WT Band Alumni

WT Band All-Decade Alumni Reunion
2022-06-10 16:00 - 2022-06-11 21:00 (America/Chicago) | Grand Plaza Civic Center in Amarillo, 401 S Buchanan St, Amarillo, TX, 79101, United States
Scheduled Events
Friday, June 10th
4:00-7:00pm
Alumni registration and reception at the Four Points by Sheraton Downtown Amarillo.
Your ticket to the Garner Tribute will also serve as the ticket to this event.
7:30pm
Dinners of the Decades
Tribute Dinner, Saturday, June 11
8:30am-9:30am
Campus tours departing from Mary Moody Northen Hall
10:00am-Noon
WT Alumni Band, conducted by Dr. Gary Garner, N1010
(Registration to Participate ends May 5th!)
Noon – 1:30pm
Lunch on your own
1:30p – 2:00pm
Alumni Band warm-up
2:00pm – 3:00pm
WT Alumni Band Concert, Mary Moody Recital Hall
6:00pm
Registration and seating for the Tribute Dinner in the Grand Plaza Civic Center Amarillo.
7:00pm
Dr. Gary Garner Tribute Dinner begins

WTAMU Symphonic Band presents John Mackey's Harvest: Concerto for Trombone performed by Dr. John Shanks
2022-04-27 20:00 - 21:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
The concert band’s performance will be followed at 8 p.m. by the WT Symphonic Band. The ensemble’s performance will feature Dr. John Shanks, WT professor of trombone, on John Mackey’s “Harvest: Concerto for Trombone.”
“This exciting work is considered to be one of the most challenging works from the trombone repertoire and also is a tour de force for the winds and percussion,” said Don Lefevre, associate professor of music and WT Symphonic Band conductor.
The concert also will feature Percy Aldridge Grainger’s “Children’s March,” “Frank Ticheli’s “Lux Perpetua” and Alfred Reed’s “El Camino Real.”
Admission for both concerts is free. Call 806-651-2840.
Fostering an appreciation of the arts is a key mission of the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.
That plan is fueled by the historic, $125 million One West comprehensive fundraising campaign. To date, the five-year campaign — which publicly launched Sept. 23 — has raised about $110 million.
Music Selections

Children’s March by Percy Aldridge Grainger
Trombone Concerto: Harvest by John Mackey, featuring Dr. John Shanks
Lux Perpetua by Frank Ticheli
El Camino Real by Alfred Reed

Symphonic Band Personnel
Flute

Kyndahl Britton, Pflugerville
Alejandra Mulgado, Clovis, NM
Abbie Wade, Missouri City
Sara Rogalski, Cypress
Amaris Contreras, Alice
Diego Romero, Amarillo
Alex Lam, Sachse
Emily Henson*, Hereford

Oboe

Tobin Brooks, Canyon
Abigail Hite, Carlisle, PA
Danny Maldonado, Mesquite

Bassoon

Meghan Brooks, Canyon
Riley Lusk, Lubbock
Daniel Gonzales, Taylor

E-flat Clarinet

Joey Henriquez, Arlington

B-flat Clarinet

Rachel Stansell, Midland
Dayton Scholz, Amarillo
Shelby Easley-McPherson*, Canyon
McKenzie Bonner, Midland
Ethan Hughes, Wichita Falls
Grace Lindauer, Keller
Shawn Frausto, Amarillo
Faith Powell, Amarillo
Sydney Fishburn, Spearman

Bass Clarinet

Gage Winkle, Arlington
Kaitlyn Rubinski, Amarillo
Graham McFarland, Amarillo

Saxophone

Braden Lefevre, Canyon
Dillon Martin, Odessa
Maxwell Gray, Tomball
Aaron Erickson, Georgetown
Carter Rybarski, Brenham

Trumpet

Emily Sotelo, Midland
Mason Lafferty, Amarillo
Adam Johnson, Springtown
Payne Morris, Odessa
Brayden York, Odessa
Chris Barber, Muleshoe
Tess Homer, Amarillo

Horn

Morgan Hite, Carlisle, PA
Conlan Means, Wheeler
Luke Rodriquez, Midland
Gaby Padilla, Amarillo
Jorge Lopez, Rio Grande City
Luigi Bencomo, Dalhart
Carlie Marcotte, Lewisville
Bailee Rettig, Brenham

Tenor Trombone

Abraham Wood, Floresville
Spencer Owens, Levelland
Cyrus Jackson, Baytown
Trace Bails, Amarillo

Bass Trombone

Justin Slaughter, Odessa
Damonusess Brooks, Houston

Euphonium

Patrick Lucas, Odessa
Noah Portillo, Lubbock
James Selman, Amarillo

Tuba

Lucas Martinez, Lewisville
Chris Perez, Odessa
Ty Solomon, Fritch
Isaac Ortiz, Canyon

String Bass

Roman Rios, Amarillo

Electric Bass

Danny Maldonado, Mesquite

Piano

Piper Fowler, Amarillo

Percussion

Noah Bradshaw, Joshua
Hien Doan, Amarillo
Chema Garcia, Memphis
Colton Gallandat, Joshua
Mason Rumsey, Joshua
Juan Montoya Buenrostro, Amarillo
Jacob Diaz, Amarillo

WTAMU Concert Band performance honoring the late band director Darin K. Johns
2022-04-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
WT Concert Band to Debut Piece Commissioned for Late Andrews Band Director; WT Symphonic Band Also Set to Perform
CANYON, Texas — A piece honoring the legacy of a Texas band director killed in a November car crash will have its regional premiere during an April 27 West Texas A&M University band concert.
The WT Concert Band will perform “The Essence of Memory” by Dr. B.J. Brooks, WT professor of theory and composition, during its 6 p.m. April 27 concert in Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall on WT’s Canyon campus.
It commemorates the life of Darin K. Johns, the Andrews High School band director who died in a Nov. 19 bus-pickup crash near Big Spring. Also killed in the wreck was Marc Elbert Boswell, an Andrews High math teacher and director of data information systems, who was driving the school bus.
“In the weeks following the tragedy that took the lives of Darin and Marc, we were all awed by the outpouring of collective tributes that spread out like waves on a still lake. First local, then in neighboring communities, then further throughout the state as people shared Darin’s story through social media,” Brooks said. “His story touched so many because his story is part of us all. As musicians, educators, parents, and community members, we well understood the commitment to the school and its students that is personified in a band director.”
The piece was commissioned by Association of Texas Small School Bands and premiered in February during the Texas Music Educators Association 4A All-State Symphonic Band concert.
“We are so fortunate to have a composer of Dr. Brooks’ caliber on our faculty,” said Dr. Russ Teweleit, professor of music and conductor of the WT Concert Band. “It’s sobering to recognize the loss of one of our band director peers, but Dr. Brooks’ piece is truly exceptional.”
The concert band will include two of Johns’ former students in its roster: sophomore Anthony NovoGradac and senior Landon Proffitt.
The concert band also will perform Brooks’ “Willows of Winter,” conducted by student Shelby Easley-McPherson, a graduate music performance student from Odessa; “Galactic Empires” by David Gillingham; “Xerxes” by John Mackey, conducted by student Emily Henson, a graduate music performance student from Hereford; and the finale of Vasily Kalinnikov’s Symphony No. 1 in G Minor.
The concert band’s performance will be followed at 8 p.m. by the WT Symphonic Band. The ensemble’s performance will feature Dr. John Shanks, WT professor of trombone, on John Mackey’s “Harvest: Concerto for Trombone.”
“This exciting work is considered to be one of the most challenging works from the trombone repertoire and also is a tour de force for the winds and percussion,” said Don Lefevre, associate professor of music and WT Symphonic Band conductor.
The concert also will feature Percy Aldridge Grainger’s “Children’s March,” “Frank Ticheli’s “Lux Perpetua” and Alfred Reed’s “El Camino Real.”
Admission for both concerts is free. Call 806-651-2840.
Fostering an appreciation of the arts is a key mission of the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.
That plan is fueled by the historic, $125 million One West comprehensive fundraising campaign. To date, the five-year campaign — which publicly launched Sept. 23 — has raised about $110 million.

Concert Band Personnel
Flute

Erin Hinds, Sophomore, Amarillo
Natalie Samuels, Senior, Monahans
Amaya Rangel, Junior, Odessa
Savannah Neis, Senior, Lubbock
Nalyn Chanthakhoune, Freshman, Amarillo
Isabel Hernandez, Sophomore, Amarillo
Elena Moreno, Freshman, Amarillo
Jasmine Solis, Freshman, Amarillo
Carmella Love, Junior, Amarillo

Oboe

Jocelyn Morales, Sophomore, Amarillo
Emily Klein, Junior, Amarillo

Bassoon

Kegan Otoole, Freshman, Friendswood
Kat Clark, Freshman, Canyon
Emma Morris, Sophomore, Sunray

Clarinet

Shawn Frausto, Sophomore, Amarillo
Faith Powell, Freshman, Amarillo
Skylar Jones, Freshman, Dalhart
Ashli Sauer, Senior, Dumas
Robby Sanchez, Sophomore, Farwell
Albert Spencer, Freshman, Claude
Jeran Nolen, Freshman, Stinnett
Mason Vincent, Junior, Brownfield
Kaitlyn Rubinski, Freshman, Amarillo
Shelby Easley-McPherson, Masters, Odessa

Bass Clarinet

Zoe Stovall, Freshman, Amarillo
Maddlyn Worley, Junior, Amarillo

Alto Saxophone

Josh Carillo, Senior, El Paso
Noah Reneau, Sophomore, Amarillo
Coby Mount, Freshman, Coahoma
Emily Shaw, Freshman, Tomball

Tenor Saxophone

Zach Limb, Sophomore, Amarillo

Baritone Saxophone

Zeke Roberts, Junior, Lubbock

Trumpet

Malik Boyd, Senior, Amarillo
Caleb Hesse, Sophomore, Amarillo
Ian Whitehurst, Sophomore, Smithtown, NY
Nassir Reyes, Sophomore, Shallowater
Jordan Bunn, Freshman, Tulia
Connor McClenny, Freshman, Amarillo
Ashlyn Vessel, Senior, Lampasas
Emily Henson, Graduate, Hereford

Horn

Sadie Rivera, Senior, St. Augustine, FL
Chris Santiago, Freshman, Odessa
Jenna Gelinas, Junior, Roswell, NM
Norrin Hodgson, Sophomore, Odessa
Ericka Ortiz, Junior, Canyon
Liliana Rivera, Freshman, Humble

Tenor Trombone

Brayden Hebbel, Sophomore, Amarillo
Alec Jung, Freshman, Midland
William Delph, Senior, Wasilla, AK
Nadia Ortega, Sophomore, Stratford
Chris Larney, Freshman, Tulia
Victoria Wilkinson, Junior, Amarillo
Caleb Aguilar-Skeen, Sophomore, Amarillo
Dominic Mendoza, Freshman, Plainview
Payton Cotton, Freshman, Amarillo

Bass Trombone

James Dewey, Senior, Amarillo

Euphonium

Anthony NovoGradac, Sophomore, Andrews

Tuba

Jayce Nixon, Sophomore, Mansfield
Camron McGuire, Freshman, Claude
Jacob Mills, Sophomore, Midland

Percussion

Charlie Romo, Senior, Amarillo
William Conway, Sophomore, Panhandle
Cooper Delgado, Freshman, Childress
Steven Hilton, Junior, Amarillo
Hayley Hunter, Sophomore, Monahans
Brogan Lichte, Senior, Littlefield
Noah Lopez, Junior, Lubbock
Tristan Mouw, Junior, Amarillo
Charles Neal, Freshman, Canyon
Angel Olivas, Freshman, Shallowater

Emily Henson's Graduate Flute Recital
2022-04-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Emily Sotelo's Senior Trumpet Recital
2022-04-23 15:00 - 16:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
You are invited to attend Emily Sotelo’s Senior Trumpet Recital on Sunday afternoon at Three o’clock in the Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall with Dr. Jim Rauscher on piano.
Assisted by: Dr. James Barger, saxophone; Austin Brazille, guitar; Bryan Gomez, bass and Tristan Mouw, drums.

Shelby Easley-McPherson Graduate Clarinet Recital
2022-04-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Juan Montoya's Senior Recital
2022-03-27 15:00 - 17:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Rachel Stansell Junior Clarinet Recital
2022-03-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
Cantilene by Louis Cahuzac

Hommage a Manuel De Falla by Béla Kovács

Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet, and Bassoon by Walter Piston

Views of the Blues for 2 B-flat Clarinets by Gordon Lewin

Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano by Joseph Horovitz

WT Saxophone Studio Recital
2022-03-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, 207 N 25th St, Canyon, TX, 79016, United States
Livestream will available at the following link:
https://fb.me/e/1tXCe0fME

Natalie Samuels Senior Recital
2022-02-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Braden Lefevre Senior Saxophone Recital
2022-01-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
Click Here to Read the Recital Program
The recital can be viewed live on Facebook here:
https://fb.me/e/4KJJH39kp

WTAMU Fall Graduation
2021-12-11 | TX

Town & Gown
2021-12-06 18:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Christmas Concert (Orchestra & Choir)
2021-12-05 19:00, 2021-12-05 16:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Austin Nakamoto, Senior Trumpet Recital
2021-12-04 19:30 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, 207 N 25th St, Canyon, TX, 79016, United States

WT Symphonic Band
2021-12-01 20:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
WT Symphonic Band presents “Come Sunday” by Omar Thomas.
Don Lefevre, conductor
Other works by:
Dimitri Kabalevsky
Ernesto Lecuona
David Gillingham
You can livestream the band’s performance here:
https://www.facebook.com/WestTexasAMSchoolOfMusic/
REMEMBER ALL TIMES ARE TEXAS TIME

WT Concert Band
2021-12-01 18:00 - 19:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
Russ Teweleit, conductor
You can livestream the band’s performance here:
https://www.facebook.com/WestTexasAMSchoolOfMusic/
REMEMBER ALL TIMES ARE TEXAS TIME

Student Showcase Recital
2021-11-30 16:00 - 18:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
Soar, Concerto No. 1, III. Quasi cadenza, Presto | Robert Oetomo
Hien Doan, marimba
Jim Rauscher, piano
Romance in F major, Op. 50 | Ludwig von Beethoven
Joely Crawford, violin
Jim Rauscher, piano
Sonata, IV. Allegro Quasi Presto | Gabriel Fauré
Emily Boschen, flute
Jim Rauscher, piano
Concerto for Trumpet | Harry James
Emily Sotelo, trumpet
Jim Rauscher, piano
Drei Intermezzi, Op.117, No. 1 Andante Moderato, No. 2 Andante non troppo e con molto espressione | Johannes Brahms
Minkyoung Song, piano
Divertimento No. 8 in F major, Allegro Spiritoso | W. A. Mozart
Tobin Brooks, Abigail Hite, Danny Maldonado, Jocelyn Morales, Koby Solis, oboes & English horns

You can livestream the concert at:
https://www.facebook.com/WestTexasAMSchoolOfMusic/
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Student Showcase Recital
2021-11-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
Brazilian Landscape | Ney Rosauro
Chema Garcia, vibraphone
Fury II: Very clean – Gently inebriated | James Grant
Alex Rivera, tuba
Rush: II. Morning | Kenneth Fuchs
Joshua Carrillo, alto saxophone
Mila Abbasova, piano
Processional on “Eventide” | Preston Hazzard
Brooke Osbourne, Kourtney Osbourne, Guitars
Many Thousand Gone | Undine Smith Moore
Darby Hood, piano
Sonata for Solo Cello, Op.8: I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato | Zoltán Kodály
Anthony Newton, cello
Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio | Giovanni Bottesini
Emily Arciniega, double bass
Marcus Bradford, piano
You can livestream the concert at:
https://www.facebook.com/WestTexasAMSchoolOfMusic/
REMEMBER ALL TIMES ARE TEXAS TIMES

WT vs. Bethel College
2021-11-13 11:00 - 13:00, 2021-11-13 | Buffalo Stadium, Russell Long Blvd, Canyon, TX, United States

Jazz Band Concert
2021-11-11 19:30 - 20:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Tuba/Euph. Ensemble Recital
2021-11-10 19:30 - 20:30 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, 207 N 25th St, Canyon, TX, 79016, United States

WT Symphony Orchestra Concert
2021-11-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

Trombone Studio Recital
2021-11-07 17:00 - 18:00 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States

WT vs. Midwestern State
2021-11-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2021-11-06 | Buffalo Stadium, Russell Long Blvd, Canyon, TX, United States

Tuba/Euph. Studio Recital
2021-11-03 19:30 - 20:30 | Sybil B. Harrington Fine Arts Complex, 207 N 25th St, Canyon, TX, 79016, United States

WT Percussion Ensemble Concert
2021-11-02 19:30 - 20:30 | Mary Moody Northen Hall, Canyon, TX, 79015, United States
