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Ligon GT Magnet Middle SchoolWind EnsembleRenee Todd, Director
North Carolina Music Educators Annual In-Service ConferenceBenton Convention Center Winston-Salem, North CarolinaNovember 9, 2015 2pm
About Our School
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School is located in Raleigh, NC. With a school-wide focus of Academics + Arts = Achievement many students come from all over Wake County to attend the school’s rigorous academic and arts programs. The Gifted and Talented (GT) Program as well as the Academically Gifted (AG) Program provides students with the opportunity to customize their academic program and choose elective courses ac-cording to their academic and artistic interests.
The school has an established Arts Department providing excellent instruction and performance opportunities for over 800 of the 1,200 students. Independently, the band program at Ligon has a long history of excellence. Students audition for placement in the bands, and many seek extra performing opportunities both in and outside of school. We are very fortunate to be supported by an outstanding administration, supportive parent base, as well as our Ligon Arts Boosters.
History of Ligon
In September 1953, Ligon Junior-Senior High School opened as the City of Raleigh High School for African-Americans who previously attended Washington School on Fayetteville Street. Its cost of nearly $1 million was the largest school construction project in the state. The school was named for John W. Ligon, a well-respected educator and community leader in Raleigh whose house and school were located on Lenoir Street. H.E. Brown was named Principal. The Washington Alma Mater’s school colors were Blue and Gold and their mascot “Little Blues” were adopted by Ligon High School. To this day, they continue to represent Ligon Middle School.
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North Carolina Music Educators Conference Winston-‐Salem, NC Dear Music Educators: As Senior Administrator of Arts Education for the Wake County Public School System, I am thrilled you have the opportunity to hear one of our stellar middle school band programs. Your organization upholds the highest of artistic standards, so it is both an honor and a challenge to perform for this distinguished group of music educators. Under the direction of Renee Todd, these young people have worked diligently to achieve artistic and academic excellence. Their collaborative work as an ensemble, the critical analysis of each piece of music, their assessment of each performance, and the creative problem solving they encounter every day are just a few of the lifelong learning habits that will help to ensure success in the future. The rigorous music program at Ligon Middle School engages students in powerful ways that contribute to their overall achievement. Today we celebrate the dedication of these young people as well as the adults who foster their growth. Wake County is fortunate to call this band one of our own, and we are extremely proud to share the result of their hard work and artistry with you today. Thank you for providing these young musicians the opportunity of a lifetime! Sincerely,
Elizabeth Grimes Droessler, Ed.D. K-‐12 Arts Education, Senior Administrator
October 6, 2015 To the members of the North Carolina Music Educators Association: As proud principal of Ligon GT Magnet Middle School, I am quite honored that you selected our band to participate in the National Association of Music Educator’s Annual Conference. The students at Ligon have been fortunate to have Renee Todd as our band director. Her outstanding leadership and incredible skills for developing the gifts and talents for every child are admirable. Ms. Todd is currently on the Board of Directors for the Central District Band. She has served as site host for Central District Band Middle School MPA for the Wake All County Middle School Band. Ms. Todd is an active freelance trumpeter and private instructor in the Triangle area. She has a private studio in Wake Forest and Raleigh and is a brass instructor at St.Timothy’s School. Ms. Todd performs with area orchestras, bands and brass quintets, including the Triangle Brass Band, Triangle Wind Ensemble, North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Tar River Symphonic Band, and Resurrection Lutheran Brass. Ms. Todd teaches concert band, jazz band, intermediate band and beginning band. Her previous experience includes starting the band program at Wendell Middle School where the program flourished under her leadership. Thank you again for providing this opportunity for the students at Ligon. Respectfully, Gretta Dula, Principal
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Letters Of Congratulations
Program
Epic Venture Tyler S. Grant(FJH 2015, Publisher Grade 2-2.5, Performance Time 2:30)
This vibrant and colorful fanfare for young bands is based around a single melodic idea while the surrounding textures constantly change and grow in complexity. Beginning with a declarative fanfare, the music takes the listener on a journey across the Atlantic along with early European settlers on their way to North America. A powerful opener that will not overly tax your musicians! Commissioned by Robin Gorham and the Fuquay Varina Middle School Band.
The Cave You Fear Michael Markowski(Markowski Creative 2014, Publisher Grade 2.5-3, Performance Time 4:00)
From the very first note of “The Cave You Fear” there is a sense of drama. Cinematic drama: the piece feels like a film score from its first downbeat. Those who are familiar with the sense of adventure in Indiana Jones films and the creepiness of much of Tim Burton’s work will relate to this piece imme-diately. While this four-minute piece is well within the capabilities of most middle school and junior high school bands, it is full of Michael Markowski’s idioms found in his more advanced works. The scoring is pragmatic enough for this level of player, but the overly safe doublings found in so much middle school band music lose out here to genuinely inventive, colorful harmonies and textures. “The Cave You Fear” also provides opportunities for your percussion section to utilize some instruments and equipment that will likely be new to them, and possibly to you as well. The percussion part writing is reasonable for younger players, yet will provide engaging challenges. Commissioned by Arris Golden and the Gravelly Hill Middle School Bands.
Arris Golden, Conductor
Chips and Salsa Ed Kiefer(Carl Fisher 2015, Publisher Grade 2, Performance Time 2:45)
Chips and Salsa is a tune young bands will love that will introduce them to Cuban rhythms and chord changes. Beginning with the basic “clave” rhythm, the percussion section adds layers until the full band joins in. The rhythms are authentic but presented in a way that makes them accessible, featuring some section solis that are not too hard or too exposed. The energetic rhythms will keep your students tapping their toes with smiles on their faces. The audience will immediately recognize the style and head straight to their favorite Mexican eatery after the concert! – Ed Kiefer Commissioned by a consortium of middle schools in NC’s Central District: AL Stanback- Michael Capps, CW Stanford- Mary May, Gravely Hill- Chris DiMassimo, Ligon GT Magnet- Renee Todd and St Timothy’s School- Susan Fritts. Today is the Premier!
Colliding Visions Brian Balmages(FJH 2010, Publisher Grade 1, Performance Time 2:41)
Lyrical melodies meet powerful fanfares in this emotionally charged work that tells the true story of a world premiere and a band program’s final performance. Sweeping harmonies push the threshold of the typical young band sound before the music charges forward in spirit and excitement. A final section slowly moves toward silence, leaving the audience in wonderment as to what will lie in the future.
Brendan Vincent, Conductor
Lassus Trombone Henry Fillmore/ Loras Schissel(CL Barnhouse 2000, Publisher Grade 3, Performance Time 2:56)
The Loras Schissel arrangement of Henry Fillmore’s “Lassus Trombone” has been around in unpublished form for quite a few years. It has been the arrangement of choice of many of the top service and professional bands. We are excited to have our former trombone section from last year’s original performance playing with us today. Evan Byrd, and Josh King.
Robert Hunter, Conductor
The Machine Awakes Steven Bryant(StevenBryant.com 2013, Publisher Grade 2/3, Performance Time 5:39)
The “Machine Awakes” is the sound of something not human (but of humans’ hands) – something not entirely organic, but most definitely alive – wak-ing up for the first time. From the opening swirling textures, we sense the first hesitant sparks of thought, attempting to find form and coherence. This new machine – sentient, aware – comes fully awake, possessed of emphatic self-determination and unfathomable purpose.
Selections from Duke Ellington In Concert Ellington/Strayhorn/Paul Murtha(Hal Leonard, Publisher Grade 3, Performance Time 5:00)
The music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra helped define the role of jazz in America. Today we will feature a jazz combo and Ligon Jazz Band in this concert closer.
Guest Soloists
Jim Ketch, Trumpet Wes Parker, Trombone Stephen Anderson, Piano Philip Norris, Bass Dave Albert, Drums
Renee ToddRenee Todd is a native of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She is in her 4th year as Director of Bands at Ligon GT Magnet Middle School and 23rd year of teaching music. Ms. Todd holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from the Univer-sity of Maryland. While there, Renee served as principal trumpet in the Wind Ensemble, Drum Major and Section Leader for the Mighty Sound of Maryland, and received the Otto Siebeneichen Award for Most Outstanding Senior Musician. Before her appointment at Ligon, Renee was nominated Teacher of The Year at Dillard Drive and at Wendell Middle. Under her direction, the Wendell Band program grew to three wind bands and two jazz ensembles, achieving superior ratings at local and national festivals. Renee is currently on the Board of Directors for the Central District Band. She has served as site host for Central District Band Middle School MPA and for the Wake All County Middle School Band. She’s a member of the Mu-sic Educators National Conference, the North Carolina Music Educators Association and Tau Beta Sigma.Ms. Todd is an active freelance trumpeter and private instructor in the Triangle area. She has a private studio in Wake Forest and Raleigh and is a brass instructor at St.Timothy’s School. Renee performs with area orchestras, bands and brass quintets, including the Triangle Brass Band, Triangle Wind Ensemble, North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, Tar River Symphonic Band, and Resurrection Lutheran Brass. Under the direction of Ms. Todd the Ligon Band program has grown to over 200 band members, with four wind bands and a jazz ensemble achieving superior ratings at both local and national music festivals.
Arris GoldenArris Golden is currently pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Wind Conducting at Michigan State University (MSU), where she serves an active role teaching and assisting with all aspects of the band program. Prior to enrolling at MSU, Ms. Golden taught for 18 years in North Carolina, where she was the Director of Bands at West Cary Middle School (Cary), Hawfields Middle School (Mebane), and most recently Gravelly Hill Middle School (Efland). Ms. Golden received her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master of Music Education degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During her tenure at Gravelly Hill, the bands worked with numerous clinicians, including the premieres of four commis-sioned works for young band: “Kitsune: The Fox Spirits,” by Brian Balmages (2009, available through FJH Publications), “The Machine Awakes” for young band and electronics by Steven Bryant (2012, available through the composer, www.stevenbryant.com), “Freight Train,” by Pierre LaPlante (2013), and “The Cave Your Fear” by Michael Markowski (2014, avail-able through J. W. Pepper). In addition to these projects, the Gravelly Hill Concert Band was honored to participate in clinic performances at the NC Music Educators’ Conference (2010) and the prestigious Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, IL (2012), performing for music educators from around the world. While in North Carolina, Ms. Golden also served as a guest conductor for the Cape Fear Wind Symphony, Director of Athlet-
ic Bands at Campbell University, as an instructor for the Marching Tar Heels at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and as a conductor for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Summer Music Camp. In addition to her duties at MSU, Ms. Golden is in demand as a guest conductor, guest lecturer, concert band clinician, marching band instructor, concert band adjudicator, and marching band adjudicator throughout the nation. Ms. Golden is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and Sigma Alpha Iota, Women’s Music Fraternity.
Mr. Brendan VincentBrendan Vincent currently serves as the Director of Bands at Hunter GT/AIG Magnet Elementary in Raleigh, the feed-er school for Ligon Middle. Since his appointment at Hunter in 2010 the band has nearly doubled in size. Hunter’s band program has grown to include three separate performing ensembles: beginning band for third graders and two advanced bands for students in fourth and fifth grade. In addition to his work with the Hunter band, Mr. Vincent also serves as the Assistant Marching Band Director for Enloe Magnet High School.A native of Kentucky, Brendan Vincent is a graduate of the University of Louisville where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music education. After teaching for a year, he completed a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on wind conducting and music education research at the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, Mr. Vincent served as a graduate teaching assistant for the Million Dollar Band, taught classes for the music education department, and was the conductor of the Tuscaloosa Winds. Mr. Vincent is a former marching member of Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps and the Cav-aliers Drum and Bugle Corps. His professional affiliations include NAfME, NCMEA, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Mr. Robert C. HunterMr. Robert C. Hunter has served as Director of Bands at William G. Enloe High School in Raleigh, NC since 2000. The Enloe band program is well-balanced and well-known throughout the state. Mr. Hunter formerly served as conductor of the Triangle Wind Ensemble and the Triangle Brass Band, both outstanding adult community bands. Robert grew up in Fayetteville and graduated from Seventy-First High School in 1985. He received undergraduate degrees in Music Education and Applied Trumpet from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Robert also received his Mas-ters of Arts (MA) in Instrumental Conducting from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he served as Graduate Assistant to composer/conductor Jack Stamp. A National Board Certified Teacher, Mr. Hunter has taught all levels in the public schools of NC and has just completed his twentieth year as a Band Director. Robert lives happily with his wife Jenny and his boys Jackson (5) and Brody (2) in Cary, NC.
2015-2016 Ligon GT Magnet Middle School Wind Ensemble
EuphoniumSophia CornishGrant Fellows
TubaDavid Carranza-RojasWilliam SchroederDylan SchwartzXavier Taylor
PercussionJoseph DoniniEmilie FairmanAlexi HummingsDerek MahatoArjun SankaranOrko SenRoderick White
String BassBrenna Curtis
SaxophoneTess Ashford-LavyGrace JonesIan JonesJulien Marcellin-LittleEmre TekmanJackson ThomasAdithya Vaidhyan
TrumpetTessa CokleyNathan ComerSeth KodackJustin LumpkinJuan NeriTyler PeeleBennett PetzoldGeorge SteffeyCarter Wood
HornJohn Atta-NyamekyeAnsley BrownChristian GossAiden McCoy
TromboneGriffin BairdEric BrownJoshua GeneblazoJackson GriffinBenjamin HazelConnor Scanlon
2015-2016 Ligon Wind Ensemble
FluteKatelyn CrespoSarah GrebeHeidi MinSydney ParksTaylor PeeleErin SecoskyZain Utterback
OboeNoa Weinreb
BassoonRyan Gibson
ClarinetNathaniel AlbertsonLuca ColonnaJenna ConstantinoLeah FreemanAriel GenerDouglas HoffmanPatricia Narbona PollardBran PosterRyan SwallowMaya Wooten
Bass ClarinetChristopher BurchMatthew Trunkey
Jim KetchJim Ketch is a Summit Records artist and Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His three CDs on the Summit Records label includes Next Set (2009), A Distant View (2012), and Distracted Society (2015). In 2012 he received UNC’s prestigious Chapman Award for outstanding teaching. He is a faculty artist for the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops and Associate Director of Swing Central Jazz for the Savannah Music Festival. Mr. Ketch is a Bach Trumpet clinician, and has served as conductor for numerous All-State and Honors jazz ensembles. He serves as Music Director of the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra and is President of the Jazz Foundation of NC and a Board member of the Durham Jazz Workshop. He has performed internationally in England, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, and with such jazz artists as Marcus Roberts, Jason Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Eric Alexander, Gary Smulyan, John Pizzarelli, Rene Marie, Natalie Cole, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, and the Manhattan Transfer. He is at work on a book titled Jazz Trumpet Essentials.
David Saleeba AlbertDavid S. Albert started his musical career under the direction of Scott C. Callaway. He attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and finished his Music Education Degree at East Carolina University. He followed Mr. Callaway as conductor of the High School Band in Elizabeth City, NC. Ten years later, he was selected to start the Band Program and Chair the Arts Department of Leesville Road High School in Raleigh, NC. Bands under Mr. Albert’s baton have performed at State Con-ventions and many major cities including the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL. Mr. Albert was a student of the “Tonight Show” drummer, Ed Shaughnessy and mentored with Buddy Rich. He served as President of the NCBA and is now Past President of NCMEA. He also served on the Music Standards Committee that wrote the standards for NBPTS. Mr. Albert retired from the North Carolina Public School System after 31 years of teaching. Mr. Albert is an Endorsing Artist/Clinician for Ludwig/Musser, a division of Conn-Selmer. In addition, he often guest conducts Honor Bands, presents seminars in Student Leader-ship, and adjudicates festival events. Mr. Albert is married to the former Margaret Cowan has two sons, Joseph Taylor and Christopher David, and one step-son, John Christian.
Stephen AndersonStephen Anderson (Associate Professor), composer and pianist, has had works performed by the West Point Military Academy Band, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Crested Butte Chamber Orchestra,UNC Symphony Orchestra, Carolina Choir and Chamber Orchestra, Mont-clair State Wind Symphony, UNC Wind Ensemble, the West Point Jazz Knights, the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, the One O’Clock Lab Band, Two O’clock Lab band, North Carolina Central University Percussion Ensemble, UNC-Charlotte Percussion Ensemble, UNC Wind Ensemble, Duo XXI, and a film score broadcast nationally on PBS.As a pianist, Anderson is a recording artist for Summit Records. His Nation Degeneration (2010) and Forget Not (2008) trio CDs each received 4½ stars (out of 5) from the All Music Guide—Forget Not was nominated best jazz “Debut CD” (3rd Annual Village Voice Jazz Critics Poll 2008)—Nation Degeneration was selected to represent Summit Records at the 53rd Grammy Awards in the category of “Best Jazz Instrumental Album,” and Believe (2013) represented Summit Records at the 56th annual Grammy Awards—all three recordings have been widely performed on radio nationally. Anderson’s most recent recording for Summit, 360o Jazz Initiative, Distracted Society, features the UNC Jazz Studies faculty.Previously, Anderson was pianist with the Lynn Seaton Trio, appearing on two recordings for Nagel Heyer Records, Puttin’ On the Ritz (2005) and Ballads 2006. Anderson performed with the North Texas One O’clock Lab Band (Lab 2001) and Two O’clock Lab Band (Translu-cent Two), was winner of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival piano competition (1997), and was the keyboardist for gold-recording (country) artist, Kevin Sharp (1996-1997).Anderson holds a D.M.A. from the University of North Texas (2005), served as Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano at Western Illinois Universi-ty (2003-2005), and is currently Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Jazz Studies and Composition.
Dr. Wes ParkerDr. Wes Parker has served as the Director of Jazz Studies at North Carolina State University since 2006. He directs the jazz ensembles, coaches jazz combos, teaches jazz history and jazz improvisation, instructs students in the low brass studio, and served as the Assistant Director of the NC State Marching Band from 2006-2010. Dr. Parker holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Tennessee Tech University, a Master of Music in Performance from the University of Southern Missis-sippi and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Trombone Performance and Pedagogy from the same university. Parker’s trombone playing has been heard in jazz ensembles and orchestras throughout the United States. As an active freelance musician, Parker has performed with such artists as Branford Marsalis, Ellis Marsalis, Michael Feinstein, Josh Groban, Aretha Frank-lin, Regis Philbin, Placido Domingo, the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, the Temptations, and the Pointer Sisters. Under Parker’s direction, the NC State Jazz Ensemble I has shared the stage with such great jazz musicians as Wayne Bergeron, Jeff Coffin, Bobby Shew, Chris Vadala, and Harry Watters. An active clinician, Dr. Parker has worked with middle school, high school, and collegiate jazz ensembles, as well as numerous marching bands throughout the Southeast. Prior to his appointment at NC State, he served as the interim professor of trombone at The University of Southern Mississippi, and spent time teaching public school in Mississippi and Oklahoma.
Ed KieferEd Kiefer graduated from Wake Forest University with honors in 1976. He received his Master’s in Music Education in 1990 from the University of Greensboro. He served as the Director of Bands at East Davidson High School and Brown Middle School in Thomasville, NC for 28 years and as Director of Instrumental Music at Pfeiffer University for 6 years. Kiefer was awarded the Jaycees Young Educator of the Year Award in1994, has been recognized by his fellow band directors with the Award of Excellence, and is sought after as an adjudicator, clinician and conductor for state and national concert, marching and jazz events. Ed uses his experience as a middle and high school director to compose music that is playable and fun for students and audiences alike. Those years in the classroom have allowed him to learn what is easy for the students and what challenges them musically. His publications have been performed world-wide and featured at the Midwest Clinic in Chica-go. Ed has 18 pieces published for band and for percussion ensemble, many of which are on state festival (MPA) lists.
Philip NorrisBassist Philip Norris is a high school Senior at Wake Forest High School in Wake Forest, NC. While in high school, Philip was selected as the bassist for the NC Central Region All-Region Jazz Band and NC All-State Jazz Band (2013, 2014, and 2015). In 2013 and 2015, Philip Norris was selected for the National Association of Music Educators All-National Jazz Ensemble. Sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center, Philip was selected in 2015 to participate in the inaugural “Summer Jazz Academy” working closely with the members of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis. In addition to the bass, Philip is also an accomplished NC All-State horn player (2013, 2014, and 2015) and was selected in 2015 as the Principal Horn of the Bands of America “Music for All” Honors Orchestra and the 2014 National Association of Music Educators All-National Con-cert Band. Philip Norris studies privately on bass with Jason Foureman (UNC Chapel Hill) and Rodney Whitaker (Michigan State University) and on horn with Chris Caudill (NC Symphony) and Rachel Niketopolous (NC Symphony). Upon graduation, Mr. Norris plans to attend college in pursuit of a career in music.
Acknowledgements
Ligon GT Magnet Middle SchoolAdministrationGretta Dula, PrincipalDarryl Fisher, Assistant PrincipalDr. Lanae Morris, Assistant PrincipalJennifer Zezza, Assistant Principal
Wake County AdministrationDr. James Merrill, SuperintendentDanny Barnes, Area Superintendent actingDr. Elizabeth Grimes Droessler, Arts Education
Ligon Arts StaffBrittany Troutman, DanceElizabeth Seaton, DanceAlyssa Armstrong, 2D ArtEmily Mackie, 3D ArtNina Winter, TheaterKen Jones, Tech TheaterMelody Moore, ChorusRuth Johnsen, Orchestra
Ligon Arts BoostersAnne Cooper, PresidentHeather Brosz White, Vice PresidentCo-Treasurer Laurie LinCo-Treasurer Stacy PotratzStephanie Petzold, Band Parent Liaison
Elementary School Band DirectorsBrendan Vincent, Hunter ESMichael Bell, Washington ESChristina Thompson, Wiley ES
Ligon Band ParentsProgram design, Terry Marcellin-LittlePhotography, Stephanie Petzold
With Our Gratitude
◊ Cat Slade and the Wendell Middle School Bands
◊ Erich Grush and Cary Academy Bands
◊ Dr. Jerry Markoch and Athens Drive Bands
◊ To Stephanie Petzold, your countless hours of organization, communication, and collaboration with our parents and stu-dents to make this year possible for Ligon Bands.
◊ To the parents of our musicians, thank you for all you have done to help our students be successful and thanks for allow-ing me the privilege of teaching them.
◊ Elizabeth Grimes Droessler, Steve Vincent, Raphel Carty, and Rob and Debbie King, for your financial contribution to make our performance happen today.
◊ To our clinicians and guest conductors, thank you for providing fresh ears and musical inspiration.
◊ Dave Albert◊ Michael Capps◊ Evan Feldman◊ Arris Golden◊ Robin Gorham◊ Robert Hunter◊ Ed Kiefer◊ Brendan Vincent
◊ To our instrumental clinicians, your dedication musicianship, knowledge and inspiration has been a gift to our band.
◊ Lisa Burn, Brass◊ Marianne Breneman, Clarinets◊ John Enloe, Brass◊ Roz Finney, Double Reeds◊ Tony Granados, Low Brass◊ Kevin Holland, Percussion◊ Coby Schoolman, Horns◊ Ellye Walsh, Flutes
◊ To my family, thank you for your love, patience, and support.
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Raleigh was founded in 1792 as NC’s capital city. It was named for Sir Walter Raleigh, who attempted to establish the first English colony on the shores of the new world in the 1580s. Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina, as well as the seat of Wake County, in the United States. It is the second most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. It is the largest city in a combined statistical area known as Raleigh-Durham-Cary (the Research Triangle Region). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the estimated population of Raleigh is 431,746 (2013); the 2014 population of Wake County is 998,691.The city’s founding fathers called Raleigh the “City of Oaks” and dedicated themselves to maintaining the area’s wooded tracts and grassy parks.
FluteRayna MalekiPragya HaruvaZain UtterbackLeyu WondafrashDara KodackMichaella Bridgante
OboeNikolas Hans Romano
BassoonBennett Bray
ClarinetShriya HaruvaNina KirkmanSatya RursuluriTristen WaggenerTeya Franks
Trae MitchellLuca ColonnaVishnu MavillaRebecca Daniels
Bass ClarinetAndrew WatsonAlyssa Rorie
SaxophoneAndrew LongSydney EarpJaekouk KoIzzy GrahamJulien Marcellin-LittleLiam Kartches-MeadDorian ValykoIan Jones
HornCoby SchoolmanAn-War PaceAnsley BrownHeaven Hampton
TrumpetArya SharmaCarter WoodsGeorge SteffeyBennett PetzoldJacob BossCeara RechenbergRebecca BroniakAlexandra Pritchard
TromboneEvan ByrdJosh KingBen Hazel
Sarah BrownAndrew Catania
EuphoniumMarcus MooreKaitlyn Jones
TubaMalik PettisMatt PerezXavier Taylor
PercussionOrko SenJosh HicksEmilie FairmanRoderick WhiteHazael MengeshaGrayson Watson
2014-2015 Ligon GT Magnet Middle School Wind Ensemble
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