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Inspired by the worlds foremost brass entertainment festivals such as England’s Brass in Concert\u00a0<\/strong>and Norway’s Siddis Brass,\u00a0<\/strong>as well as the truly American institutions of marching bands and Drum Corps International<\/strong>;\u00a0the US Masters<\/strong> is a can’t miss experience for brass bands and audiences alike. \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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9:30 AM Doors and Exhibits Open<\/p>

10:00 AM Welcome & Fountain City Youth Brass Academy<\/span><\/p>

11:00 \u00a0AM Free State Brass Band<\/p>

12:00 PM Lunch Break & Visit Exhibits<\/span><\/p>

2:00 PM Colorado Brass<\/p>

3:00 PM Frontier Brass Band<\/p>

4:00 PM Exhibits Close<\/p>

Dinner Break<\/p>

6:30 Reception at Kansas City Music Hall<\/span><\/p>

7:30 PM Fountain City Brass Band\u00a0The Show Must Go On: The Music of Queen\u00a0<\/em>& Awards Ceremony<\/span><\/p>

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Outstanding New Arrangement or Composition<\/p>

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Dr. Jennifer Oliverio is a celebrated cornet and flugelhorn player who holds the positions of principal cornet with the Fountain City Brass Band and flugelhorn with the Athena Brass Band. Jen is currently the Assistant Professor of Music in trumpet at Missouri Western State University.<\/div>
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Jen is an avid supporter of new music for cornet and flugelhorn, having commissioned and premiered solo works by Lucy Pankhurst, Dorothy Gates, Kevin Day, Andrea Hobson, Jen Mitchell, and Joel Collier for her premiere solo album Enigma. Her work on Enigma received overwhelmingly positive reviews and was nominated for the 2021 4barsrest Album of the Year and resulted in Jen being nominated for 4barsrest 2021 Player of the Year, and her being named to the 2021 Band of the Year. Jen is on the board of directors for the Fountain City Brass Band, the Athena Brass Band, and is on the Visionary Panel for the National Youth Brass Band of America.<\/div>

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As an orchestral musician, Jen has performed as an extra with the Kansas City Symphony and the Alabama Symphony. She also performed as the second trumpet player with the Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Jen is a founding member of the Trilogy Brass Trio based out of Kansas City and has performed with Trilogy at the International Women\u2019s Brass Conference. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>

As a teacher, Jen has had students accepted as semi-finalists in the National Trumpet Competition, semi-finalists for the International Trumpet Guild solo competitions, and as winners in the North American Brass Band Championships solo and ensemble competitions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Originally from the United Kingdom,\u00a0Dr. Will Porter (he\/him) has recently joined the faculty at Ithaca College as Assistant Professor of Trombone. Previous teaching engagements have included Eastern Illinois University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Will has performed with orchestras throughout Europe, South America and North America, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Filarm\u00f3nica de Santiago, and Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester. In 2021, he was invited to play Solo Trombone with the Fountain City Brass Band with whom he went on to win the U.S. Open, Gateway Championships, and North American Brass Band Championships. He has commissioned and premiered numerous works for solo trombone, performing them at events such as the International Trombone Festival and the American Trombone Workshop.\u00a0Will’s research examines the relationships between music education and social development and has included projects in Mozambique and Tanzania. He regularly works with court-involved youth, giving music workshops at juvenile detention centers and youth shelters in the US. A first-generation student, Will is a graduate of the University of Leeds (BMus Hons), the Royal Academy of Music (MMus and LRAM), and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA). Will is an Edwards Trombone Artist.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thomas G. Stein<\/b> is a recently retired associate professor of tuba and euphonium at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music and Dance. A native of Michigan, he received the Bachelor of Music (with high distinction) and the Master of Music in tuba performance from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. Prior to coming to Missouri, Stein taught at Central Michigan University, University of Colorado-Boulder, and University of Southern Mississippi.

Stein is very active throughout the United States as a recitalist, clinician, and chamber musician. He has appeared several times at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference (ITEC) and the U.S. Army Band Tuba Euphonium Conferences, at all of the regional conferences since 1996, and has appeared in six European countries and at numerous universities throughout the United States.

Under Stein\u2019s direction, the UMKC Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble has appeared in several ITECs, the U.S. Army Band Tuba Euphonium Conference, and all the regional conferences. With Scott Watson and Dr. Lee Harrelson, Stein co-directs Thunder! and the Thunder All-Star Tuba Euphonium Ensembles (TASTEE). A unique joint ensemble comprised of students from UMKC, University of Kansas, and Missouri Western State University, TASTEE is gaining national attention for its mission and high level of performance. Thunder! and TASTEE has performed twice at ITEC, at the U.S. Army Band Tuba Euphonium Conference, several regional conferences, and was featured again at the 2014 ITEC.

An avid supporter of chamber music, Stein currently performs with Missouri Brass Quintet (in residence at UMKC), has performed with numerous brass quintets and tuba quartets throughout the United States, serves as the coordinator for UMKC\u2019s brass chamber music program, and coaches the UMKC Conservatory Graduate Fellowship Brass Quintet. He is a founding member of the Fountain City Brass Band, an internationally acclaimed, award-winning British-style brass band.

Stein has been extremely fortunate to have gifted and passionate students who have enjoyed excellent success in state, regional, national, and international competitions, including the International Tuba-Euphonium Solo and Quartet Competitions; Leonard Falcone Solo Euphonium Competition (Artist Division); International Women\u2019s Brass Conference Solo Competition; Colonial Euphonium-Tuba Institute Solo Euphonium Competition; National Music Teachers Association State, Regional, and National Collegiate Artist Solo Competitions; National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors National Solo Competition; Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo and Quartet Competitions; Texas Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference Solo Competition; Southeast Regional Tuba-Euphonium Conference Solo and Quartet Competitions; Tubonium Tuba Euphonium Conference; North American Brass Band Association Solo and Chamber Ensemble Competitions; U.S. Open Brass Band Championship Solo Competition; Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition; and the Coleman Chamber Music Competition.

Stein is the recipient of UMKC\u2019s 2005\u201306 Muriel McBrien Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award and has been nominated for the award almost every year since.

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Batman the Movie: Main Title Theme<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Danny Elfman, arr. Alan Catherall<\/span><\/p>

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Vidda<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Ole Edvard Antonsen & Atle Halstensen, arr. Ole Edvard Antonsen<\/span><\/p>

Melinda Ho, Cornet Soloist<\/span><\/p>

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Mephistopheles<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Shipley Douglas, ed. Drake Domingue<\/span><\/p>

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\u2018Elegy\u2019<\/span><\/i> from <\/span>Siege<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Jared McCunnie<\/span><\/p>


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Soprano Cornet
<\/strong>Justin Peterson<\/span><\/p>

Solo Cornet
<\/strong>Zak Ruffert
<\/span>Denise Clark
<\/span>Austin Kinard
<\/span>Alexander Hardin<\/span><\/p>

Repiano Cornet
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2nd Cornet
<\/strong>Keith Acuncius
<\/span>Andrew Bernal<\/span><\/p>

3rd Cornet
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<\/span>Annabella Brotherston
<\/span>Patti Sweeden<\/span><\/p>

Flugelhorn<\/b>
Larry Pennel<\/span><\/p>

Solo Horn
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1st Horn
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2nd Horn
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1st Baritone
<\/strong>Brian Sugrue<\/span><\/p>

2nd Baritone
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1st Trombone
<\/strong>Riley Bahin<\/span><\/p>

2nd Trombone
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Euphonium
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<\/span>Chris Forkner<\/span><\/p>

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<\/span>Drake Domingue<\/span><\/p>

B-flat Bass
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<\/span>Josh Galerstein<\/span><\/p>

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<\/span>Duke Roberts
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Founded in January of 2018 by Dr. Michael McLean, the Colorado Brass is the premiere championship level British-style brass band on the Front Range. The ensemble is comprised of thirty brass players and percussionists from all over Colorado. Members come to the band as professional musicians, music educators, and students pursuing advanced music degrees.

The founders of the ensemble set out to create a championship level brass band that could compete on both national and global stages. Their 2022 – 2023 season includes five concert programs in addition to participation in the Rocky Mountain Brassworks Festival, the U.S. Masters Brass Band Championships, and the North American Brass Band Association Championships. The group performs a variety of compositions beyond test pieces, engaging audiences with British standards and toe-tapping favorites. The band has been privileged with premiering works by a number of composers and has big plans for the future, including the development of a youth brass band to work alongside members of the Colorado Brass.<\/div>
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As a performer Dr. Brett M. Keating has appeared as a featured soloist with orchestra, brass bands, and wind bands in the US and Europe, including Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and the UK. His playing has been recognized at national and international competitions including: The Fischoff International & Plowman Chamber Music Competitions, Swiss National and North American Brass Band Championships. Brett has been brass banding for over fifteen years and has enjoyed the opportunity to compete in England, Switzerland, and the US while being a member of bands stateside and abroad. Most recently Brett has performed with the award-winning Fountain City Brass Band (Kansas City) and recorded with the Gramercy Brass Orchestra (New York City). Beyond performing as a soloist and with brass bands, Brett is an active chamber musician. nominal duo, an experimental project with tubist Tom Curry, merges brass performance with electro-acoustic practices through their original compositions, improvisations, adaptations, thievery, and loads of wires. nominal has performed throughout the US and in Canada, and was recently featured in the 2021 Virtual Tuba Euphonium Conference and the 2022 new music festival, Omaha Under the Radar. Their debut EP, s.i.p_1, was released in 2020 (Nominalduo.wordpress.com)<\/span><\/p>

Currently Brett serves as Director of Bands & Brass at Western Colorado University. In this role he directs the Symphonic Band, Brass Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and the Athletic Band Program. He teaches applied brass lessons and courses in conducting and brass methods. Additionally, Brett is the Musical Director of the Colorado Brass Band (Gunnison, CO).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Prior to his appointment at WCU, Brett was Director of Athletic Bands and Professor of Low Brass at Carroll University. He has also served as Interim Instructor of euphonium and tuba and served on the Athletic Band Staff at the University of Kansas. Brett held simultaneous Graduate Teaching Assistantships with the wind conducting and the tuba\/euphonium studios while earning his DMA in tuba\/euphonium performance, an MM in wind band conducting, and a cognate in electro-acoustic composition at KU. Brett holds an MM in performance and interpretation of classical & contemporary music from the Hochschule Luzern-Musik, where he lived in beautiful Lucerne, Switzerland for three years. He earned an Artist\u2019s Certificate in low brass performance, as well as a BA in performance from the University of Wisconsin. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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‘Overture’ from Dancer in the Dark<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Bj\u00f6rk Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, arr. Lee Harrelson<\/span><\/p>

Libertango<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Astor Piazzolla arr. Lee Harrelson<\/span><\/p>

Song & Dance<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Philip Wilby, ed. Lee Harrelson
Ian Lester, Euphonium<\/span><\/p>

\u2018Allegretto\u2019<\/span><\/i> from <\/span>Four Scottish Dances<\/span><\/i> \u2014 Malcolm Arnold, arr. Ray Farr<\/span><\/p>

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Conductor<\/strong>
<\/span>Dr. Lee Harrelson<\/span><\/p>

Soprano Cornet
<\/strong>Josh McKeague<\/span><\/p>

Solo Cornet
<\/strong>Nicholas Weaver
Ethan Kauffman
Zach West
Jack McNiel<\/p>

Repiano Cornet
<\/strong>Jared Cot\u00e9<\/span><\/p>

2nd Cornet
<\/strong>Alex Hardinger
Cole Bichelmeyer<\/span><\/p>

3rd Cornet
<\/strong>Hassan Ahad
Brynn Sankey
Cole Bichelmeyer<\/span><\/p>

Flugelhorn
<\/strong>Caleb Niehoff<\/span><\/p>

Solo Horn
<\/strong>Jeremy Kuehnen<\/span><\/p>

1st Horn
<\/strong>Whitney Schweiger<\/span><\/p>

2nd Horn
<\/strong>Ethan McCulloch<\/span><\/p>

1st Baritone
<\/strong>Drew Leslie<\/span><\/p>

2nd Baritone
<\/strong>Shelby Jensen
Gabe Rocha<\/span><\/p>

1st Trombone
<\/strong>Taylor Edwards
David Welter
Aidan Hamer<\/span><\/p>

2nd Trombone
<\/strong>Miles Anderson
Tyler Boone
Nicholas Maskil<\/span><\/p>

Bass Trombone
<\/strong>Gage Brown<\/span><\/p>

Euphonium
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Grant Johnson<\/span><\/p>

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B-flat Bass
<\/strong>Jared Sherman
Elijah Cobb<\/span><\/p>

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Isaiah Sterling
Paula Villavicencio
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The Fountain City Youth Brass Academy (FCYBA) is the educational outreach component of the Fountain City Brass Band (FCBB), North America\u2019s premiere volunteer brass and percussion ensemble. The mission of the FCYBA is to inspire young musicians of all performance ability levels to achieve a high standard of musicianship and to foster a life-long love of music.<\/p><\/div>

FCYBA was founded in 2008 by Helen Harrelson, while she was on a sabbatical from her job in England. Helen is a native of England and grew up in the brass band tradition before attending the Royal Northern College of Music. From there she became one of the world\u2019s foremost baritonist and performed with some of the finest bands in the United Kingdom. It was her passion for music education coupled with this rich tradition that led her to establish the FCYBA.<\/p><\/div>

The FCYBA began as day-long \u2018Expo\u2019 workshops and has grown into season-long brass bands with over 150 members. There are four bands within the Academy made up of brass and percussionists of all standards and abilities from late elementary through young adult. The bands of the FCYBA are non-cut programs for those participants that are 18 years of age and younger. The conductors for the FCYBA bands are professional music educators that also perform with the Fountain City Brass Band. The bands meet during the spring academic semester, once per week on Sundays.<\/p><\/div>

Since its inception the bands of the FCYBA have won numerous national championships at the North Ameri- can Brass Band Championships and been featured at prestigious events such as the Great American Brass Band Festival and the Kansas Music Educators Association\u2019s annual conference.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lee Harrelson<\/b> is a Professor of Music at Missouri Western State University. At Missouri Western, he serves as the Director of Instrumental Studies and Bands and conducts the Missouri Western Symphonic Winds. For the 2022-2023 academic year, Dr. Harrelson is a Visiting Professor of Euphonium & Tuba at the UMKC Conservatory. Dr. Harrelson attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied music education and performance before completing his masters and doctorate at the University of Missouri-Kansas City\u2019<\/span>s Conservatory of Music and Dance.<\/p><\/div>

Dr. Harrelson is the founder of the Fountain City Brass Band and currently serves as its artistic\u00a0director, executive director, and principal euphoniumist. The Fountain City Brass Band (FCBB) is one of America\u2019<\/span>s premiere brass and percussion ensembles and has been featured throughout the\u00a0U.S. and Europe in concerts and competitions. The FCBB is currently the top-ranked brass band\u00a0in the United States. Under Dr. Harrelson\u2019<\/span>s artistic leadership, the band has won nine North American Brass Band Association Championships, nine U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, and one Scottish Open Brass Band Championship since it began competing in 2004. At the 2011 All England International Brass Band Competition, as a member of the FCBB, Lee was named Best Instrumentalist, a first for an American at an English brass band competition. During his tenure, the FCBB has produced four commercial recordings, performed with countless world-class soloists, and developed a youth brass program, the Fountain City Youth Brass Academy, that serves over 120 students annually.<\/p><\/div>

Dedicated to furthering the development of brass bands in America, Dr. Harrelson regularly serves on the faculty of the North American Brass Band Summer School and, in 2019, along with his wife Helen, founded the National Youth Brass Band of America. In 2022 Dr. Harrelson founded the US Masters Brass Band Entertainment Championships. The inaugural competition will take place in Kansas City this November.<\/p><\/div>

In the fall of 2019, Dr. Harrelson was awarded the first ever Visiting International Professor position with the world-famous Brighouse & Rastrick Band (England). In addition to collaborating with and conducting the band, Dr. Harrelson was able to work closely with Professor David King during preparations for the band\u2019<\/span>s appearances at the British Open Brass Band Championships (Symphony Hall, Birmingham) and the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain (Royal Albert Hall, London).<\/p><\/div>

Dr. Harrelson can be heard on numerous commercially released recordings and has appeared\u00a0throughout North America and Europe as a clinician, soloist, and chamber musician.<\/p><\/div>

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Love of My Life<\/em> – Queen arr. Svein H Giske
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Rains of Castamere<\/em> – Paul McGhee<\/p>

Wrath<\/em> – Peter Graham<\/p>

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Soprano Cornet
<\/strong>Dalton Imhoff-Brey<\/span><\/p>

Solo Cornet
<\/strong>Nick Proctor
<\/span>Kali Ivy
<\/span>Dr. Gary Ziek
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Dwight Rhodes<\/span><\/p>

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2nd Cornet
<\/strong>Lee Hake
Janelle Sharp
Tom Moss<\/p>

3rd Cornet
<\/strong>Steve Case
Vicki Case
Hanna Bonnifield<\/p>

Flugelhorn
<\/strong>Anna Bender<\/span><\/p>

Solo Horn
<\/strong>Wendy Bonnifield<\/span><\/p>

1st Horn
<\/strong>Terrisa Ziek<\/span><\/p>

2nd Horn
<\/strong>Sarah Grose<\/span><\/p>

1st Baritone
<\/strong>Emily Riding<\/span><\/p>

2nd Baritone
<\/strong>Courtney Nichols<\/span><\/p>

1st Trombone
<\/strong>Andrew Anderson<\/span><\/p>

2nd Trombone
<\/strong>Brady Gell<\/p>

Bass Trombone
<\/strong>Thomas McMurray<\/span><\/p>

Euphonium
<\/strong>David Grimes
Erin Bonnifield<\/span><\/p>

E-flat Bass
<\/strong>Josh Westacott
Eric Banks<\/span><\/p>

B-flat Bass
<\/strong>Jeff Carlson
Martin Bergee<\/span><\/p>

Percussion
<\/strong>Mark Paquette
<\/span>Matt Calbeck
Andy Zerr<\/span><\/p>

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Considered one of the region’s hidden musical treasures, the Free State Brass Band has been providing excellence in British-style brass banding to the Northeast Kansas region with concerts throughout the Lawrence, Kansas City, and Topeka metro areas for nearly ten years. \u00a0<\/p><\/div>

Made up of over 30 professional musicians and music educators from around the region, the Free State Brass Band has been feature concert artists at the Kansas Music Educators Workshop and the Kansas Bandmasters Association Conference, and has established itself as a competitive ensemble at both the North American Brass Band Association and the United States Open Brass Band Championships (3rd place in 2019 and 2021).\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

Free State Brass Band is an incorporated non-profit in the state of Kansas and is dedicated to the development of brass band music for the masses throughout Northeast Kansas area and the United States.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Tom Davoren (b.1986) is a conductor and composer with a growing international reputation.<\/p><\/div>

He began his conducting career with the BTM Band from South Wales and has since held positions with Britain’s famous Desford Colliery and Fairey Bands, as well as Bristol\u2019<\/span>s Filton Concert Brass, with whom he won a National Brass Band Championship in 2014. He directed\u00a0Maidstone Wind Symphony to British National Concert Band Championship honours in 2015, served as conductor to the National Youth Brass Band of Wales in 2016, and has\u00a0appeared as a guest conductor in Austria, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea. He taught the conducting course and\u00a0directed bands\u00a0at the University of Salford from 2015 – 2019.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

Tom’s\u00a0music for band has been premiered, recorded, and commissioned by artists including \u2018<\/span>The President\u2019<\/span>s Own\u2019 <\/span>United States Marine Band, Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Brass Band of Battle Creek, Cory Band, Jens Lindemann, Steven Mead, Hiram Diaz, and Glenn Van Looy. Memorable\u00a0performances include\u00a0New York’s Carnegie Hall, the\u00a0Midwest Clinic, the College Band Directors National\u00a0Association National Conference, Royal Northern College of Music Festival of Brass, World Music Contest (Kerkrade, The Netherlands), Jeju International Wind Ensemble Festival (South Korea), International Tuba Euphonium Association Conferences, International Trumpet Guild Conferences, and the solo and band sections of the National Championships of New Zealand, Australia, and Great Britain. In 2015 \/ 16 he was\u00a0Associate Composer to the Belgian ensemble Brassband Buizingen and became Composer in Residence with the Band of the Welsh Guards, of the Household<\/span>\u00a0Division of the Royal Corps of Army Music, in 2019.<\/p>

Away from traditional band repertoire Tom composed a fanfare for the Royal opening \u00a0of\u00a0the fifth National Assembly for Wales in 2016 whilst his work ‘Legacy’, commissioned by Tredegar Town Band and the Aneurin Bevan Society, celebrated the 70th\u00a0Anniversary of the British National Health Service through a performance at Westminster Palace, the House of the British Parliament. His first work for\u00a0orchestra, ‘Tourbillon’, was premiered by Denmark’s<\/span>\u00a0Aalborg Symfoniorkester<\/span>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p><\/div>

Tom studied tuba with Nigel Seaman at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in composition from Cardiff University School of Music, where in 2009\/10 he was awarded a research scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Welsh Livery Guild Composition Award. He was a BASCA British Composer Award nominee in 2011, a prizewinner at the EBBA European Composers Competition 2012, recipient of the Harvey Phillips Award for excellence in composition, presented by the International Tuba Euphonium Association, in 2014, and winner of the American National Band\u00a0Association ‘Merrill Jones’ Composition Contest in 2020 for his work, ‘A Midwestern Suite<\/span><\/a><\/span>‘.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

\u00a0<\/span>In 2022 Tom completed a Doctoral degree in Wind Conducting, working at the University of Kansas, USA, with Dr. Paul Popiel. In 2021 he was appointed Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at Benedictine College, a private liberal arts college in central Kansas. He\u00a0currently lives in Lawrence Kansas, where he also directs the Free State Brass Band.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Spanish Impressions<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 Alan Fernie<\/span><\/p>

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Conductor
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Soprano Cornet
<\/strong>Michael Pruett<\/p>

Solo Cornet
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Jeremy Goodson
Kevin Kamau\u00a0
Jake Waldrup<\/p>

Repiano Cornet
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2nd Cornet
<\/strong>Clayton Chai
Lauren Fletcher<\/p>

3rd Cornet
<\/strong>Kara VanVickle\u00a0
Matt Stock\u00a0<\/p>

Flugelhorn
<\/strong>Jared VanVickle<\/p>

Horn
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Alyson Byers
James Doss\u00a0
Genevieve Craig<\/p>

Baritone
<\/strong>David Craig\u00a0
Isaiah Crawford\u00a0<\/p>

Trombone
<\/strong>Naomi Wharry
Trey Cole\u00a0
Tyler Gitthens<\/p>

Bass Trombone
<\/strong>Roger Nunn<\/p>

Euphonium
<\/strong>Candice Neel
Cy Curtis<\/p>

E-flat Bass
<\/strong>Evan Dommer\u00a0
Dawson Holloway<\/p>

B-flat Bass
<\/strong>Brian Dobbins\u00a0
Paul Nesper\u00a0
Fernando Cardenas\u00a0<\/p>

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Derek Johnson\u00a0
Maya Johnson
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The Frontier Brass Band was founded\u00a0<\/span>in the spring of 2014 and\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>draws its members from\u00a0<\/span>the Oklahoma City Area and includes brass faculty\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span>OCU, OU, and UCO as well as freelance musicians and community members.\u00a0<\/span>FBB is committed to celebrating the unique British brass band genre and taking a leading role in the community to raise\u00a0<\/span>arts awareness.\u00a0<\/span>Frontier presents four eclectic concerts\u00a0<\/span>each\u00a0<\/span>season performing\u00a0<\/span>a wide range of styles and genres and has collaborated with artists such as\u00a0<\/span>Vince DiMartino,\u00a0<\/span>Wiff Rudd, Greg Wing,\u00a0<\/span>Brian Bowman,\u00a0<\/span>and more. The band has enjoyed the opportunities to perform three times at the International William Adam Trumpet Festival as well as performances for the Oklahoma Music Educators Conference, Oklahoma Bandmaster\u2019s Association Summer Conference, and regional International Trumpet Guild and International Tuba Euphonium Conferences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Frontier Brass Band is thrilled to take part in the first U.S. Masters Championships today. The band is honored to share the stage with the other groups and is thankful to be part of an expanding brass band scene in the United States.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Douglas Henderson is a musician based out of Stillwater, Oklahoma, and the conductor of the Frontier Brass Band. He served for twelve years as an Associate Professor of Music at Oklahoma State University, where his duties included conducting the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Cowboy Marching Band, and taught several courses in music education.

Dr. Henderson is active as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician throughout the United States, and he has guest conducted in Austria and Japan. He is a frequent guest conductor of the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project (WYWOP), an ensemble comprised of talented young international musicians from Europe, Australia, Japan, and North America that is associated with the annual Mid Europe Festival.

Dr. Henderson received his Bachelor of Music degree from The University of Texas at Austin, his Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from Michigan State University, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. His primary conducting mentors were Jerry Junkin, Kevin Sedatole, and Robert Carnochan.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hope<\/em> \u2013 Stijn Aertgeerts<\/div><\/div>
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\u201cThe Show Must Go On \u2013 The Music of Queen\u201d<\/strong><\/div><\/div>
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I. Innuendo<\/div>
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II. Rhapsody<\/div>
Bohemian Rhapsody, Bicycle, Too Much Love Will Kill You<\/em><\/div><\/div>
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Love of My Life<\/em><\/div>
Dr. Helen Harrelson, Baritone<\/div><\/div>
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The Show Must Go On, Under Pressure, A Kind of Magic, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, We Will Rock You<\/em><\/div><\/div>
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Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Seaside Rendezvous, Bring Back That Leroy Brown<\/em><\/div><\/div>
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Who Wants To Live Forever, Don\u2019t Stop Me Now<\/em><\/div>
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Conductor<\/strong>
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Soprano Cornet
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Solo Cornet
<\/strong>Jennifer Oliverio
John Marchiando
Dalton Imhoff-Brey
Bob Luther<\/p>

Repiano Cornet
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2nd Cornet
<\/strong>Bobby Feller
Maddy Flebbe<\/p>

3rd Cornet
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Heaven Bataille<\/p>

Flugelhorn
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Solo Horn
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1st Horn
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2nd Horn
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John Wilson<\/span><\/p>

1st Baritone
<\/strong>Helen Harrelson<\/span><\/p>

2nd Baritone
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1st Trombone
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2nd Trombone
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Bass Trombone
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Euphonium
<\/strong>Lee Harrelson*
Ian Lester<\/p>

E-flat Bass
<\/strong>Scott Watson*
Jamey Mitchell*<\/p>

B-flat Bass
<\/strong>Brian Dobbins
Paul Nesper
Jon Heaver<\/p>

Percussion
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Theo Musick
Isaiah Sterling
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The Fountain City Brass Band (FCBB), founded in 2002, is an all-volunteer thirty\u2010piece brass and percussion ensemble based in Kansas City but draws its members from around the United States. FCBB is committed to a mission of cultural enrichment by performing eclectic concerts that expand the brass band art form and are both entertaining and educational for audiences. Performing a wide variety of music including modern compositions written specifically for brass bands, as well as arrangements of classical works, jazz, and Broadway hits, FCBB seeks to bridge the gap between popular and classical art music. Offering audience-friendly concerts, the band actively seeks to initiate cultural revitalization and arts awareness in the local community. When not performing for regional audiences, FCBB competes nationally and internationally. FCBB has won 10 U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, 8 North American Brass Band Championships, and 1 Scottish Open Brass Band Championship, becoming the first U.S. band ever, and the first non\u2010UK band in over 50 years, to win a major brass band competition on UK soil.<\/p><\/div>

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He has appeared throughout the world conducting music festivals, adjudicating ensembles, performing, and presenting clinics, research, lectures and workshops. Recognized as one of America\u2019s outstanding brass conductors, Parisi is the principal conductor of Summit Brass at the Rafael M\u00e9ndez Brass Institute and Fountain City Brass Band.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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