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William Byrd students make All-County Band, VT Honor Band

January 30, 2023
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The 2023 Roanoke County Public Schools All County Band event was held at Northside High School on Jan. 10, 2023. Top musicians from each middle school and high school band program were selected to participate in this prestigious event. These students came together to form one middle school band and one high school band, where they rehearsed and then performed a concert in only one day.

Several students from William Byrd High School and William Byrd Middle School were selected to participate in the 2023 All County Band, held on Jan. 10. (photo courtesy of RCPS)

The RCPS Middle School All County Band was conducted by Beth Williams who is a band director in Roanoke City Public Schools and has two sons in the William Byrd bands.

The RCPS High School All County band was conducted by Dr. Larry Seipp from Liberty University.

According to William Byrd Middle School Director of Bands, Denise Aspell, “The performance was outstanding, and the students had a wonderful time making music and learning skills to help them become opportunity ready for the real world.”

WBHS All-County Participants included:

  • Flute: Maggie Parkhurst, Reagan Dillard
  • Clarinet: Becca Radford, Dillon Colgan, Noah Williams, Braeden Booth
  • Bass Clarinet: Elijah Dillon
  • Alto Saxophone: Ashton Kanode
  • Tenor Sax: Devin Colgan
  • Trumpets: Landon Bruner, Griffin Yakob, Tabitha Giles
  • Trombone: Sage Kushman, Holly Mills
  • Baritones: Logan Brown
  • Tuba: Annika Hoagland
  • Percussion: Corinna Pittenger

William Byrd Middle School students who made All County band for 2023 included

  • Flute: Erica Barton, Charley Lord
  • Clarinet:  Sophie Hoagland, Brihanna Harris, Levi Whitcomb, Sabrina Wray, Kenley Minnix, Katelyn Bennett
  • Alto Saxophone: Sammara Weaver
  • Tenor Saxophone: Georgia McCutcheon
  • Baritone Saxophone: Elizabeth Abrams
  • French Horn: Sydney Nichols, Aiden Beasly
  • Trumpet: Penley Moore, Fallen Davis, Kendall Ranson
  • Trombone: Jeremy Paul, Jaxon Fowler
  • Baritone: Hudson Cain
  • Tuba: Nathaniel Hale
  • Percussion: Owen Webb

The 2023 Virginia Tech Honor Band concert was held on Jan. 22 in the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech. Five students from WBHS performed in one of the four separate bands. They included Elijah Dillon, Sage Kushman, Maggie Parkhurst, Latriva Pierce, and Becca Radford.

William Byrd HIgh School students (left to right) Sage Kushman, Latriva Pierce, Elijah Dillon, Maggie Parkhurst, and Becca Radford were selected for this year’s Virginia Tech Honor Band. (photo courtesy of William Byrd Band Boosters)

The Virginia Tech Honor Band takes place annually in January in Blacksburg and accepts students by band director’s recommendation. Nearly 400 visiting students and their directors participate in rehearsals, clinics, and performances with Virginia Tech music faculty and guest clinicians over the weekend.

Scheduled conductors for 2023 were Derek Shapiro, Director of Bands, Virginia Tech; Emmett O’Leary, Assistant Professor of Instrumental Music Education, Virginia Tech; Catheryn Foster, Assistant Professor of Practice of Music Education, Virginia Tech; and Corey Seapy, Director of Bands, University of Central Missouri.

“We had students in each of the four bands and they all performed beautifully,” said Dan Plybon, WBHS Band Director.

Courtesy of Denise Aspell, WBMS Director of Bands, and Dan Plybon, WBHS Band Director

 

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