2023 Alabama All State High School Bronze Jazz Band Concert

ALABAMA ALL STATE BRONZE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND
THEO VERNON, CLINICIAN
0:00 Comments, Ben Posey
1:23 Brincando com Fogo, Drew Zaremba
7:37 Comments, Theo Vernon
8:53 It’s Oh, So Nice, Sammy Nestico
13:20 Comments, Theo Vernon
14:06 Chronometry, Fred Sturm
19:03 Comments, Theo Vernon
20:46 Georgia, H. Carmichael, arr. Sample
25:06 Comments, Theo Vernon
25:47 Afro Blue, M. Santamaria, arr. Mossman
29:08 Comments, Theo Vernon and Ben Posey
33:01 Arnge Drank, Paul Baer
BRONZE BAND ROSTER
Alto Saxophones
Michael Algarin, lead, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School
Austin Horne, Daleville High School
Tenor Saxophones
Ashlyn Berry, Vestavia High School
Thomas Washer, Helena High School
Baritone Saxophone
Elijah Boyd, Hoover High School
Trumpets
Sam Simmons, lead, Hewitt-Trussville High School
Nzingha Fluker, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Justus Merkerson, Clay Chalkville High School
Jordan Wright, Alabama School of Fine Arts
Joshua Broadnax, Clay Chalkville High School
Trombones
Jackson Brannan, lead, Shades Valley High School
Bryson Moon, Lee-Scott Academy
Patrick Moore, Grissom High School
Kellen Daniel, Helena High School
Bass Trombone
Mason Buxton, Hewitt-Trussville High School
Piano
Erin Howard, Grissom High School
Guitar
Elijah Franks, Tuscaloosa County High School
Bass
Rebecca Jones, Hoover High School
Drumset
Terrell Hopkins, Clay Chalkville High School
Auxiliary Percussion
Brennan Griffin, Oak Mountain High School
Vibraphone
Taylor Lynch, Hoover High School
THEO VERNON - BRONZE BAND
Theo Vernon holds degrees in Saxophone Performance and Music Education from The University of Alabama and a Masters degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. While in college he was hired by Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, to perform with the All-American College Marching Band (1983) and also as the Assistant Director for the first ever All-American College Orchestra at EPCOT Center (1984). He was the Associate Director of Bands at Grissom High School from 1985-2018 and accepted the opportunity to be the Director of Bands at Grissom High School in June 2018. While at Grissom, Vernon attained National Board Certification in 2003 and was re-certified in 2013. He was the first band director in the state of Alabama to receive this certification.
Mr. Vernon conducted the Grissom Band on stage at the prestigious MidWest Band Clinic in his first year of teaching in 1985. His Symphonic Band 2 has performed at the Music For All Concert Band Festival as well as numerous Dixie Classic Festivals including consistent superior ratings at their Grand National Adjudicators Invitational Festival. Symphonic Band 2 was accepted and performed at the Alabama Music Educators Conference in January 2016. The Symphonic Band 1 was selected to perform at the 2019 Alabama Music Educators Conference.
His Jazz Bands have represented the state of Alabama and the United States at several venues: a two-week Austrian tour celebrating Austria's millennium in June 1996; the prestigious "Essentially Ellington" Jazz Band Festival and Competition in 1999; a performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in 2000; selected as one of four U.S. high school jazz bands to perform at The International North Sea Jazz Festival in The Hague, Holland in 2002; selected as one of 12 bands from across the U.S. to compete in the Swing Central Jazz Band Competition in Savannah, Georgia in 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2020.
Mr. Vernon is a member of state and national organizations including: ABA, MENC, NEA, NBA, Phi Mu Alpha, JEN and the Alabama chapter of Phi Beta Mu; the national band directors fraternity. Vernon has served as a District Chairman and IAJE president for the state of Alabama. He was selected as the Music Educator of the year by the Microwave Dave Music Education Foundation of Huntsville 2019.