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All State Band Recordings

Welcome to the USC All-State Band Recording Project. You can hear recordings of all audition études required for the 2022-23 All-State Band Auditions performed by the world-class faculty of the USC School of Music below. You can also read and download written performance notes to aid in the preparation of these etudes. Sheet music for these études can be obtained from your director only and are no longer available directly for download.

You are encouraged to visit each faculty member's page, which includes their biographical and contact information. You may contact any member of the applied faculty with questions about all-state preparation, your instrument, or about the nationally and internationally recognized University of South Carolina School of Music. 

With the exception of the percussion études, written by Omar Carmenates, all of the solo études were composed by Dr. Brad Edwards. In addition to the recordings and performance notes available on this site, Dr. Edwards has created a "practice pack" for each of the brass and woodwind solos that includes duet parts, piano accompaniments, playing tips and exercises. There is also a SmartMusic accompaniment file available as part of the "practice pack." The packs are available at AuditionSolos.com for a small fee.

Please direct general questions and comments about the All-State Recording Project to:
Michael Harley, coordinator, USC All-State Band Recording Project mharley@mozart.sc.edu.

Troubleshooting

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Bass Trombone

Michael Wilkinson is a versatile music educator and musician who doubles on tenor and bass trombone (as well as alto, contrabass and euphonium) and taught middle school band in Arizona in his “past life.” Equally at home in varied musical styles, he has played with the South Carolina Philharmonic and the Brass Band of Central Florida, as well as being a member of the newly-formed South Carolina Jazz Masterworks Ensemble. Michael released his first solo CD, “Wait for Me!”, on Random Act Records in 2017, and is an S.E. Shires Trombone Artist.

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Bassoon

Michael Harley enjoys a diverse career as a teacher, performer, and music advocate. At USC he teaches bassoon and occasional courses in music history and contemporary music, coaches chamber music, and is artistic director of the award-winning Southern Exposure New Music Series. A proponent of contemporary music, Mike is a founding member of the acclaimed chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound, called “new music luminaries” and “one of the most vital and original ensembles on the American musical scene” (New York Times).

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Clarinet

Clarinetist Joseph Eller has performed solo and chamber music recitals throughout North and South America, Europe and Asia. He was appointed principal clarinetist of the South Carolina Philharmonic in 2012 and has played extra with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, Charleston Symphony Orchestra and numerous other orchestras throughout the southeastern United States. 

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Euphonium

Dr. Joel Collier is a multi-award winning composer and euphonium soloist. Currently Assistant Professor of Music at Allen University in Columbia, Dr. Collier studied for both his Masters and Doctorate in Euphonium Performance, Pedagogy, and Literature at James Madison University, under Kevin Stees. He received his Bachelor of Science in Music Industry: Music Technology from Drexel University. As a euphonium soloist, he has held principal positions with Atlantic Brass Band, JMU Brass Band, National Capital Band and River Brass, while also being a soloist for the Southern Territorial Band, The Salvation Army’s premier band in the southern United States. Dr. Collier has two solo CDs – Shadowed (2015), where he is featured as a euphonium soloist with brass band, and Dream Big Little One (2020), a solo piano recording of all original lullabies. In addition, he is featured on a number of recordings for groups including the Southern Territorial Band, National Capital Band, Drexel Fusion Band and Pendel Brass.Between 2014 and 2020 Dr. Collier was on the Board of Directors for the North American Brass Band Association (NABBA), serving as Vice President between 2017 and 2019.

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Flute

An active recitalist and prizewinner in several national competitions, including the 1998 and 2001 National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competitions, Jennifer Parker-Harley appears as a frequent performer at the NFA’s annual convention and in schools and music series across the country. An experienced orchestral flutist, she was a member of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra in Ohio for eight years before moving to South Carolina.      
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Horn

J.D. Shaw was formerly the French hornist with the internationally acclaimed Boston Brass where he was creative director, music arranger and co-owner of the ensemble. He is an active solo artist and travels extensively throughout the United States as well as many countries in North America, Europe and Asia. He has also been a featured performer on National Public Radio's Performance Today and the CBS Morning Show.

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Low Clarinet

Steve Christ wants to inspire his audiences through music performance, as he was inspired when he was very young. A native of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, Steve has been invited to perform and teach in concert halls and classrooms all along the East Coast, including appearances with the South Carolina Philharmonic, Long Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the PRISMA Festival Orchestra. Steve performs with the desire to deliver authenticity to his audiences, inspiring them with earnest, emotional musicality and expert skill. He is currently the Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at South Carolina State University and the Graduate Assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he is pursuing a Doctorate in Clarinet Performance.

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Oboe

Noted for his clarity of tone, range of colors, and energetic stage presence, Hassan Anderson was the oboist of the acclaimed innovative New York-based chamber music ensemble SHUFFLE Concert (Ensemble Mélange), a position he has held from 2011-2018. With the ensemble, Mr. Anderson toured Israel three times, performed on series throughout the US and Canada, including the Duplex, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Rose Studio at Lincoln Center, New York’s Rhinebeck Chamber Music Society Series, Los Angeles’s L'Ermitage Concert Series, Pennsylvania’s Lancaster Performing Arts Center, and Pepperdine University Center for the Arts in California, as well as at such distinguished summer festivals as Cooperstown Music Festival, Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival, Canada’s Chamberfest Ottawa, to name a few.

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Percussion

Scott Herring performed with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and was a member of the Northwestern University Graduate Percussion Quartet, which traveled to Germany and London for performances. He frequently appears as a guest artist with university percussion ensembles across the U.S. and has presented concerts and clinics at PASIC 1996, 2002, 2006 and 2011.

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Saxophone

Clifford Leaman is in great demand as a soloist and clinician and has performed and taught throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia, Sweden, Thailand and in China where he was a featured guest artist eight times since 2004. He has performed as a concerto soloist with the ShenZhen Symphony Orchestra, at the XII World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada (2000), the North American Saxophone Alliance’s 2006 Biennial Conference in Iowa City, Iowa, the 2008 International Navy Band Symposium in Washington D.C., and the XV World Saxophone Congress in July, 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Trombone

Michael Wilkinson is a versatile music educator and musician who doubles on tenor and bass trombone (as well as alto, contrabass and euphonium) and taught middle school band in Arizona in his “past life.” Equally at home in varied musical styles, he has played with the South Carolina Philharmonic and the Brass Band of Central Florida, as well as being a member of the newly-formed South Carolina Jazz Masterworks Ensemble. Michael released his first solo CD, “Wait for Me!”, on Random Act Records in 2017, and is an S.E. Shires Trombone Artist.

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Trumpet

James Ackley has performed with the Charleston Symphony, Moscow State Radio Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Bogota Philharmonic, the Cincinnati Symphony, and many others. As a soloist and recitalist, he has performed in more than 30 countries and in the most famous concert halls in the world. He is a member of the award winning Bala Brass Quintet and has recorded several solo CDs to critical acclaim.

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Tuba

Ronald Davis is principal tubist with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra and is currently serving as coordinator of the Brass Teaching Division. As an orchestral player, he has performed with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Barbara Symphony, the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra under Roger Wagner, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Charleston and Charlotte Symphonies.

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