EGUSD MS FEST 2022

Elk Grove Unified School District
Proudly Presents

The 12th Annual

MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND FEST

Saturday, March 5th, 2022 from 9:40 AM to 3:00 PM
Cosumnes Oaks High School Performing Arts Center

Performances by
James Rutter Middle School Band
Harriet Eddy MS Symphonic Band
Kerr Concert Band
Toby Johnson Middle School Band
Katherine Albiani Middle School
Smedberg Concert Band
Pinkerton 8th Grade Concert Band

The Elk Grove Unified School District Middle School
Band Festival is currently in its twelfth year of
operation and includes performance opportunities for
all nine middle school band programs. The Festival
will be held on Saturday, March 5th, 2022 from 9:40
AM to 3:00 PM, in the Cosumnes Oaks Performing
Arts Center. The Festival invites all of our middle
school bands to perform in a formal setting in front of
a highly reputable adjudicator and clinician, who
listens to and evaluates each ensemble, giving
positive and educational feedback on their concert
selections. We have always enjoyed a positive
experience, both educationally for our students, and
professionally for our band directors, with
opportunities for growth as musicians and artists.
Admission is free, and friends, family, and our
community members are all welcome to attend.

Brad North
Guest Adjudicator
& Clinician

Mr. North taught music in Northern California for the
past thirty-eight years until retiring in May, 2019, and
has recently joined the music education faculty at
California State University, Sacramento. Mr. North has
received numerous awards and honors, including
Placer County Teacher of the Year, Northern California
Band Associations, Director of the Year, and California
Music Educators Association’s, Capitol Section, Music
Educator of the Year. In addition, Mr. North has
received the CMEA Presidents Award and NCBA’s
Legends Award. Mr. North has served four terms as
president of California Music Educators Association’s,
Capitol Section, as well as serving on the board of the
Northern California Band Association. Mr. North’s
bands have performed throughout the United States
and Canada, including performances at our Nation’s
Capital, and performances for California’s
Gubernatorial Inaugurations.

Our New VAPA Director
Jennifer Wilbanks

We would like to introduce Jennifer Wilbanks to our music
community in Elk Grove. Jennifer Wilbanks has been an
educator in the Elk Grove Unified School District for over 24
years. She started her career as a classroom teacher, worked
as a site administrator for seven years, then became the
Director of Visual and Performing Arts in October 2020. She
comes from a family immersed in the arts, so has had a love
of music and visual performance her entire life. Since
childhood she has participated in a variety of arts disciplines,
including competitive Scottish and Irish dancing, and
performing in community theater, both on stage and in the
orchestra. Her father is a retired music educator, which led to
Jennifer learning to play the trombone and piano at an early
age. She is currently a featured trombone player in the
Alpantanzerkapelle, an Austrian/Bavarian band and
folk-dance troupe. In addition, she also serves as the Artistic
Director for the group where she oversees all exhibition
activities and provides direction and guidance to the dance
and band leaders. Jennifer is, and always has been, an
advocate for the arts and for the benefits that a VAPA
education can bring to students at EGUSD.

James Rutter Middle
School Band

Directed by Sarah Holland

9:40 AM - 10:15 AM

Dance Celebration By Robert W. Smith

Escape From Krypton By Robert W. Smith

Guantanamera Arr. By Victor Lopez

Harriet Eddy MS Symphonic Band

Directed by Robert Holm

10:20 AM - 10:55 AM

At Morning's First By David R. Gillingham
Light

Such Small Things By Nathan Daughtrey

Pacifica By Randall D. Standridge

Kerr Concert Band

Directed by Christopher Tootle

11:00 AM - 11:35 AM

Falcon Fanfare By Brian Balmages

Korean Folk By James Curnow
Rhapsody
By Michael
Celtic Air and Sweeney
Dance

Toby Johnson Middle
School Band

Directed by Anthony Marvelli

11:40 AM - 12:15 PM

Spirit of New By Paul Murtha
Orleans

Gently Touch the By Robert Sheldon
Sky

Jubileus By Kevin Clary

Katherine Albiani Middle
School

Directed by Bethany Moslen

12:20 PM - 12:55 PM

The Never Ending Arr. By Patrick
Story Roszell

Byzantine Dances By Carol Brittin
Chambers

Big Brass on Patrol By Robert Sheldon

Smedberg Concert Band

Directed by
John Brashier

1:40 PM - 2:15 PM
Liturgical Fanfare By Robert W. Smith

Rising Star By Samuel Hazo

Incantation and By Brian Balmages
Ritual

Pinkerton 8th Grade
Concert Band

Directed by Jaime Mangonon

2:20 PM - 3:55 PM

March Zuma By John O’Reilly

Habanera By Quincy C.
Hilliard
Celtic Air and
Dance By Michael
Sweeney

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ELK GROVE UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Board Site Principals-Middle Schools

Beth Albiani, President Charles Amey, Edward Harris, Jr. Middle
School
Dr. Crystal Martinez-Alire
Chandra Victor, Elizabeth Pinkerton Middle
Nancy Chaires Espinoza School

Carmine S. Forcina C. Norma Alston, Harriet G. Eddy Middle
School
Anthony “Tony” Perez
Sonia Quiñones-Rambo, James Rutter
Sean J. Yang, Clerk Middle School

Gina Jamerson Zachary Cheney, Joseph Kerr Middle School

Jaimee Nguyen, Student Gabrielle “Brie” Bajar, Katherine L. Albiani
Middle School
District Administration
Natasha Lewis-Jones, Samuel Jackman
Christopher R. Hoffman Middle School
Superintendent
Richard Wall, T.R. Smedberg Middle School
Mark Cerutti
Deputy Superintendent, Ed. Services and Adam Wood, Toby Johnson Middle School
Schools
Thank you to the Cosumnes
Craig Murray Oaks PAC Theater Managers!
Asst. Superintendent, Sec. Ed.

Chantelle Albiani Jason Bramham
Director, Secondary Education Juan Reynoso

Amy Besler Ed.D,
Director Secondary Education

Richard Gutierrez
Director, Secondary Education

Jennifer Wilbanks
VAPA Director

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF
ARTS EDUCATION IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

For more information visit these links:

Stand Up 4 Music

The California Arts Council

The California Educational Theatre
Association

Stand Up 4 Dance