Bobbi Mauldin

Clear Brook High School Orchestra

Bobbi Mauldin, a graduate of the University of Houston, is the orchestra director at Clear Brook High School in Friendswood, TX.  Throughout her tenure as an orchestra director in Texas, Mrs. Mauldin’s orchestras have been consistent UIL Sweepstakes award recipients as well as having many individual students place in Region and All-State Orchestras.

In addition to her work at Clear Brook, Mrs. Mauldin began and directed the Suzuki Violin program at McGaha Academy in Wichita Falls, TX.  While in Wichita Falls, she received several awards and grants for innovative teaching and a governmental grant for a music listening program she designed and implemented at McGaha Academy.  Mrs. Mauldin conducted the Denton High School String Orchestra in Carnegie Hall and is a former director of the MacArthur High School Orchestra in Irving.

Mrs. Mauldin is a member of the Texas Music Educators’ Association, Texas Music Adjudicators’ Association and the Texas Orchestra Directors’ Association.  As a member of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Mrs. Mauldin has participated in many Suzuki Violin Institutes and is a registered Suzuki Violin teacher.

The Mauldins are a musical family with  Mrs. Mauldin working alongside her husband Stan, who is the band director at Clear Brook.  The Mauldin kids are also musical with Matthew studying oboe and English horn at the University of Houston and Christopher playing percussion and piano in the Clear Brook Band and Orchestra. 

Derle R. Long is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Bands at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.  He coordinates all aspects of the ULM Band Program and teaches undergraduate courses in music education, instrumental conducting, and band supervision and administration.  Derle also teaches graduate courses in conducting and band literature.  He is in demand as an honor band clinician, guest conductor, and music festival adjudicator throughout the United States.  Derle was selected as a ULM Favorite Professor by Alpha Lambda Delta in the Spring of 2004.  Derle holds active memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, Louisiana Music Educators Association, and the Louisiana Bandmasters Association.  He is ULM faculty sponsor for Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity and Tau Beta Sigma band sorority.  Derle also serves as College Band Coordinator for the A T & T Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, Texas and was recently appointed Louisiana State Chairman for the College Band Directors National Association.

Mr. Rodriguez was invited to join the faculty at Northwestern in 1988. He earned the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music Education degrees from the University of North Texas. In 1987 he earned the Certificate in Performance from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Between 1978 and 1988 he worked as a freelance musician in Dallas and Chicago. He has performed with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, and most recently the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra. Maintaining an active role with the International Trumpet Guild as performer and chairman of various committees, he was coordinator of the 1995 International Festival of Trumpets. In 1991, the NSU Trumpet Ensemble performed for the opening ceremony of that year's conference. Mr. Rodriguez has taught Applied Trumpet, Brass Methods, Techniques of Conducting and Instrumental Conducting, conducting, Jazz Improvisation, and Brass Pedagogy and Literature. He has directed the University Jazz Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, various brass quintets, and the Baroque Trumpet Ensemble. His teachers include Adolph Herseth, Principal Trumpet of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Vincent Cichowicz, former Professor of Trumpet at Northwestern University, and John J. Haynie and Dr. Leonard Candelaria from the University of North Texas.

Troy Breaux

University of Louisiana
at Lafayette
Percussion
Ensemble

• Rachel Provenza First Violin
• Kathy Rettelle Second Violin
• Leah Gentry-Jones Cello
• Mona Rester Viola

Four Season String Quartet Concert

Deborah Lynn Chandler is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. For over eighteen years, she served as a Director of Music in the Presbyterian Church (USA) denomination. She also taught music history and chorus at the Tallahassee Community College. At Florida State, Dr. Chandler studied with Dr. Andre Thomas, Rodney Eichenburger, Dr. Judy Bowers, and Dr. Kevin Fenton. She is conductor emeritus of the Tallahassee Civic Chorale and a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Pi Kappa Lambda, Alpha Chi Honor Society and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians. In 1984, Dr. Chandler was selected as an Outstanding Young Woman of America. She received the Guardian Ad Litem Exemplary Service Award in 1993 and the Corinne Holleman Gridley Achievement Award in 1996. A music scholarship was established anonymously in her name at the Florida State University in 1994. In June 2003, she was chosen as one of ten conductors selected internationally to study with German conductor, Helmuth Rilling, at the Oregon Bach Festival. She was also selected in 2004 to conduct with Maestro Rilling at the first Toronto Bach Festival at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Debra Chandler, Director

University of Louisiana at Monroe, Choir

Dr. Jason Rinehart is the Director of Orchestras/Assistant Director of Bands at ULM where he directs the Sound of Today, the Technical Fowls, the Symphonic Band and the Orchestra.  He has previously taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Benedictine College, and St. Louis Community College.  Dr. Rinehart has degrees from Texas Tech University, Southern Methodist University, and the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  In addition, Dr. Rinehart has studied conducting with David Effron and Gunther Schuller at the Brevard Music Center.  His conducting experience includes the Atchison Symphony, Kansas City Ballet, Fountain City and St. Louis Brass Bands, numerous collegiate orchestras and wind ensembles, and over thirty main stage operas and musicals. Dr. Rinehart has been involved with the drum and bugle corps activity as a marching member of the Sky Ryders and Phantom Regiment and has taught with Pioneer, Capital Regiment, and Boston Crusaders.

Dr. Jason Rinehart, Director

University of Louisiana at Monroe Symphony Orchestra

Bill Watrous In Concert

Accompanied by: The Bill Causey Big Band

Ticket Prices:

In Advance : $5.00 Youth $10.00 H. S./College W/ ID $20.00 Adult

At Door: $5.00 Youth $15.00 H. S./College W/ ID $25.00 Adult

Sponsored in part by:

Monroe-West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau
Matt’s Music
The Band House
Zeagler Music

Saturday, February 23, 2008
7:00 PM
Jack Howard Theater
Monroe Civic Center


Tickets May Be Purchased At:
Matt’s Music
The Band House
Zeagler Music
Monroe Civic Center Box Office

Also Featuring:
Mike Williams - Lead Trumpet, Count Basie Jazz Orchestra

The guest conductor for the first South Central Regional Music Conference Honor Choir is Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novelli. Eduardo Garcîa-Novelli is a native of Argentina and the Director of Choral Activities at Lamar University. After serving for six years as Assistant Director of the National Young People Choir of Argentina and a fruitful high school choral directing career in Buenos Aires,including several international tours, Eduardo moved to the United States to pursue graduate studies. He graduated with distinction with a Master of Music from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, and completed his Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Houston. While in Houston, Dr. Garcîa-Novelli served for five seasons as Assistant Director of the Houston Symphony Chorus. In that capacity he helped in the preparation of large choral-symphonic pieces for world-renowned conductors such as Christoph Eschenbach, Peter Schreier, Hans Graf, Hugh Wolf, Helmut Rilling, and others. At the University of Houston Dr. Garcîa-Novelli founded the University Men's Chorus, and conducted the University Women's Chorus and the Moores School Chamber Singers. Prior to coming to Lamar University Dr. Garcîa-Novelli served as Director of Choral Activities at Lee College in Baytown, TX. He guest-conducted Clear Lake Symphony and Baytown Symphony orchestras. Also a church musician, Eduardo served as Director of Music Ministries in churches in his home country, in NJ and in Houston. Dr. Garcîa-Novelli is a national prize winner for the "La Nacion" (Argentina) and the American Choral Directors Association (US) competitions. His wife Maria Fernanda is a periodontist; they have two children: Matea and Camila.

A native of Greeley, Colorado, Lowell E. Graham enjoys a distinguished career conducting ensembles in many musical media, including the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Symphony, the Spokane Symphony, the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, the American Promenade Orchestra, the Greeley Philharmonic, Chamber Music Palm Beach Chamber Orchestra, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Banda Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo, Orquestra de Sopros Brasileira, the National Symphonic Winds, the National Chamber Players, the Avatar Brass Ensemble and the Denver Brass. In 2006 he was named the “Director Honorifico Anual” for the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Paraguay. He has held numerous conducting positions to include that of the Commander and Conductor of the United States Air Force's premier musical organization in Washington, DC. While there he became the senior ranking musician in the Department of Defense.

He is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education in 1970 and a Master of Arts degree in performance the following year. In 1977 he became the first person to be awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in orchestral conducting from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Graham is currently the Chairman of the Music Department at the University of Texas at El Paso and is the recipient the “Abraham Chavez” Professorship in Music.
Graham has initiated many important media projects for American Public Radio and other broadcasting organizations, as well as live telecast/web cast concerts and video productions on which his credits include those of conductor, writer and musical producer. He is a frequent guest on radio talk shows and performed on NBC’s “Today Show” for five consecutive years on Independence Day.
In March 1995, he was honored with membership in the prestigious American Bandmasters Association, the professional association of master conductors and musicians. Membership is considered the highest honor achievable by American bandsmen; it recognized outstanding achievement in the field of concert bands. In February 1996, he was inducted into the University of Northern Colorado School of Music “Hall of Honor.” This distinction was bestowed on only 18 alumni and faculty who have achieved greatness as musician, educators and humanitarians in the school’s first 100 years. He received The Catholic University of America’s 1998 Alumni Achievement Award in the field of Music. This award, which is presented annually by the Board of Governors Alumni Association, recognized his accomplishments and honored him for his life’s work. In 1999 he received the University of Northern Colorado Alumni Association Honored Alumni Award in the category of “Contributions to Music.” In 2001, he was the recipient of the Award of Distinction for Contributions to Music Education from the Illinois Music Educators Association. The two previous recipients were Sir Georg Solti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Meryl J. Isaac. In December 2003 he was the recipient of the Phi Beta Mu International Outstanding Bandmaster Award.

In 2005 Graham was named as the “Supervising Editor” for Masters Music Publications, Inc., a division of Edwin F. Kalmus & Co., Inc. Masters Music Publications that includes rare, out-of print, and foreign editions as well as offering one of the finest catalogs of original works and arrangements for concert band and wind ensemble available today.
Graham has released recordings on four labels -- Klavier, Telarc, Mark, and Wilson -- that have been recognized for both their artistic and sonic excellence. These recordings have been recognized in Stereophile’s “Records to Die-For” list, The Absolute Sound’s “The Super Disc List,” as well as one having won a Grammy.