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Tennessee Valley Music Festival

The Huntsville Youth Orchestra Announces The TENNESSEE VALLEY MUSIC FESTIVAL
JUNE 2-7, 2008

Orchestra and Band Activities:

Grace Lutheran Church and School
3321 Memorial Pkwy SW
Huntsville, AL 35801

Piano Festival 2008:

University of Alabama at Huntsville, Roberts Hall
Huntsville, Alabama

Flyer with More Information

Registration Form

Medical Release Form

Permission to Leave Campus

Artist Faculty (incomplete)

Joseph Lee
Artistic Director

• Symphonic Orchestra / Symphonic Chamber Orchestra / Adult Chamber Orchestra
• B.M. Vanderbilt University
• Huntsville Youth Orchestra, Music Director / Conductor
• Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Assistant Conductor / Director of Education

Emelyn Bingham
Symphonic Orchestra Conductor, Symphonic Strings Conductor

Robert Bradshaw
Composer in Residence

Gene Swanner
Concert Band

• Studied jazz composition and trombone performance at Berklee School of Music
• B.M. Alabama A&M University
• Hampton Cove Middle School, Band Director

Mark Reneau
Violin

• B.M. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
• M.M. University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
• Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Concertmaster

Anna Cromwell
violin

• In-Residence at Western Kentucky University
• Former Faculty at Minnesota State University
• Former Faculty at Bravo! Summer String and Keyboard Institute
• Former Faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp

Noriko Shimura
Viola

• B.M. Manhattan School of Music
• M.M. Manhattan School of Music
• Huntsville Symphony Orchestra

Sarah Boronow
Cello

• Twickenham Chamber Orchestra
• B.M Vanderbilt University
• M.M. Rice University
• Western Kentucky University, Faculty

Tim Carroll
Bass

• B.M. University of Alabama
• Currently teaching and free lancing in Birmingham

Tracey Schmidt
Flute

• no further info yet

Somerlie DePasquale
Oboe

• B.M. Vanderbilt University
• M.M. Roosevelt University
• New Millennium Orchestra

David Mitchell
Clarinet

• B.M. DePaul University
• Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
• Grissom High School Band, Staff

Pat Gunter
Bassoon

• B.M. University of Missouri at Kansas City
• M.M. Indiana University
• Belmont University, Faculty
• Tennessee State University, Faculty

John Gattis
Horn

• B.M. Cleveland Institute of Music

Bruce Zeiger
Trumpet

• B.A. St. Leo University
• MCM, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
• 20 years, Air Force band program
• Catholic High School, Band Director

Joel Mason
Low Brass

• B.M. University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
• M.M. Southern Oregon University
• Mountain Gap Middle School, Band Director
• University of Alabama at Huntsville, Faculty
• Huntsville Brass Band, Conductor

Mark Berry
Percussion

• B.M. Ohio State University
• M.M University of Michigan
• D.M.A. University of Michigan
• Western Kentucky University, Faculty

Kevin Chance
Piano

Lea Hoppe
Music Fundamentals

• Beginning Orchestra / Redstone Orchestra
• B.S. Samford University
• M.A. The University of Alabama
• The Randolph School, Faculty
• Huntsville Community Children’s Junior Chorus, Conductor

Kelli Battraw
Beginning and Redstone Orchestras Conductor

• Nimble Fingers, Nimble Minds
• B.S. Arizona State University
• Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Arts-in-Education Coordinator
• Huntsville Youth Orchestra, Novice Strings and Beginning Orchestra Conductor