Awards and Major Performances

     
    November 8, 2008-U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, Arlington Heights, IL
         Grand Champions
         Caption: Best Soloist-Nate Gay-euphonium (The Devil's Tongue)
     
    September 16, 2008-First Subscription Concert at MidAmerica Nazarene University, Gary 'Chip' Schutza- cornet/trumpet, Guest Soloist.
     
    July 11-21, 2008, Hosts to the Bolton Youth Brass Band from Bolton, England.
     
    June 12-15, 2008, Tour with stops at Ohio State University and the Great American Brass Band Festival
     
    March 28-29 , 2008-North American Brass Band Championships, New Albany, IN
         1st Place-Championship Section (test piece: Downie-St. Magnus-own choice Sparke-Music of the Spheres)
         1st Place-Low Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: Helen Tyler-baritone (Bizet-Flower Song from Carmen)
         1st Place-Percussion Solo Competition: Mai Tadokoro-marimba (Burritt-Caritas)
         2nd Place-Ensemble: Fountain City Brass (Steve Molloy, Matthew Vangjel, cornet-TJ Menges, horn, Lee Harrelson, baritone/euphonium-Jamey Mitchell, tuba-Bernstein-Selections from West Side Story)
         2nd Place-Low Brass Technical Solo Competition: Lee Harrelson-euphonium (Graham-Brillante)
         2nd Place-Low Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: Jamey Mitchell-tuba (Massenet-Meditation from Thais)
         2nd Place-Percussion Solo Competition: Joe Hull-timpani (Kaiser-Symplegades)
         3rd Place-High Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: Matthew Vangjel-flugel horn (Peeters-Aria)
         3rd Place-Low Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: Tom Stein-tuba (Shostakovich-Adagio from the Limpid Stream)
     
    November 10, 2007-U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, Arlington Heights, IL
         Grand Champions
         Caption: Most Entertaining
         Caption: Best Soloist-Raquel Rodriquez-cornet (Arban-carnival of Venice)
     
    May 24-June 3, 2007-UK Tour
      May 27, 2007-All-England International Masters Brass Band Competition-9th Place (test piece-Howarth-In Memoriam R.K.)
   

  May 29, 2007-Performance at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama-James Gourlay-tuba, Guest Soloist

      June 2, 2007-Whit Friday
        Lees-24th Place (Rimmer-The Cossack)
        Grotten-14th Place (Rimmer-The Cossack)
        Uppermill-7th Place (Rimmer-The Cossack)
        Dobcross-5th Place (Rimmer-The Cossack)
     
    April 13-14, 2007-North American Brass Band Championships, New Albany, IN
         1st Place-Championship Section (test piece-Sparke-Dances & Alleluias, own choice-Wilby- Paganini Variations)
         1st Place-High Brass Technical Solo Competition: Raquel Rodriquez-cornet (Arban-Carnival of Venice)
         2nd Place-Low Brass Technical Solo Competition: TJ Menges-horn (Downie-Piper O' Dundee)
         2nd Place-Ensemble: Twisted Steel (Lee Harrelson, Will Hess, euphonium-Jamey Mitchell, Tom Stein, tuba-Forbes-Consequences-Billy Tell)
     
    April 1, 2007-Inagural Ohio Brass Arts Festival, Columbus, OH
        Twisted Steel-Guest Artists
     
    March 3, 2007-Great Plains Regional Tuba & Euphonium Conference-Gala Concert, St. Joseph, MO
        Benjamin Pierce-euphonium (Guest Artist)
     
   

January 26, 2007-69th Missouri Music Educators Association Conference-President's Concert

                              Tan-Tar-a Resort, Lake of the Ozarks, MO
     
    November 6, 2006-U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, Arlington Heights, IL
         3rd Place
         Caption: Most Entertaining
         Caption: Best Soloist: Nate Gay-euphonium (Cosma-Euphonium Concerto, mvt. iii)
         Caption: Best New Composition or Arrangment: Land of Make Believe-Lee Harrelson
     
    March 31-April 1, 2006-North American Brass Band Championships, New Albany, IN
         3rd Place-Championship Section (test piece-Gregson-Of Men and Mountains, own choice-Bourgeois-Blitz)
         2nd Place-High Brass Technical Solo Competition: Alan Wenger-cornet (Arban-Variations sur Norma)
         1st Place-High Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: Doug Reneau-flugel horn(Ewazen-Sonata, mvt. ii)
         1st Place-Low Brass Technical Solo Competition: Lee Harrelson-euphonium (Graham-Brillante)
         2nd Place-Low Brass Lyrical Solo Competition: William Hess-euphonium (Sparke-Concerto, mvt. ii)
     
    February 23, 2006-Kansas Music Educators Association Conference-President's Concert
                               Wichita, KS
     
    November 5, 2005-U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, Arlington Heights, IL
         3rd Place
         Caption: Most Entertaining
         Caption: Best Soloist: William Hess-baritone (Monti-Czardas)
         Caption: 1st Place Buskers: Twisted Steel (Lee Harrelson, William Hess, Jamey Mitchell, Tom
                                                   Stein-Danny Tell)
         Banquet Caption: Youngest Flugel Player: Doug Reneau
     
    June 27, 2005-37th Annual Missouri Bandmasters Association Convention-Gala Concert Fort 
                         Osage, MO
     
    March 11-12, 2005-North American Brass Band Championships, St. Charles, IL
         4th Place-Championship Section (test piece-Graham-Harrison's Dream, own choice-Sparke-Year of the Dragon)
         2nd Place-Low Brass Technical Solo Competition: William Hess-euphonium (Monti-Czardas)
         2nd Place-Ensemble Competition-Phountain City Phour: (Nate Gay, Lee Harrelson, William
                         Hess, Patrick Stuckemeyer-Harmonious Blacksmith/The Lord's Prayer/Barnum and
                         Bailey's Favorite (the last was an encore performed outside))
     
    March 4-6, 2005-Concert Tour-Steven Mead-euphonium, Guest Artist
     
    November 6, 2004-U.S. Open Brass Band Championships, Arlington Heights, IL
         2nd Place
         Caption: Best Soloist: Lee Harrelson-euphonium (Graham-Brillante)
     
    April 18-21, 2004-Concert Tour-Patrick Sheridan-tuba, Guest Artist
     
    February 14, 2003-Great Plains Regional Tuba & Euphonium Conference Gala Concert-Helen Tyler-baritone, Guest Artist
     
    October 22, 2002-7:30 p.m.-UMKC-White Hall-Inaugural Concert
   

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