TMEA 2017 Professional Development Conference Program

TMEA SELECTED PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES // FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017
David Aydelott
1:00–2:30 PM | FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE
(TBA HALL OF FAME CONCERT)
David Aydelott, Conductor
Presidential Ballroom AE
Franklin High School offers classes in vocal and instrumental music, AP Music Theory, IB Music,
Piano, and Guitar. The band program is divided into five classes: beginning and intermediate
percussion, 9th grade brass and woodwind, intermediate brass, intermediate woodwind, and
advanced brass, woodwind, and percussion which make up our Wind Ensemble.
The Franklin Wind Ensemble consistently receives Superior Ratings at regional Concert
Performance Assessment, and for the past three years has been rated Superior with
Distinction. The Franklin Wind Ensemble performed at the 2012 Tennessee Music Education
Association conference and the 2013 Music for All National Concert Festival.
After school offerings include brass, woodwind, and percussion chamber groups, two
jazz bands, and a large percussion ensemble that performed at the 2013 Music for All
National Percussion Festival and at the 2014 TMEA conference. A chamber ensemble in
the proportions of the classic harmonie performed at the inaugural Music for All National
Chamber Music Festival in March of 2015.
A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, David Aydelott is the Director of
Bands at Franklin High School in the Williamson County Tennessee School District.
Before his appointment at Franklin in 2007, Mr. Aydelott taught at Lexington High
School in Lexington, Tennessee, John Overton High School in Nashville, and Ravenwood
High School in Brentwood, Tennessee. During his tenure at those schools, students
distinguished themselves on the marching field, the concert stage, and in individual and
chamber settings. While at John Overton, the music department was selected as a 1999
“Signature Gold School” by the National Association of the Recording Arts and Sciences.
Now in the early years of its second century, Franklin High School has a long history of
excellence in band performance. Bands at Franklin have marched in the Tournament
of Roses Parade and twice in the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade. A five-time winner
of the Tennessee Governor’s Cup, Franklin was named Grand Champion of the 2012,
2013, and 2015 Middle Tennessee State University “Contest of Champions.” An active
participant in Bands of America events, Franklin has been a finalist, class champion,
regional champion, and is a three-time National Class AAA Runner Up at the BOA
Grand National Championships. In 2014 Franklin was awarded the Sudler Shield, an
international award for high school marching band sponsored by the John Philip Sousa
Foundation. The Franklin Wind Ensemble performed at the 2012 Tennessee Music
Education Association Conference and at the 2013 Music for All National Festival. The
Franklin Percussion Ensemble performed at the 2013 Music for All National Percussion
Festival, the 2014 TMEA Conference and a chamber ensemble in the proportions of the
classic harmonie performed at the inaugural Music for All National Chamber Music
Festival in March of 2015.
A recipient of the National Band Association’s Certificate of Merit and the Citation
of Excellence, David Aydelott is President of the Middle Tennessee School Band and
Orchestra Association, past Band Chair for the Tennessee Music Education Association
and has served two terms on the Executive Board of the MTSBOA. Mr. Aydelott served
on the 2009 committee to revise the Tennessee instrumental music curriculum and is
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