KMEA All-State Middle Level Choir

All-State Middle Level Choir
Century II Concert Hall
Fri - Feb. 23, 2024 - 5:35 PM

Brandon Boyd
2024 KMEA All-State Middle Level Choir Conductor
University of Missouri
Brandon A. Boyd enjoys a versatile career as a conductor, appearing regularly as a clinician, presenter, composer-in-residence, collaborative pianist, and presenter for conferences, conventions, collegiate choirs, church choirs, choral symposiums, and festivals. He is the Assistant Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Missouri, where he conducts the MU Glee Club and Concert Chorale. In addition to his conducting duties at the university, he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral conducting and choral music education.

As a proponent of choral singing to build community, his research interests include organizing choirs for the homeless, identifying the social and physical effects of choral singing on senior citizens, creating authentic field experiences for music therapy and choral music education students.

For three years, Dr. Boyd co-directed three choral community partnerships in Florida: The Tallahassee Senior Choir, RAA Middle School Partnership Choir (university students and middle school singers), and the MTC Women's Prison Glee Club (university students singing with women housed in a correctional facility).

As an active composer and arranger, his music is sung regularly by ensembles throughout the United States and abroad. He is also the curator and editor of the "Brandon A. Boyd Choral Series," a choral series with Hinshaw Music Publications helping promote exciting and innovative works composed by both established and new composers and arrangers. His music also appears in MorningStar, GIA, and Kjos Music Press catalogs. In addition, he is the Executive Editor of Gentry Publications.

In 2017, he was invited by the Santa Fe Desert Chorale to serve as Composer-in-Residence and Community Engagement Leader for their program Giving Voice to the Voiceless. The Chorale premiered a work commissioned by the SFDC, I Search, during their 35th Anniversary of the Summer Justice Concert Series. He served as assistant conductor, pre-concert lecturer, and guest pianist. He set to music a text written by "Poet V," a young participant in the Voces de Libertad program at the Santa Fe County Youth Development Center. His duties also included organizing and conducting the Interfaith Community Shelter Street Choir, thus creating a safe place for men, women, and children experiencing homelessness within the Santa Fe community. Other commissioning partners include Choirs of America Nationals for Top Choirs at Carnegie, Southwestern Adventist University, Florida State University/Tallahassee Community Chorus, New Mexico Music Educators Association, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney.

In 2020, he made his debut with the London Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro Andre Thomas, as guest pianist for the Symphonic Gospel Spirit Concert. In that year, he also served as a guest clinician for the NAfME All-National Honor Choir.

He holds two degrees from Florida State University (Ph.D. in choral music education and M.M. in choral conducting) and earned a B.S. in music education (emphasis in piano) from Tennessee State University. He is a proud member of the American Choral Directors' Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM), American Guild of Organists (AGO), and Chorus America. Dr. Boyd also serves as a member of the National ACDA Composition Initiative committee.

Alternates are listed at the bottom of this page.

Selected Participants

Andover Central MS
  Gia Damico Alto
  Alexis Murphy Alto
Baldwin City-Baldwin JH
  Hunter Harding Tenor
Basehor-Linwood MS
  Cora Crane Alto
  Aubrey Lackner Alto
  Aaron Needham Tenor
  Addi VanNess Soprano
Baxter Springs MS
  Noah Selenke Tenor
Bennington JH
  Decker Smith Bass
Bonner Springs-Robert E. Clark MS
  Jordan Wild Tenor
Chanute-Royster MS
  Thor Bogle Bass
  Rylee Dent Soprano
  Greyson Finley Bass
  Nathan Guernsey Bass
Chapman MS
  Bradon Acosta Tenor
  Brilynn Bozarth Tenor
  Luke Windsor-Hatfield Bass
Cherryvale-Lincoln Central Elem.
  Anderson Jones Tenor
Cimarron JH
  Ben Koehn Tenor
Clay Center Community MS
  Ella Macy Soprano
Dighton Jr/Sr HS
  Hunter Riffle Bass
Douglass-Sisk MS
  Aubra Goben Soprano
  Hannah Lynn Alto
Elbing-Berean Academy
  Ivy Busenitz Soprano
  Madison Nickel Soprano
  Kaitlynn Thiessen Alto
Fort Scott MS
  Maddi Buckman Soprano
  Fallon Magee Soprano
  Isabel Meyer Hays Soprano
  Lydia O'Dell Soprano
Frontenac JH
  Landon Clemensen Bass
Galena MS
  Keeley Reed Tenor
  Brodie Reynolds Bass
  Layleigh Sullivan Soprano
  Ava Testerman Alto
Garden City-Kenneth Henderson MS
  Alysson Acosta Soprano
Gardner-Trail Ridge MS
  Emma Lloyd Alto
Gardner-Wheatridge MS
  Gabriel Kabristante Tenor
  Brecken Moore Bass
  Lily Workman Soprano
Girard MS
  Faith Rose Soprano
Goddard-Eisenhower MS
  Charley Twietmeyer Alto
Haviland GS
  Cadie Follette Alto
  Sawyer Lingafelter Bass
Hays MS
  Ella Fenwick Soprano
  Ryan Ward Bass
Haysville MS
  Addison Evans Alto
  Kirstin Lever Soprano
  Gabriel Pitts Bass
  Hunter Simons Tenor
  Matthew Unruh Tenor
  Joshua Wells Bass
  Zuleyka Zapata-Gallardo Alto
Haysville West MS
  Ryland Gresham Tenor
Holton MS
  Dalyla Ware Soprano
Hoxie Jr-Sr. HS
  Viley Pridey Soprano
  Jentry Rhodes Alto
Hugoton MS
  Tukker Eckert Bass
  Kinley Howie Soprano
Hutchinson Central Christian
  Kenna Franz Alto
  Harper Newcome Soprano
Hutchinson-Prairie Hills MS
  Nora Busenbark Soprano
  Ethan Kneisel Bass
  Jenna Proffitt Soprano
  Wyatt Wells Tenor
Independence MS
  Ryan Sandon Tenor
Kansas City-Turner MS
  Alexander Davila Tenor
  Angelo Gray Bass
  Angel Mejia-Sarmiento Tenor
Kingman MS
  Addison Hansard Alto
Kismet-Southwestern Heights JH
  Lucas Frisby Bass
  Hayes Saucedo Bass
Lansing MS
  Carson Ellington Bass
  Machlin Marshall Tenor
  Hayden Reynolds Tenor
Lawrence-Billy Mills MS
  Callan Flory Bass
  Amelie Gay Soprano
  Reese Oehlert Soprano
Lawrence-Southwest MS
  Donovin Georgie Bass
  Laurel Stancil Alto
Leawood MS
  Dexter Crappell Tenor
  Jacob LaRoque Tenor
Lindsborg-Smoky Valley MS
  Levi Spears Tenor
Manhattan-Eisenhower MS
  Miliani Mercado Soprano
Meriden-Jefferson West MS
  Joslyn Patton Alto
Mound City-Jayhawk Linn HS
  Aiden Stark Bass
Mulvane MS
  Aislinn Berry Tenor
  Natalie Feaster Alto
  Kiera Haley Soprano
  Owen Hansen Tenor
Norton JH
  Ainsley Nickols Alto
Olathe-California Trail MS
  Allison Harrington Alto
  Jeremiah Roberson Bass
  Brody Schmidtberger Bass
  John Spencer Tenor
Olathe-Chisholm Trail MS
  Matthew Jackson Bass
Olathe-Indian Trail MS
  Allan Amuzati Bass
  Ariyana Courtney Soprano
  Abrie Royer Soprano
  Kourtney Valentine Alto
Olathe-Mission Trail MS
  Jonathan Wigdahl Bass
Olathe-Oregon Trail MS
  Charlotte Gurley Soprano
  Azaria Richardson Alto
Olathe-Prairie Trail MS
  Stanton Barker Bass
  Rebecca Brekken Alto
  Evan Brunner Tenor
  Amelia Mattox Alto
  Quincy Smith Soprano
  Drew Staggs Tenor
  Cade Sullivan Tenor
Olathe-Santa Fe Trail MS
  Faith Lewis Alto
Olathe-Summit Trail MS
  Maribeth Johnson Soprano
Ottawa MS
  Braxton Wadkins Bass
Overland Park-Harmony MS
  TiAnnaa D'souza Soprano
  Luke Meehan Tenor
  Sybella Nikas Soprano
  Aiden Sullivan Bass
  Mariah YaDullah Alto
Overland Park-Indian Woods MS
  Samantha Wilson Soprano
Overland Park-Lakewood MS
  Katherine Christie Tenor
  Conaghan Fitzhugh Bass
Overland Park-Oxford MS
  Prashanti Basnet Alto
  Karen Jallad Alto
  Noah Reeves Tenor
  Alex Travis Tenor
  Allison Woolsey Alto
Overland Park-Westridge MS
  Olivia Travis Alto
Phillipsburg MS
  Sandro Beim Tenor
  Hope Johnston Alto
Pratt Liberty MS
  Regan Blasi Alto
  Ian Clarkson Tenor
  Calvin Green Tenor
  Ezra Lara Tenor
Protection-South Central MS
  Isaac Girk Tenor
Quinter JH
  Lyla Zimmerman Alto
Salina South MS
  Kacelyn Sheridan Alto
Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy
  Lily Catausan Soprano
  Grayson Clem Bass
  Bentley McCown Soprano
  Addie Stelle Alto
Shawnee-Trailridge MS
  Conner Hirsch Tenor
  Duncan Hirsch Bass
Sterling JH
  Meyer Anderson Bass
  Zachary Dashiell Bass
  Eli Forman Tenor
  Billy Higgins Bass
  Nolan Wellman Bass
  Easton Zimmerman Bass
Stilwell-Blue Valley MS
  Bria Robertson Tenor
Syracuse Elem.
  Sadie Gould Soprano
Tonganoxie MS
  Allison Baldwin Alto
Uniontown JH
  Alyson Johnson Soprano
Valley Center MS
  Rachel Garten Soprano
  Ivy Goering Alto
  Morgan Kepley Alto
  Evelyn Truman Alto
Wichita-Robinson MS
  Cassie Northerns Soprano
Wichita-Truesdell MS
  Tayvion Bailey Bass
  Sage Koontz Alto
  Peyton Winegarner Bass

Alternates

Alternates are listed here by school name. Call-ups will be initiated by the chair.
Eric Fry - Tenor - Bennington JH
Cambria Shrum - Soprano - Chanute-Royster MS
Korbin Hackett - Bass - Chapman MS
Alton Reed - Bass - Cimarron JH
Emma Allphin - Soprano - Olathe-Pioneer Trail MS
Andrew Froelich - Bass - Overland Park-Oxford MS
Ava Bond - Alto - Tonganoxie MS
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