Alumni

Ryan McGeorge

BM, 2003, Member of the "President's Own" U.S. Marine Band.

Hometown:  San Diego, CA

Awards and Honors:

     -1st Place, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2003

     -Recipient of the UNT College of Music "Outstanding Undergraduate in Brass" Award, 2003

     -1st Place, Texas Regional ITEC Mock Euphonium Band Audition, 2003

     -1st Place (co-winner), Texas Regional ITEC Jazz Artist, 2003

Heather McDown

BM, Euphonium Performance, 2008

Birthday: May 1, 1985

Hometown:  Oklahoma City, OK

High School:  Westmoore High School

Awards and Honors:

     -Dean's Camerata Scholarship, 2003 to present

     -President's List

Goals: To become a well-rounded musician.

Hobbies and Interests: video games, cooking, seeing my family

Robert McDaniel

MM, in Euphonium Performance and Music Education, 2009

Birthday: June 30, 1983

Hometown:  Valdosta, GA

High School:  Marymount International School of Rome, Italy

Awards and Honors:

     -1st place, South Central Regional ITEC Mock Band Audition, 2007

     -Semi-finalist, US Coast Guard Band audition, 2006

     -Eagle Scout

     -National Merit Commended Students

     -International Baccalaureate Full Diploma

Jeremy McBride

MM, in Euphonium Performance

Hometown:  San Antonio, TX

High School:  McCollum High School

Awards and Honors:

     -Finalist, "Pershing's Own" US Army Band audition, 2006

     -Finalist, Mock Band Audition, ITEC 2006

     -2nd Place, Potomac Festivals Euphonium and Tuba Competition, 2006

     -1st Place, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2005

     -1st Place, UNT Concerto Competition, 2005

Phillip Marion

BM, Euphonium Performance

Birthday: May 8, 1993

Hometown:  Philadelphia, PA

High School:  Strath Haven High School

Awards and Honors:

 

     -1st Place award in NABBA Low Brass Slow Melody Contest, 2018

     -Best Principal Player Award for James Madison University Brass Band, 2017-2019

     -Bandsman of the Year Award for James Madison University Brass Band, 2018

     -MENC All-Eastern Band, 2011

     -PMEA All-State Wind Ensemble, 2010

Jesse Manning

Hometown:  Davidson, NC

Awards and Honors:

     -Member, Minnesota All-State Jazz Band, 2008

     -Member, Minnesota All-State Concert Band, 2007

     -Member, South Carolina All-State Symphonic Band, 2004

Goals: To be one of the best and most respected in the studio, make the One O'Clock on bass bone and the wind symphony on euphonium, and to get a job before school ends.

Hobbies and Interests: Running, girls, chillin' with friends, practicing, checking out live music

Tom Mahovsky

MM, Euphonium Performance

Birthday: February 18, 1989

Hometown:  Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania

High School:  Conneaut Lake High School

Awards and Honors:

     -Semi-Finalist, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2011

     -Winner, Butler Symphony Orchestra Young Artist Competition, 2011

     -Principal, Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival, 2009

     -Substitute, River City Brass Band

Jamie Lipton

DMA, Euphonium Performance, 2010, Assistant Professor of Low Brass, Henderson State University

Hometown:  Lincolnshire, IL

High School:  Stevenson High School

Awards and Honors:

     -3rd Place, Japan Wind and Percussion Competition, 2007

     -1st Place, Euphonium Artist Solo Competition, ITEC 2006

     -1st Place, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2006

     -1st Place, Tubonium Competition, 2006

Adam Lessard

Member of "Pershing's Own" US Army Band

Birthday: August 27, 1981

Hometown:  Athens, GA

High School:  Clarke Central High School

Awards and Honors:

     -2nd Place, Leonard Falcone Artist Euphonium Competition, 2006

     -2nd Place, Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Competition, ITEC 2006

     -Finalist, Euphonium Artist Solo Competition

     -Winner, "Pershing's Own" US Army Band Audition, 2006

     -Finalist, Army Field Band Audition

Mai Kokubo

MM, in Euphonium Performance, 2010

Birthday: August 13, 1983

Hometown:  Shizuoka, Japan

Awards and Honors:

     -2nd Place, Japan Wind and Percussion Competition, 2009

     -2nd Place, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium Artist Competition, 2009

Previous Degrees and Universities:

     -Kunitachi College of Music

Hobbies and Interests: baking cakes and cooking

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