2015 Citation of Excellence Results and Adjudicator

Citation Winners

Results Listed in Alphabetical Order

Class AAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Liberty HS Symphonic Winds Marty Ball Frisco, TX

Class AAAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Clements HS Concert 1 Band Jeff Johnson Sugar Land, TX
College Park Symphonic Band Jeffrey P. Gorring The Woodlands, TX
Hendrickson HS Symphonic Winds Edward R. Lopez Pflugerville, TX
Round Rock HS Wind Symphony Joshua Scott Round Rock, TX

Commended Winners

Results Listed in Alphabetical Order

Class AAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Southwest HS Symphonic Band Jeff DeMaagd Fort Worth, TX

Class AAAAAA

Group Conductor Location
Cypress Falls HS Symphonic Winds Mark Edenfield Houston, TX
J.J. Pearce HS Wind Symphony Joshua Blankenship Richardson, TX
Richland HS Symphonic Band Mike Pickrell North Richland Hills, TX

Stephen Peterson

Stephen Peterson was appointed director of bands at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, in 1998, where he currently conducts the Wind Ensemble, teaches courses in conducting and wind literature, and heads the band and MM wind conducting programs. From 1988-1998 he served as associate director of bands at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Peterson was also conductor of the renowned Northshore Concert Band.  He held positions as associate and interim director of bands at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and has several years of successful teaching experience in the public schools in Arizona.

Peterson maintains a busy schedule as a conductor and clinician, and as such, has appeared on four continents and in forty states. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, The New York State Band Director’s Association, the New York State School Music Association, and has been honored with membership in the prestigious American Bandmaster’s Association.  He is also member of Phi Mu Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, and an honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota, and Kappa Kappa Psi. He is currently president of the College Band Directors National Association.

Dr. Peterson was the first to receive the Doctor of Music degree in wind conducting from Northwestern University and earned Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Arizona State University. His ensembles have appeared before national conventions of the American Bandmaster’s Association, the College Band Director’s National Association, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the American School Band Director’s Association, at Orchestra Hall with the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and at Lincoln Center. In 2012 he was awarded the prestigious Ithaca College Faculty Excellence Award, recognizing his contributions to Ithaca College.