Tennessee Musician - Vol. 67 No. 2

Tennessee All-State Registration, Auditions, and Rehearsal Locations
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015
Student Registration (All Ensembles):
3:00 – 5:00pm (CST) Cook Convention Center Main Lobby
Judges Meeting:
Band: 5:00pm (CST) Cannon Center Ballroom C
Orchestra: 5:00pm (CST) Cannon Center Ballroom E
Rehearsal Locations:
9 – 10 Orchestra: Sheraton Heritage Ballroom
11 – 12 Orchestra: Cannon Center Ballroom E
9 – 10 Band: MCCC Chickasaw
11- 12 Band: Cannon Center Ballroom C
SATB Chorus: MCCC Cotton Row
Women’s Chorus: L13 – L14
Men’s Chorus: L10 – L11
Jazz Band: River Bluff
Orchestra Audition Locations (Strings Only): 2nd Floor Sheraton
Warm-up: Sheraton Ballroom
Violin 1, 9 – 10: Jackson
Viola 9 – 12: Beale
Cello 9 – 12: Oxford
Bass 9 – 12: St. Louis
Violin 2, 9 – 10: Knoxville
Violin 1, 11 – 12: Natchez
Violin 2, 11 – 12: Memphis
All-State Band and Orchestra Wind and Percussion Audition Locations:
Cook Convention Center and Cannon Center
Warm-up: Cannon Center Ballroom B
Flute 9 – 12: L6
Clarinet 9 – 10: L4
Clarinet 11 – 12: L2
Saxes: L 9
Trumpet 9 – 12: Cannon 201
Double Reeds/Low Reeds: South Mezz Conference
French Horn 9 – 12: Cannon 203
Trombone 9 – 12: Executive Conf.
Euphonium/Tuba 9 - 12: Ballroom E
Percussion 9 – 12 & Orchestra: Ballroom C
Orchestra Woodwinds: Chickasaw
Orchestra Brass: Cannon 205
Tennessee All-State Ensemble Conductors Overview
Alfred L. Watkins – 9th and 10th Grade All-State Concert Band
Mr. Alfred L. Watkins is the recently retired Director of
Bands at Lassiter High School, a position he held since 1982,
completing a 37-year career as a high school director of
bands.
Joe Miller – SATB Choir
Joe Miller is conductor of two of America’s most renowned
choral ensembles: the Westminster Choir and the Westminster
Symphonic Choir. He is also director of choral activities
at Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
Kevin L. Sedatole – 11th and 12th Grade All-State Concert Band
Kevin Sedatole serves as Director of Bands, Professor of Music,
and Chair of the conducting area at the Michigan State
University College of Music.
Kathleen DeBerry Brungard – 9th and 10th Grade All-State String
Orchestra
Kathleen DeBerry Brungard received a Bachelor degree cum
laude in music education from Wesleyan College, Macon,
Georgia, and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern
University in Evanston, Illinois.
Giancarlo Guerrero – 11th and 12th Grade All-State Symphony
Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero is the Music Director of the Nashville
Symphony Orchestra and Principal
Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra’s Miami
Residency.
Rodney Whitaker – All-State Jazz Band
Internationally renowned bassist and Mack Avenue recording
artist, Rodney Whitaker, currently holds the titles of Professor
of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan
State University.
Paul Carey – All-State Men’s Chorus
Commissioned Composer – Dies Irae for the 2015 TMEA All-
State Men’s Choir
Paul Carey studied composition with Alfred Blatter, Herbert
Bruen, Ben Johnston, and Eugene Kurtz, and harp with
Shirley Blankenship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Dr. Robert Ivey – All-State Women’s Chorale
Robert Ivey is an Assistant Professor of Music at Brenau
University where he conducts the Vocal Chamber Ensemble
and Spectrum Singers. He also directs the music education
program that has grown in numbers since joining the Brenau
music faculty in 2009.
Rollo A. Dilworth – Tennessee Treble Choir
Rollo A. Dilworth is Professor of Music and Director of
Choral Activities and Music Education at the North Park
University School of Music in Chicago, Illinois. He also serves
as director of the Music Institute of Chicago Children’s Choir.
A. Jan Taylor – Tennessee All-Collegiate Choir
A. Jan Taylor, educator, pianist, singer and choral conductor,
is Director of Choral Music Activities at Prairie View A&M
University. Prior to her appointment at Prairie View, Taylor
taught general music, in the Houston Independent School
District. She has served as adjudicator and choral clinician
for numerous choral competitions, festivals, and regional
choirs across the State of Texas.
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