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USAAMB - 2009 Personal Musician Profiles, Part 2

Baritone

Clarence Alexander Ferrell III

  • Teacher: Eric Wells
  • Clover High School, York, SC
  • Region Band Participant
  • Member of All State Band and Orchestra, 2007
  • Winthrop Clinic Participant
  • USC Band Clinic Participant
  • Corp Commander of ROTC Unit SC-951
  • Cadet Officer Leadership School 2009, 2007
  • National Air Force Honor Camp, New Mexico 2008
  • Most Outstanding Brass, 2005-2007


Luke Gall

  • Teacher: Kent Gall
  • Goochland High School, Manakin Sabot, VA
  • Received Superior ratings at District band Festival
  • Member of Jersey Surf, The Cadets and The Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps
  • 2007 Cadets Rookie of the Year
  • First Place Drum Major at all Marching Band Competitions in 2007
  • First Chair Tuba, Greater Richmond Youth Wind Ensemble
  • District Band Participant, Euphonium


Brian Haw

  • Teacher: Kristi Jasin
  • Livonia Franklin High School, Livonia, MI
  • Drum Major, 2008 Livonia Franklin High School Marching Band
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Treasurer, Class Council, 2009


     


Ben Leventhal

  • Teacher: Richard Bergman
  • Herndon High School, Herndon, VA
  • First chair in Euphonium, Wind Ensemble, 4 years
  • First chair VA All State Band 2007
  • Varsity Athlete, Tennis
  • Member of US Tennis Association
  • Grandfather – Rodrigue Lauzon, Korean War, Army Combat Engineers


Joseph Ready

  • Teacher: Tom Muller
  • David Douglas High School, Portland, OR
  • Oregon All State Champion, Euphonium
  • Member of Colts Drum and Bugle Corps
  • Placed 7th at DCI Individual and Ensemble Competition, 2007
  • MENC All-Northwest Honor Band Participant, 2007
  • Member of Metropolitan Youth
  • Member of Jazz Ensemble, Trombone
  • Member of Symphonic Band, Euphonium
  • Oregon All State Honor Band Participant


Austin Reep

  • Teacher: Neil Underwood
  • North Lincoln High School, Lincolnton, NC
  • Member of Charlotte Youth Wind Ensemble
  • All-State Band alternate, North Carolina
  • Grandfather, Retired US Army John Miller Reep- stationed in Germany from ’51-53
  • Father is engineer for John Deere


Greg Thompson

  • Teacher: David Webb
  • Jefferson Forest High School, Forest, VA
  • Formed team for American Cancer Society, Relay for Life
  • Organized fundraisers, raised almost 4,000 for the ACS
  • All County Band Participant
  • Received Superior Ratings at solo festivals
  • Aspiring Videographer
  • Father, U.S. Navy for 20 years


Serena Utz

  • Teacher: Kevin Ford
  • Tarpon Springs High School, Palm Harbor, FL
  • All County Jazz Band Participant, Trombone
  • All County Concert Band Participant, Euphonium
  • Member of Festival Winds
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Baritone Section Leader
  • Band President
  • Member of Jazz Ensemble
  • Competed in University of North Texas Jazz Festival
  • Performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC


Tuba

Genevieve Blesch

  • Teacher: Gabriel Olochwoszcz
  • Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, NJ
  • Vocalist
  • Studies and teaches Japanese
  • Involved in several school music ensembles and musical productions
  • Inspired to play tuba by her older brother

     


Carolyn Burnett

  • Teacher: Steven Hendricks
  • Davis High School, Farmington, UT
  • District Select Band and Orchestra
  • Member of Davis Youth Symphony
  • All State Participant, 2007-2008
  • First Chair Symphony Orchestra, Brigham Young University Musicians Summer Festival
  • Davis Drum Major, 2008
  • Teaches private trumpet lessons
  • English Student of the Year
  • Youth Camp Leader
  • Scored 5 on the AP American and European History Exams
     


Seth Hochberg
  • Teacher: Kevin Ford
  • Tarpon Springs High School, Palm Harbor, FL
  • Tuba Section Leader and Quartet Master and Drum Major
  • Received Superior ratings at Solo and Ensemble Festivals
  • Member of Pinellas All County Band
  • Performed at the BOA Grand National Competition
  • Performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC


Ives Hubbard

  • Teacher: Chris Shumick
  • Woodland High School, Stockbridge, GA
  • Member of University of Georgia Honor Band
  • GMEA District Honor Band Participant
  • Brass Captain, WHS Band
  • Recipient of the SHS Tiger Academic Award
  • Recipient of WHS Most Outstanding Individual Marching Technique Award


Nick Huelster

  • Teacher: Alfred Watkins
  • Lassiter High School, Marietta, GA
  • Performed at Atlanta Falcons opening day with high school marching band
  • Earned “Arrow of Light” with Boy Scouts
  • Member of the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony
  • Varsity Athlete, Lacrosse
  • John Denson Overton-Great Grandfather, U.S. Army, Panama Canal 1946-1953


Ian Poole

  • Teacher: Sean Smith
  • East Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC
  • First Chair District Band
  • First Chair All State Band
  • LSU Honors Chamber Wind Camp participant
  • Participated in Tuba Master Classes at Northwestern University, 2008
  • Member of Henderson County Youth Orchestra 2005-2007
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Brass Ensemble Participant
     


Wes Richardson

  • Teacher: Mike Howell
  • Ledford High School, Winston-Salem, NC
  • All District Band Participant
  • Member of Governor’s School West Orchestra
  • Member of Ledford Indoor Percussion Ensemble, Snare Drum
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Member of Boy Scouts, Star Rank


Billy Walick

  • Teacher: Mark Kinzer
  • Ravenwood High School, Brentwood, TN
  • Varsity Athlete, Golf
  • President of Mu Alpha Theta, Math Fraternity
  • Member of National Honor Society
  • Member of Model UN
  • Attended Vanderbilt Summer Academy, Calculus
  • Grandfather, Clarence Alexander, Army
  • Great Uncle, Anthony Alexander, Army
  • Second Cousin, Joe Alexander, Active Duty, Army and stationed in Alabama training to fly Blackhawk helicopters.
  • Uncle, Jay Walick, is a retired member of the Air Force.
  • Grandfather, Edward Walick, is a retired member of the Marine Force

 

Snare Drum

Joey Dwyer

  • Teacher: David Rogers
  • Walled Lake Central High School, Commerce Township, MI
  • Member of Walled Lake Percussion Ensemble – Snare Line 2006 WGI Champions
  • Member of Walled Lake Wind Ensemble
  • Featured Marimba Soloist, Michigan music Conference
  • Snare Section Leader
  • Competed at the PASIC Convention, 2007
  • Varsity Athlete, Captain, Hockey
  • Selected for Positive Peer Influence Group for Leadership


Matt Keown

  • Teacher: Dana Demant
  • Springfield High School, Springfield, OR
  • Principal Percussionist, Eugene Youth Symphony
  • Drumline Section Leader
  • Member of Oregon Crusaders, Drum and Bugle Corps
  • Attended University of Oregon Jazz Improvisation Camp
  • Grandfather, Gordon Keown, Army Officer, WW II, Korean War Veteran, CWO 3
  • Uncle, Michael Keown, Army, Vietnam Veteran
  • Attended the Juilliard Summer Percussion Seminar
  • Teaches Private Percussion Lessons
  • Placed 2nd at the National Percussive Arts Society Snare Drum Competition last November


Kerry Martin

  • Teacher: Jerry Markoch
  • Athens Drive High School, Cary, NC
  • Drumline Tech for South Granville Indoor Drumline
  • Center Snare, 2 Consecutive Years
  • Platinum Indoor Ensemble Inaugural Season, Participant
  • Concert Soloist 2007, 2008
  • Duke University Pep Band Participant


Nick Ogden

  • Teacher: Jim Irving
  • Tigard High School, Tigard, OR
  • Drumline Section Leader
  • Member of Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps
  • Member of NWMBC Champion Marching Band

     


Brad Schoener

  • Teacher: Michael Shoremount
  • Bayard Rustin High School, West Chester, PA
  • Member of Jazz Ensemble
  • Member of Indoor Drumline
  • Member of PMEA Honors Band, Honors Jazz Band

     


Multi-Tenor Drum

Spencer Gourley

  • Teacher: John Mashburn
  • Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
  • Member of World Changers
  • Member of Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • Officer Training Participant
  • Captain of Marching Band and Indoor Drumlines


Michael Hogan

  • Teacher: Peter Tileston
  • King Philip Regional High School, Wrentham, MA
  • Assisted in starting World Percussion Program at King Phillip Regional High School
  • Achieved Eagle Scout
  • Performed at Symphony Hall, Boston
  • Member of Symphonic Band, Indoor Percussion Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble
     


PJ McGinthy

  • Teacher: Matthew Lang
  • O'Fallon Township High School, O’Fallon, IL
  • Played with the Keith Urban Drum Line in St. Louis
  • Recipient of a percussion scholarship at PAISIC
  • Member of Wind Ensemble, First Chair
  • Special Olympics Volunteer
  • Quad Section Leader
  • Participant of Winter Drum Line
  • Cousin, John Donothan, Army '83 to '87
  • Placed First in 2008 Mozingo Percussion Competition


 

Bass Drum

Krissi Banks

  • Teacher: John Mashburn
  • Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
  • Received Superior Ratings in Concert and Symphonic Band
  • Member of Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • First Place in SAPA and SCGC
     


Kiara France

  • Teacher: Trey Harris
  • Bassett High School, Spencer, VA
  • Silver Medallist WDI Championships 2008
  • Music Showcase Festival Participant
  • Member of Congress Leadership
  • Camp Teen Leader
  • Voted Outstanding Percussionist 2005


Kevin Golla

  • Teacher: Steve Olsen
  • Rosemount High School, Rosemount, MN
  • Member of District Honor Band
  • Member of University of Minnesota and St. Thomas Honor Bands
  • Received Superior Ratings in Solo and Ensemble Festivals
  • Member of Minnesota South of the River Youth Symphony


Robert Nelson

  • Teacher: John Mashburn
  • Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
  • 3 Time World Finalists, WGI Indoor Drumline
  • Who’s Who in American High School Students
  • Life Scout, Boy Scouts of America Troop 39


Andrew John Solem

 

  • Teacher: Jon Kearns
  • Stoughton High School, Stroughton, MA
  • Member of the Stoughton High Marching Band for 5 years and is a section leader this year 
  • Received an Outstanding Musician Award at the IAJE festival
  • Member of Citations Drum and Bugle Corps
  • Member of Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band and Winter Percussion
  • Teaches Percussion Lessons to Middle School Students
  • Member of Massachusetts All State Lions Band
  • Received Silver Rating at IAJE Festival
  • Berklee Jazz Festival Participant
  • Grandfather, Army, WW2 Veteran
     


 

Auxiliary Percussion/Mallets

Colleen Curren

  • Teacher: Durand Thomas
  • Scotch Plains Fanwood High School, Fanwood, NJ
  • Senior year will be spent at the Juilliard School Pre College Division
  • Member of Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corp
  • Teaches percussion lessons to elementary students
  • Joseph J. Mientus – Grandfather, Army Corp of Engineers (Retired)
  • Elmer Curren – Grandfather, Army (Retired)
     


Lavianna Felder

  • Teacher: Michael Belskis
  • Sterling High School, Stratford, NJ
  • Member of Olympic Conference Area Band
  • All State Regional Wind Ensemble Participant
  • All State Symphonic Band Participant

     


Kevin Hockett

  • Teacher: Walt Lovell
  • Elko High School, Elko, NV
  • Member of Winter Drumline
  • Pep Band Participant
  • Attended Annual Great Basin Jazz Camp
  • Northern Nevada Honor Band Participant

     


Morganne McCartney

  • Teacher: William Ennis
  • East Pennsboro Area High School, Camp Hill, PA
  • Both parents are DCI alumni
  • Member of Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corp
  • Member of Spanish National Honor Society
  • Teaches Spanish to elementary school students


Joseph Morgan

  • Teacher: John Mashburn
  • Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
  • Member of Forsyth Central Drumline
  • Member of Flash Crimson Marching Band
  • Officer for Marching Band and Drumline
     


Brittany Pierce

  • Teacher: John Mashburn
  • Forsyth Central High School, Cumming, GA
  • Member of Indoor Drumline
  • Pit Sergeant
  • Pit Lieutenant
  • Maintains a 4.0 GPA
  • Class Rank of 15 out of 407

     


Ross Taylor

  • Teacher: David Rogers
  • Walled Lake Central High School, Walled Lake, MI
  • Performed at the Michigan music Conference
  • Received Division 1 Ratings at Solo and Ensemble Festival
  • PASIC Marching Festival
  • First Place, MCGC Individuals and Ensemble


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