Onondaga CountyMusic Educators Association

Presents the

2012 Junior High All County MusicFestival

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January 28, 20123:00 P.M.

Skaneateles High School Auditorium

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Program

Welcome David Wilber, OCMEA SecretaryAnthony Alvaro, OCMEA President

OrchestraAnthony Pinelli, Conductor, Port Washington High School

Procession of the Nobles Nicholas Rimsky-KorsakovAn. Merle J. Isaac

Poem for Orchestra John Tatgenhorst

New World Symphony, First Movement. Antonin DvorakAn. Merle J. Isaac

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ChorusDouglas Avery, Conductor

BandMelinde Poupore, Conductor, Malone Central Schools

Sing and Rejoice Russell Robinson..

For the Beauty of the Earth .John Rutter

Procession for Peace Gary Kent Walth

Lovers Love the Spring Arthur Frackenpohl

Gloria in Excelsis (from "Gloria") Antonio VivaldiEd. Mason Martens

Block M Jerry H. Bilik

Yorkshire Ballad : James Barnes

John Williams in Concert An. Paul Lavender

Fate of the Gods Steven Reineke

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2011 - 2012 OCMEA Jr. High All County OrchestraViolin IJunghye Kim - CBACecilia Vacanti - Durgee JHSteven Yee - Eagle Hill MSMolly Rozelle -West Genesee MSJeongyoon Han - MPHCathy Zhan - Eagle Hill MSUrie Choi - Eagle Hill MSJimmy Drancsak - Skaneateles MSKathryn Kovarik - MPHDominic Grasso - Skaneateles MSSarah Quinn - Eagle Hill MSAnna Fortais - West Genesee HSKristina Liu - Eagle Hill MSKaylee Steiner - MPHKaitlyn Neal- Skaneateles MSMaggie Morgan - North Syracuse JHJoonhwa Kim - Wellwood MSElise Coombs - North Syracuse JH

Violin IIBryanna DiGregorio - Ray MSKathryn Terasaka - Durgee JHJames Soper - Camillus MSKatelyn Wagner=- North Syracuse JHAnnie Weiss - MPHLuke Barnell- North Syracuse JHKayla Smith - West Genesee HSOliver Wang - Wellwood MSEmma Rahalski - Durgee JHKaitlin Holdredge - West Genesee MSSamantha Perera - Fayetteville ManliusHSMikaelle Metcalf - Ray MSBen Daly - Wellwood MSDiane Choi - Jamesville-DeWitt MSAmanda Henderson - Jamesville -DeWittMSNicholas Deapo - Soule Rd. MSQuinn Boyle - Corcoran HSDan Polhamus - Liverpool MS

ViolaShannon Cahalan - West Genesee HSvladeline Eberl - Durgee JHIiahui Liao - Fayetteville Manlius HS)ana Moffat - Fayetteville Manlius HS<.athleen Ennis - Durgee JHlames Mason - Wellwood MS3rianna Root - Durgee JH:<:milyVirgil- Wellwood MSv ince Viego - Skaneateles MS:<:ricaCerchia - West Genesee HS-Ieidi Allen - Durgee JHred Boyle - Fayetteville Manlius HS;arah Oakes - Eagle Hill MS:amerin Plew - Wellwood MS

CelloHoyong Ryan Rhee - Eagle Hill MSAnastasia Hughes - Durgee JHEugene Kim - Durgee JHJulia Loh - Wellwood MSAllison Alcott - Fayetteville Manlius HSAubrey Leverich - Skaneateles MSShuting Lu - Liverpool HSDan Coye - West Genesee HSSarah Robinson - Eagle Hill MSMadelaine LaRonde - Eagle Hill MSNathaniel Barton - MPHDan Denoble - Wellwood MSSean Penzo - Ray MSMarshall Rioux - North Syracuse JH

BassClaudia Scalzetti - Wellwood MSBenjamin Testani - Eagle Hill MSSam Smith - Skaneateles MSAustin Fehrman - North Syracuse JHMatt Mondt - North Syracuse JHDaniel O'Connor - CBA

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FluteCeline Chen - Fayetteville Manlius HSHannah Garty - West Genesee HSKatie Bradley - Liverpool HS

. Siara Clos -:-Onondaga HS

ClarInetAmanda Shaughnessy - Liverpool HSRachael Frenza - West Genesee HSAlicia Willenborg - Marcellus HSOlivia Mulloy - Eagle Hill MS

OboeErica Armstrong - Fayetteville Manlius HSJoseph Lawrence - Jamesville DeWitt HS

BassoonVivien Mueller - LaFayette JSHSMia Biviano - Eagle Hill MS

TrumpetJosh Popp - CBASonja Hale - Eagle Hill MSBen Petrella - Soule Rd. MSEvan Maestri - Soule Rd. MS

French HornMeredith Levy - Eagle Hill MSAndrea Price - Eagle Hill MSOlivia Cole - Liverpool HSMia Cassella - Soule Rd. MS

TromboneLezhou Jiang - Wellwood MSTavish Daly - Wellwood MSNicole Jasinski - Soule Rd. MSJoseph Esce - Liverpool HS

TubaCraig Campbell- Wellwood MS

PercussionConor Blake - Liverpool HSAaron LaViolette - Liverpool HS

TimpaniJulian Razmjou - Eagle Hill MS

2011 -2012 OCMEA Jr. High All County Chorus

SopranoArianna Hege - Jamesville-DeWitt HSAmanda Mikesell- Jamesville-De Witt HSPhoebe Glowacki - Skaneateles HSAbby Fordyce - Jordan ElbridgeKatherine Widrick - West Genesee HSAlexis Webb - Westhill HSCateryna Kochan - Skaneateles HSEmily Bayhan - Durgee JHJulie Harrison - Jamesville-Dewitt HSJulia Herron - West Genesee HSVictoria Lee - Camillus MSJane Schaefer - LaFayetteKatherine Krebs - Skaneateles HSKristina Bell- Jamesville-DeWitt MSMadison Seaman - West Genesee HSShannon Conley - Westhill HSKatie Lindsley - Pine Grove MSDaria Pyrozhenko - Jamesville-Dewitt MSClaire Thomas - West Genesee HSTiffany Svitak - Solvay MSPreston Arment - Wellwood MSDiana Pugh - West Genesee HSChelsea Colton - Jamesville-DeWitt MSKatherine Lannon - West Genesee MSKrista Baraniewicz- West Genesee MSAshley Gusman - Bishop LuddenMaura Philipp one - Camillus MSMolly Conway - Ray MSMorgan Bennett - Westhill HSFrancesca Miesner - Onondaga Hill MS

AltoEmily Hildreth - Jamesville-De Witt HSMelissa Gao - Jamesville-DeWitt MSKelsey Hall - Pine Grove MSIsabella Puente - TullyHailey Harrigan - Jamesville-De Witt MSBrianna Delaney - CBAKara Bilello - Bishop LuddenChandler Cronk - East Syracuse-Minoa HSHaley Winks - Camillus MSKaterina Skafidas - Soule Rd. MSClaudia Lamas - Wellwood MSRebecca Martin - Driver MSLukas Figliozzi - Ray MSMcKayla Weaver - Jordan Elbridge HSBeijing Saleem - MPHXiomara Rodriguez - Westhill HSMackenzie Nish - West Genesee MSNaomi Bleiweiss - Liverpool MSJackie Aberi - Skaneateles MSMichaela LeBlond - Jamesville-Dewitt MS

Alto (cont)Amanda Ponza - West Genesee MSGracie Catanzarite -JamesvilleDeWitt MSElizabeth Kilpatrick - Onondaga Hill MSAlexis Frizzell- Driver MSLydia Kelly - MPHTracy Dowler - West Genesee MSEmily Huber - Eagle Hill MSMadeline Shuron - West Genesee MSHannah Palladino -Jamesville-DeWitt HSMary Kate Deeb - Pine Grove MS

TenorHunter Siegel- Jamesville DeWitt HSJohn Buttner - West Genesee HSJames Nunan - Bishop LuddenChris Herron - West Genesee MSDominic Fortunato - Westhill HSZach Driscoll - Skaneateles HSJoe Hagen - Skaneateles HSCasey McMahon - Onondaga Hill MSSean Herron - West Genesee MSRyan Fanning - Jamesville DeWitt HSJoe Benedict - Skaneateles MSBryan Straub - Liverpool MSJacob Harron - Jamesville DeWitt MSBryant Gerald - Bishop LuddenLiam Weaver - Fayetteville Manlius HSSaad Bukhari - Onondaga Hill MSJoshua Mattice - West Genesee HSCorey Smith - Westhill HSAaron Fern - Driver MSNicholas Peta - Liverpool MSJacob Nugent - West Genesee MSKevin Morris - East Syracuse Minoa HSDavid Adler - Fayetteville Manlius HSKevin Young - Westhill HSLiam Collins - North Syracuse JHAndrew Stonebarger - Sould Rd. MSWilliam Potter - Jamesville DeWitt MSAvery Miller - Camillus MSMichael Geiler - Westhill HSThomas Keeping - Chestnut Hill MS

BassJackson Powell- West Genesee HSCharles Schauer - Liverpool HSJoe Buck - Skaneateles HSEthan March - Westhill HS

Bass (cont)Andrew Tongue - Fayetteville ManliusHSBrennan Carman CBANathan Mevec - Westhill HSEmmett Wickersham - Onondaga Hill MSNicholas Cantello - West Genesee MSAlex Spear - Skaneateles HSRobert Schill- East Syracuse Minoa HSMatt Gooden - Marcellus HSChristopher Waters - West Genesee HSJesse Williams - Bishop LuddenConnor Gerace - Eagle Hill MSNicholas Jerge - MPHSean Conroy - Jordan Elbridge HSAndrew Hughes - North Syracuse JHJonathan Swanson - Fabius Pompey MSDestin Furcinito - Chestnut Hill MSTieman Quinn - Jamesville DeWitt HSJoshua Kole - Camillus MSThomas Mason - Wellwood MSJoshua Luce - Skaneateles MSDomenick Losurdo - Camillus MSMichael Cutrone - Liverpool MSNeil Minet - Driver MS

2011 - 2012 OCMEA Junior High All County BandFlute I Alto Sax IRachel Hewitt (Piccolo) _ Durgee JH J . B L. French Horn IV. . essica onner - iverpool HS E ·1 H S 1Ailis McVearry _ Jamesville DeWitt MS P t H h. mi y ung - ou e Rd. MSLuella Karpoff _ MPH Jeer ~ ump reys - Liverpool HS Laura Zwerger - West Genesee MS

J 1· M. ames DeSorbo - Eagle Hill MS

u ia usengo - Camillus MSMargaret Coulter - Lafayette JSHSNicholas Usher - Jamesville DeWitt MS'

Flute IIHyemin Han - MPHMary Morocco - Marcellus HSAmanda Cruty - Westhill HSMeghan Vonden Steinen - Bishop GrimesElena Haarer - Jamesville DeWitt MSElena Iaconis - North Syracuse JHLaurel Parker - Skaneateles MS

OboeLuke Sekowski - Onondaga Hill MSMargeurite Curtis - MPHSarah Garraffo - Durgee JH

Clarinet IJulie Coggiola - Soule Rd. MSRachel Scalisi - Fabius PompeyClaire Wenner - West Genesee HSLisa Morocco - Driver MSKaren Zhan - Eagle Hill MS

Clarinet IIRachel Ferrara - Fayetteville Manlius HSRachel Ceparski - Marcellus HSHannah Cofer - Ed Smith SchoolAnya Greenberg - Wellwood MSMia Talarico - Wellwood MSBryan Sherwood - Fayetteville Manlius HSMary Zarnowski - Durgee JH

Clarinet IIIHaleigh Pascual-Wellwood MSShannon White - Driver MSElise Dunshee - West Genesee HSWilla Shiomos - Jamesville DeWitt MSMadelyn Smith - Onondaga Hill MSShelby McNaughton - Wellwood MSChristie Kosecki - Sould Rd. MSMichelle Kittleman - Liverpool HSMadison Dolan - Onondaga Hill MS

BassoonSarah Devlin - West Genesee HSEmily Martell - Durgee JH

Bass ClarinetPaige Carter - North Syracuse JHDouglas Wehbe - Tully JSHSJason Gerbsch - Driver MSCaitlyn Whalen - West Genesee HS

Alto Sax IITal Frieden - Jamesville DeWittMike Clark - Marcellus HSElizabeth Menguicci - Onondaza HillMS b

Tenor SaxDunham Hall- Solvay HSJacqueline Peterson - West GeneseeHS

Baritone SaxDavid Millen - Durgee JHAlex Woodruff - Wellwood MSBrett Barlow - Eagle Hill MS

Trumpet IWill Musengo - West Genesee HSElizabeth DeGennaro - JamesvilleDeWitt HSRebecca Rolnick - FayettevilleManlius HSSophia Therese Kinne - Clary MS

Trumpet IILiam Lipsky - Tully JSHSChristopher Shyne - FayettevilleManlius HSNick DiMaria - NOIth Syracuse JHMiles Veney - Liverpool HSTrevor Costa - Driver MSEvan Turner - Marcellus HS

Trumpet IIIJason Coleman - Wellwood MSChris Torell - CBANick Colella - Onondaga Hill MSDavid Arends - West Genesee HSSigne Golash - Roberts SchoolBela Harris - Ed Smith School

French Horn IMatthew Davern - West Genesee HSJake Lysack - Soule Rd. MS

French Horn IIEvelyn Suatoi - Wellwood MSGina Duffy - Liverpool HS

French Horn IIIDavid Pflanz - Liverpool HSTyler Gerbsch - Driver MS

Trombone IJacob Everett - Jordan ElbridgeJeffBeyel- Marcellus HSAvery Yeates - Onondaga Hill MS

Trombone IIConnor Lundrigan - Driver MSJason Carter - Liverpool MSAron Callard - Durgee JH

Trombone IIIGeoffrey Engel- Eagle Hill MSLuke Nettle - Liverpool HSGabriel Goulding - Durgee JHJack Geddes - Wellwood MSKatie McBain - Onondaga Hill MS

BaritoneMaeve Brady - Wellwood MSCollin McCrea - West Genesee HSDylan Felty - Marcellus HSIan Bums - Liverpool HS

TubaJoseph Corso - Eagle Hill MSPat Spiddle - West Genesee HSSpencer George - Tully JSHSAnderson LeClair - Liverpool MS

PercussionJoshua Gordon - Eagle Hill MSJohn Nolan - Eagle Hill MSWill Grindle - Ray MSErica Ylitalo - Marcellus HSMichael Klaczko - West Genesee HS-

Kevboard PercussionJosh O'Connor - Wellwood MS

TimpaniMichael Abbott - Marcellus HS

Anthony Pinelli, Jr. - Orchestra

Orchestra Director, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York; M.M. StonyBrook University; B.M., Ithaca College

Anthony Pinelli is in his 21st year of public education. He is currently employed at Paul D.Schreiber High School in Port Washington, New York where directs two orchestras and teachesmusic theory. He earned his Bachelor's of Music in Education at Ithaca College and his MastersDegree from Stony Brook University. He is an active member of NY SSMA, American StringTeachers Assoc., Long Island String Festival and Nassau Music Educator Assoc. Anthonyperforms frequently in the Long Island region as the bassist with both Jazz and Classicalensembles.

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Melinde Poupore - Band

Melinde Poupore, a graduate of the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, has taughtinstrumental music in the Malone Central Schools since 1979. Presently she is the conductor of .~the Franklin Academy Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band as well as being the Co-coordinatorof Music for the district.

Mrs. Poupore is very active in NYSSMA, having served as the State Band Chairperson and as anAll-State Conference Chaperone since 1993. She is a certified adjudicator and has hostednumerous festivals. She is the Immediate Past President of the New York State Band DirectorsAssociation and Vice President of the Franklin County Music Educators Association.

She performs on clarinet regularly with the "Northern Symphonic Winds" in Potsdam.

Mrs. Poupore is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer and plays Leblanc clarinets exclusively.She also has been a guest conductor and clinician at various music festivals in New York,Washington, Colorado and Europe.

Douglas A. Avery retired last June as Director of Choruses at Mynderse Academyin Seneca Falls, New York, where he taught for thirty-five years. He conducted theMynderse Academy Chamber Singers, Varsity Chorus, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and the 7th& 8th Grade Chorus. Singers from the choruses of the Seneca Falls schools regularlyparticipated in honors choirs at the local, regional, state and national levels. Choirsannually participated in evaluation festivals and consistently received the' highest ratings.In addition to his choral duties, Mr. Avery served as Chairman of the Performing Artsprogram for the district.

Mr. Avery also served as advisor to the Mynderse Academy Drama Club, anddirected the two annual productions. Under his direction the Mynderse Academy musicalwas consistently recognized as one of the area's finest through the Rochester BroadwayTheatre League's "Stars of Tomorrow" program. He directed a total of 59 Drama Clubproductions since his arrival in 1977.

Mr. Avery holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Musicand a Master of Music degree from Ithaca College. He was an early participant in theprofessional standards program sponsored by the Music Educators National Conference,being mimed one of the country's very first Nationally Registered Music Educators. Mr.Avery is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, for whom he servedtwo terms as New York State Repertoire and Standards. Chairman for Middle SchoolChoruses. He is also a member of the Music Educators National Conference andHandbell Musicians of America. He is Music Director at Trinity Episcopal Church inSeneca Falls, where he.directs the Adult Choir and the Handbell Choir.

Mr. Avery just completed a term as All-State Chorus Chairperson for the NewYork State School Music Association, responsible for both the All-State Mixed Chorusand the All-State Women's Chorus. He has been asked to begin a term as incoming All-State Vocal Jazz Ensemble Chairperson. He is an adjudicator for vocal and all-statevocal jazz soloists for NYSSMA. He co-chaired the American Choral DirectorsAssociation's 2004 Eastern Division Junior High Honor Choir in Boston. Mr. Avery hasguest-conducted numerous high school and middle school all-county choruses throughoutcentral New York, and has been named several times to "Who's Who In America" and"Who's Who Among American Teachers." During 2011 Mr. Averyreceived theOutstanding Choral Music Educator Award by the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra andthe New York State School Music Association's Distinguished Service Award.

Douglas Avery - Chorus

A special thank you to all the students, parents, faculty, administrators, clerical staff,custodians, and YOU, the audience for making this concert a success.

Thank you for attending the program. Good audience participation enriches the quality ofany performance. We need your assistance in allowing us to present our best efforts.Please turn off all cell phones, beepers, and pagers during the concert. Please wait to beseated at appropriate times. Usually this occurs between musical selections or at theconclusion of an ensemble's performance.

We encourage you to hear the program .n its entirety. It is important to respect the rightsof each listener to enjoy the music performed in a concert hall environment withoutdistraction. Our young performers are offering the best of their talents in hope of pleasingtheir audience. Help us to achieve this goal by contributing to everyone's listeningpleasure

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2011 - 2012 OCMEA Junior High All County Festival Committee

David Wilber - Festival ChairpersonChuck Penfield, Pam Mastrobattisto, Michelle Ciarrochi - Audition ChairpersonsMaureen VanVechten - Band ManagerColleen Anna - Chorus ManagerKaren Veverka - Orchestra ManagerMicheal Kringer - Technical Support and EquipmentDavid Wilber - ProgramsDoris Sorendo, Jennifer Woolfanger- TicketsJennifer Woolfanger - NurseElaine Crysler, Maureen VanVechten- MealsEllen Smith, Skaneateles Central School MusicBoosters - Snacks

Onondaga County Music Educators Association Officers

President - Anthony Alvaro, West Genesee Central SchoolsVice President - Rebecca Bizup, Fayetteville-Manlius Central SchoolsSecretary - David Wilber, Skaneateles Central SchoolsExecutive Secretary/Treasurer - Alison Miles, Fabius-Pompey Central Schools

Special Thanks to:

Phillip D' Angelo - Skaneateles Superintendent of SchoolsDale Bates - Skaneateles Assistant Superintendent of SchoolsTimothy Chiavara ~ Skaneateles Middle School PrincipalGeorgette Hoskins - Skaneateles High School PrincipalVincent Sicignano - Skaneateles Central School Director of Grounds and Maintenance

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Directors from Participating Schools

Baldwinsville - Kristina Dubois, Patricia Hollis, Maggie Mercer, Laurie Raschella, Steven Uhl, TammyWilliamsDiocese - Robert Caraher, Tim Davis, Laura Norris, Allan Thomson, Michael WallsEast Syracuse -Minoa - Amy DeBerjeois, Gilbert Flock, Charles PenfieldFabius - Pompey - Ed Cole, Alison Miles, Shannon SchmiedelFaith Heritage - Patricia CamlohFayetteville - Manlius - Alan Beyel, Rebecca Bizup, Melanie Bulawa, Jackie Darvil, Amanda Dunlap,Kevin Giordano, Jennifer Greene, Catherine Koch, Ronald Kurtz, Carlos Mendez, Kathleen Popow, TerriTallmanJamesville - DeWitt - Joel Barnett, Daniel Blumenthal, Anthony Greene, Kristen Panzetta, BethQuackenbushJordan-Elbridge - James A'Hearn, Denise DeapoLafayette - Jay Czyz, Rebecca PethybridgeLiverpool- Barry Blumenthal, Danielle Cieply, Eileen DeGroff, Frank DeGroff, Rebecca Dodd, JamesDumas, Joseph Filio, Stephen Finley, Amanda Harris, Linda Nolan, James Spadafore, Stephanie Suarez,Brian TulowieckiManlius Pebble Hill - Janice Carr, Joe Colombo, Ann Marie GregoryMarcellus - Brian Ackles, Michael Cirmo, Mary Peenstra, Audrey TurnerNorth Syracuse - Darcie Bowden, Jennifer MacDerment, Suzanne Tiffault,Onondaga - Andy Dolloff, Lydia McAllisterSkaneateles - Colleen Anna, Micheal Kringer, David Wilber, Maureen VanVechten, Karen VeverkaSolvay - Jerry Fitzgerald, Mary Perun,Syracuse City - Priscilla Babilonia, Michael Cieply, Michelin Kelleher, William Kribs, Kimberly Rossi,Julie StuetzleTully - Christopher Olsen, Patrick Votra .West Genesee - Anthony Alvaro, Tracy Berner, Gregory Borsz, Kevin Dimmel, Steven Frackenpohl,Martha Grener, Christy Knowlton, William Mercer, Andrew Perry, Donald Schuessler, Michael StachnikWesthill - Joseph Buchmann, Elizabeth Buell, Anthony Mastrobattisto, Kathleen Tomkins