Ensembles

Director: Tyler Domer

Year: 2026

Position: Reed 1 (Flute)

Director: Sara Loney

Years: 2023-2026

Positions: Principal Flute (2024-2026), Flute 1 (2023)

Awards: OMEA District 15 Large Group Class A Superior Rating (2026), OMEA District 15 Large Group Class B Superior Rating (2025), OMEA State Large Group Class B Excellent Rating (2024), OMEA District 15 Large Group Class B Superior Rating (2024)

Guest/Student Conductors: Katie Lowry (2025), Ben Miller (2024), Michael Porretta (2025), Coral Varian (2024), Abbey Zunic (2026)

Notable Performances:
Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Michael Sweeney), Mambo from West Side Story
Andrew Boysen, Jr., Fantasy on a Theme by Sousa
John Carnahan, ...and the antelope play
Clare Grundman, An Irish Rhapsody
Gustav Holst, Suite No. 2 in F for Military Band, Op. 28
Robert Sheldon, In the Center Ring
Robert Sheldon, The Stormchasers
Todd Stalter, Rephrygeration
Eric Whitacre, Godzilla Eats Las Vegas
John Zdelich, Chorale and Shaker Dance

Director: Alex Chapman

Years: 2023-2026

Positions: Lead Tenor Saxophone (2024-2026), Lead Flute (2023-2024)

Awards: Trills and Thrills Music Festival Superior Rating (2025, 2026), Cedar Fair Festival of Music Superior Rating (2024)

Student Conductor: Abbey Zunic (2026)

Notable Performances:
Alan Baylock, Over the Rainbow
Bill Conti (arr. Victor Lopez), Gonna Fly Now
Miles Davis (arr. John Berry), Four
Frank Foster (arr. Greg Yasinitsky), Shiny Stockings
Michael Giacchino (arr. Paul Murtha), The Incredibles (Main Theme)
Benny Goodman (arr. Mike Kamuf), Stompin' at the Savoy
Yoko Kanno (arr. Paul Murtha), Tank! from Cowboy Bebop
Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga (arr. Paul Murtha), Die With a Smile
Billy Strayhorn (arr. Victor López), Take the "A" Train
Stevie Wonder (arr. John Berry), Isn't She Lovely

Director: Dr. Heather A. Lofdahl

Years: 2024-2026

Position: Principal Flute

Notable Performances:
George Bizet, L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances No. 5 and 6
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Petite suite de concert
Claude Debussy, Petite Suite
Arturo Márquez, Danzón No. 2
Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 5 in D Major, Op. 107 ("Reformation")
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake Suite
Giuseppe Verdi, Overture to Nabucco
Eric Whitacre, October

Director: Kyle Weyer

Years: 2026

Position: Flexbo B (Piccolo, Flute, Alto Saxophone)

Director: Dr. Scott A. Jones

Year: 2026

Positions: Flute 1, Flute 2, Piccolo

Student Conductors: Paul Bissler, Brooke Woods

Notable Performances:
Harrison J. Collins, Hymn of Ys
Steve Danyew, Lauda
Steve Danyew, Magnolia Star
Martin Ellerby, Paris Sketches
Vincent Persichetti, Symphony No. 6

Director: Dr. Allison Davis

Year: 2026

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Robert Sheldon, Spontaneous Combustion
Viet Cuong, Diamond Tide
John Philip Sousa, The Liberty Bell

Conductor: Helen H. Cha-Pyo

Year: 2026

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Francis Scott Key (arr. Steven Rosenhaus), The Star Spangled Banner
James Ra, Ring O Bells!
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Leopold Stokowski), Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 43
I. Allegretto
IV. Finale: Allegretto moderato

Conductor: Dr. Christopher Selby

Year: 2025

Position: Principal Flute, Flute 2, Piccolo

Program:
Franz von Suppé, Light Cavalry Overture
Jean Sibelius, Finlandia
Yukiko Nishimura, Water Reflection
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Marche Slav

Director: Dr. Donald McKinney

Year: 2025

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
David Biedenbender, Melodious Thunk
Omar Thomas, Shenandoah
Jennifer Jolley, Lichtweg/Lightway
David Maslanka, Give Us This Day
I. Moderately slow
II. Very fast

Conductor: Dr. Jennifer Drake

Year: 2025

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, The Bamboula
Ernest Bloch, Concerto Grosso for Strings and Piano
Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3, Op. 78, (Organ Symphony)

Director: Dr. Ishbah Cox

Year: 2025

Position: Co-Principal Flute

Notable Performances:
David Gorham, ...In the Light of the Past
Gustav Holst (arr. Gordon Jacob), Moorside March from A Moorside Suite
Daniel Kallman, The Jig Is Up
Pierre La Plante, American Riversongs
John Mackey, Lightning Field
Steven Reineke, In the Temple of Zion

Director: Rob Parton

Year: 2025

Position: Tenor Saxophone 2, Flute

Program:
Oliver Nelson, Miss Fine
Charles Mingus (arr. Sy Johnson), Better Git Hit in Your Soul
Count Basie (arr. Sammy Nestico), Splanky
Jeff Jarvis, Critical Mass

Director: Dr. Lindsey Goodman

Year: 2025

Student Conductor: Sarah Gainey

Program:
Franz Schubert (arr. Austin A. Scott), Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, D.485
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Concerto for 5 Flutes in E minor, Op. 15
I. Adagio
II. Allegro
III. Allegro
Ian Clarke, Zig Zag Zoo
Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orpheus
Catherine McMichael, Suite de Montagne
I. High Peaks Trail
II. Wind
III. Hunter's Fugue
IV. Cripple Creek Encounter
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Bill Holcombe), Ode to Joy

Director: Dr. Russel C. Mikkelson

Year: 2025

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Henry Fillmore, The Footlifter
Julie Giroux, Symphony No. 6, "The Blue Marble"
I. The Big Blue Marble
II. Voices in Green
III. Let There Be Life

Director: Dr. Philip Rudd

Year: 2024

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Lili Boulanger (arr. Danielle Fisher and Evan Harger), Nocturne
Johann Christian Bach, Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major, Op. 3
I. Allegro con spirito
II. Andantino
Erik Satie (arr. Claude Debussy), Gymnopédie No. 3

Year: 2024

Position: Flute 1

Program:
Claude Debussy (arr. Keith Kinder), Sarabande
Emerson Koh, flute (Flute 1) (Westerville North High School)
Hannah Byes, clarinet (Clarinet 1) (Newark High School)
Gavin Iden, trumpet (Clarinet 2) (Newark High School)
Sean Connors, vibraphone (Flute 2) (Third Coast Percussion)

Director: Katherine Borst Jones

Year: 2024

Program:
Traditional Japanese Folk Song (arr. Gerard Grognet), Sakura Sakura
Johann Pachelbel (arr. Chris Walker), Canon and Gigue
Russian Folk Song (arr. Ervin Monroe), Oh, Little Apple (Russian Sailors' Dance)
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. James Christensen), Air, from Suite in D
Russel & Farrell (arr. John Tatgenhorst, Katherine Borst Jones), Hang on Sloopy

Instructors: Katherine Borst Jones, Braden Stewart

Year: 2024

Position: Flute 2

Program:
Eugène Bozza, Jour d'été à la montagne
Zackary Muñoz, flute 1 (Greenfield, WI)
Emerson Koh, flute 2 (Westerville, OH)
Melanie Ahn, flute 3 (West Chester, OH)
Sam Waspe, flute 4 (Cincinnati, OH)

Director: Dr. William Talley

Year: 2024

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
Rossano Galante, Mt. Everest
Steven Reineke, Fate of the Gods

Conductor: Andrés Lopera

Years: 2023-2024

Positions: Assistant Principal Flute, Piccolo

Notable Performances:
Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32
IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D Major ("Titan")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Scheherazade, Op. 35
Carlos Zamora, Sikuris

Conductor: Dr. Christopher Westover-Muñoz

Year: 2023

Position: Principal Flute

Program:
David Bernard Roumain (arr. Chrsitopher Westover-Muñoz), Hip Hop Studies and Etudes No. 15 G Major
Modest Mussorgsky (orch Maurice Ravel, arr. Christopher Westover Muñoz), Pictures at an Exhibition
Promenade 1
II. Il vecchio castello
Jennifer Jolley (arr. Christopher Westover-Muñoz), Lichtweg

Year: 2023

Position: Flute (Violin 2)

Program:
José White, La Bella Cubana
Elizabeth Hu-Van Reeth, violin 1 (Granville High School)
Emerson Koh, flute (Violin 2) (Westerville North High School)
Catherine Harman, piano (Dublin Jerome High School)

Director: Sara Loney

Years: 2022-2023

Position: Principal Flute

Awards: Ohio Music Education Association District 15 Large Group Adjudicated Event Excellent Rating

Student Conductor: Lauren Parrett (2023)

Notable Performances:
Brian Balmages, Blue Ridge Reel
Andrew Boysen, Jr., Tricycle
Douglas Court, Fanfare Esprit
Frank Erikson, Air for Band
Ludwig Göransson (arr. Paul Murtha), The Mandalorian
William Owens, New Horizons
Bruce W. Tippette, Vanquish

Director: Ryan Alexis

Years: 2021-2023

Position: Principal Flute (2022-2023), Co-Principal Flute (2021)

Guest Conductors: James Dowdy, Derek Scoles

Notable Performances:
Brian Balmages, Reverberations
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Michael Sweeney), Mambo from West Side Story
Aaron Copland (arr. James Curnow), Themes from An Outdoor Overture
George Gershwin (arr. Calvin Custer), Summertime
David R. Gillingham, Aerodynamics
Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Michael Sweeney), Horkstow Grange from Lincolnshire Posy
Percy Aldridge Grainger (arr. Loras J. Schissel), Shepherd's Hey
Jennifer Higdon, Rhythm Stand
Gustav Holst (arr. William Owens), Jupiter from The Planets
John Mackey, Foundry
Simone Mantia (arr. Andrew Glover), All Those Endearing Young Charms
Derek Scoles, trumpet
Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney (arr. Paul Murtha), Live and Let Die
Lin-Manuel Miranda (arr. Douglas E. Wagner), You'll Be Back
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Albert O. Davis), Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Sultan
Tony Zilincik, tuba
Frank Ticheli, An American Elegy
Frank Ticheli, Shenandoah
Richard Wagner (arr. Mark Williams), Ride of the Valkyries
Eric Whitacre, The Seal Lullaby

Director: Dr. Ishbah Cox

Year: 2022

Position: Flute 2

Program:
Johnnie Vinson, Newcastle March
Frank Ticheli, Joy
Erik Morales, Caliber
John Williams (arr. Michael Sweeney), Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Director: Sarah McPeak

Years: 2021-2022

Position: Principal Flute

Guest Conductor: John Laswell

Notable Performances:
Brian Balmages, Bringer of War (After Holst)
Aram Khachaturian (arr. Andrew Balent), Sabre Dance from the Ballet Gayane
Mykola Leontovich and Peter Wilhousky (arr. Andrew Balent), Carol of the Bells
James Swearingen, The Night Before Christmas
Frank Ticheli, A Shaker Gift Song
Travis J. Weller, Hammer and Rail

Director: Sarah McPeak

Year: 2022

Position: Principal Flute

Awards: Music in the Parks Kings Island Superior Rating

Program:
Adrian B. Sims, A Builder's Dream
Duke Ellington, Caravan
Gustav Holst (arr. Paul Murtha), Chorale from Jupiter (from The Planets)

Director: Amy Levine

Year: 2019

Position: Principal Flute

Notable Repertoire:
Sean O'Loughlin, Zig Zag
Michael Story, Dragon Dance