Top musicians from across Chatham conclude their two-day instrumental clinic with a free public performance by the One Chatham middle and high school bands.
The One Chatham High School Band will be conducted by Carolina Perez, Instructor of Music at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, who also leads the clinic. The Middle School Band will be conducted by Matthew Pellas.
Carolina Perez is clinician and conductor for the One Chatham High School Band. She is Instructor of Music at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, where she teaches Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and Music Theory. While competing her master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Perez served as graduate conductor for the university’s three concert bands, graduate chamber ensemble and pep band. She also spent six years as a band director in North Carolina public schools, where she led successful concert and marching ensembles at the middle school and high school levels. She holds the B.M. in music education and M.M. in instrumental conducting, both from UNC-Greesnboro.
2024 ONE CHATHAM BAND PROGRAM
Middle School Band
Matthew Pellas, Clinician and Conductor
To Be Selected From the Following
Mystic Dance
Michael Sweeney
Soldiers' Procession And Sword Dance
Bob Margolas
Sassafras Tea
Michael Oare
Prairie Dance
Zachary Docter
Downtown Strut
Tyler S. Grant
High School Band
Carolina Perez, Clinician and Conductor
To Be Selected from the Following
Ancient Flower
Yukiko Nishimura
American Riversongs
Pierre LaPlant
El Manto Dorado
Jorge Vargas
The Country Club Stomp!
Michael Markowski
2024 ONE CHAHTAM HIGH SCHOOL BAND
JORDAN-MATTHEWS MUSICIANS
Samuel Achaibar, trumpet
Ennis Aguilar Lima, alto saxophone
Reyes Basurto Canseco, clarinet
Dennis Chicas Garcia, percussion
Abigail Cockrum, tenor saxophone
Adasofie Davis, alto saxophone
Miguel Ignacio, bass clarinet
Aidan Johnson, percussion
Carolyn Lucero Santiago, flute
Ayden Christopher Saxe, trumpet
Summer Soria Maria, alto saxophone
David Ta’Bon, tuba
Maxy Vasquez Gomez, trumpet
Jonathan Vasquez Mazariegos, baritone saxophone
Keylor Ureña-Seceña, percussion