Event Details
The Middle School and High School Honor Band Festival brings together talented musicians in SVVSD selected through an audition process. These students come together for intensive music making, including the opportunity to rehearse with renowned guest conductors and artists and culminating in a public concert.
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7:00 pm
Location: Longmont High School Auditorium: 1040 Sunset St., Longmont, CO 80501
Buy your Concert Tickets: https://www.vancoevents.com/us/CMKF
Event Program
Congratulations to all of our students for being selected to this year’s honor bands! To view the song repertoire and a list of all selected students participating in the event, click on the band listed below.
Order of pieces are subject to change:
- Inspiration Fanfare – Adrian B. Sims
- Machine Age – Chris Bernotas
- In My Garden – Kirk Vogel
- Westview Sketches – Kirk Vogel
- Squirrel Chase – Carol Brittin Chambers
Members are listed below in alphabetical order by instrument.
Flute
Ashlynn Anderson, TVK8
Iris Doty, WMS
Rhyleigh Harrington, WMS
Isaiah Hightower, SHPK8
Abby Hogan, TRMS
Nyuraj Katuwal, EMS
Anaid Mejia Soto, TRMS
Ivy Scoggins, LPMS
Lily Villa, MMS
Floboe
Iris Doty, WMS
Joy Jaeger, SHPK8
Anna Lambrecht, SHPK8
Clarinet
Abigail Allison, TPCA
Joseph Andrews, AMS
Zoe DeLodovico, LPMS
Mercy Giveans, TPCA
Jade Heishman, SMS
Taylor Kasch, EMS
Tereza Koudelkova, SMS
Rafa Lee, WMS
Naomi Lynch, MMS
Sofia Munoz, EMS
Alayna Sullivan, MMS
Aubrey Zoch, EMS
Bass Clarinet
Bryan Coburn, TRMS
Amalie Winkler, LyMS
Alto Saxophone
Daelyn Carlock, MMS
Elodie Connor, EMS
Levi Cook, CRMS
Anaya Diby, TPCA
Sophie Dubois, SHPK8
Genesis Lauren, MMS
Xander Laydon, EMS
Jada Rohlfs, TPCA
Tenor Saxophone
Dashiell Blackwell, FSA
Sawyer Lindenstein, WMS
Owen Williams, AMS
Bari Saxophone
Marcelo Acevedo Solorzano, TVK8
Brayden Gibbs, WMS
Braden Sherrard, SMS
Trumpet
Anastasia Beson, LPMS
Braden Campbell, SHPK8
Moises Carreon Gonzalez, MMS
Bodhi Chittick, WMS
Dresdyn Fetter, AMS
Ezekiel Garcia, SMS
Lily Guthrie, MMS
Beau Heinbuch, WMS
McKenzie Hindman, CRMS
Kian Kozlowski, WMS
Jones Quinn, LyMS
Trigo Rodriguez Van Pelt, EMS
Deven Wright, MMS
Horn
Kelvin Atteberry, WMS
Jacon Keenan, TVK8
Rose Murdock, LyMS
Casen Spencer, AMS
Jayden Vang, TVK8
Trombone
Lilly Allen, LPMS
Ryland Ariza, SHPK8
Antonio Chaparro, TPCA
Kai DeLong, TPK8
Levi Sankey, FSA
Maeve Simon, SMS
Hayden Will, CRMS
Baritone
Asher Burkhardt, SMS
Erik Davis, MMS
Liam Diehm, WMS
Alessandra Gonzalez, TRMS
Aberdeen McDowell, EMS
Tuba
Dean Becker, TPCA
Olive Kuester, AMS
Percussion
Isaac Brackin, TRMS
Anthony Brambila, TVK8
Dominic Brown, SHPK8
Alex Claiborne, SMS
Nolan Davis, CRMS
Landi Johnson, MMS
Townes McGuirk, SMS
Zack White, EMS
Order of pieces are subject to change:
- Thunder and Lightning – Johann Strauss arr. Alfred Reed
- Synthetic Sunlight – Steven Bryant
- The Cave You Fear – Michael Markowski
- Locus Iste – Anton Bruckner arr. Thomas Asanger
- Heart on Fire – Viet Cuong
Members are listed below in alphabetical order by instrument.
Flute
Myla Boehnke, FHS
Karlien Dang-Lee, NHS
Erin Dinneen, SCHS
Jenna Errington, LHS
Lily Fable, SCHS
Matilda Garcia Stevenson, LHS
Madi Gould, EHS
Jiali Grier, EHS
Rehanna Karki, LHS
Bristal Minino, TPCA
Dylan Simons, EHS
Brooke Turner, EHS
Annalise Von Hatten, LHS
Oboe
Ronja King, LHS
Bassoon
Sage Glover, LyHS
Charles Meier, FHS
Clarinet
Kennah Brackett, NHS
Stach Darszeweski, SCHS
Brianna Fehrn, MHS
Angel Kho, NHS
Luke Kline, LHS
Jasmine Pierce, SCHS
James Schoeneshoefer, EHS
Oliver Sitja Sichel, NHS
Nathan Strah, EHS
Kaidyn Swanson-Petersen, LHS
Colin Toepfer, FHS
Tammi Vo, SCHS
Bass Clarinet
Kaitlyn Johnson, SCHS
Nova Sanders, SCHS
Alex Young, TPCA
Alto Sax
Gavin Kim, SCHS
Annika Sesselmann, SCHS
Emily Whiteley, EHS
Elsa Wirkanen, SCHS
Tenor Sax
Owen Jones, LHS
Jake Sawaguchi, LHS
Bari Sax
Dakota Valdez-Zimmerman, NHS
Horn
Faith Campbell, LyHS
Noah Holt, LHS
Elliot Johnson, EHS
Joseph Lee, LHS
Trumpet
Tyler Detro, EHS
Joey Greene, EHS
Anthony Ivan, SCHS
Connor Lindsay, LHS
Nathan McKell, LHS
Phoebe Moellenberg, LyHS
Lia Oldroyd, LHS
Claire Schultz, EHS
Griffin Sims, SCHS
Alex Sindler, SCHS
Laine Starbuck, EHS
Gabe Thorson, LHS
Trombone
Andrew Archer, SHS
Claire Atteberry, SCHS
Elyse Groves, LHS
Gabriel Kubetzko, SCHS
Rachel Noyes, FHS
Cullen Rankin, SCHS
Owen Simon, NHS
Adam Walker, LyHS
Euphonium
Autumn Dunlap, SCHS
Jameson Franks, MHS
Steven Merrill, LHS
Alex Parker, LyHS
Taylor Pike, TPCA
Tuba
Ian Blackburn, SCHS
Elijah DeFore, EHS
Theodore Sandee, SCHS
String Bass
Peyton Weichel, MHS
Percussion
Elijah Ariza, EHS
Katie Brownsberger, LyHS
Mary Jane Cronin, LHS
Connor Neeson, LHS
Sierra Scheer, LHS
Caleb Stevenson, EHS
Alex Vasquez, LyHS
Special Guests

Kirk Vogel spent his entire music education career involved with Colorado schools including teaching assignments at Palisade Jr/Sr High School, Bayfield Middle and High School and, for most of his career, Heath Junior High/Heath Middle School in Greeley. During his career, he was fortunate enough to be able to teach band, orchestra, choir and jazz band. Kirk continues to be active as a composer, guest conductor, adjudicator and an educator/clinician with recent clinics being presented at the Colorado Bandmasters Association convention, Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) convention and the Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference. Kirk was recently inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Hall of Fame at the CMEA state convention held in January 2020.
Mr. Vogel has also had a successful career as a composer of band and orchestra music being published by Alfred Music, Grand Mesa Music, Kjos Music Company and Southern Music (Lauren Keiser Music Publishing). He also distributes music through his own publishing company Wilderness Impressions Music (WI Music). His compositions Kokopelli, Three Waters Mountain, Escalante, and Perseids were the winning entries in the Colorado Music Educators Association Composers Competition in 1993, 1996, 1998, and 2000. His compositions have been performed at state music conventions, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, the National Flute Association Convention and the American School Band Directors Association National Convention. Professional ensembles, community bands and every age group from elementary through college have performed his music. He is a writer member and publisher member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
He resides in Greeley, CO, with his wife, Susan. They have two grown daughters, Erin and Kayley. On his free days he loves to spend time with his family hiking, skiing or photographing nature.

Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant is the Chair of the Music Department and Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University. She directs the Duke University Wind Symphony and serves as the Artistic Director and conductor of the Durham Medical Orchestra (dmomusic.org). Verena is also the Associate Artistic Director of the Mid EUROPE festival and the Executive Director of the World Youth Wind Orchestra Project and the World Adult Wind Orchestra Project in Schladming, Austria (www.mideurope.at).
Originally from Eberschwang, Austria, Verena began piano lessons at the age of six and later expanded her studies to include the church organ, flute, and bassoon. She made her conducting debut at 16, followed by a three-year fundamental conducting course under Johann Mösenbichler. Verena pursued symphony orchestra conducting with Ingo Ingensand at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, Upper Austria, earning her bachelor’s degree with distinction in 2005. She completed her Master of Music in 2007 at Michigan State University under Kevin Sedatole, and in May 2009, she graduated with a DMA in Wind Ensemble Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Jerry Junkin.
Her transcriptions of John Corigliano’s Grammy-winning work Mr. Tambourine Man for Wind Ensemble and Amplified Soprano, published by G. Schirmer, and Eric Whitacre’s Sing Gently and Goodnight Moon, published by Hal Leonard, have been highly praised by the composers and performed widely.
In addition, Verena is the Music Director and Conductor of the Schwäbisches Jugendblasorchester and the Eifelphilharmonie in Germany, and frequently serves as a guest conductor, judge, and clinician across the United States, Asia, and Europe. Verena divides her time between Austria and Durham, NC, where she resides with her husband, composer Steven Bryant, and their young daughter.
A collaboration made possible by the following directors and principals:
School | Director(s) and Principal |
---|---|
Altona Middle (AMS) | Dana Clanin and Jeremy LaCrosse |
Coal Ridge Middle (CRMS) | Desmond Anderson and Natalee Swan |
Erie High (EHS) | Zac Fruits and Joshua Griffin |
Erie Middle (EMS) | Benjamin Tyler and Dr. Andrea Smith |
Flagstaff Academy (FSA) | Sean Kemp and Katie Gustafson |
Frederick High (FHS) | Christopher Thomas, Nathan Park, and Dr. Russell Fox |
Longmont High (LHS) | David Merrill, Darryl Abrahamson, and Jeff McMurry |
Longs Peak Middle (LPMS) | Connor Marsh and Karin Blough |
Lyons Middle Senior (LyMS/HS) | Dr. Karen Gregg and Chris Frank |
Mead High (MHS) | Abigail Judy, Gideon Matchey, and Dr. Brian Young |
Mead Middle (MMS) | Megan Rubin and Joshua Barnett |
Niwot High (NHS) | Wade Hendricks and Eric Rauschkolb |
Silver Creek High (SCHS) | Bill Legg and Erick Finnestead |
Skyline High (SHS) | Zach Myers and Anthony Barela |
Soaring Heights PK-8 (SHPK8) | Tucker Ewer and Cyrus Weinberger |
Sunset Middle (SMS) | Madeleine Hartley and Alicia Bono |
Thunder Valley K8 (TVK8) | Greg Warren and Catrina Estrada |
Timberline PK8 (TPK8) | Francisco Borja and Dr. Audrey Seybold |
Trail Ridge Middle (TRMS) | Jay Clanin and Eddie Cloke |
Twin Peaks Classical (TPCA) | Steve Wixom and Alycia Burns |
Westview Middle (WMS) | Carrie Borja and Mark Spencer |