February 4, 2017 • 6:30 p.m. • Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Gala2017Honors Bands

&Honors OrchestrasProgram

VISIONWe inspire learning by providing the greatest public education to each and every student.

MISSIONEvery student will have the academic, creative problem solving, and social emotional skills to be successful in college and career.

CORE PURPOSEPrepare all students to thrive in their future.

CORE VALUESLearning Relationships Respect Excellence Equity

Board of Education

Mr. Michael A. DursoPresident

Dr. Judith R. DoccaVice President

Ms. Jeanette E. Dixon

Mrs. Shebra L. Evans

Mrs. Patricia B. O’Neill

Ms. Jill Ortman-Fouse

Mrs. Rebecca K. Smondrowski

Mr. Eric L. GuerciStudent Member

School Administration

Jack R. Smith, Ph.D.Superintendent of Schools

Maria V. Navarro, Ed.D.Chief Academic Officer

Kimberly A. Statham, Ph.D.Deputy Superintendent of School Support and Improvement

Andrew M. Zuckerman, Ed.D.Chief Operating Officer

850 Hungerford Drive Rockville, Maryland 20850 www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org

Honors Bands

& Honors Orchestras

2017

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Saturday, February 4, 2017Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

J U N I O R H O N O R S S T R I N G O R C H E S T R A

The ‘Giant’ Fugue J.S. Bach, Transcribed for String Orchestra by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Foster

Rosa Mundi Paul Lewis

Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Movement II Gustav Mahler/arr. Sandra Dackow

Ice Sculptures Brian Balmages

An English Suite—III. Frolic C.H. Parry, Adapted by Paul Lavender

J U N I O R H O N O R S B A N DKentucky 1800 Clare Grundman

On a Hymnsong by Phillip Bliss David R. Holsinger

Foiled Again! The Villain’s Gallop Jack Wilds

Blink Brian P. Drake

And the Angels Called James Swearingen

Caravan Duke Ellington, Irving Mills and Juan Tizol arr. Richard Saucedo

S E N I O R A L L - C O U N T Y S T R I N G O R C H E S T R AOverture to Lucia Silla W. A. Mozart, arr. Sandra Dackow

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Ralph Vaughan-Williams, arr. Jamin Hoffman

Symphony No. 2 in A Major “Ode for the King’s Birthday”

I. Allegro assai, II. Vivace, III. PrestoWilliam Boyce

Themes from the “Rite of Spring” Igor Stravinsky, arr. Bob Lipton

Make Our Garden Grow from Candide Leonard Bernstein, arr. Ted Ricketts

S E N I O R H O N O R S B A N DOccident and Orient, Op. 25 Camille Saint-Saens

Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa Movement II after “The Thunderer” Ira Hearshin

Masque Kenneth Hesketh

The Thunderer John Philip Sousa

• Junior Honors String Orchestra ConductorMS. MICHELLE ROBERTS is a lifelong Montgomery County resident and graduate of MCPS. She received a bachelor’s degree in music education (instrumental music) and a bachelor’s degree in music performance (bass trombone) from the University of Maryland, graduating Magna Cum Laude. Since graduating, she has been teaching at Montgomery Blair High School for the past eleven years. She subsequently earned joint certification from Berkleemusic and Propel-lerhead Software as a Specialist in “Music Creation Using Reason” software.

In 2013 Ms. Roberts received the Maryland Music Educators Association Outstanding Music Teacher Award for Instrumental Music. She directed the Montgomery County Public Schools Junior Honors Jazz Band in 2015 and 2016. With Ms. Roberts as its Tri-M Music Honor Society advisor, MBHS received the third place award for Chapter of the Year in 2013-2014. She has served as a mentor teacher for college interns, and she is also a frequent adjudicator. A member of NAfME and MMEA, she serves on the MMEA Young Composers Project committee, has partic-ipated on Music Technology panels at MMEA conferences, and presented at the MCPS New Educator Orientation. Ms. Roberts has been a member of the Market Street Big Band since 2013.

Ms. Roberts was awarded a grant from the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts that she used to commission a work by renowned British composer Paul Lewis. After a week in residency, the MBHS advanced orchestra performed the world premiere of Salute the Silents! at the historic AFI Theatre in Silver Spring. Ms. Roberts is excited to share one of Paul Lewis’s most personal compositions Rosa Mundi with the Jr. Honors Orchestra this year.

• Junior Honors Band ConductorsMS. TERRY ALVEY, is the Instrumental Music Director at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. A graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Ms. Alvey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Trumpet Performance and continued her graduate studies at the University of Maryland and Trinity College. She is an active music educator, conductor, adju-dicator, clinician, and performer.

During her teaching career with Mont-gomery County Public Schools, she also

taught at Tilden, North Bethesda and Hoover Middle Schools. Under her lead-ership, these school bands and orchestras have consistently received superior ratings at both the District and State Band and Orchestra Festivals. Also under Ms. Alvey’s direction, the Whitman Jazz Ensemble has placed first in both the prestigious Chantilly Jazz Festival and the High School Jazz Com-petition at the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival.

Ms. Alvey is currently conductor of the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble, and has served as conductor for the Maryland All-State Junior Band, Mont-gomery County Sixth Grade and Junior Honors Bands, as well as the Senior Honors String Orchestra. She has been a guest con-ductor throughout the area, including Charles, St. Mary’s and Prince Georges Counties, and for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.

In addition to serving as an adjudicator for Band, Orchestra and Solo and Ensemble Fes-tivals throughout Maryland, Ms. Alvey has been on the faculties of the Levine School of Music, University of Maryland Summer Youth Band Camp, DC Youth Orchestras, Montgomery County Youth Orchestras and the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra programs.

Ms. Alvey has played trumpet with the M Street Brass Quintet a Washington DC-based performing ensemble, for the last 26 years. Before joining M St, Ms. Alvey was a freelance musician and a member of the Monumental Brass Quintet, which per-formed at many venues on the East Coast, including the Kennedy Center, Lisner Audi-torium, the Joseph Meyerhoff Hall and the White House. In addition to her current role at Whitman, Ms. Alvey maintains a private trumpet studio.

MR. ROB DAHLIN is a graduate of Mont-gomery County Public Schools, graduating from Sherwood High School in 1987, then earning a Bachelor’s degree in Music Edu-cation from James Madison University in 1991. After Graduating from James Madison, Mr. Dahlin came back to teach for Mont-gomery County Public Schools in 1992. In his tenure with MCPS, Mr. Dahlin has taught at Westland Middle School, Ridgeview Middle School, Herbert Hoover Middle School, and is currently the instrumental music teacher at the new Hallie Wells Middle School, While at these schools, he taught award winning string orchestras, concert bands, and a jazz band. Mr. Dahlin’s students often earn superior

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ratings at local, state, and regional music fes-tivals. His students consistently earn first place and best overall ensemble awards for each of his performing groups at Music in the Parks Festivals.

Mr. Dahlin has been the conductor of the Montgomery County Jr. Honors Band three other times, in 2007, 2014, and 2015. During the past two years, nearly 1/3 of the MCPS Junior Honors Band have known Mr. Dahlin as their instrumental music teacher at Hoover Middle School.

Mr. Dahlin is also a conductor for Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra. While with PVYO Mr. Dahlin has conducted the Symphony Orchestra, and in 2014 Mr. Dahlin con-ducted the first PVYO Concert Band.

• Senior All-County String Orchestra ConductorDR. PETER PERRY is a lifelong Maryland resident, and has traveled the world teaching and performing music. He is currently in his twenty-first consecutive year as Instrumental Music Director at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland. Here he conducts the: Chamber Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Pit Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, and Marching Band. These ensembles consistently receive critical acclaim on local, state, and national levels. Dr. Perry created and teaches a course in Music Technology. In 2002, in partnership with the National Philharmonic, he put together the first Music Technology Lab at Richard Montgomery High School, and also helped author the Montgomery County Public Schools curriculum for High School Music Technology.

Dr. Perry holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory, as well as a Master’s Degree in Music Education-Instru-mental Conducting Concentration, and a Bachelor of Science Degree-Instrumental Music Education, both from the University of Maryland. While at the University of Maryland, Dr. Perry was awarded the pres-tigious Creative and Performing Arts Schol-arship in Music.

In 2006, Dr. Perry received a Japan Fulbright fellowship and participated in the Japan Ful-bright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. The program was designed to provide educators with first-hand opportunities to experience Japanese culture and education through school visits, interactions with teachers and students, seminars, and home stays. Dr. Perry was one of four Maryland educators chosen

for the November 2006 cycle. He composed an orchestral work highlighting his expe-riences in Japan that was premiered by the Richard Montgomery High School Orchestra.

Dr. Perry is an active guest conductor, cli-nician, adjudicator, lecturer, author, composer, and performer. He is past vice president of the Maryland state unit of the International Association for Jazz Education and was the director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Senior Honors Jazz Ensemble for seven years. He is a con-tributing reviewer for the Music Educators National Conference Music Educators Journal. Dr. Perry has presented sessions at the Maryland Music Educators Conference, Music Teacher’s National Association Con-ference, and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Eastern Division Conference. He has also served as trumpet professor at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Perry is a member of the National Association for Music Edu-cation, TI: ME (Technology Institute for Music Education), American String Teachers Association, International Trumpet Guild, Kappa Kappa Psi-National Honorary Band Fraternity, Alpha Chi and Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Societies, and the Maryland Music Educators Association. He lives in Gaithersburg, Maryland with his wife, Deborah and son, Peter.

• Senior Honors Band Preparation ConductorsMR. SCOTT HERMAN has been the Band and Orchestra Director at Cabin John Middle School in Potomac, Maryland for 28 years. Under his leadership, the ensembles have been featured at regional and state con-ferences, and have consistently attained superior ratings at district, state and national adjudications. In 2012, the Cabin John attained Maryland’s distinguished “Exemplary Music Program “award. In 2009, Mr. Herman was named Maryland’s “Out-standing Music Teacher of the Year.” The American String Teachers Association rec-ognized his work with strings and presented him with the “Outstanding Service to Strings” award.

Mr. Herman has spent the last four seasons serving as a conductor, coach, and an artistic advisor for the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestras (PVYO). Prior to that Mr. Herman spent 14 seasons leading the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras. Mr. Herman has guest conducted over 35 district honors groups including the Maryland All-State Orchestra. He is frequently invited to

• CoachesMR. THEODORE MCALLISTER Summit Hall, ES,Manager/Coach, Senior All-County String

OrchestraMR. JAVIER GODINEZ Galway ES, Manager/Coach, Junior Honors OrchestraMR. JAMES VAUGHN Wayside ES, Horn Coach–Senior Honors BandMR. SCOTT CAMERON James Hubert Blake HS, Cabin John MS–Tube Coach–Senior

Honors BandMR. KENNETH KROHN Robert Frost MS, Percussion-Senior Honors BandMRS. ANDREA CAMERON Flute Coach–Senior Honors BandMR. ARI ALLAL Winston Churchill HS–Low Woodwinds Coach–Senior Honors

BandMRS. CAROLYN HERMAN Thomas S. Wootton High School-Clarinet Coach-Senior Honors

BandMR. JASON MCFEATERS North Bethesda Middle School-Sax Coach-Senior Honors BandMS. KRISTI LICARE Westland MS-Woodwind Coach-Junior Honors BandMS. EMILY PARK Westland MS, Thomas W. Pyle MS-Percussion Coach-Junior

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adjudicate district assessments and regional competitions, along with presenting master classes and clinics for local educators and their students. Mr. Herman’s private trumpet and string bass studio are well represented in the all-county, all-state, and youth orchestra programs. Mr. Herman is a member of the Capital Wind Symphony in McLean, Va.

MR. KEVIN ROUSE is a graduate of the Uni-versity of Maryland, where he received a degree in music education. As a bass trom-bonist, he studied under Matthew Guilford, the bass trombonist for the National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Rouse is currently the instrumental music director at Thomas S. Wootton High School. Previously, he was the director at Northwest High School from 2006 – 2014. His bands and orchestras have received consistent excellent and superior ratings at county and state festival. Mr. Rouse’s marching bands, symphonic bands and orchestras have also received multiple awards in Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. He also enjoys composing and arranging for his own marching band and other schools in the area. Mr. Rouse is honored to work with the talented students in the MCPS Senior Honors Band.

• Senior Honors Band Guest ConductorMR. GEORGE ETHERIDGE has enjoyed a varied and successful career as performer, conductor and educator in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area for over 40 years. Educated at the University of Michigan and The Paris Conservatory, Mr. Etheridge first

came to the DC area as Instructor of Sax-ophone at the University of Maryland. He has performed as soloist at The Kennedy Center, Constitution Hall, The Smithsonian Hall of Musical Instruments and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Mr. Etheridge has also served as adjunct pro-fessor of Saxophone at Howard University, Catholic University, Federal City College, George Mason University and the College of William and Mary. In 1977, George Etheridge was appointed conductor of the famed Fort Hunt High School Band in Alex-andria, VA a position he held until the schools closing in 1985. During Mr. Ether-idge’s tenure at Fort Hunt, the band was chosen to perform at The International Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic. In 1985, Mr. Etheridge was named conductor of Bands at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia; a position he held for 6 years and 1991 he returned to the Washington, DC area to form the Capital Wind Symphony. In 1994, the CWS was chosen to perform at the Midwest Interna-tional Band and Orchestra Clinic. Today, the CWS has developed into an ensemble of 75 musicians, including many of the best players in the Washington DC metro area, Maryland and Virginia. In addition to his position with the Capital Wind Symphony, Mr. Etheridge is founder and clinician for the SCORE educational outreach program, sponsored by the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. Under Mr. Etheridge’s leadership, over 200 workshops have been presented in the Fairfax County Schools.

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• Secondary Instrumental Music TeachersArgyle MSMARC LEVIN

John T. Baker MSMICHAEL KAMUF

John T. Baker MSDEBORAH KAMUF

Benjamin Banneker MSMICHELLE BARAN

Bethesda-Chevy Chase HSMARSHALL WHITE

Bethesda-Chevy Chase HSELIZABETH EBER

Montgomery Blair HSMICHELLE ROBERTS

Montgomery Blair HSRAIFE OLDHAM

James H. Blake HSSCOTT CAMERON

James H. Blake HSJONATHAN EISING

Briggs Chaney MSRAYMOND CHANEY

Cabin John MSSCOTT HERMAN

Cabin John MSSCOTT CAMERON

Winston Churchill HSARI ALLAL

Winston Churchill HSKRISTOFER SANZ

Clarksburg HSCHARLES ORIFICI

Roberto Clemente MSRANDI LEVI

Roberto Clemente MSRICHARD GRAY

Damascus HSCHARLES DOHERTY

E. Brooke Lee MSJESSICA PRICE

Eastern MSDANIEL PUCKETT

Albert Einstein HSBRENDAN KELLY

Wm. H. Farquhar MSJEFFREY JOHNS

Forest Oak MSHILARY SZCZUBLEWSKI

Robert Frost MSANDREA CAMERON

Robert Frost MSJANE WEBER

Gaithersburg HSDANIEL GRANDE

Gaithersburg HSMEGGAN ANAYA

Gaithersburg MSLISA EHRENSPECK

Herbert Hoover MSMARIE CRENWELGE-TILKENS

Julius West MSSTEVE COWAN

John F. Kennedy HSMEGAN CAMPBELL

Francis Scott Key MSDEBORAH LAYTON

Kingsview MSAL MANNINO

Lakelands Park MSIAN STUART

A. Mario Loiederman MSASHLEY ASHMAN

A. Mario Loiederman MSDORI ANN BENJAMIN

Col. Zadok Magruder HSMARK EISENHOWER

Martin Luther King, Jr. MSSTEPHANIE WHEELER

Montgomery Village MSTYLER BUISCH

Neelsville MSDIRK KRAUSHAAR

Newport Mill MSCHRISTOPHER CAMPAGNA

North Bethesda MSMONICA HEPBURN

Northwest HSEMILY CARPENTER

Northwood HSMICHAEL BARKER

Paint Branch HSSEAN KIRCHHOFF

Parkland MSSTEVE RAGSDALE

Poolesville HSDAVID ROGOZA

John Poole MSHEATHER SPRAGUE

Thomas W. Pyle MSALLISON JOHNSON

Thomas W. Pyle MSEMILY PARK

Quince Orchard HSPAT FAY

Quince Orchard HSBRIGITTE KIRCHHOFF

Richard Montgomery HSPETER PERRY

Redland MSMARY LEE YOUNG

Ridgeview MSNICHOLAS PROSZKOW

Rockville HSPHILLIP BARNES

Rocky Hill MSHEIDI SCHILLER

Rocky Hill MSHELEN KONG

Rosa Parks MSDINIA YEO

Seneca Valley HSADAM STEPHENS

Shady Grove MSVANESSA VARELA

Sherwood HSALEX SILVERBOOK

Silver Spring International MSTIMOTHY DAWSON

Sligo MSBEVERLY PARKS

Springbrook HSWYMAN JONES

Takoma Park MSHOLLY PASQUALE

Tilden MSTIM PATRIE

Walter Johnson HSCHRISTOPHER KOSMACESKI

Walter Johnson HSANDREA MORRIS

Walter Johnson HSKELLY BUTLER

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Watkins Mill HSPETER KIELAR

Westland MSKRISTI LICARE

Westland MSEMILY PARK

Wheaton HSLOREN WESTBROOK-FRITTS

White Oak MSMARK LEE

Walt Whitman HSTERRY ALVEY

Walt Whitman HSHEATHER BORSUM

Earl B. Wood MSASHLEY TAUBER

Thomas S. Wootton HSCAROLYN HERMAN

Thomas S. Wootton HSKEVIN ROUSE

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• Junior Honors String OrchestraCabin John MSMatthew Branning ViolinSamantha Chang BassAlexander Choi ViolinIsaac Chong ViolaCasey Claxton BassCaia Gelli ViolinAmy He ViolinYu-Shiuan Hsieh ViolaDarae Kang ViolinJeanne Kim ViolinVivian Li CelloKathleen Li ViolinDaniel Liu CelloJason Luo CelloSarah Ou ViolinBenji Shin Cello

Herbert Hoover MSKiran Kaur ViolinGrace Yoon ViolinSherry Zhuge Violin

Montgomery Blair HSJoey Kim ViolaHannah Kim ViolaAbigail Koehler BassAudrey Li ViolinWilliam Lu Violin

Northwest HSCharlene Shiu Violin

Richard Montgomery HSLuisa Brown- Hernandez Bass

Robert Frost MSJoshua Hou ViolinDaniel Hwang ViolinRyan Kim CelloJoey Kim CelloHawon Lee ViolinBenjamin Li CelloMichelle Ma CelloAnjali Samavedam ViolinKevin Shen ViolinConnie Sun ViolinAmy Tang ViolaEmily Yuan Violin

Takoma Park MSAlexander Dong ViolaJihwan Kim CelloMaxwell Zhang Viola

Thomas S. Wootton HSMichelle Li ViolinGrant Liu Cello

Walter Johnson HSElisa Pierpaoli Violin

Westland MSTasneem Alim Viola

Winston Churchill HSJason Chu ViolinNavya Gautam ViolaAlfred Ruan ViolinJeffrey Tsao Violin

• Junior Honors BandBethesda-Chevy Chase HSSamuel Haas Bassoon

Briggs Chaney MSJared Haftel Euphonium

Cabin John MSCynthia Chen ClarinetAlyssa Herman HornJosephine Kim ClarinetAlex Leniere TrumpetMaxwell Li EuphoniumAlexander Liu HornBen Lojacano-Evans TubaMax Ma PercussionGloria Moudou Alto SaxophoneLilly Oldach HornMicah Rabin Baritone SaxophoneAnshuman Sarkar TubaAdam Solomon TrumpetEthan Sundel TromboneAaron Wong ClarinetJet Wu TrumpetJordan Zhang Trombone

Damascus HSRoger Dahlin Trombone

Hallie Wells MSSarah Dahlin HornBenjamin Jo Trumpet

Herbert Hoover MSRomita Chattaraj FluteAysel DeBakey TrumpetAya Hatashima HornAndy Jiang Alto SaxophoneAlena Lu ClarinetTsach Mackey ClarinetEmily Tong PercussionMichael Wang ClarinetJesse Wolf TrumpetAndrew Yu Tenor SaxophoneEllen Zhang Flute

James Hubert Blake HSJoseph Lee Clarinet

Julius West MSAshley Chung Alto SaxophoneBella Poremba Percussion

Montgomery Blair HSSimon Chervenak PercussionDaniel Levy ClarinetJim Mao ClarinetSe Yong Park ClarinetJesse Silverberg HornSophia Weng TrumpetShawn Zhao ClarinetIvvone Zhou Clarinet

Quince Orchard HSArantza Miroquesada Trumpet

Redland MSKyle Moriarty Bass

Clarinet

Richard Montgomery HSCorinne Foley OboeBeibei Fu ClarinetHelena Yang Clarinet

Robert Frost MSJustin DeLeon Tenor

SaxophoneJasmine Gong PercussionMatthew Hou Baritone

SaxophoneDavis Xu Alto

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Rosa M. Parks MSRachel Smith-Cohen Horn

Sherwood HSJosh Ayres TubaThomas Lee Alto

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Takoma Park MSMichael Chu ClarinetArthur Hu BassoonIvy Liang FluteShariar Vaez-Ghaemi Bass

Clarinet

Thomas S. Wootton HSBennett Greenspun TromboneMichelle Shen FluteClaire Throckmorton Bass

Clarinet Kyle Wasserman Clarinet

Thomas W. Pyle MSRoman Conway TrumpetJoshua Kim Trumpet

Walt Whitman HSNick Cook Horn

Winston Churchill HSLinus Bao TrumpetRoy Chang TromboneAshley Chen ClarinetRachel de Silva TubaAndy Jin TrumpetAustin Mao ClarinetRami Najjar TromboneCatherine Tran TromboneRobert Wachen Alto

SaxophoneYida Wang PercussionJacob Wang ClarinetSarah Yi FluteChole Zhao Flute

• Senior All-County String OrchestraBethesda-Chevy Chase HSMaya Abo Dominguez CelloOwen Baniak Cello

Clarksburg HSClark Farley CelloDestiny Lim CelloRaisa Niederhelman Viola

Col. Zadok Magruder HSYutong Liang ViolinJiaTong “Kevin” Liang ViolinEmily Pena CelloBenjamin Ramos Violin

Damascus HSKatherine Bloomer ViolinLucy Yagodich Bass

James Hubert Blake HSLeonie Hauchler ViolinCharlene Ribeiro Viola

Montgomery Blair HSEsther Martinez Garcia ViolinSherry Nicole Rollins ViolinRay Weng Violin

Paint Branch HSAlexis Osong Violin

Quince Orchard HSSam Mansfield Cello

Richard Montgomery HSKatya Beltran CelloBrooke Carter CelloEvelyn Sturrock HarpDelia Termini BassHeavenly Zhang Violin

Rockville HSDaniel Abebe CelloYuni Higgs ViolinCaleb Hill ViolinAlexandra Kushner Violin

Sherwood HSIliana Lambert Viola

Springbrook HSFelicitas Chikelu ViolaKrissy Sarkides Violin

Thomas S. Wootton HSIrene Hao ViolaJulia Kim CelloDorothy Oldach CelloJoey Yeoh ViolinJustin Zhao Cello

Walter Johnson HSMax Lawall Violin

Watkins Mill HSAnna Liu ViolinChioma Nwoye Cello

Winston Churchill HSAlisha Desai ViolaJessica Horng ViolinBenjamin Lin ViolaJustin Wang Cello

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• Senior Honors BandCol. Zadok Magruder HSDaniel Aoun TrumpetChristopher Rose Baritone

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Damascus HSCecelia Hembrough Bass Clarinet

Gaithersburg HSSteven Allison Tuba

Montgomery Blair HSAnkit Bhargava Alto

SaxophoneHannah Lee Flute

Paint Branch HSEric Aaron HornAlexander Dudkin Clarinet

Quince Orchard HSMichael Bauer TrumpetJonah Mittelstadt Trumpet

Richard Montgomery HSTeddy Ahrens OboeShefei Jiang FluteFrancisco Mondragon HornVivian Yuan Flute

Seneca Valley HSHunter McDonald Bass Clarinet

Sherwood HSNathan Lampshire Clarinet

Thomas S. Wootton HSWilliam Fowler TromboneMax Gergits TrumpetJordan Greenspun Bass

TromboneArjun Guthal TrumpetAshley Hsu ClarinetTimothy Jiang Alto

SaxophoneThomas Lin Euphonium Sean Lin TrumpetKate Lusk HornClare Martin TromboneAditya Sarkar PercussionJulianna Solomon ClarinetVinesh Sridhar TrumpetYueshan Wang ClarinetForest Wu ClarinetPaul Yoo Clarinet

Walt Whitman HSAmanda Day TubaSebastian Nichols TromboneRaymond Schleien Euphonium Danny Dunn TromboneMichael Gancz TromboneMark Liffiton BassoonAdam Zukerman Alto

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Winston Churchill HSLuca Bilke TromboneWilliam Chen FluteJonathan Cheng ClarinetAlexander Chung ClarinetGiovanna Eichner HornAlex Freidman TubaMia Hazra TrumpetHugo Hua PercussionJulianna Jing FluteAllison Lu TrumpetHollis Ma PercussionMalcolm McGhee Tenor

SaxophoneHadas Sandalon FluteMaya Sundel HornGeorge Tong PercussionJack Yoon ClarinetDavid Yoon TrumpetMadeline Yuen Flute

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• The following people have given their administrative support for this performance to be possible:Dr. Jack R. Smith, Superintendent of Schools

Dr. Maria V. Navarro, Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Kimberly A. Statham, Deputy Superintendent of Teaching, Learning, and Programs

Dr. Erick J. Lang, Associate Superintendent, Office of Curriculum and Instructional Programs

Mr. Scott W. Murphy, Director, Department of Secondary Curriculum and Districtwide Programs

Ms. Linda Adams, Supervisor, Fine Arts

Dr. Donna Jones, Principal, Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School

Mr. Marshall White, Instrumental Music Teacher, Gala Host

Mr. Dan Grande, Junior Honors Band and Orchestra Audition Host

Mr. Phillip Barnes, Senior Honors Bands and Orchestra Audition Host

Mr. Rick Penix, Coordinator, Fine Arts

Mrs. Barbara Smakula, Fine Arts Secretary

U P C O M I N G M U S I C A L O P P O R T U N I T I E S A N D E V E N TS

ALL-COUNTY 6TH GRADE HONORS BANDS AND ORCHESTRASFebruary 7, 2017

North and Northwest RegionsWatkins Mill HS

Central RegionFebruary 7, 2017Einstein HS

South RegionFebruary 7, 2017Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS

ALL-STATE JUNIOR BAND, SENIOR BAND, SENIOR ORCHESTRAFebruary 10 to 12, 2017Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

DISTRICT II ENSEMBLE FESTIVAL, WOOTTON HS, ENSEMBLES (EXCEPT PERCUSSION)February 24, 2017District II Solo FestivalWootton HSFebruary 25, 2017

ALL-STATE JUNIOR ORCHESTRAMarch 3 to 5, 2017Towson

DISTRICT II MODA HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMarch 7, 2017Walter Johnson HS

DISTRICT II MODA HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMarch 9, 2017Quince Orchard HS

ALL-STATE JAZZ BANDMarch 9 to 11, 2017UMBC

DISTRICT II MBDA HIGH SCHOOL BAND ASSESSMENTSMarch 14, 2017Winston Churchill HS

DISTRICT II MBDA HIGH SCHOOL BAND ASSESSMENTSMarch 16, 2017Walt Whitman HS

DISTRICT II MODA MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMarch 21, 2017Northwood HS

DISTRICT II MODA MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMarch 22, 2017Rockville HS

DISTRICT II MODA MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMarch 23, 2017Gaithersburg HS

DISTRICT II MBDA MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND ASSESSMENTSMarch 28, 2017Paint Branch HS

DISTRICT II MBDA MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND ASSESSMENTSMarch 30, 2017Richard Montgomery HS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY SECOND BANDS ASSESSMENTSApril 26, 2017Clarksburg HS

MARYLAND STATE HIGH SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSApril 24 to 28, 2017Location TBA

MARYLAND STATE MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND AND ORCHESTRA ASSESSMENTSMay to 12, 2017Location TBA

MARYLAND ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE ASSESSMENTSMay 13, 2017Location TBA

MARYLAND BAND DIRECTORS STATE SOLO AND ENSEMBLE ASSESSMENTSMay 20, 2017Towson

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• SponsorshipThis program is one of 16 choral and instrumental honors concerts sponsored by the Fine Arts unit of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. This unit has the responsibility for countywide programs and activities in music, visual art, dance as fine art, and theatre. Through these programs and related co-curricular and community activities, Arts Education helps students achieve the curricular objectives of the Maryland State Curriculum for Music as well as countywide goals for achieving Success For Every Student. Other components and activities of the unit are the Visual Art Center at Albert Einstein High School, the Adjudicated District II Instrumental and Choral Assessments, and the Elementary and Middle School Arts Fair.