KMEA 12A Honor Band

12A Honor Band
Century II Concert Hall
Sat - Feb. 24, 2024 - 1:00 PM

Rob Grice
2024 KMEA 12A Honor Band Conductor
Rob Grice's compositions have been performed widely within the United States as well as internationally, including Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. His Compositions have gained much popularity among music educators and students alike and have been selected for numerous state, national and international contest music list. He has over 160 publications with major music publishers such as Alfred, Wingert-Jones Publications, FJH Music Publisher, C L Barnhouse, Grand Mesa Music, Daehn Publications and others. Recently Mr. Grice created his own label, Composers' Planet, to publish his new concert works. His music was featured on Japan's JVC Victor Entertainment BRN Compact Disc Series, a standard interpretive reference source for Japan's school music program. His commissions include the Iowa Bandmasters Association, Connecticut Music Educators Association, North Dakota Bandmasters, Concordia International School (Shanghai, China), Association of Music in International Schools (United Kingdom), Menominee River High School Honors Band (WI) and Lyndonville Central School District (New York).

Mr. Grice's career as a music educator spans over 30 years and includes teaching in Alabama Public schools, American and British International Schools in China as well as adjunct faculty of Troy University. Mr. Grice has served as conductor and clinician throughout much of the United States as well as China, Canada, Singapore and Oman. His ability to write pedagogically effective music for educational music ensembles can be attributed to his vast experience as an educator. In 2010, Mr. Grice traveled to Oman to conduct the American International School of Muscat High School Symphonic Band in the premiere performance of "Mountain of the Sun". After retirement from Alabama Public schools, Mr. Grice had the opportunity to teach students from all over the world at Shanghai Community International School (Hangzhou Campus) and Dulwich College Suzhou. An experience that opened the door to gaining a broader understanding of the world.

12A Honor Band

2023-24

Piccolo
  1. Raena Temaat, Minneola
Flute
  1. Sydnie Everhart, Waverly
  2. Arielle Jacobs, Mankato-Rock Hills
  3. Kendra Alexander, Logan
  4. Lauren Blackwood, Quinter
  5. Evelyn Stephens , Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley
  6. Hailey McClurg, Logan
  7. Lanae Welty, Sterling
  8. Hailey Williams, McLouth
  9. Aviana Hertz, Washington County
  10. Alt. 1 - Abigail Feldkamp , Sylvan-Lucas Unified
  11. Alt. 2 - Joselyn Sanchez, Washington County
Oboe
  1. Emma Haase, Quinter
Bassoon
  1. Graci Clark, Wamego
B-flat Clarinet
  1. Camryn Guerra, Brookville-Ell-Saline
  2. Sophia Gradig, Downs-Lakeside
  3. Garrett Floyd, McPherson
  4. Braydon Teegarden, Pretty Prairie
  5. Claire Reida, Goessel
  6. Claire Miller, Pretty Prairie
  7. Riley Padget-Cook, Bennington
  8. Vivian Burmeister, Logan
  9. Samara Godinez, Sharon Springs-Wallace County
  10. Braden Oglesby, Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy
  11. Trisha Meritt, Linn
  12. Jolie Satterwhite, Pretty Prairie
  13. Samantha Shapland, Dighton
  14. Emma Bolz, Valley Falls
Bass Clarinet
  1. Maddy Blythe, Peabody-Burns
  2. Zoe McNabb, Waverly
Contra Clarinet
  1. Xavier Calvin, Spearville
Alto Saxophone
  1. Matthew Rice, Mankato-Rock Hills
  2. Allison Weber, Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian
  3. Zoe Harding, Sterling
  4. Braxton Morris, Pretty Prairie
  5. Alt. 1 - Aby Dyck, Meade
  6. Alt. 2 - Claira Ebright , Dighton
Tenor Saxophone
  1. Olivia Lacey, Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley
  2. Parker Koch, Centralia
  3. Alt. - Aubrey Schreiner, Downs-Lakeside
Baritone Saxophone
  1. Asher Arnold, Yates Center
  2. Gavin Barnett, Canton-Galva
  3. Alt. 1 - Lacie Gallagher, McLouth
  4. Alt. 2 - Kate Parker, Meade
Trumpet
  1. Peyton Moore, Wakeeney-Trego Community
  2. Faith Reinert, Mankato-Rock Hills
  3. Lauryn Mikkelson, Salina-Sacred Heart
  4. Megan Matulka, Pratt-Skyline
  5. Maelin Johnson, Belleville-Republic County
  6. Levi Bates, Lincoln
  7. Preston Mermis, Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian
  8. Judah Kuhn, Sterling
  9. Kate Patterson, Melvern-Marais Des Cygnes Valley
  10. Jordanne Jacobs, Mankato-Rock Hills
  11. Mary Carlin, Osborne
  12. Alt. 1 - Gracelynn Krause, Canton-Galva
  13. Alt. 2 - Shaylin Carmichael, Sterling
Horn
  1. Elyssa Rucker, Hoxie
  2. Jill Hett, Lindsborg-Smoky Valley
  3. Theo Butterfield, Oberlin-Decatur Community
  4. Isabelle Alderfer, Goessel
  5. Joshua Huayaban, Shawnee-Maranatha Christian Academy
Trombone
  1. Ash David, McLouth
  2. Zoey Gardner, Sharon Springs-Wallace County
  3. Natalie Street, Canton-Galva
  4. Kaylen Gourley, Bennington
  5. James Marquardt, Tribune-Greeley County
  6. Mason Ferguson, Moran-Marmaton Valley
  7. Caden Thomas, Quinter
  8. Isaac Schultz , Sylvan-Lucas Unified
  9. Isaac Welty, Sterling
  10. John Paul Christian, Hill City
  11. Alt. 1 - Braden Woods, Pretty Prairie
  12. Alt. 2 - Anthony Gulotta, Holton-Jackson Heights
Euphonium
  1. Dallynn Dinkel, St. Francis
  2. Emma Bussen, Sharon Springs-Wallace County
  3. Jacob Schultz, Sylvan-Lucas Unified
  4. Jacobus deWit, Sterling
  5. Alt. 1 - Delaney Biel, Leoti-Wichita County
  6. Alt. 2 - Andrew Deges, Hill City
Tuba
  1. Eli Boden, Goessel
  2. James Bottom, Holton-Jackson Heights
  3. Brendon Newman, Moran-Marmaton Valley
  4. Aidan Hill, Tribune-Greeley County
  5. Matthew Rogers, Pretty Prairie
Percussion
  1. Beau Berry, Pretty Prairie
  2. Brogan Stucky, Pretty Prairie
  3. Kadence Palmer , Sylvan-Lucas Unified
  4. Logan Knight, Lincoln
  5. Danielle Herman, Minneola
  6. Jesse Dettmer, Phillipsburg
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