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.
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