Bayleigh Friedmann-LaSalle Springs Hank Wilson-Wentzville Middle Alan Kang-Parkway Central Middle James Gerry-Selvidge Middle Charlotte Spohr-North Kirkwood Middle Maxwell Wagener-Buerkle Middle

PERSONNEL – CONTINUED

FRENCH HORN Roshen Chatwal-Ladue Middle Molly Stevison-Hixson Middle Andrew Freeman-Washington Middle Aashish Allu-Rockwood Valley Middle Ana Meyers-Wydown Middle Alyssa Moody-Sperreng Middle Ruth Hollander-Washington Middle Jared Hasty-Bernard Middle Ben Phifer-Truman Middle TROMBONE Nathan Waggoner-Bernard Middle Abby Skelly-Rockwood South Middle Bryce Bernstein-Ladue Middle Ben Ridenour-Buerkle Middle Nathan Johnson-Truman Middle Joseph Powers-Washington Middle Josh Lowe-Truman Middle Sylvia Edwards-Nipher Middle

EUPHONIUM Harper Kehl-Hixson Middle Noah Bronstein-North Kirkwood Middle Kristopher Gruen-Wydown Middle Elliott Clauss-Sperreng Middle TUBA Elle Mead-Truman Middle Bennet Bradley-Crestview Middle Peter Schaper-Crestview Middle Addison Schroeder-North Kirkwood Middle PERCUSSION Drew Eickel-LaSalle Springs Middle Elijah Ward-LaSalle Springs Middle Jacob Deeter-Truman Middle Peyton Heimburger-Parkway Central Jason Hawk-Rockwood South Middle Sara Benedick-Buerkle Middle Thomas Heisner-Tru

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

On behalf of St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association and all the students performing, Michael Kanaan would like to thank the following for their invaluable assistance on audition night serving as judges for the Middle School Concert Band: Joe Akers, Bob Bauman, Paula Bernhardt, Laura Dwyler, Alyssa Cudney, Audrey Denny, Lexi Edwards, Steve Hanrahan, Ryan Helenthal, Samantha Kaatman, John Panhorst, Tommy Scwhartz, Paul Shanker, Daniel Shavers, Kim Shelley, and Steve White. Thanks to the following directors for helping with sectional rehearsals:. Jennifer Garrison Brown, Lucas Alberts, Jared Brockmeyer, Rebecca Friesen, Greg Hamilton, Jimmy Hahn, Jeremy Melton, Peter Rep, Thom Skinner, Daniel Shavers, and Paul Varley. Michael Kanaan would also like to thank the custodians, teaching staff, and administration of Clayton High School for providing and preparing facilities for auditions and rehearsals and to Adam Hall for your guidance. This process would also not be possible without the immense help of student and parent volunteers from Wydown Middle School and Clayton High School. We are all exceptionally grateful for your service and dedication to the great cause that is music. A very special thanks to my colleagues at Clayton, Rob Nichols, Kim Shelley, Jennifer Shenberger, and Paul Varley for your countless hours of help with auditions and rehearsals. The SLSMEA Middle School Band Vice President is Michael Kanaan, Wydown Middle School, Clayton School District.

St. Louis All Suburban Honor High School Band

DR. ERICA NEIDLINGER, CONDUCTOR JANUARY 7, 2018

KIRKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL 4:15 P.M.

PROGRAM

Fanfare - Benefaction from Sky and Mother Earth . . . . . . . . . Satoshi Yagisawa The Promise of Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Copland A Movement for Rosa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Camphouse Carnaval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Julie Giroux

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR

Dr. Erica J. Neidlinger is Associate Professor and wind conductor at DePaul University in Chicago. Additional responsibilities include teaching courses in wind history and repertoire, conducting courses, and instrumental music education courses. Dr. Neidlinger’s conducting experiences are broad, ranging from chamber ensembles, contemporary ensembles, symphonic bands, and wind ensembles. She has worked with some of the finest musicians in Chicago as featured artists with the DePaul ensembles. In addition, Dr. Neidlinger has conducted performances across the United States and in Europe. She has traveled to Singapore and Canada as an ensemble adjudicator and has been featured as a guest conductor and clinician in Riga, Latvia and Moscow, Russia. Presentations at international conferences include the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. She has conducted honor bands and presented at many conferences across the United States. She also maintains a highly active schedule as a clinician for ensembles visiting Chicago. Before her position at DePaul, Dr. Neidlinger served on the faculty of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she conducted university concert ensembles and directed the marching band. She has been a member of the band and music education faculty at The Ohio State University and has also served as conductor of the Nebraska Wind Symphony. Neidlinger completed her doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota under the supervision of Professor Craig Kirchhoff. Her research applies Laban’s Effort Shape Theory to the expressive development of conductors.

PERSONNEL PICCOLO Paige Eller - Wentzville Holt Sarah Eisenman (alt 1) - Ladue FLUTE Anthony Kandilaroff - Parkway North Myah Frank - Webster Groves Abby Grace - Marquette Jinghui (Jane) Wang - Parkway Central Courtney St. John - Eureka Hannah Vander Tuig - Lindbergh Osman Noueiry - Kirkwood Angela Meyer - Lindbergh Ashley Chung - Clayton Hallie Youker - Timberland Katie Locke - Lafayette Daphne Levy (alt 1) - Ladue Sarah Eisenman (alt 2) - Ladue OBOE Gwyn Allendorph - Parkway West Sarah Tuncel - Lindbergh Angelina O'Brien (alt 1) - Mehlville BASSOON Joshua Guehring - Lindbergh Jack Snelling (Jazz) - Webster Groves Emma Verrill - Kirkwood Jesse Schryver - Mehlville Adam Gera - Lindbergh Elisa Holtzman (alt 1)-Rockwood Summit Nathan Long (alt 2) - Parkway South CLARINET Jennifer Jones - Rockwood Summit Pema Childs - Ladue Evyn Levy - Ladue Emma Scherrer - Lindbergh Nita Isom - Webster Groves Jonah Stuckey (Bass Clarinet) - Eureka Evelyn Kastner - Clayton Brenna Bartholomew - Lindbergh Alexander Ye - Ladue Karissa May - Oakville Taylor Howard - Webster Groves Tucker Hall - Clayton Thomas Birmingham - Kirkwood

CLARINET – CONT. Jacob Reuter - Lindbergh Katie Eisenman - Ladue Olivia Melsha - Kirkwood Nicole Neher - Oakville Quentin Borengasser - Timberland Lily Fisher - Timberland Audrey Friesen - Kirkwood Sarah Locke - Lafayette Zachary Jansma - Eureka Alex Faintich - Wentzville Holt Carlos Escudero - Kirkwood Amanda Unverferth - Hazelwood West Max Yue - Ladue Pablo Buitrago (alt 1) - Clayton Brianna Dotson (alt 2) - Timberland BASS CLARINET Jonah Stuckey - Eureka JD Estlund - Timberland Jacob Blackwell - Lindbergh Benjamin Turley - Timberland Tyrome Jenkins - Wentzville Holt Samuel Lawson (alt 1) - Lafayette ALTO SAX Gabe DiAntonio - Ladue Ben Shafer (Jazz) - Eureka Nathan Lin - Kirkwood Katherine Lo Faro - Parkway Central Katherine Howard - Clayton Emily Dobson - Lafayette Nate Beattie (alt 1) - Timberland Lauren Kanaan (alt 2) - Clayton TENOR SAX Arie Likhtman - Parkway Central Beth Wisbey - Rockwood Summit Emma Parker (alt 1) - Parkway South Sandra Swat (alt 2) - Kirkwood BARITONE SAX Liam Newman - Lafayette Andrew Cromer (alt 1) - Marquette

PERSONNEL – CONTINUED TRUMPET Dylan Potthoff - Marquette Drew Tucker - Kirkwood Josh Hollis - Eureka Conrad Bucholtz - Oakville Ben Zerler - Eureka Cole Beck - Rockwood Summit Ray Wetzel-Meehan - Webster Groves Andy Min - Lafayette Adam Colter (Jazz) - St. Charles West Matthew Muldoon - Webster Groves Anand Mysorekar - Clayton Grant Bowders - St. Charles West Olivia DeGalvez (alt 1) - Pattonville William Kraus (alt 2) - Lindbergh FRENCH HORN Colin Akers - Oakville Richard Cheng - Clayton Lauren Zygmont - Oakville Alexandria Boden - Rockwood Summit Grace Kirtley - Lafayette Emma Stubblefield - Pattonville Drew Schulz - Timberland James Faris - Lindbergh Sam Witte (alt 1) - Rockwood Summit Samantha Weber (alt 2) - Webster Groves TROMBONE Geoffrey Ladue - Lafayette Isaac Gong (Jazz) - Lindbergh Noah Korenfeld - Lafayette Jessica Powell - Webster Groves Rachel Blankenship - Lafayette Kevin Li - Ladue Daniel Jung - Ladue Savanna Wooten - Pattonville Olivia DeHaven - Ladue Charlie Foy - Parkway West Joey Noble (alt 1) - Pattonville Gavin Neils (alt 2) - Clayton

EUPHONIUM Drew Leslie - Lafayette Renae Beasley - Timberland Jacob Dairaghi - Lindbergh Hannah Cohen - Kirkwood Brian Pilon (alt 1) - Parkway South Achintya Benegal (alt 2) - Lindbergh TUBA Ethan Schweizer - Eureka Noah Cross - Eureka Shimon Likhtman - Parkway Central John Eyermann - Parkway West Gabe Schoenberger - Rockwood Summit Doug Glasgow - Kirkwood Natalie Baugher (alt 1) - Pattonville Hale Masaki (alt 2) - Ladue PERCUSSION OPTION I Audrey Wang - Ladue Cameron Henry - Kirkwood Asher Gunn - Clayton Aaron Zoll (Option 3) - Clayton Curtis Halbrook - Oakville Bima Pamula (alt 1) - Lindbergh Justin Cupps (alt 2) - Parkway West PERCUSSION OPTION II Audrey Wang (Option 1) - Ladue Alexander Zhou - Ladue Aaron Zoll (Option 3) - Clayton Christian Baugher - Pattonville Alec Hines (alt 1) - Ladue Justin Cupps (Option 1) - Parkway West Laura Ewald (alt 2) - Ladue PERCUSSION OPTION III Aaron Zoll - Clayton Ian Pallares - Ladue Benjamin Altsheler (alt 1) - Clayton William Wild (alt 2) - Clayton Cassius Charak (alt 3) – Clayton

ALL-STATE BAND MEMBERS: PICCOLO Paige Eller – Wentzville Holt – All State Band (Honorable Mention) FLUTE Anthony Kandilaroff – Parkway North – All State Band Ashley Chung – Clayton – All State Band Courtney St. John – Eureka – All State Band Myah Frank – Webster Groves – All State Band Jinghui (Jane) Wang – Parkway Central – All State Orchestra Abby Grace – Marquette – All State Orchestra Angela Meyer – Lindbergh – All State Band (alternate) Daphne Levy – Ladue – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Osman Noueiry – Kirkwood – All State Band (Honorable Mention) OBOE Gwyn Allendorph – Parkway West – All State Band BASSOON Joshua Guehring – Lindbergh – All State Band Jack Snelling – Webster Groves – All State Band (alternate) Adam Gera – Lindbergh – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Elisa Holtzman – Rockwood Summit – All State Band (Honorable Mention) CONTRABASSOON Emma Verrill - Kirkwood - All State Orchestra CLARINET Jennifer Jones – Rockwood Summit – All State Band Nita Isom – Webster Groves – All State Band Pema Childs – Ladue – All State Band Evelyn Kastner – Clayton – All State Band Brenna Bartholomew – Lindbergh – All State Band Taylor Howard – Webster Groves – All State Band Evyn Levy – Ladue – All State Orchestra Thomas Birmingham – Kirkwood – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Katie Eisenman – Ladue – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Jacob Reuter – Lindbergh – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Emma Scherrer – Lindbergh – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Karissa May – Oakville – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Tucker Hall – Clayton – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Olivia Melsha – Kirkwood – All State Band (Honorable Mention) BASS CLARINET Jonah Stuckey – Eureka – All State Band (Clarinet) JD Estlund – Timberland – All State Band Jacob Blackwell – Lindbergh – All State Band (alternate) Benjamin Turley – Timberland – All State Band (Honorable Mention) ALTO SAXOPHONE Ben Shafer – Eureka – All State Band (Honorable Mention) BARITONE SAXOPHONE Liam Newman – Lafayette – All State Band (alternate)

TRUMPET Drew Tucker – Kirkwood – All State Band Dylan Potthoff – Marquette – All State Band Conrad Bucholtz – Oakville – All State Orchestra Cole Beck – Rockwood Summit – All State Orchestra Andy Min – Lafayette – All State Band (Honorable Mention) FRENCH HORN Colin Akers – Oakville – All State Band Richard Cheng – Clayton – All State Orchestra Lauren Zygmont – Oakville – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Alexandria Boden – Rockwood Summit – All State Band (Honorable Mention) TROMBONE Geoffrey Ladue – Lafayette – All State Band Isaac Gong – Lindbergh – All State Band Noah Korenfeld – Lafayette – All State Band Daniel Jung – Ladue – All State Band (Honorable Mention) BARITONE Drew Leslie – Lafayette – All State Band Jacob Dairaghi – Lindbergh – All State Band Hannah Cohen – Kirkwood – All State Band (Honorable Mention) Renae Beasley – Timberland – All State Band (Honorable Mention) PERCUSSION OPTION 1 Audrey Wang – Ladue – All State Band (Honorable Mention) PERCUSSION OPTION 2 Laura Ewald – Ladue – All State Band (Honorable Mention) PERCUSSION OPTION 3 Aaron Zoll – Clayton – All State Band

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The St. Louis Suburban Music Educators Association would like to thank the following for their contributions to the success of this year’s All-Suburban High School Concert Band: Jim Waechter, Michael Faris, Aaron Lehde, Mark Lynn, Andrew LaRose, Jeff Melsha, the administration and staff of Parkway North High School for the use of their facilities for auditions, and the administration and staff of Kirkwood High School for the use of their facilities for rehearsals and this concert. Thank you also to the following local musicians and private teachers who served as adjudicators for auditions: Lisa McMahon, Cathy Woelbling-Paul, Donita Bauer, Lisa Middlekauff, Neil Finbloom, Shelley Layton, Mike Kanaan, Matt McKeever, David Meador, Max Kelsey, Theron Perkowski, Jeremy Knudtson, Timothy Crockett, Gene Rauscher, Thomas Zirkle, Lisa Kinworthy, Cassie Renner. To the following band directors for their help during rehearsals: Lisa Kinworthy, John Barnes, Tom Poshak, and Doug Hoover. SLSMEA High School Band Vice President Chelsea Silvermintz, Lindbergh.

St. Louis Suburban 7th and 8th Grade Treble Honor Choir Holly Barber, Conductor

Karen Kaibel, Accompanist January 20, 2018

Ritenour High School 3:00 P.M. PROGRAM

Festival Sanctus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Leavitt Home from The Wiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Smalls Seoithín Seó . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traditional Irish Hine Ma Tov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Allan E. Naplan Jordan’s Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rollow Dilworth

A B O U T TH E C O N D U C T O R Holly Barber has been the choral director at The Principia School for over ten years. She conducts the Upper School Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and the Middle School Boys Choir, is co-director of the Middle School Combined Choir, and is the vocal director for the school musical. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Principia College; Level III Certification in Choral Teacher Education from the CME Institute; and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from California State University, Los Angeles, through which her master’s project report, Women in the Spotlight: A Survey of Female Composers for Middle and High School Choirs, was recently published. She is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Missouri Choral Directors Association, the Missouri Music Educators Association, and the National Association for Music Education. In addition to her teaching responsibilities ��� at Principia, Ms. Barber is co-soloist at First Church of Christ, Scientist Kirkwood and performs regularly as a vocalist and bassist with two St. Louis area bands: the Main Street Remnants and The Bonbon Plot. Her hobbies include photography, reading, and Hamilton karaoke.

ABOUT THE ACCOMPANIST Karen Kaibel is the vocal music teacher and the fine arts team leader at Parkway Southwest Middle School, where she also serves on the shared leadership team. She holds a master’s degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. Mrs. Kaibel was a teacher at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Summer Camp from 2011–2013, a director of The St. Louis Children’s Choirs’ Summer Camp in 2012 – 2017, and has taught private lessons in voice and piano for many years. She has also conducted and accompanied for local and regional honor choir events as well as directed Chorale for the St. Louis Children's Choir from 2011 to 2017.

SOPRANO 1 Eleanor Aughey - Maplewood Richmond Heights Jessica Ballard - Wentzville Middle Heaven Barber - Valley Park Middle Summer Barnes - Wydown Middle Neshona Bell - Hoech Middle Abigail Bennett - Rogers Middle Victoria Chandler - Maplewood Richmond Heights Brandy Charlton - Hoech Middle Alyssa Cozzoni - Wentzville South Middle Morgan Craft - Wentzville South Middle Elena Cuille’ - Wydown Middle Micyah Demery - Ritenour Middle Melina Dhital - Truman Middle Madeline Domian - Rockwood South Middle Lucy Drinkard - Parkway Southwest Middle Aurora Drowns - Wentzville Middle Adele Eberhardt - Rogers Middle Destiny Ellsworth - Wentzville South Middle Hanna Flacke - Wentzville Middle Julia Forczek - Pattonville Heights Middle Amber Glen - Ritenour Middle Lizzie Hartley - Truman Middle Lexi Haston - Parkway South Middle Mia Havicon - Parkway South Middle Madeline Hewgley - Parkway Central Middle Brittanee Jackson - Parkway Central Middle Kendra Johansen - Parkway South Middle Myracle Jones - Ritenour Middle Caitlyn Kang - Parkway Central Middle Daniel Krenk - Wydown Middle Allison Lendman - LaSalle Springs Middle Ella Malone - Rogers Middle Jordyn Maserang - Rockwood South Middle Brooke Moore - Pattonville Heights Middle Layla Neman - Hoech Middle Pari Patel - Parkway West Middle Sophia Reitmeyer - Rockwood South Middle Kayla Schwartz - LaSalle Springs Middle Sammie Sears - Truman Middle Brianne Simmons - Sperreng Middle Megan Smith - Wentzville Middle Sadie Tanner - Maplewood Richmond Heights Minhal Tariq - Parkway West Middle Alexis Taylor - Sperreng Middle Olivia Tipton - Parkway Southwest Middle Autumn Varner - Pattonville Heights Middle Isa Weiler - Wentzville Middle Abby Wilken - LaSalle Springs Middle

SOPRANO 2 Aleah Adams - Wentzville Middle Amelia Alonzo - Sperreng Middle Brooklyn Anderson-Maplewood Richmond Heights Sharon Baker El - Ritenour Middle Amelia Bell - Rockwood South Middle Christyna Borders - Hoech Middle Samantha Daugherty - Wydown Middle Peyton Devan - Truman Middle Rubi Diaz Sanchez - Ritenour Middle Anna Edwards - Wentzville South Middle Caitlyn Eye - Parkway Southwest Middle Shianne Glass - Wentzville Middle Megan Godi - Parkway West Middle Danielle Haynes - Ritenour Middle Maddie Heine - Truman Middle Samantha Helmering - Wydown Middle Elizabeth Henry - Rockwood South Middle Hannah Hiers - Sperreng Middle Sarah Hirsch - Parkway Central Middle Emma Jarvis - Valley Park Middle Haley Johnson - Pattonville Heights Middle Anna Kimball - Wentzville South Middle Megan McCune - LaSalle Springs Middle Grace McMillen - LaSalle Springs Middle Christine Malek - Parkway West Middle Daja Matthews - Rogers Middle Jillian Mayberry - Sperreng Middle Ariana Milo - Parkway South Middle Abby Moss - Parkway Southwest Middle Elma Muratovic - Rogers Middle Mary Murphy - Parkway South Middle Alexis Negrete - Hoech Middle Tatum Nelson - Parkway Southwest Middle Amani Nurse - Sperreng Middle Morgan O’Brien - Truman Middle Tess Ostoff - Hoech Middle Elise Patterson-Maplewood Richmond Heights Elena Quinn - Rockwood South Middle Mia Reese - Parkway South Middle Danyella Robinson - Rogers Middle Devin Scharer - Pattonville Heights Middle Morgan Shepherd - Parkway Central Middle Tatum Smith - Wentzville South Middle Emily Voyles - Parkway West Middle Tara Wang - Pattonville Heights Middle Sophia Wilson - Wydown Middle

ALTO Amara Akridge-Maplewood Richmond Heights Logan Carlton - Parkway South Middle Lauren Caudill - Wentzville Middle Ava Cordner - Truman Middle Elsa Davinroy - Sperreng Middle Natalie Delatejera-Tehandon - Rogers Middle Samantha Erickson - Pattonville Heights Middle Nina Fox-Dunsker - Wydown Middle Anna Frey - Wentzville South Middle Ava Frey - Wentzville South Middle Taedra Greer - Rockwood South Middle Mia Hageman - Truman Middle Ella Hammerschmidt - LaSalle Springs Middle Rebecca Hanks - Parkway Central Middle Brooklyn Hatley - Pattonville Heights Middle Jolene Hose - Parkway Southwest Middle Kaitlyn Hurst - Hoech Middle Elizabeth Jackson - LaSalle Springs Middle Lizzie Jackson - Sperreng Middle Ahmesha Johnson - Rockwood South Middle Allie Judd - Parkway West Middle Madison Klein - Parkway Southwest Middle Aisha Kuzez - Wydown Middle

ALTO Caleb Long - Pattonville Heights Middle Hannah McCutcheon - Rockwood South Middle Maju Macias Garcia - Parkway Central Middle Taryn Moore - Hoech Middle Akshaya Mulakala - Parkway West Middle Sophie Nagy - LaSalle Springs Middle Olivia Newham - Wentzville Middle Miyah Nickerson - Wentzville Middle Ava Niedbalski - Parkway South Middle Emilia O’Brien - Parkway Southwest Middle Dylan Price - Parkway Central Middle Sarah Rapp - Parkway West Middle. Kaylyn Riggs - Hoech Middle Makayla Scott - Ritenour Middle Isabelle Sierra-Salazar-Maplewood Richmond Heights Bailee Sistrunk - Ritenour Middle Arjoo Sitaula - Truman Middle Mia Stevenson - Wentzville South Middle Natalie Till - Rogers Middle Gia Valencia - Sperreng Middle Cheyanne Ward - Ritenour Middle

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

SLSMEA would like to thank the Ritenour School District, Ritenour High School, principal Dr. Shane Hopper, and the performing arts department for the use of the venue. Also, thank you to Aaron Lehde, James Waechter, and SHHH Productions for their help with the organization of this event. Teachers: Thank you for devoting extra time and energy to prepare your students for this honors festival. Parents: Thank you for providing transportation and being supportive of your children and local school music programs. The students, teachers, and parents would like to thank Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Kaibel for a wonderful day of artistic singing and an overall extraordinary musical experience.

The SLSMEA Middle School Vocal Vice-Presidents are Kim Carson, Hoech Middle School

Stephanie Ruggles, Ritenour Middle School

St. Louis Suburban 7th and 8th Grade Mixed

Honor Choir Caleb Zustiak, Conductor

Lori Scissors, Accompanist January 20 , 2018

Ritenour High School 4:00 P .M.

PROGRAM

Throw Open Your Shutters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy F. Bernon Snow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Rigs Psallite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Norman Greyson In This Ancient House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Morris Gray Fly Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Good

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR Caleb Zustiak has been a choir director in the Festus R-6 School District for the past 17 years. Caleb graduated Summa Cum Laude from Southeast Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Music Education and was the recipient of the Governor’s Scholarship, Carol Langely Teaching Award, and won the ACDA Conducting Competition. Caleb is an MCDA Prelude Award recipient, received the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award in 2011, and spent several years as the East Central District Junior High Vocal Vice-President. He has conducted several Honor Choirs and has also given clinics on the changing adolescent voice at several local Universities. The Festus Middle School Concert Choir previously performed at the MMEA Conference/In-Service in both 2008 and 2012. Mr. Zustiak has been married to his wonderful wife Kim for 17 years and they enjoy many things, especially running marathons together. They have two beautiful children, Connor and Riley, who both love playing soccer, singing in choir, and taking up all of their parents’ free time.

ABOUT THE ACCOMPANIST Lori Scissors is an elementary music specialist for Ritenour School District. Lori holds graduate degrees in music and in teaching. Lori maintains a private piano studio and serves as director of music at a local church.

SOPRANO Haley Albritton - Parkway South Middle Kyra Bast - Sperreng Middle April Berri - Ritenour Middle Ashleigh Blevins - Wentzville Middle Sophia Bradshaw - Rockwood South Middle Gabi Brawner - Parkway Northeast Middle Allison Britt - Truman Middle Hannah Christ - Wentzville Middle Natalie Cornwell - Parkway South Middle Kathryn Davis - Wydown Middle Allyson Deckard - Hoech Middle Lucy Ferguson - LaSalle Springs Middle Katie Flores - Truman Middle Jada Frederick - Valley Park Middle Kinsey Henrichsen - Wentzville Middle AManda Higgins - Rockwood South Middle DeYanna Howard - Hoech Middle Kaylee Jenkins - Rogers Middle Alisha Johar - Parkway Southwest Middle Trinity Jones - Ritenour Middle Ella Kalemis - Selvidge Middle Bronte King-Levine - Ladue Middle Isabelle Leyba - Rogers Middle Ruth McCarron - Pattonville Heights Middle Brenna McLain - Parkway Central Middle Katie Marks - Ladue Middle Grace Miles - Wentzville Middle Liv Nash - Wentzville South Middle Isabella Petty - Valley Park Middle Marissa Polizzi - Sperreng Middle Elizabeth Pott - Selvidge Middle Jasmyn Ray - Cross Keys Middle Lily Reynolds - Pattonville Heights Middle Aubrey Sindel - Parkway Central Middle Lily Stark - Parkway Southwest Middle Willa Stine - Wydown Middle Mallory Stirrat - Parkway West Middle Lauren Straub - Wentzville South Middle Sarah Voshage - LaSalle Springs Middle Olivia Walters - Selvidge Middle Lauren Weber – Parkway Northeast Middle Kennidi Wilkins - Cross Keys Middle

ALTO Aaliyah Buford - Cross Keys Middle Salaya Chowdhury - Ritenour Middle Emma Clanton - Selvidge Middle Reagan Cleaves - Truman Middle Riley Darrough - Parkway South Middle Malaika Davis - Cross Keys Middle Anastasia Denzmore - Wentzville Middle Samira Faruq - Selvidge Middle Berkley French - Parkway South Middle Emma Gorton - Wentzville South Middle Christian Hagens-Maplewood Richmond Heights Alyssa Hall - Pattonville Heights Middle Reiley Heffern - Parkway Northeast Middle Carine Heller - Parkway Central Middle Aiden Hoelzer - Maplewood Richmond Heights Isabelle Jennings - Wentzville Middle Kaitlyn Johann - Parkway Southwest Middle Olivia Knerr - Wentzville Middle Daphne Kraushaar - Wydown Middle Sydney Laux - LaSalle Springs Middle Sarah Lawrence - Truman Middle Abby Lewis - Pattonville Heights Middle Bethany Lewis - Sperreng Middle Courtney Mendenhall - Rogers Middle Kaden Missey - Ladue Middle Ellie Moriarity - Parkway West Middle Meaghan Mulligan - Ladue Middle Emma Naes - Selvidge Middle Natasha Phiri - Parkway Southwest Middle Kenzi Pike - Sperreng Middle Alicia Plott - Parkway Northeast Middle Sofia Puerto - Wydown Middle Nikki Reed - Parkway Central Middle Jocelyn Sanchez - Hoech Middle Sophia Schulz - Wentzville South Middle Stella Semelsberger - Rockwood South Middle Aniya Smith - Ritenour Middle Abby Steffan - LaSalle Springs Middle Paige Stephens - Rogers Middle Anjolise Taylor - Hoech Middle Elise Wheeler - Parkway Southwest Middle Audrey Wolfe - Rockwood South Middle Abbie Zensen - Parkway West Middle

TENOR Isaac Arnold - Rockwood South Middle Dominick Austin - Pattonville Heights Middle Caleb Bolton - Selvidge Middle Julian Camp - Maplewood Richmond Heights Teagan Connolly-Maplewood Richmond Heights Ben Daniels - Truman Middle Anthony Darevsky - Hoech Middle Frederick Davis - Truman Middle

BASS Joshua Baumgartner - Wentzville South Middle Tom Bavlsik - Sperreng Middle Ryan Bowyer - Parkway Southwest Middle DeCarlos Brown - Wydown Middle Daniel Claussen-Maplewood Richmond Heights Tyler Davies - Hoech Middle Collin Davis - Sperreng Middle Connor Dolan - Parkway West Middle

TENOR-CONT. Terrell Davis - Selvidge Middle Aaradhya Diwan - Wydown Middle Ben Eisenhauer - Parkway South Middle Joshua Fillmore - Wentzville Middle Josh Goldman - Ladue Middle Trevin Guirl - Sperreng Middle Trevor Hackmann - Parkway Southwest Middle Connor Harlow - Wentzville Middle Ethan Haughton - Pattonville Heights Middle Dylan Hesley - Parkway Central Middle Kaleb Huntley - Cross Keys Middle Joseph Jimas - Rogers Middle JJ Johnson - Parkway West Middle Taaha Khan - Parkway South Middle Owen Kimberling - Parkway Southwest Middle Ediz Kerim - Parkway South Middle Justin Krohn - Cross Keys Middle Connor Lorino - Pattonville Heights Middle Ben Mansfield - Sperreng Middle Noah Marut - Ladue Middle Devin Meyers - Parkway Northeast Middle David Mikunda-Maplewood Richmond Heights Daveon Miller - Ritenour Middle Jack Mitchell - Wentzville South Middle Bryan O’Keefe - Parkway Southwest Middle James Payne - Hoech Middle Lucas Roettger - Wentzville South Middle Josh Ross - Hoech Middle Clark Rovin - Selvidge Middle Carter Rudloff - Sperreng Middle Austin Thompson - Wentzville Middle Zachary Tracey - Selvidge Middle Sean Turner - Ritenour Middle Noah Van Ess - Truman Middle Stuart Whitmer - Wydown Middle Max Wiemann - Wentzville South Middle Ben Wiseman - LaSalle Springs Middle Nathan Wittich - Rockwood South Middle Qin Zikai - Parkway Central Middle

BASS-CONT. Austin Evans - Hoech Middle Patrick Ferguson - Pattonville Heights Middle Brendan Griffin - Rogers Middle Daniel Haack - Parkway South Middle John Hastings - Wentzville Middle Darrius Lane - Ritenour Middle Shane Lizana - Sperreng Middle Braxton McCarthy - Parkway Southwest Middle Daniel McCoy - Pattonville Heights Middle Xander McKamy - Truman Middle Ethan Mears - Wentzville South Middle Jacob Mendhelson - Pattonville Heights Middle James Merkle - Cross Keys Middle Anthony Messerly - Truman Middle Edden Rosenberg - Parkway Central Middle JT Ross - Hoech Middle Chris Ryan - LaSalle Springs Middle Adam Shaw - Maplewood Richmond Heights Adam Sheehy - LaSalle Springs Middle Jacob Spangler - Parkway South Middle Jacob Stapp - Parkway Southwest Middle Isaac Summit - Maplewood Richmond Heights Jack Vernon - Wentzville Middle Jayden Williams - Truman Middle Treyshawn Wilson - Ritenour Middle

A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S

SLSMEA would like to thank the Ritenour School District, Ritenour High School, principal Dr. Shane Hopper, and the performing arts department for the use of the venue. Also, thank you to Aaron Lehde, James Waechter, and SHHH Productions for their help with the organization of this event. Teachers: Thank you for devoting extra time and energy to prepare your students for this honors festival. Parents: Thank you for providing transportation and being supportive of your children and local school music programs. The students, teachers, and parents would like to thank Mr. Zustiak and Mrs. Scissors for a wonderful day of artistic singing and an overall extraordinary musical experience.

The SLSMEA Middle School Vocal Vice-Presidents are Kim Carson, Hoech Middle School

Stephanie Ruggles, Ritenour Middle School

ST. LOUIS SUBURBAN MUSIC EDUCATORS AWARD

RECIPIENTS

HALL OF FAME AWARD 2017-18 Ann Geiler-Clayton Chris Becker-Parkway 2016-17 Winifred Crock-Parkway Jeff Lindhorst-Ladue 2015-16 Joe Pappas-Retired - Eureka 2014-15 Sue Rolá-Lindbergh 2013-14 Charles Blackmore-Clayton Marilyn Humiston-Parkway 2012-13 No Award Given 2011-12 Bob Spiegelman - Lindbergh 2010-11 No Award Given 2009-10 No Award Given 2008-09 Bob Hansen–Retired-Wentzville 2008-09 Bob Baumann–Retired-Kirkwood 2007-08 No Award Given 2006-07 Richard “Ike” Eichenberger – Retired, Ferguson-Florissant

HALL OF FAME AWARD

2005-06 Francis McCready – Retired – Lindbergh/Kirkwood 2004-05 Warren Bellis - Retired, University of Missouri, St. Louis 2003-04 Tom Poshak - Retired, Kirkwood 2002-03 Judith Bruce - Retired, Ferguson-Florissant 2001-02 Lois Percival - Retired, Ladue 2000-01 Lowell Brunner - Retired, Lindbergh 1999-00 Burton Isaac - Retired, Kirkwood 1998-99 Bob Tobler- Retired, Lindbergh 1997-98 Dan Holt - Retired, Parkway 1996-97 Doug Turpin - Retired, Parkway 1995-96 Robert Waggoner-Retired, Parkway 1994-95 Robert Boedges-Retired, Normandy 1993-94 Herbert Duncan-Retired, Normandy

ST. LOUIS SUBURBAN MUSIC EDUCATORS AWARD

RECIPIENTS

OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD 2017-18 Sara Deutschmann-Pattonville Paul Varley-Clayton 2016-17 Steve Patton-Rockwood Brian Reeves-Parkway 2015-16 No Award Given 2014-15 Doug Hoover - Parkway 2013-14 Ann Geiler – Clayton 2012-13 No Award Given 2011-12 Paula Martin - Oakville 2010-11 Sue Rola - Lindbergh 2009-10 No Award Given 2008-09 Sandy Collins - Parkway 2007-08 No Award Given 2006-07 Kathy Bhat, Orchard Farm 2005-06 Julie Miller – Clayton 2004-05 Beverly Platt, Parkway 2003-04 Aurelia W. Hartenberger, Mehlville 2002-03 No award given 2001-02 Doris Hylton, St. Charles 2000-01 Tom Poshak, Kirkwood 1999-00 Ann Gaadt, Ferguson/Florissant 1998-99 Cora Lippi, Parkway 1997-98 Charles Blackmore, Clayton 1996-97 Janet Evans, Ferguson/Florissant 1995-96 Jerry Estes, Clayton

OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD – continued 1991-92 Mary Jane Ashton, Parkway 1990-91 Don Jones, Ferguson-Florissant 1994-95 Dan Holt, Parkway 1993-94 Jan Null, Wentzville 1992-93 Wanda Theriac, Parkway 1989-90 Robert Boedges, Normandy and Lowell Brunner, Lindbergh 1988-89 No Award Given 1987-88 Ron Frede, Ferguson-Florissant 1986-87 Warren Bellis, UMSL 1985-86 Doug Turpin, Parkway 1984-85 Lewis Hilton, Washington University 1983-84 Fred Willman, UMSL 1982-83 Don Anderson, Brentwood 1981-82 Ed Carson, Webster Groves 1980-81 Jerry Galloway, Parkway 1979-80 Charles Procasky, Clayton 1978-79 Helen Brockmann, Lindbergh 1977-78 Elizabeth Hutcherson, Ferg.-Florissant 1976-77 George Turmail, Ladue 1975-76 Wynne Harrell, Ferguson-Florissant 1974-75 Mary Kay Stamper, University City 1973-74 Burton Isaac, Kirkwood 1972-73 Keith Richter, Clayton 1971-72 Henry Lemcke, Webster Groves

ST. LOUIS SUBURBAN MUSIC EDUCATORS AWARD RECIPIENTS CERTIFICATE OF MERIT AWARD

2017-18 Melynda Lamb-Pattonville Phillip Woodmore-Rockwood Tracy Baker-Pattonville 2016-17 Jessica Ingraham – St. Louis Youth Symphony 2015-16 Sean Scales – Music and Arts 2014-15 Angela Hendrick-Mehlville Gary Pagano-St. Louis Joe Pappas - Festus Rod Peterson-Music in Arts 2013-14 Joseph Gutowski-Rockwood 2012-13 No Award Given 2011-12 Mark & Elke Overton–Saxquest Raynard Brown – Parkway 2010-11 Phil Dunlap – St. Louis Jazz U. Paul Holzen – Parkway 2009-10 No Award Given 2008-09 Dennis Gerfen, Nottelmann Music 2007-08 No Award Given 2006-2007 Ed Simon, Parkway MR Music Scott and Danielle Harris, “Shh” Productions 2005-2006 Michael Faris - Ladue Barbara McHugh – Ferguson-Florissant Alicia Davis – Ferguson-Florissant Ron Lakey – Music Center of Kirkwood 2004-2005 No Award Given 2003-2004 Mary Eichenberger, Ferguson-Florissant Howard Funck, Band Instrument Service Jean Funck, Band Instrument Service Terry Martinez, St. Charles Karen Person, Rockwood James Waechter, Ladue

1999-2000 John Borzikas, Parkway James Richards, University of Missouri- St. Louis 1998-99 Ann Geiler, Kirkwood Claude Westfall, Parkway 2001-2002 Betti Blumoff, St. Charles Ken Drury, St. Charles Jeff Mozingo, Mozingo Music 2000-2001 Richard “Ike” Eichenberger, Ferguson-Florissant Carolyn Hoyer, St. Louis Symphony Music School Marilyn Humiston, Parkway 1997-98 John Hylton, University of Missouri- St. Louis Cora Lippi, Parkway 1996-97 Twinda Murry, Hazelwood Sharon Seaver, Rockwood 1995-96 Eric Anthony, Clayton Lois Bellis, Normandy Martha Miller, Clayton 1994-95 Dee Ainsworth, Parkway Bob Hansen, Wentzville Vicki Lottes, Parkway Bob Tobler, Lindbergh 1993-94 Winifred Crock, Parkway Deberah Haferkamp, Hazelwood Doug Hoover, Parkway 1992-93 Ivy Allen, Ferguson-Florissant Bill Brackman, Ladue Judy Merritt, Parkway Jack Scheurer, Pattonville 1991-92 John Baker, Parkway Jan Davis, Ferguson-Florissant Henry Glass, Parkway Lois Percival, Ladue 1990-91 Jim Cochran, Shattinger Music Virginia Frede, Ferguson/Florissant Gerald Gayner, Mehlville Doris Hylton, St. Charles Alan Moss, Hazelwood Don Mozingo, Mozingo Music Bob Waggoner, St. Ann Music Publications

1989-90 Mary Jane Ashton, Parkway Joyce Brackman, Clayton Tony Debo, Ritenour Royal Flanakin, Mehlville Rachel Haspiel, Parkway Tom Poshak, Kirkwood Dan Presgrave, Parkway/Washington University 1988-89 No Award Given 1987-88 Pat Hanley, Ladue & Webster Groves 1986-87 Robert Boedges, Normandy Aurelia Hartenberger, Mehlville Ron Krausch, Rockwood Don Muckerman, St. Ann School Music Service 1985-86 No Award Given 1984-85 Ron Stilwell, Meramec Community College Mary Lou Richardson, Parkway Frank Haspiel, Pattonville Marilyn Barge, Lindbergh Don Jones, Ferguson-Florissant 1983-84 Herb Duncan, Normandy Joy Pierce, Parkway Keith Stockberger, Affton Bob Wardenburg, Parkway 1982-83 Edith Hogland, SLSO Youth Orchestra Kay Wunder, Parkway Lowell Brunner, Lindbergh Dan Holt, Parkway Sue Norris, Ladue 1981-82 Don Anderson, Brentwood Ken Billups, St. Louis City Schools Wanda Theriac, Parkway 1980-81 John Walter, Shattinger Music Anna Rice, St. Louis Symphony 1979-80 Mel Bay, Mel Bay Music Rita Shotwell, Strub Music 1978-79 Fred Willman, University of Missouri- St. Louis Lewis Hilton, Washington University Norman Goldberg, Magna Music