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Shaun Owens, Director

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In 2005 Shaun Owens was named Director of Bands for Bryan Station High School.  Mr. Owens is in his sixteenth year of teaching with the Fayette County Public Schools, his fifth year at Bryan Station High School.  Prior to this assignment, he directed the Jazz Ensembles at Lafayette High School, was Director of Bands at Tates Creek High School and Assistant Director of Bands at Henry Clay High School.  Additionally, he runs an expanding on-line commercial website (www.shawk.com) providing musical resources via the internet.

Mr. Owens received his Bachelor and Master Degrees in Music Education from Eastern Kentucky University. He has been involved with the marching arts since 1975 and was a soloist for 10 years with some of the finest organizations in the world including the Madison Scouts of Madison, WI.  Mr. Owens has arranged and instructed music for many bands and drum & bugle corps throughout the United States.  He has 3 Drum Corps International World Championships, two as a soloist and one as a teacher.

Shaun Owens is currently the director of the Lexington Concert Band.  The band is made up of professional musicians who are members of the American Federation of Musicians.  The concert band performs annually for the 4th of July celebrations in Lexington, as well as other public performances sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund.

Mr. Owens has served on the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Music Educators Association as All-State Jazz Coordinator where he was responsible for selecting clinicians for the jazz clinics at the annual in-service conference as well as his duties in coordinating the All-State Jazz Ensemble.

A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Owens has been lead trumpet with professional and university big bands including Dennis Oliver’s Madison Jazz Orchestra, the American Jazz Express and Lexington’s Men of Note.  He has played for several heads of state including Jimmy Carter and George Bush, and has performed with Richard Davis, Don Menza and Roger Pemberton.  He continues to maintain a regular performance schedule as a freelance trumpeter.

Mr. Owens lives in Lexington with his wife Krista, and their two sons, Harrison and Samuel. 

Don Hicks, Associate Director

Don Hicks in his second year as Associate Director of Bands for Bryan Station High School where he also teaches Guitar and AP Music Theory classes.  Mr. Hicks is in his fourteenth year of teaching.  Prior to this assignment, he was Director of Bands at Southern Middle School and Tates Creek High School. Mr. Hicks received his Bachelor of Music Education from Western Kentucky University and completed his Masters Degree at Georgetown College.  He is an avid guitarist, teaching and performing in the Lexington area.

Mr. Hicks lives in Lexington with his wife Lisa, and and their two sons, Jonathan and Joey.

Brett P. Owens, Visual Design and Instruction

Michelle Clay, Color Guard

Michelle Clay is a 2000 graduate of Horseheads High School in Horseheads, NY.  She graduated from UK with a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary English Education in 2004 and with a Masters Degree in Secondary English Education in 2005.  She marched colorguard for 2 years in high school and 4 years in college.  Michelle is an English teacher at Bryan Station as well as the Drama Sponsor.

Lisa Pietrangelo, Student Teacher

Miss Pietrangelo graduated from Westerville North High School, Westerville, Ohio in 1997.  She was a member of the Bluecoats Front Ensemble 1997-2000.  She marched cymbals as a member of the University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band 1997-2000, and performed with the UK Percussion Ensemble 1997-2001.

Andrew Jarvis, Percussion

Andrew Jarvis is a 2006 graduate of Tates Creek High School, participating in marching band for five years and their indoor drumline three times. He was an All-State musician and has performed with several local ensembles, including the Lexington Brass Band and the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra. Andrew is currently in his second year at the University of Kentucky, working towards a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education. His emphasis is in percussion, and is currently studying under James Campbell.

Joel Lovan, Low Brass

Joel Lovan is Band Director at Crawford Middle School in Lexington.  He is a 1977 graduate of the University of Kentucky.  Joel is a freelance trombonist and maintains a regular performance schedule with the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra, Men of Note Big Band and the Advocate Brass Band.  Joel also coordinates the University of Kentucky Alumni Bands and lives in Lexington with his wife Tracy and son Will.

Stephanie Frantz, Woodwinds

Stephanie Frantz is a Band Director at Bryan Station Middle School since 2005. Stephanie graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2005 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education.  She studied with Lisa and Miles Osland as a saxophone major.  She is a current member of the Bluegrass Area Jazz Ambassadors, a local community jazz band.  This is her fourth year instructing the Bryan Station High School Marching Band.

Jeff Bayerle, Woodwinds

Jeff Bayerle is the Band Director at Leestown Middle School in Lexington. Jeff graduated from the University of Kentucky in 2006 as a saxophone major. He has studied under Miles and Lisa Osland for 10 years and has performed with many local concert and jazz bands. During the previous five years Jeff was on staff as a private instructor for George Rogers Clark High School. While working in the swamps of Clark County, Jeff wrestled an alligator into submission.

Willow Cooper, Clarinets

Willow Cooper graduated from Henry Clay High School in 2000. She was a member of the University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band from 2000-2005, and during her tenure won the prestigious Harold Bennett "Blue Spirit" Award. She has taught at band camps for Henry Clay and George Rogers Clark HS, and has toured with the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps as a volunteer. She also has teaching experience at Lexington's Johnson Elementary and currently resides in Lexington.

Stephanie Radcliffe, High Brass

Stephanie Radcliffe is a 2005 graduate of Bryan Station High School. She played french horn for concert band and mellophone for marching band all four years.  She played with the Kentucky Ambassadors in 2004 and toured Europe.  She is now a music education major with an emphasis in french horn at the University of Louisville.

Katie Rafferty, Flutes

Katie Rafferty is a 2006 graduate of Bryan Station High School and played flute for the Marching Defenders all four years of her high school career.  Upon graduating, she performed in a Europe with the 2006 Kentucky Ambassadors of Music performing in 5 countries.  She also received the privilege being seated first chair with a flute solo, and one quarter of the piccolo quartet in Stars and Stripes Forever.

She attends the University of Kentucky majoring in Art Education and has been member of the Wildcat Marching Band.