Student Accomplishments and Recordings
My students tend to do very well in all-state auditions, select bands, solo and ensemble festivals, and summer music camps. Many of my students end up majoring in Music Education, Performance, Music Theory, Music Therapy, Arts Administration, Music History, etc. All have been offered sizable scholarships at major universities.
While some of my students do not major in music, the study of music has been shown repeatedly to strengthen all areas of a student's development. Many of those students land marching band scholarships or academic scholarships to college. They either participate in music for a minor or simply continue to play in college bands while pursuing other careers. Some former students are nurses, doctors, engineers, java programmers, architects, MBA's, graphic artists, teachers, counselors, hospital administrators, etc.
See research on the National Association of Music Education website regarding how intensive music study benefits young minds.
2017 ‑ 2018
Studio: 44 Students (39 Kentucky, 5 Ohio)
Events: Four Northern Kentucky Summer Clarinet Choirs: Junior Choir, Senior Choir, Adult Quartet, and All Combined. 20 total participants.
Recognition: High school junior named as one of 8 finalists for Cincinnati Musicale competition.
NK Select Band:
HS Top Band: Soprano Clarinet - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 (8 of 12),
Bass Clarinet – 1, 2 (2 of 2)
HS 2 nd Band: Soprano Clarinet – 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 12 (6 of 12)
8 th Grade Band: 3 rd chair
6-7 th Grade Band: 3, 5, 10
All-State: Only eleven soprano and two bass clarinetists passed the first round from all Northern Kentucky. Nine of the eleven sopranos were my students and both bass clarinetists were my students. After finals, four into top band (including 2 nd chair and 4 th chair) and two into second band as 1 st and 2 nd chair).
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra: One Clarinetist in top orchestra.
Graduating Seniors: Two graduating seniors, one full scholarship to Western Kentucky University (Performance), other scholarship to Northern Kentucky University (Music Education).
2016 ‑ 2017
Studio: 53 Students (47 Kentucky, 6 Ohio)
Recognition: Three seniors win the John Philip Sousa Award for outstanding band participation at different schools.
NK Select Band:
HS Top Band: Soprano Clarinet – 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 (8 of 12)
Bass Clarinet – 1, 6 (2 of 6)
HS 2
nd
Band: Soprano Clarinet – 1, 6, 7, 10, 15, 16, 17 (7 of 18)
All-State: Eight students make Kentucky All-State Bands. 1st, 4th, 12th chair in Wind Ensemble plus a few others in the second band.
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra: Three clarinetists selected, one in top orchestra.
Graduating College Senior: Collegiate senior, summa cum laude, wins assistantship for master’s pursuit at West Virginia University.
Graduating High School Seniors: Two graduating high school students majoring in music, both on full scholarship.
One awarded full scholarship to West Virginia University, majoring in Performance. Other Graduating senior awarded a full scholarship to Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, majoring in Piano Performance. Both graduating high school seniors split the one Kentucky Music Educators Association Outstanding Senior Award.
2015 ‑ 2016
Studio: 33 Students (28 in Kentucky, 5 in Ohio).
Recognition:
NKU student attended the Opera Maya festival in Mexico.
NKU student won a Wyoming Club Music Scholarship.
NK Select Band: Nine clarinetists in Kentucky Select Band (including 1st and 2nd chair in high school and 1st chair in middle school).
NK Inter-Collegiate Band: NKU undergraduate student named principal clarinet in the Kentucky Inter-Collegiate Band.
All-State:
Ohio: 2 nd chair Ohio All-State.
Kentucky: 2nd and 3rd chairs in top band. Several others in 2 nd band. 1 st chair Bass Clarinet, top band.
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestras: Four clarinetists win audition, two in the top orchestra.
Graduating Seniors: Three seniors all received full scholarships:
DePaul University, Music Administration
West Virginia University, Performance
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Performance.
2014 ‑ 2015
Studio: 28 Students (23in Kentucky, 5 in Ohio)
Recognition: One student gains full scholarship to the Kentucky Governor’s School
of the Arts.
NK Select Band: Chairs 1-4 and three others in top band. Six more in second band.
All-State:
Ohio: Principal Chair
Kentucky: Principal Chair top band, four others in top band. Five more in second band. 1 st chair bass clarinet in top band.
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra: Four clarinetists win audition, two in top orchestra.
Graduating Seniors: Four graduating seniors majoring in music. All received full scholarships to music school:
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Music Education
University of North Texas, Performance
Northern Kentucky University, Music Performance
West Virginia University, Music Education / Performance / Jazz Studies
2013 ‑ 2014
Studio: 25 Students (20 in Kentucky, 5 in Ohio).
NK Select Band: Principal Chair HS top band and six others.
All-State:
Ohio: Principal Chair top group.
Kentucky: Principal Chair, plus four others in top band, four in lower band.
Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra: Four clarinetists win audition, two in top orchestra.
Graduating Seniors: Three graduating seniors majoring in music. All received full scholarships to music school:
Morehead State University, Performance and Education
Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Music Education
University of Louisville, Music Therapy.
Student Recordings
♪ Mendelssohn/Nick-Madisyn-Chisato
Chisato Fuji piano (HS junior), Nick Schlie (HS senior) and Madisyn Becker (HS junior), clarinet
Mendelssohn: ConcertPiece No. 2 in d minor, Op. 114
Recorded at NKU, April 2015
Mozart: Concerto in A Major, K. 622, 1st movement exposition
Leia Carter, HS junior
Recorded at NKU, March 2013
Osborne: Rhapsodie or Clarinet
Madisyn Becker, HS Junior
Recorded at NKU, March 2014
Vasilenko: Eastern Dance
Pawel Netzel "Pablo", 11 years old
Recorded in Wroclaw, Poland
Third in Poland's National Clarinet Competition
Gershwin:An American in Paris
Josh Dickey (HS Senior)
Recorded 2015