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Shaun Owens, Director In 2005 Shaun Owens was named Director of Bands for Bryan Station High School. Mr. Owens is in his eighteenth year of teaching with the Fayette County Public Schools, his seventh 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 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. |
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Don Hicks, Associate Director Don Hicks in his fourth 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 sixteenth 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 has performed with indoor and outdoor color guards. |
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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 senior 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. Andrew performs on Marimba with the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps. |
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Roger Dittert, Percussion Roger Dittert joins us as a percussion tech. He is a graduate of Tates Creek HS and has been a part of their independent indoor percussion ensemble. |
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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.
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Willow Cooper, Woodwinds Willow Cooper is a Band Director at Beaumont Middle School in Lexington. Prior to her current assignment, she has also taught at Leestown Middle and Johnson Elementary Schools. She 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 currently resides in Lexington. |