Full Program - Missouri Music Educators Association

Friday, 2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Salon A
Central High School Wind Ensemble
Chris Rohrbaugh, Alisha Davis
Windsprints.....................................................................................................Richard L. Saucedo
Hal Leonard
Incantation and Dance...................................................................................John Barnes Chance
Boosey & Hawkes
Reflections in a Tidal Pool...................................................................................... James Bonney
AVSICTISM Music
Epinicion................................................................................................................. John Paulson
Neil A. Kjos
Gallop........................................................................................................................Alfred Reed
Hal Leonard
Mr. Rohrbaugh is currently in his eleventh year as Director of Bands for the Central High School
Band Program. He is a graduate of Andress High School in El Paso Texas, received his Bachelor of
Science in Music Education from Missouri State University in 1999 and his Masters in Secondary
Education in 2010.
While at Missouri State he was an active trumpet and voice performer in many ensembles,
including the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Belva Prather, multiple Jazz Bands under
the direction of Mr. Jerry Hoover, Mr. Randy Hamm, and Mr. Bill Hartman, the Lady Bear Basketball
Band under the direction of Mr. Juan Meraz, the Dues Band, and the Pride Marching Band. With
these ensembles, Mr. Rohrbaugh has had multiple performances at the state MMEA convention
and nationally at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. As a director,
Mr. Rohrbaugh and the CHS Wind Ensemble performed at MMEA in January of 2008.
Alisha Davis is in her fifth year of teaching for the Springfield Public School District. Her duties
include assistance with the Central High School Wind Ensemble, Central Intermediate Band,
Kickapoo Golden Arrow Marching Band, Kickapoo Advanced Band, and Director of the Kickapoo
Jazz Band. Mrs. Davis graduated from Missouri State University in the fall of 2006 with a Bachelor
of Music Education. She is also currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in instrumental conducting
from MSU.
As an undergraduate at Missouri State, Mrs. Davis had the opportunity to serve as section leader
for the Pride Marching Band, be a Pride Band Senior Fellow, as well as being an active member of
the Clarinet Society, Brass & Sass, Bear Mania Basketball Band, University Wind Symphony, and
University Wind Ensemble. As a member of the MSU Wind Ensemble, she had the opportunity to
perform at MMEA, and the CBDNA Conference in Waco, TX.
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