45th UTM Honor Band Festival

January 25-27, 2024
Everything you need to know to be a part of the UTM Honor Band!

Honor Band (Expand for information)

Dear Students, Parents, and Band Directors,

The University of Tennessee at Martin Department of Music is proud to announce the 45 th  Annual Honor Band Festival! We are excited to welcome over 350 students to our beautiful campus for two days of music learning and performing! This year’s festival will be held Thursday, January 25 through Saturday, January 27, 2024. 

The UTM Honor Band has provided generations of the top student musicians from programs in the mid-South the opportunity to work together with fantastic guest conductors. During their time on campus, students engage with high quality and challenging literature, learn new skills, enrich their musical experiences, and produce artistic and exciting performances. We are thrilled that you are interested in becoming part of this rich and successful history.

Please read all the information below, including the material regarding protocols for managing the pandemic.

Application Process – Dynamic Forms

The form process will be the same as previous years. Returning directors and students: the process is the same as last year. Anyone who fills out an application (director or student) will need to create an account first. This process is free and simple. Please follow the steps below:

1. Click the link to the Application Form
2. Create a new account – need an email address
3. Follow the prompts, log in, complete, and submit the form
4. Directors can still submit applications for all their students (if that is what you have done in the past). This may be the easiest option.

Once the application is submitted, two emails will be generated – one to the parent/guardian with a link to a publicity release form and one to the director with a link to a short recommendation form, which will also be submitted electronically. Directors and parents will need to scroll through the form to their page.

Directors: your recommendation information will not be visible to students and parents. The deadline to submit applications by will be Friday, December 1, 2023 at midnight.

Director Recommendations & Student Rankings

Students should be ranked in order by directors (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) on the Director Recommendation. It is important to the entire process that students be ranked in sequential order, i.e. only one student per number.  In past years, several schools have ranked all of their students as number one.  We do our best to take every school's number one choice but cannot guarantee that in all situations.  Ranking every one of your students as number one is unfair to the application process and to potentially more qualified students from other schools. Directors will who rank all students as number one will be asked to re-rank their students or risk having their students not accepted.

Preparation

Directors: please be sure your accepted students are prepared on their repertoire before attending the festival. Doing so helps them, the rest of the musicians and guest conductors to have the most positive and musical experience possible. We have experienced issues in recent years with students attending the festival who were unprepared or otherwise not ready for the experience. We ask your cooperation and assistance in this process from application through performance in order to ensure success for all students.

Communication

All communication for the festival, including, but not limited to, notification of acceptance, login and password information, audition times and final information will be sent to directors. Please relay this information to your students, band parents, and school administration.

Ensembles

Please see below for a listing and description of each the festival’s ensembles and audition requirements.

Audition Process

While students will audition on parts again this year, all pieces from each ensembles program will not be included. Students should start by preparing the entirety of their default ensemble’s repertoire (9-10 Concert Band; 11-12 Symphonic Band). Students who intend to audition for the Wind Ensemble should prepare that repertoire in addition to their default ensemble’s repertoire. Again, the number of pieces included in each ensemble’s audition material has been lowered, making this relatively low impact for those students.

The primary reason for this audition process is to increase the amount of individual preparation and decrease the amount of sight-reading, thereby increasing the overall educational and performance outcomes of the festival. Audition excerpts will be posted outside the audition rooms on Jan. 25 th . Please read all of the descriptions below for complete details as some audition procedures have changed.

Wind Ensemble

The Wind Ensemble will consist of students in 9 th through 12 th grades. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials. Students should start by preparing the entirety of their default ensemble’s repertoire (9-10 Concert Band; 11-12 Symphonic Band). Students who intend to audition for Wind Ensemble should prepare that repertoire in addition to their default ensemble’s repertoire. Again, the number of pieces included in each ensemble’s audition material has been lowered, making this relatively low impact. The number of pieces will be limited for each ensemble. Students who audition for the Wind Ensemble and are not accepted will be placed in a seat appropriate to their ability in their default ensemble. If there are not enough students who audition for the Wind Ensemble, students will be pulled from the top of the Symphonic Band’s roster.

Symphonic Band

The Symphonic Band will consist of high school students in 11 th and 12 th grade only. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials.

Important: 11 th and 12 th grade students may choose to audition for the Wind Ensemble by preparing its repertoire, in addition to the Symphonic Band’s, for their placement audition.

Concert Band

The Concert Band will consist of high school students in 9 th and 10 th grade only. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials. Important: 9th and 10th grade students may choose to audition for the Wind Ensemble by preparing its repertoire, in addition to the Concert Band’s, for their placement audition.

Middle School

The Middle School Honor Band will consist of students in 7 th and 8 th grade only. There will be no 9th graders in the Middle School Honor Band. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials.

Repertoire

The repertoire for each ensemble will serve as the prepared material for chair placement auditions. PDFs of parts will be posted below in the "Audition Materials" section and only accessible to musicians via a password protected login. This information will be sent to Directors. For students who apply on their own, please contact your director for this information.

Placement/Seating Auditions

We ask directors to be sure their students are able to successfully perform the repertoire for the ensemble for which they are auditioning. Percussionists should be able to read treble and percussion clefs and be competent to perform on all instruments required by the repertoire. While we would love to accept all of your students into the festival, not all are at the point in their development where they can be successful in an event like this. We are relying on you to provide accurate references and vet your students to avoid putting students, festival staff, and guest conductors in difficult situations.

Audition Materials

Scales

Percussionists

o A rudiment sheet will be provided with the percussion materials on the Honor Band website.


Location

The high school ensembles will rehearse in the Fine Arts Building and the Middle School will rehearse in the Ballroom of the University Center. All performances will take place in the Fine Arts Building.

Solo Competition

Graduating seniors accepted into festival bands are welcome to audition for the Solo Competition.  The winner will perform at the final festival concert on Saturday afternoon and receive and an offer of a music scholarship not to exceed $4000.00 (over a four year period). This competition and award is restricted to graduating seniors who wish to pursue a music degree at the UT Martin beginning in the Fall of 2024. Please see the schedule for audition times. To apply for the competition, students must do the following:

1. Indicate their intent to audition on their application.

2. Upload a video audition of the intended audition piece and send the web link to Dr. Oelrich (joelrich@utm.edu) for screening purposes. Deadline for video submission is Friday, January 12, 2024. No more than 10 students will accepted for the on campus auditions. Non-acceptance into the on-campus solo competition will not effect participation in the honor band.

3. Students receiving an invitation to audition on campus will be notified by Tuesday,

January 16, 2024.

4. Students invited to audition on campus will be required to supply a piano accompaniment (if applicable) to Dr. Oelrich by Friday, January 19, 2024.

5. Auditions will take place Friday of the Honor Band from 10:00-11:30 am.

6. Repertoire should be congruent with the musical quality and difficulty of a music department entrance audition.

Directors’ Sessions

We will offer Directors’ Sessions again this year. Please check the Honor Band website for more information as it becomes available.

Conductors

Dr. John Oelrich University of Tennessee at Martin HS Wind Ensemble

Dr. Devan Moore Oklahoma State University 11-12 Symphonic Band

Dr. Nicholas Enz St. Ambrose University 9-10 Concert Band

Dr. Angela Winter New Mexico State University Middle School Band

Fees

The fee for the UT Martin Honor Band Festival is $45.00 per student and includes the cost of all music, conductor’s honorarium and travel, and a UTM Honor Band patch. Total payment must be received by Friday, January 19, 2024. Please make checks payable to UTM Bands. Alternate students will be selected to replace students who have not paid by this date. In the event of inclement weather, 50% of the fees paid will be refunded. Refunds will not be available for any other circumstance. Meals will be the responsibility of the students and directors. All hotel reservations are to be made by the director directly with the hotel. Housing is available in Martin and Union City.

Days Inn-Martin (731) 587-9577

Hampton Inn-Martin (731) 587-5800

Econo Lodge-Martin (731) 587-4241

Hampton Inn-Union City (731) 885-8850

Super 8 – Union City (731) 885-4444

Country Hearth-Union City (731) 885-7774

Applications must be submitted electronically no later than Friday, December 1, 2023. Based on your recommendations, UTM faculty will make decisions in early December and notifications will be sent by Monday, December 11, 2023. Selection of the honor band participants is competitive and based on your recommendation that will also be completed electronically. Directors: it is imperative that you complete the recommendation. 

Audition times will be included with the director information packet sent after the New Year. We ask that your students register one hour before their assigned audition times. Due to the volume of students auditioning, plan to audition shortly after registering to avoid a bottle neck near the end of the audition window. A complete festival schedule will be found on the Honor Band website –
http://www.utm.edu/departments/band/honorbandsevents.php and a hard copy will be included in the acceptance packet.

We sincerely believe the UT Martin Honor Band Festival to be an excellent musical experience for you and your students. Thank you for enhancing your students’ musical experiences by supporting this activity.

Dates to Remember:

Dec. 1 Application & Director Recommendations due

Dec. 11 Email and mail notification of selected students

Jan. 12 Solo Competition Videos due (links emailed to Dr. Oelrich)

Jan. 19 Payment due

Jan. 19 Accompaniments Due (Solo Competition Invitees Only)

Jan. 25 Registration, Audition, Rehearsal

Jan. 26 Rehearsal, Solo Competition, Director's sessions, UTM Showcase Concert

Jan. 27 Rehearsal, Solo Competition Winner & Honor Band performances in afternoon

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call or email and thank you for your involvement and support of our festival!

Sincerely,

John Oelrich, D.M.A.
Director of Bands | Professor of Music
University of Tennessee at Martin
731-881-7403 | joelrich@utm.edu


Application Form

Schedule

(Download schedule)


FESTIVAL SCHEDULE


Thursday, January 25

1:00-5:00 pm Registration (Auditions will begin at approximately 1:15 and continue until completed. All students and directors must register by 4:00 pm.) See Audition Room Assignments for locations – changed this year for HS


6:15 pm Opening Convocation – All students meet in the Harriet Fulton Theatre (Fine Arts) for placement of ensembles.


7:00-9:00 pm Rehearsals:


Wind Ensemble – John Oelrich, Band Rehearsal Hall, FA 136

Symphonic Band – Dr. Devan Moore, Recital Hall, FA 122

Concert Band – Dr. Nicholas Enz, Harriet Fulton Theatre (HFT)

Middle School – Dr. Angela Winter, UC Ballroom


Friday, January 26

8:30-Noon Rehearsals for students and clinics for directors.

Directors’ Hospitality, all day, FA 170 (Green Room)

8:30-9:30 am Rehearsals (students should arrive early to warm up)

9:30-9:45 am Break

9:45-10:45 am Rehearsals

10:00-11:30 am Solo Competition – Fine Arts 224, Chamber Music Room

10:45-11:00 am Break

11:00 am-Noon Rehearsals

11:00 am-Noon Session: Meet and Greet with UTM Music Faculty, FA 170

Noon-1:30 pm Lunch in the UC Food Court or in the Community

1:30-2:30 pm Rehearsals

1:30-2:30 pm Department of Music Auditions (for incoming music majors only),


Arrange with Applied Faculty


1:30-2:00 “CMP + SEL: Intentional Music Education Using Portfolios,”

Kimberly Meader, Green Bay Preble High School, FA 246


2:30-2:45 pm Break

2:45-3:45 pm Rehearsals


Session: “School Director’s Panel Discussion w/ UTM Music

Students,” FA 246


3:45-4:00 pm Break

4:00-5:30 pm Rehearsals

5:30-7:30 pm Dinner on or off campus

7:30 pm UTM Showcase Concert, Harriet Fulton Theatre, Fine Arts, Free admission.

 Honor Band Student Attendance Required


Saturday, January 27

9:00 -11:30 am Middle School Band rehearsal in HFT, students should report in concert dress.


9:00-10:00 am Senior High Bands Master classes with UTM Faculty.

Senior High Honor Bands, Student attendance required.

Flute – UC 230 – Mr. Charles Lewis

Double Reeds – FA 224 – Dr. Doug Owens

Saxophones – FA 246 - Dr. Doug Owens

Clarinet – UC 206 – Dr. Elizabeth Aleksander

Trumpets – FA 136 Band Room – Dr. Kurt Gorman

Horns – FA 243 – Dr. Jessie Thoman

Trombone – FA 122 Recital Hall – Dr. Joseph Frye

Tuba/Euphonium – FA 142 – Dr. Greg McCracken

Percussion – FA 118 – Dr. Austin Shoupe


9:00-9:50 am Session: “Girls and Women in Music and Music Education: Panel

Discussion” with Dr. Devan Moore, Dr. Angela Winter, Dr. Ashley

Shoupe, Ms. Kimberly Meader, guest directors and UTM Music

Students, University Center 111


10:10 - 11:45 am Senior High Bands Rehearse (Concert Band in UC Ballroom)

11:45 pm Lunch on or off campus

12:45 pm Middle School Honor Band warm up in HFT, Middle School Honor


Band students should report in concert dress.


1:00 pm Middle School Honor Band Concert, Concert Band reports to


Band Rehearsal Hall, FA 136


1:45 pm Concert Band Concert, Symphonic Band reports to Band


Rehearsal Hall, FA 136


2:30 pm Symphonic Band Concert, Wind Ensemble reports to Band


Rehearsal Hall, FA 136


3:15 pm Solo Competition Winner Performance

3:30 pm Wind Ensemble Concert

Audition Materials

Audition Materials

Scales

Percussionists

HS Wind Ensemble – Grades 9-12

The Wind Ensemble will consist of students in 9 th through 12 th grades. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials. Students should start by preparing the entirety of their default ensemble’s repertoire (9-10 Concert Band; 11-12 Symphonic Band). Students who intend to audition for Wind Ensemble should prepare that repertoire in addition to their default ensemble’s repertoire. Again, the number of pieces included in each ensemble’s audition material has been lowered, making this relatively low impact. The number of pieces will be limited for each ensemble. Students who audition for the Wind Ensemble and are not accepted will be placed in a seat appropriate to their ability in their default ensemble. If there are not enough students who audition for the Wind Ensemble, students will be pulled from the top of the Symphonic Band’s roster.

Xylo:

Saucedo - Barndance, mm. 21-27 or mm. 90-102 (tests meters, dexterity)

DeSpain - Bicycle Shoppe, Reh A (tests articulation/phrasing)

 Snare:

Saucedo - Barndance, mm. 90-102 (essentially the only snare music with multiple elements with any density, not sold on if this is even necessary)

Long closed roll - ppp - fff - ppp, full dynamic range up and down in 15-20 seconds [link to PDF]

Timpani:

Saucedo- Barndance mm. 102 - end (tests touch/tone/articulation/rhythm)

DeSpain - Bicycle Shoppe, Reh E (tests tuning and tone)

Cymbals:

DeSpain - Bicycle Shoppe (Perc 1), reh G (tests articulation, dynamics, dexterity)

HS Symphonic Band – Grades 11-12

The Symphonic Band will consist of high school students in 11th and 12th grade only. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials. Important: 11th and 12th grade students may choose to audition for the Wind Ensemble by preparing its repertoire for their placement audition.

Bells:

Wilson - Sunscapes mm.142-End

Marimba:

Wilson - Sunscapes mm. 119-131

Triangle:

Wilson - Sunscapes Beg - m12

Snare:

Ticheli - Simple Gifts II, mm. 73 - End

Long Roll (same as WE) [link to PDF]

Timpani:

Stamp - Cenotaph Beg. - m16


HS Concert Band – Grades 9-10

The Concert Band will consist of high school students in 9th and 10th grade only. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the first parts of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials. Important: 9th and 10th grade students may choose to audition for the Wind Ensemble by preparing its repertoire for their placement audition.

Timpani:

Grainger - A Tribute... III mm. 34-end

Tambourine:

Grainger - A Tribute... III beg. - m.10

Bells:

Grainger - A Tribute... III pick up to m. 18 - m26

Snare:

Kopley - Infinity mm.135 - 153

Long Roll (same as wind ensemble) [link to PDF]


Middle School Band – Grades 7-8

The Middle School Honor Band will consist of students in 7th and 8th grade only. There will be no 9th graders in the Middle School Honor Band. Once students are accepted to the festival, they will receive an email with a link to password protected copies of the ensemble’s repertoire that will serve as the audition materials.

Snare:

Hall - Lost Woods Fantasy mm. 44-53

Standridge - Darklands March Beg - 7

Tambourine:

Sims - Champions Rising mm 57 - end

Bells:

Standridge - Darklands March mm 7-16 (second time)

Timpani:

Chambers - Byzentine Dances beg - m. 17

2024 Results

Lodging


UTM Showcase Concert

Program will be announced in January 2024.

Directors' Sessions

Sessions will be announced in January 2024.

Solo Competition

Solo Competition

Graduating seniors accepted into festival bands are welcome to audition for the Solo Competition.  The winner will perform at the final festival concert on Saturday afternoon and receive and an offer of a music scholarship not to exceed $4000.00 (over a four year period). This competition and award is restricted to graduating seniors who wish to pursue a music degree at the UT Martin beginning in the Fall of 2024. Please see the schedule for audition times. To apply for the competition, students must do the following:

1. Indicate their intent to audition on their application.

2. Upload a video audition of the intended audition piece and send the web link to Dr. Oelrich (joelrich@utm.edu) for screening purposes. Deadline for video submission is Friday, January 12, 2024. No more than 10 students will accepted for the on campus auditions. Non-acceptance into the on-campus solo competition will not effect participation in the honor band.

3. Students receiving an invitation to audition on campus will be notified by Tuesday,

January 16, 2024.

4. Students invited to audition on campus will be required to supply a piano accompaniment (if applicable) to Dr. Oelrich by Friday, January 19, 2024.

5. Auditions will take place Friday of the Honor Band from 10:00-11:30 am.

6. Repertoire should be congruent with the musical quality and difficulty of a music department entrance audition.

Final Information

Download Final Information

Parking

We have been assured by campus police that no tickets will be issued to vehicles without University Parking Permits during the Festival. Try to park close to the Fine Arts or the University Center, if possible. If you do receive a ticket, please bring it to headquarters in FA 132, and we will take care of it.

Buses, Construction, and Parking

There is bit of construction on the southeast end of campus this year at the new Lattimer STEM Building. This should not impact us during the event unless you plan to park on the opposite side of campus. If you will be arriving with a bus, please drop your students off by the entrance of the parking lot or, preferably, by the sidewalk across from the Elam Center (right next to the blocked parking lot entrance) on the northwest side of the FA parking lot. It would be best to approach the building from the south, facilitating dropoff without having to cross the street. See the campus map included.

Registration

Will be in the Main Lobby of Fine Arts. Please check in your students, get your packet, pick up the bell covers you need for your students, and proceed to the warmup room.

Warm Up Rooms

The Warm-up Room for ALL students (HS and MS) will be the Band Room – FA133. We are using Blankenship and the Harriet Fulton Theatre for audition rooms this year. Your school's packet will contain name badges for yourself and all participating students, maps, festival schedules, a list of area restaurants. Student name badges are to be worn at all times during Festival events. This is a lot of people in one space and it is important to audition as soon as possible after arriving.

Auditions

Auditions for both High School and Middle School students will take place in the Fine Arts Building. After arriving, your students should warm up and then proceed to auditions as soon as possible to avoid a bottleneck later in the afternoon – we appreciate your help with this. A detailed list of room assignments will be in your packet. Results will be emailed to directors and be posted in several places throughout the building.


Additionally, be sure that high school students auditioning for the Wind Ensemble prepare the material for both the Wind Ensemble AND their default ensemble Concert Band for grades 9-10, Symphonic Band for grades 11-12).

Concert Attendance

Given concerns from the pandemic, the UTM Administration has placed a limit on seating capacity in our large spaces (HFT, Blankenship, & Band Room at 95 persons). We will be limiting the number of people in each space for the UTM Showcase Concert and for the Honor Band Final Concerts. Once HFT reaches 95, seating will be available in Blankenship to view a simulcast of the performance, and then a livestream in the Band Room if that fills.

Wi-Fi

Free guest Wi-Fi service will be available. Choose the “UTM Guest” network. You will be asked to enter your email address for registration, accept the terms and you will be connected. This network will not be able to stream content.

Fees – Receipts

Receipts for fees mailed in will be in your school’s packet. See Tammy Owensby in FA 108 for other receipt needs.

Rehearsal Breaks/UTM Student Chamber Ensemble Performances

There are 15-minute breaks scheduled during the long rehearsal blocks. During these times UTM Student Chamber Ensembles will be presenting short performances in the main lobby of the Fine Arts Building and University Center. Please encourage your students to attend these. They will be short enough so students will still be able to have some time to chat, use the restroom, etc.

Director's Sessions and Rehearsal Observations

We strongly encourage all directors to participate in the Director’s Sessions. Additionally, all rehearsals for all of the festival bands are open. We encourage any directors, parents, etc. to spend some time observing the students and guest conductors.

Director's Reception

Due to low attendance during the past few years, there will not be a director’s reception following the Showcase concert.

Hospitality Room

The Director's Hospitality Room will be in FA 170 (Green Room). Water and coffee will be available all day and light breakfast will be served in the morning until 10:00 am on Friday and Saturday. Thank you to Amro Music for sponsoring the Hospitality Room again this year.

Department of Music Auditions

If any of your students wish to schedule a UTM-Department of Music audition during the Festival, please have them sign up for a time during the initial registration on Thursday in FA 132. Sign-up sheets will be available for all instruments, including voice and piano. These auditions may serve as entrance auditions for music majors/minors and scholarship auditions for majors, minors and non-major participants only.

Instrument Storage & Considerations

Percussion - We have assembled enough percussion instruments to outfit each ensemble. Please bring sticks and mallets only.

Large Instruments – Tuba, Euphonium, Baritone & Tenor Saxophones may be left in the rehearsal spaces where they will be secured.

Flute/Piccolo – If you have a student who is interested in being considered for piccolo, please have them bring them along. The only audition requirement will be a scale of the adjudicator’s choice.

Concert Dress

Concert Dress for each ensemble will be nice dress. Please keep the choices modest and refrain from jeans and printed apparel. Look classy and professional.

Please let me know if you have any questions and we look forward to having you on campus!

Dr. John Oelrich
Director of Bands
731.881.7403 | joelrich@utm.edu

School Audition Times

Early – Up to 1 hour away

Middle – 1 – 2 hours away

Late – more than 2 hours away

Dr. Angela Winter - Middle School Band

Dr. Angela K. Winter is an enthusiastic performer and educator. She has given presentations and clinics, adjudicated, taught, soloed, and performed with a variety of ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Columbia and Europe.

Angela has also recorded extensively, with releases on Ravello Records, GIA Publications, Klavier, Crescent Phase Records, and Highland Sound Productions. Passionate about chamber music, she performs and clinics extensively with a variety of chamber ensembles including the Madera Wind Quintet and Session Brass.

Angela is originally from Memphis, TN, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of Memphis. She holds an M.M. and D.M.A. in horn performance from the University of North Texas, and has taught at Adams State University, the University of Texas at Dallas and Texas Woman’s University as well as in the public middle and high school system.

In addition to her musical activities, Angela is an extreme dog lover and runner. She has an ever growing number of rescue dogs and has run more than 60 marathons and ultra-marathons.

Dr. Nicholas Enz - High School Concert Band

Dr. Nicholas Enz, High School Concert Band

Nicholas Enz serves as the Director of Bands at St. Ambrose University, where he conducts the Symphonic Band and the Jazz Ensemble and teaches courses in music and music education. Enz is an active guest conductor and clinician with appearances throughout the Midwest and

Great Lakes region, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio. Before joining the faculty at St. Ambrose University, he served as the Director of Bands at Michigan Technological University and taught in the Copper Country Intermediate School District. 

Throughout his career, Enz has earned distinctions teaching at the college and high school levels. His high school jazz program received numerous awards and recognitions, including "Outstanding Jazz Ensemble" at the Northern Michigan University Jazz Festival and second place at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Jazz Festival. The program also received eight grants from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. The Michigan Tech Superior Wind Symphony embarked on six performance tours and was honored as an ensemble-in- residence at the Historic Ironwood Theatre. The 250-member Michigan Tech Huskies Pep Band was selected four times by the WCHA as the host band for the WCHA/NCAA Final Five Hockey Tournament. Enz received the 2016-17 St. Ambrose Faculty of the Year Award.

Under Enz's leadership, the St. Ambrose Symphonic Band traveled to Ireland in 2019 to perform on various stages, including the CIT Cork School of Music and the EPIC Irish Emigration Museum, and was the first band from the United States to be invited to perform with the Royal Irish Academy of Music Band on their season finale concert.

Dr. Enz served on the K-12 Music Curriculum and Standards Review Committee for the State of Michigan. He currently serves as the chair of the Iowa Bandmasters College Affairs Committee. 

As a saxophonist, he has performed with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Pine Mountain Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Enz was also a featured soloist with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra.


Dr. Devan Moore, High School Symphonic Band

Dr. Devan L. Moore is the Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Director of the Cowboy

Marching Band at Oklahoma State University. She assists with all aspects of the athletic bands,

is the conductor of the University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, teaches courses in music

education, and supervises student teachers.

Dr. Moore, a native of Tallahassee, FL, attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) where she

earned the Bachelor of Science in Music Education. She also earned the Master of Music

Education and holds a Ph.D. in Music Education with an emphasis in Wind Band Conducting

from Florida State University. Dr. Moore’s dissertation is titled, The Chocolate Maestra: A

Narrative Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of Black Female Band Directors. Her conducting

teachers and mentors include Prof. Richard Clary, Dr. Patrick Dunnigan, Dr. Alex Jimenez, Dr.

Michael Hanawalt, Dr. Julian White, and Dr. Shelby Chipman.

Dr. Moore has previously held positions as Director of Bands and Orchestra at Fairview Middle

School (FL), Assistant Band Director at James S. Rickards High School (FL), Band Director at

R. Frank Nims Middle School (FL), and Assistant Band Director at Mundy’s Mill High School

(GA).

Dr. Moore holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association,

National Association for Music Educators, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida

Bandmasters Association, a founding member of the Association of Black Women Band

Directors, Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band

Fraternity. Dr. Moore is a recipient of the Florida Bandmasters Association “Tom Bishop

Award.” She maintains active as an adjudicator and clinician, serving as a solo/ensemble

adjudicator, concert band adjudicator, and clinician for district and state honor bands as well as

school ensembles.

Dr. Devan Moor - High School Symphonic Band

Dr. Devan L. Moore is the Assistant Director of Bands and Assistant Director of the Cowboy Marching Band at Oklahoma State University. She assists with all aspects of the athletic bands, is the conductor of the University Concert Band and Brass Ensemble, teaches courses in music education, and supervises student teachers. Dr. Moore, a native of Tallahassee, FL, attended Florida A&M University (FAMU) where she earned the Bachelor of Science in Music Education. She also earned the Master of Music Education and holds a Ph.D. in Music Education with an emphasis in Wind Band Conducting from Florida State University. Dr. Moore’s dissertation is titled, The Chocolate Maestra: A Narrative Inquiry into the Lived Experiences of Black Female Band Directors. Her conducting teachers and mentors include Prof. Richard Clary, Dr. Patrick Dunnigan, Dr. Alex Jimenez, Dr. Michael Hanawalt, Dr. Julian White, and Dr. Shelby Chipman.

Dr. Moore has previously held positions as Director of Bands and Orchestra at Fairview Middle School (FL), Assistant Band Director at James S. Rickards High School (FL), Band Director at R. Frank Nims Middle School (FL), and Assistant Band Director at Mundy’s Mill High School (GA).

Dr. Moore holds professional memberships in the College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Educators, Florida Music Educators Association, Florida Bandmasters Association, a founding member of the Association of Black Women Band Directors, Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, and Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity. Dr. Moore is a recipient of the Florida Bandmasters Association “Tom Bishop Award.” She maintains active as an adjudicator and clinician, serving as a solo/ensemble adjudicator, concert band adjudicator, and clinician for district and state honor bands as well as school ensembles.

Dr. John Oelrich - High School Wind Ensemble

Dr. John Oelrich, High School Wind Ensemble

John Oelrich joined the faculty of The University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) Department of Music in 2012 as Director of Bands. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, teaching instrumental conducting, instrumental methods, supervising student teachers, and the oversight and continued development of the university bands. In addition to his teaching duties, John is highly active in the area of recruiting and outreach, visiting and working with approximately twenty schools each year.

Under John’s direction, the UT Martin Wind Ensemble was invited to perform a feature concert for the Tennessee Music Education Association’s 2015 State Conference. The Wind Ensemble has been active in commissioning and premiering new works for wind band, including pieces by composers Brian Balmages, Gary Nash, Michael Gilbertson, Viet Cuong, Steven Danyew, Adam Gorb, Derek Jenkins, Kenyon Wilson, and Stephen Barr. John’s recent engagements as a guest conductor and clinician include the UT Martin Honor Band Festival, Robertson County Honor Band, Gateway Music Association Honor Band, Kentucky All-District #1 Middle School and High School Honor Bands, Kentucky All-District #3 High School Symphonic Band, All-East 11-12 Red Band, Tennessee Mid-State 9-10 Gold Band, Tennessee All-West Middle School Blue Band, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association All-State Concert Band, and the Wisconsin School Music Association State Honors Band. Active as a trumpeter, John regularly performs with local churches, substitutes with the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, and teaches a small studio of high school students. 

In the summer of 2018, John led a travel study to Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic to research and perform Classical period chamber wind works, including performances at Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, Austria and Emauzy Monastery, in Prague, Czech Republic.

In addition to his work on campus, John is also highly engaged in community service. In the summer of 2013, he founded the Martin Community Band, the first standing community band in the city since 1915. The ensemble performs 4-5 concerts each summer season and regularly involves more than 100 musicians. In addition, he founded, and leads the jazz band for, the After-School Arts Program, an arts-centered after school program for the county’s middle school students.

Prior to his appointment at UT-Martin, John was the Doctoral Conducting Associate at The Ohio State University. He taught at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa for several years, including seven years as an adjunct and one year full-time as Interim Director of Instrumental Music. Prior to his time at Loras, Oelrich spent ten years teaching middle school and high school band in Iowa and Wisconsin.

After growing up on a dairy farm near Spencer, Wisconsin, John earned his Bachelor of Science in Instrumental and Vocal Music Education from the University of Wisconsin - Platteville, a Master of Music degree from the University of Northern Iowa and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from The Ohio State University. When not involved in music or teaching related activities, John enjoys spending time with his family, reading, hiking, motorcycling, and amateur astronomy. He and his family reside in Martin, TN.

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