End of the Year Concert

Beyond the Clouds | Jim Casella

Molly Montgomery - Marimba 1

Cole Moomaw - Marimba 2

Theodore Oestreich - Marimba 3

Benjamin Beckett - Marimba 4

Liam Jurcak - Vibraphone 1

Henry Bergan - Vibraphone 2

Lydia Deng - Vibraphone 3

Brighton Whittlesey - Glockenspiel

Quentin Faust - Xylophone

Hannah Ast - Chimes

Zachary Gonyea - Timpani

Hannah Gallagher - Percussion 1

Liam Doherty - Percussion 1

Bea Wilkinson - Percussion 2

Teia McCoskery - Percussion 2

Matthew Borrevik - Percussion 3

Dialogue | Fischer Tull

Lang Armstrong, Alto Sax

Isaiah Beyer, Tenor Sax

Go West! | arranged by Ralph Ford

El Choclo | A.G. Villoldo, arranged by Robert Longfield

At Morning's First Light | David Gillingham

Molly Montgomery, Conductor

Fanfare and Toccata | Ed Huckaby

Star Wars Epic - Part II | John Williams, arranged by Robert W. Smith

VI - Star Wars, Main Title

IV - Princess Leia's Theme

V - The Imperial March & The Forest Battle

Baba Yetu | Christopher Tin, based on a Swahili adaptation of the Lord's Prayer by Chris Kaigiri, arranged by Douglas Wagner.

Paul Meehan, Conductor

Vesuvius | Frank Ticheli

Alma Mater | arranged by Chris Thomas

On Wisconsin! | W.T. Purdy, arranged by Paul Yoder

Chris Thomas has been the band director at Bainbridge High School since the 2012-2013 school year. Since then, every area of the program has won multiple awards for excellence. He prides himself in being a well rounded musician who enjoys the time he spends with his bandmates, and as an educator, he works to show each of his students the joys of quality performances and deep band friendships. While at BHS, he founded our Community Swing Dance, and Puget Sounds, the only jazz festival dedicated to small groups, which make up the vast majority of playing and recording opportunities in jazz after high school and college. He has also served on multiple schedule and hiring committees at BHS, and has served on the Board of Directors for our regional music teachers' association in multiple roles, including president and webmaster. Off campus, he plays trumpet with Backstreet Jellyroll, TMB Brass Band, and Bud's Brass Quintet. He served as principal trumpet in the Bainbridge Symphony for five years before retiring from that ensemble in 2018. He's married to Dr. Lauren Drakopulos, and together they are renovating a 1901 schoolhouse and trying their best to explore the great NW and beyond whenever they have a rare spare minute. He has a soft spot in his heart for the Seattle Mariners, frisbees in parks, bouldering gyms, and the bands at BHS. <3 <3 

Paul Meehan has been the band director at Woodward Middle School since the 2011-12 school year, and he's become a bit of a legend.  A man of quick wit and high expectations, Paul also has a history teaching elementary school and has made a huge impact on music education teaching and building African Marimba Ensembles.  In the 2000's he took a group of middle school students from Commodore Options School to Africa to build marimbas.  In the 2010's he was honored by Yale University for his contributions in this area of teaching.  As a band director, Paul's ensembles have consistently earned Superior ratings at Large Group Contest, and he constantly gets standing ovations at his spring concerts.  We're luck to have him, and he's working his tail off for our kids.  Consider buying the man a coffee.

Molly Mongomery is a senior at Bainbridge High School and will be attending Central Washington University in the fall to persue a degree in Music Education.  Molly has been a wonderful member of our percussion ensemble these past four years, and has excelled as a musician and a leader.  Under her leadership, the Bainbridge Percussion Ensemble returned to the State Solo & Ensemble Competition for the forth consequitive year, and our BHS Drumline won their caption at all three of our competitions this fall.  Molly was in a percussion quartet that won first place at State this year, and she earned an honorable mention as an outstanding marimba soloist.  Molly won 2nd place at the KTMA Annual Music Competition this year, and is a Schaake Scholars Scholarship award winner at CWU.