KMEA All-State 1234A Band
All-State 1234A Band
Century II Concert Hall
Sat - Mar. 1, 2025 - 3:00 PM
Interview with clinician Robert Sheldon
Robert Sheldon
2025 KMEA All-State 1234A Band Conductor
Robert Sheldon has taught instrumental music in the Florida and Illinois public schools and has served on the faculty at Florida State University where he taught instrumental music education classes, conducting, and directed the university bands. Following seventeen years as Director of Concert Band Publications for Alfred Music, he now maintains an active composition and conducting schedule, regularly accepting commissions for new works. Sheldon received the Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Miami and the Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Florida. In 2020, VanderCook College of Music presented him with an honorary Doctorate in Music Education.
An internationally recognized clinician, his music is performed around the world and frequently appears on many international concert and contest lists. Sheldon has conducted Regional and All-State Honor Bands throughout the United States and abroad. He often appears as a Music Education clinician and has presented sessions and seminars at numerous colleges and universities as well as state Music Education Association conferences. He has served as a conductor and clinician throughout the United States, as well as Japan, Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Australia and China, and has conducted performances of his works in New York's Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, Taipei's National Concert Hall, Matsumoto's Seiji Ozawa Performing Arts Center, Hamamatsu's ACT City Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. His teaching career included 28 years in the public schools as well as at the University of Florida, Florida State University, Illinois Central College and Bradley University. He also held positions as conductor of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra in Gainesville, Florida and the Prairie Wind Ensemble in East Peoria, Illinois. He maintains membership in several organizations that promote music and music education, and is lead author for SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR BAND, serving as co-author for MEASURES OF SUCCESS, SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR STRINGS, SOUND SIGHT-READING FOR BAND and MUSIC FUNDATIONS.
His compositions embody a level of expression that resonates with ensembles and audiences alike, and he produces numerous publications for concert band each year. The American School Band Directors Association has honored him with the Volkwein Award for composition and the Stanbury Award for teaching, the International Assembly of Phi Beta Mu honored him with the International Outstanding Bandmaster Award, and he has been awarded membership in the American Bandmasters Association. With over three million copies of his compositions and books sold, he is one of the most performed composers of wind band music today. A twenty-eight-time recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher's Standard Award for his compositions in the concert band and orchestral repertoire, Mr. Sheldon has been the topic of articles published in The Instrumentalist, Teaching Music and School Band and Orchestra Magazine, The World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) World Magazine, and is one of eleven American wind band composers featured in Volume I of Composers on Composing Music for Band.
An internationally recognized clinician, his music is performed around the world and frequently appears on many international concert and contest lists. Sheldon has conducted Regional and All-State Honor Bands throughout the United States and abroad. He often appears as a Music Education clinician and has presented sessions and seminars at numerous colleges and universities as well as state Music Education Association conferences. He has served as a conductor and clinician throughout the United States, as well as Japan, Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Australia and China, and has conducted performances of his works in New York's Carnegie Hall, Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Boston's Symphony Hall, Taipei's National Concert Hall, Matsumoto's Seiji Ozawa Performing Arts Center, Hamamatsu's ACT City Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. His teaching career included 28 years in the public schools as well as at the University of Florida, Florida State University, Illinois Central College and Bradley University. He also held positions as conductor of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra in Gainesville, Florida and the Prairie Wind Ensemble in East Peoria, Illinois. He maintains membership in several organizations that promote music and music education, and is lead author for SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR BAND, serving as co-author for MEASURES OF SUCCESS, SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR STRINGS, SOUND SIGHT-READING FOR BAND and MUSIC FUNDATIONS.
His compositions embody a level of expression that resonates with ensembles and audiences alike, and he produces numerous publications for concert band each year. The American School Band Directors Association has honored him with the Volkwein Award for composition and the Stanbury Award for teaching, the International Assembly of Phi Beta Mu honored him with the International Outstanding Bandmaster Award, and he has been awarded membership in the American Bandmasters Association. With over three million copies of his compositions and books sold, he is one of the most performed composers of wind band music today. A twenty-eight-time recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher's Standard Award for his compositions in the concert band and orchestral repertoire, Mr. Sheldon has been the topic of articles published in The Instrumentalist, Teaching Music and School Band and Orchestra Magazine, The World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) World Magazine, and is one of eleven American wind band composers featured in Volume I of Composers on Composing Music for Band.
2024-25
Piccolo
- Paityn Dice, Eudora
- Alt. - Caiden Crosthwaite, McPherson
Flute
- Elizabeth Larson, Clay Center Community
- Macy Mitchell, Elbing-Berean Academy
- Topher Padgham, Wamego
- Caiden Crosthwaite, McPherson
- Sarah Proctor, Louisburg
- Charlotte Pigg, Wichita-Collegiate
- Samantha Henderson, St. Marys
- Brin Bergkamp, Cheney
- Anna Godinez Vinduska, Lost Springs-Centre
- Allison Johnson, Buhler
- Andrew Lord, Eudora
- Charley Coffin, McLouth
- Alt. 1 - Avery Eveland, McPherson
- Alt. 2 - Katie McIntyre, Andover-Central
Oboe
- Erica Zoglmann, Conway Springs
- Shouvik Dev, Wichita-Collegiate
- Alt. - Felicity Speidel, Perry-LeCompton
Bassoon
- Becca Hopper, Olathe-Heritage Christian Academy
- Carlyn Hollingsworth, Augusta
- Maelee Dunn, Riverton
- Graci Clark, Wamego
- Alt. - Krista Adcock, Holton
B-flat Clarinet
- Carter Meerpohl, Holton
- Armani Imel, Buhler
- Chandler Tripp, Towanda-Circle
- Liam Ellis, Perry-LeCompton
- Lacie Banman, Kismet-Southwestern Heights
- Abigail Fisher, Chanute
- Lexi Brown, Independence
- Nathan Erin, Basehor-Linwood
- Claire Blanner, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
- Cooper Winters, Wichita-Collegiate
- Kyle Zarchan, Andover-Central
- Claire Miller, Pretty Prairie
- Charlotte Knopf, Gypsum-Southeast of Saline
- Isabel Ferguson, Tonganoxie
- Cooper Kirk, Andover-Central
- Ella Schrag, Moundridge
- Mya Marten, Holton
- Brandon Stawinski, Basehor-Linwood
- Logan Johnson, Buhler
- Garrett Floyd, McPherson
- Denver McCormick, Whitewater-Remington
- Danica Peterson, Baldwin City
- Samantha Shapland, Dighton
- Elizabeth Ray, Basehor-Linwood
- Alt. 1 - Elizabeth Fisher, Eudora
- Alt. 2 - Riley Padget-Cook, Bennington
Bass Clarinet
- Lucas Tubbs, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
- Josie Sundquist, Independence
- Dannica Jackowski, Paola
- Corbin Schultz, Yates Center
- Alt. 1 - Devaj Bhakta, Erie
- Alt. 2 - Maddy Blythe, Peabody-Burns
Contra Clarinet
- Jacob Huyett, Holton
- Alt. - Julie Crawford, Arkansas City
Alto Saxophone
- Ashlyn Coker, Buhler
- Ben Busenbark, Buhler
- Carson Blevins, Baldwin City
- Madeline Graham, Columbus
- Alt. - Tyler Batson, Leon-Bluestem
Tenor Saxophone
- Brendan Ronan, Buhler
- Madelyn Burns, Abilene
- Alt. - Alice Nesser, Norwich
Baritone Saxophone
- Luke Friesen, Elbing-Berean Academy
- Alt. - Gabriel Cox, Lakin
Trumpet
- Daniel Welch, Baldwin City
- Eugene White, Eudora
- Katie French, Buhler
- Hoyt Huffman, Galena
- Carter McCune, Wamego
- David Colglazier, Larned
- Eli Hubble, Winfield
- RJ McDonald, McPherson
- Benjamin Wuertz, Richmond-Central Heights
- Jace Darnauer, Sterling
- Jalil Hemphill, Wichita-Collegiate
- Owen Kneisel, Buhler
- Zach Bush, St. Marys
- Jaden Dale, Lansing
- Emmalee Harris, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
- Alt. 1 - Carson Anthony, Anthony-Harper-Chaparral
- Alt. 2 - Landon Snyder, St. George-Rock Creek
Horn
- Piper Clark, Wamego
- Yaretzi Gaona, Kansas City-Sumner Academy
- Aaron Garding, Mulvane
- Kiersten Kebert, Altamont-Labette County
- Grayson Whitlow, Augusta
- Isabelle Alderfer, Goessel
- Jill Hett, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
- Circae Hopkinson, Baldwin City
- Alt. 1 - Allyson Hartman, Andover-Central
- Alt. 2 - Kathryn O'Konski, Wamego
Trombone
- Maxime Chanut, Andover-Central
- Palmer Heskett, Topeka-Hayden
- Ethan Dilks, Hesston
- Russell Reed, Richmond-Central Heights
- Echo Clark-Pavlovich, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
- Trey Campbell, Rose Hill
- Wyatt Scott, Chanute
- Martin Jimenez, Kansas City-Sumner Academy
- Logan Heskett, Topeka-Hayden
- Brodie Small, Independence
- Alt. - Eric Blakesley, Chanute
Euphonium
- Austin Smith, Atchison
- Emma Bussen, Sharon Springs-Wallace County
- Dallynn Dinkel, St. Francis
- Carter Chance, Wichita-Collegiate
- Alt. - Jace Huyett, Holton
Tuba
- Jeremiah Coym, Andover-Central
- Keeden Sisco - Pianalto, Lakin
- Ashton Stull, Conway Springs
- Amare Nedich, Halstead
- Alexis Salinas Gonzalez, Kansas City-Sumner Academy
- Paul Do, Winfield
- Alt. 1 - Brett O'Neal, Meriden-Jefferson West
- Alt. 2 - Ali Post, Buhler
String Bass
- Maria (Lupita) Guzman, Kansas City-Sumner Academy
Percussion
- Aiden Levendofsky, St. George-Rock Creek
- Brooklyn Taylor, Baldwin City
- Anderson Coffman, Clay Center Community
- Brodie Weisner, Garnett-Anderson County
- Hayden Berry, Hoyt-Royal Valley
- Eli Paddock, Wamego
- Jonathan Duncan, Lansing
- Cora Hicks, Andover-Central
- Alt. 1 - Noah Hohensinner, Lansing
- Alt. 2 - Olivier Chocron, Wichita-Collegiate