仪器
管乐团
This group is dedicated to performing various types of classical and popular literature.
Participation is open to anyone who has performed or played an instrument previously.
Auditions are not necessary for the Concert Band and there is no limit on the number
的成员. Scholarships are available.
爵士乐队
The 爵士乐队 is an elite 18-piece big band. Students participate in a performing
ensemble that explores the entire repertoire for the big band, including (but not
limited to) dance band, swing, Latin and contemporary and current charts. 这个乐团
maintains a demanding practice and performance schedule, including a spring tour that
has in the past taken the group across the U.S. and to parts of Canada and the Bahamas.
Members must audition for a spot in the group, though previous jazz experience is
不是要求. Scholarships are available.
PEP乐队
The Pep Band performs at home basketball games and is comprised of 15 to 25 members
selected from the Concert Band. Music performed by this group is similar to that of
行进乐队. Scholarships are available.
萨克斯四重奏
The small ensemble of saxophone players introduces its members to the classical, jazz,
流行习语. This is an auditioned group for which scholarships are available.
铜套
这个乐团 is comprised of two trumpets, a French horn, a trombone, and a tuba,
with membership selected by audition. Scholarships are available.
与教师见面
瑞奇•伯克斯
Fine and Performing Arts Department Chair
爵士乐队 and Saxophone Quartet Director
A versatile musician with training in both Jazz and classical idioms, 瑞奇•伯克斯 得了B.S. in Music Education from the University of North Alabama in 1990 and 他的米.A. from the University of North Alabama in 2000. Mr. Burks has utilized his performing skills with a number of ensembles, including groups such as the Edd Jones Orchestra, the Muscle Shoals Area Big Band, the Sammy Kaye Orchestra, Ringling Bros. 和巴纳姆 & Bailey Circus, Steel City Sound, and the Russ Morgan Orchestra. 他是 also a founding member of the Night Life Saxophone Quartet, which has been featured on National Public Radio. In addition, he has served as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the Southeast. Mr. Burks directs the Jazz band and saxophone ensemble at 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 Community College in Hanceville, Alabama, where he has been employed since 1990 as woodwind instructor and director of bands. 目前,先生. 伯克斯服务 as the Chairperson of the Fine and Performing Arts at 澳门威尼斯人APP下载状态 Community College.
256.352.8287
瑞奇.burks@deckblatt-bewerbung.net
Dr. 贾斯汀•罗宾逊
Concert Band, Pep Band
贾斯汀•罗宾逊 has taught music in varying roles at Benedict College, Northwest
Mississippi Community College, and Southaven Middle School. As a performer, Robinson
has been a member of the Aiken Symphony Orchestra and the Florence Symphony Orchestra,
directed the brass ensemble at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, SC, and has
performed with numerous other groups throughout the Southeast.
Robinson began his education at Mississippi State University, where he received a
Bachelor's in Music Education in 2011. From 2011-2013, he served as the trumpet graduate
assistant at The Pennsylvania State University, while earning a Master of Music degree
in Trumpet Performance. Most recently, Robinson earned his DMA in Trumpet Performance
and a Doctoral Minor in Music Theory from The University of South Carolina in 2020.
While working on his doctorate, he served as Music Theory Graduate Assistant and played
principal trumpet in the USC Symphony Orchestra.
256.352.8176
贾斯汀.robinson@deckblatt-bewerbung.net
珍妮的石头
打击乐合奏
珍妮的石头 teaches both levels of the Music Theory Labs, Private Piano and Percussion,
Class Piano, and a burgeoning 打击乐合奏, in addition to accompanying student
soloists and ensembles within the Fine & Performing Arts Department. 在到达之前
在澳门威尼斯人APP下载州立大学. Stone performed regularly with the Gadsden Symphony Orchestra
and worked as a freelance teacher, musician-for-hire, and accompanist in and around
伯明翰.
夫人. Stone grew up in Trussville, Alabama and attained her BA in Music from Jacksonville State University, with a concentration in piano and a strong secondary focus in percussion. She then earned her MM in Music Performance from The University of Alabama with a concentration in piano.