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Alex Sabatka '07
asabatka@purdue.edu
updated 3-08
Alex is currently playing first trumpet in Purdue University’s Collegiate Band. The band is under the direction of Andy King, and plays modern and classical concert band music. The first concert was in late February and featured Joplin’s “The Strenuous Life,” Pageant for Band Opus 59, Hazo’s Ride, and a selection from John William’s soundtrack to the Motion Picture “Saving Private Ryan.” The next concert will be on April 19^th at the Elliott Hall of Music. Alex, along with over 230 other Boilermaker Band students, will be performing once again at the Indianapolis Festival Parade and the Indianapolis 500 race this Memorial Day weekend. At the conclusion of the race, band members will have to hurry back to West Lafayette to get their uniforms dry cleaned before heading to Beijing, China. The “All American” marching band was invited by the People’s Republic of China to perform at the Meet In Beijing International Arts Festival. The “All American” Marching band is the first US College Marching Band to be invited by the PRC for this event. This year the event will coincide with Olympic cultural events.

9-07 Named to the "All American" Band at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana. Touted as one of the finest collegiate marching bands in the nation, no two halftime shows are ever alike, and the music runs the gamut from standard marches to show tunes and from rock to jazz. The band has become known for its solid marching and creative musical arrangements. The members of the "All-American" Marching Band perform at all Purdue home football games as well as selected away games and bowl appearances. Alex is excited and his parents are very proud of his accomplishment. Alex says that "Band camp was brutal" and that the trumpets ended the week by "playing in the fountain of green" www.purdue.edu/Bands/aamb/Welcome.html

Elizabeth Harraman '07 is a Freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
majoring in French Horn Performance. She is currently second chair in the UW Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Scott Teeple. She is also a member of the UW Horn Choir under the direction of Douglas Hill, and plays in a horn quartet.
http://www.music.wisc.edu/

Tom Odon '05 updated 3-24-08
Tom has been named Music Director of the 2008 Illini Union Board Production of "Urinetown, The Musical", production dates are April 11 and 12 at Assembly Hall in Champaign. He has also accepted a contract for the summer of 2008 as a marching member of the Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, based out of Dubuque, IA. Check out a show this summer- schedules are available online at www.dci.org or www.colts.org.

Thomas Odon
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Junior, FAA Music Education
Resident Advisor, Snyder Hall
Music Director, 2008 IUB Spring Musical "Urinetown"
todon2@uiuc.edu
Previous information on Tom Odon/Instrumental Music Education major at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of Symphonic Band II and the Marching Illini, both under the direction of Dr. Peter Griffin. He had the opportunity to perform with the UI Tuba-Euphonium ensemble at the US Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Conference in Washington D.C, and will join the Marching Illini on a tour of Ireland and England in the spring of 2008. He has also performed as a substitute over the past two summers with the Prairie Brass Band and the Wheaton Municipal band. Tom plans on student teaching in the Chicago suburbs during the fall semester of 2009. http://www.music.uiuc.edu/

Allison Pozdol '04 is a Senior Choral Music Education major at Luther College in Decorah, IA. She is a 3-year member of Luther’s nationally known Nordic Choir under the direction of Dr. Craig Arnold. As a member of Nordic Choir, Allison has toured the Midwest (including an appearance at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall), the East Coast and Florida, as well as in Italy, Austria, Germany, and the Czech Republic. Allison will be beginning her student teaching semester in the spring of 2008 in the NW Suburbs of Chicago. http://music.luther.edu/

Melanie Pozdol '06 is a Sophomore Music Performance major at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC. She is pursuing performance degrees on both Oboe and Violin and has recently been named the Principal Oboist of the Symphony Orchestra and also sits 7^th chair in the First Violin section. This summer, Melanie spent two weeks in Charleston, SC, with other select members of the USC Symphony Orchestra as part of the Orchestra in Residence at Charleston’s annual Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival. Upon completion of the Spoleto Festival, she toured Italy as an alumni member of the Schaumburg Youth Symphony Orchestra. http://www.music.sc.edu/ea/orchestra/index.html

Scott Johnson '07
Right now I'm studying Music performance with emphasis on the Piano at Eastern
Illinois University. I will also receive a minor in music technology, be it
here at Eastern, or somewhere else. I'm in the Panther Marching Band and play
cymbals as part of the Midwest Funk Factory Drumline.
e-mail address smjohnson5@eiu.edu
http://www.eiu.edu/~music/ensembles/bands.php

Brittany Jones /Color Guard
I graduated early after 3 years by taking an online diploma. I am currently working and looking forward to going to college in the next year. I am still doing some spinning of my flag and rifle, and twirling of my baton. I attended some individual competitions this summer. I won 1st place in "Sr. Rifle" at a national competition in Minnesota in July. I hope everyone is having a great marching season. Go Mustangs!