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Shaun Owens, Director
Virtual Classroom
In 2005 Shaun Owens was named Director of
Bands for Bryan Station High School. Mr. Owens is in his nineteenth
year of teaching with the Fayette County Public Schools, his eighth 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 and Bryan
Station High Schools.
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 performed 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.
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Michael Payne, Assistant Director
Michael
Payne is Assistant Director of Bands
for Bryan Station High School. Mr. Payne is a graduate of the School for
Creative and Performing Arts at Lafayette HS in Lexington. After
receiving a four year full tuition music scholarship to the University of
Kentucky he earned his Degree, Bachelor of Music Education (Cum Laude).
Prior to returning to Lexington, Mr. Payne was Band Director at New Castle
Chrysler High School and New Castle Middle School in New Castle, IN.
Mr. Payne has been a Music and Visual Tech for State Champion and Band of
America Grand National finalists Lafayette (KY) and Lawrence Central (IN) HS
Marching Bands. He also taught Drum Corps International finalist Blue
Stars Drum and Bugle Corps from Lacrosse, WI.
As a a performer Mr. Payne was full time
Baritone Saxophonist with the Indiana Wind Symphony. He performed on
Mellophone with he Capital Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps.
Additionally, he performed with the University of Kentucky Jazz Ensemble,
Mega Sax Quartet, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band and served as the Drum Major
for the Wildcat Marching Band for two years. While at Lafayette HS he
was a member of the Kentucky All-State Jazz Ensemble.
Mr. Payne lives in Lexington with his wife
Sarah.
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Don Hicks, Jedi Master
Don Hicks
spent four years as Associate Director of Bands
for Bryan Station High School. He currently teaches Beginning, Intermediate
and Advanced Guitar. Mr. Hicks is in his seventeenth 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
their two sons, Jonathan and Joey.
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Lindsay Bellamy, Color Guard
Lindsay Bellamy
is a graduate of Bryan Station High School and the University of Kentucky. She
has been active in the visual and color guard arts since the early 90s. Lindsay
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Roger Dittert,
Percussion
Roger Dittert is Percussion Caption Head and Arranger for the
Marching Defenders. Roger is in his fourth season with the band. He is a graduate of Tates Creek
HS and has been a part of their independent indoor percussion
ensemble. |
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Tyler Cantrell,
Percussion
Tyler Cantrell is a junior
percussionist at the University of Kentucky majoring in Music
Education. At UK, he has performed with the Symphonic Band, the
Wind Ensemble, the Percussion Ensemble, and the Wildcat Marching
Band. He graduated from Mayfield High School in 2008 and has taught
band camp there since graduation. During high school, he made the
All-State Symphonic Band his junior and senior years, with the top
chair honor during his senior year. He has given numerous private
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Stephanie
Frantz, Saxophones
Stephanie Frantz is a Band Director at Bryan
Station Middle School serving in that position 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.
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Kenny Meeker,
Flutes
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Amanda Dobbins,
Clarinets
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Nathan Hoskins,
Low Brass
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