at the Saugerties United Methodist Church

on the corner of Washington Avenue & Post Street

Program

                              West Point On The Road
Fanfare                                                         Dukas
Washington Post March                                Sousa
Three Dance Impressions                             Calvert
Alma Mater
Variations on a Galliard of Dowland           Scheidt
Polka.Com                                                    Self
Semper Fidelis                                             Sousa
Quintet                                                          Ewald
That's A Plenty                                             Pollack
The Stars and Stripes Forever                      Sousa

BIOS
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS BRYAN UHL - TRUMPET, is from Danbury, Iowa and joined the West Point Band in November of 1997.  Originally a member of the field music group, he was lead trumpet player in the Jazz Knights and now plays in the Concert Band.  He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Iowa State University and a Master of Music from the University of North Texas.  He plays regularly with the Westchester Broadway Theater Orchestra in Elmsford, New York and maintains an active free-lance schedule throughout the Hudson Valley.

STAFF SERGEANT SCOTT BEAVER - TUBA, joined the West Point Band in May of 2005.  Prior to joining the band, Scott was a member of the New Mexico Brass Quintet.  He holds an undergraduate degree from Tennessee Tech University, where he studied with R. Winston Morris, and is currently finishing his Master's degree at the University of New Mexico where he studies with Karl Hinterbichler.  He is a winner of the University of New Mexico Concerto Competition, the Arapahoe Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, as well as the top wind player in the Kingsville Concerto Competition.

STAFF SERGEANT NICOLE CALUORI - HORN, a native of Coral Springs, Florida, began her undergraduate studies at Florida State University and completed her Bachelor of Music in horn performance from Southern Methodist University as a student of Gregory Hustis.

Staff Sgt. Caluori has earned several musical and professional accolades.  She has spent summers at elite music festivals such as the National Repertory Orchestra, the Tanglewood Music Center and the Sarasota Music Festival.  As an orchestral player, Nicole has performed with the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida, Richardson Symphony Orchestra in Dallas, Texas, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and currently subs with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic as well as other regional orchestras in the Tri-State area.  Recognized for her solo playing, Nicole was a semi-finalist at the 2005 International Horn Competition of America and won the Eastern Music Festival Concerto Competition the same year.  Her principal teachers have also included William Capps, Dwayne Dixon, and Kevin Reid. 

STAFF SERGEANT DEREK LANCE - TRUMPET, joined the West Point Band in the fall of 2005.  He holds a Bachelor of Music from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and completed graduate studies at the Juilliard School in New York.  He has studied with Philip Collins, Frank Kaderabek, David Bilger and Mark Gould.  Lance is a member of the New York Staff Band of The Salvation Army and is frequently featured as a soloist, recently performing on their tour of Sweden, Norway and Denmark.  He has also performed with the New York Philharmonic and the New Jersey Symphony.

STAFF SERGEANT PHILIP STEHLY - TROMBONE, joined the West Point Band in the summer of 2005.  A native of Kansas City, he received a Bachelor of Music in trombone performance from Indiana University.  While at Indiana, he was the principal trombonist of the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Ray Cramer.  Staff Sgt. Stehly has also performed with the IU New Music Ensemble, IU Symphony Orchestras and the Bloomington Camerata.  His principal teachers are Roger Oyster of the Kansas City Symphony, and Dee Stewart and Peter Ellefson of Indiana University.

 

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