Full Program - Missouri Music Educators Association

Friday, 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Salon A
Lee’s Summit West High School Symphonic Band
Clifton Thurmond, Shawn Harrel
Diamond Fanfare................................................................................................. Samuel R. Hazo
Hal Leonard Corporation
A Lovely Rose......................................................................................................... arr. Chen Qian
He Bu Company
Syndrome............................................................................................................Shawn A. Harrel
manuscript
The Vaudevillain..................................................................................................... Kirt N. Mosier
manuscript
His Honor..............................................................................Henry Fillmore/ed. Robert E. Foster
Carl Fischer
Clifton Thurmond has taught in the Lee’s Summit R7 School district since 1999 where he conducts
the Symphonic Band and the Percussion class at Lee’s Summit West High School. He also travels
each day to Summit Pointe Elementary and Cedar Creek Elementary to teach beginning band. Clif
is also the Worship Leader at Deerbrook Covenant Church in Lee’s Summit.
Mr. Thurmond completed his Master of Music in Education at the University of Missouri, Kansas
City in 2007 where he studied with Joe Parisi. He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree
from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1998 where he studied with Allan McMurray and Tom
Caneva.
Clif resides in Lee’s Summit with his wife, Angie, and their two children, Emory (8) and Miles
(6).
Shawn Harrel teaches band, jazz band, and IB Music at Lee’s Summit West High School and Digital
Media Technology at Summit Technology Academy. He is a part-time announcer at KCUR 89.3 FM
and teaches instrumental arranging at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Mr. Harrel completed his master of music in jazz arranging and composition at the University of
North Texas where he studied arranging with Paris Rutherford and jazz piano with Dan Haerle.
Upon Mr. Haerle’s retirement from classroom teaching, Mr. Harrel directed The Zebras (jazz
keyboard ensemble), a group directed by Haerle from 1980 to 2002.
Mr. Harrel’s bachelor’s degree is in music education from Missouri State University. While at MSU,
Shawn was a staff arranger for the Pride Marching Band as well as the band’s drum major for four
years. His arrangements were performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and Chiefs and
Rams football games to name a few.
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