Representing Westside Junior High School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left, front) Allison Gendron, Olivia King, Austin Noto, Erin Palisi, Paul Prattini, Michaela Kearney, (second row) Tyler Browning, Melanie Girovard, Mallory McDaniel, Kylyn Lugo, Connor Teague, (third row) Gena Bergeron, Chasidy Miller, Nick Lipscomb, Shona McCullough, Jherica Hollingsworth, Kaitlyn Parker, Scottye Campbell, (fourt row) Ivy Richard, Noah Cox, Colton Johnson, Brandon Schittone, Connor Burks, Connor Banta, Drue Teague and Alex Sein.
Representing Southside Junior High School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left, front) Kaleb Smith, Levi Thompson, Vivian Ton, Amelia Baker, Sammy Asbahi, Jensen Granier, (middle) Jacob Raburn, Cohen McIntyre, Paige Clement, Hannah Graham, Christian, Vargas, Vincent Ton, Jacob Quigly, Zane Carraway, (back) Emma Jochim, Victoria Varnado, Michelle Calamari, Brianna Jackson, Bryce Cason, Marcos Cecchini, Alex Stant, Caleb Callender, Sydney Fontenot and Michael Thurber.
Representing North Corbin Junior High School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left, front) Josh Pedigo, Nikki Olmstead, Devyn Eddards, Garrett Phillips, James Prince Bouton, TorŽ McCormick, Evan Bergeron, Taylor Watson, (back) Wes Price Clarke Turner, Brendon Ratliff, Tristan Wilkinson and Logan Aime.
Representing Live Oak Middle School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left, front) Kathryn Higdon, Billy Daughdrill, Melody Ainsworth, Joshua Higdon, (back) Kyle Roberts, Zachary Woodall, Madison Larson and Daniel Larson.
Representing Albany Middle School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left, front) Chelsea Petho, Janie Richardson, Terra Harris, Summer Prine, (back) Brandon Howe, Isaac Callahan and Chase Riggs.
Representing Denham Springs Junior High School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band are (from left)Sierra Allegar, Keton Bannister and Noah Holbrook.
Representing Springfield Middle School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band is Taylor Prudhomme.
Representing Doyle High School in the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish Middle School Honor Band is Brianna Norsworthy.
James L. Byo conducts rehearsal of the 2011-2012 Livingston Parish High School Honor Band prior to the concert at Denham Springs Junior High School. Carl Prince Matthies Professor and Chair of Music Education at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, he is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor. His research, which appears in major journals and texts, encompasses both the teacher/conductors and performers. He has presented it across the country and in England, Spain, Japan and Austria. Byo has served as editor of ÒUpdate: Applications of Research in Music Education,Ó chair of the research division of the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and editorial committee member of the Journal of Research in Music Education. Currently, he is the program evaluator for the National String Project Consortium and a member of the National Forum on Research in Motor Learning and Music. A former public school band and orchestra conductor in Ohio, he holds advanced degrees in both music education and oboe performance and performed for eight years with the Youngstown and Wooster Symphony Orchestras. He recently conducted both the Louisiana Junior Youth Orchestra and the LSU Honors Wind Ensemble. He is the author of ÒThe Woodwinds: Performing, Understanding and TeachingÓ and co-author of ÒThe Habits of Musicianship: A Radical Approach to Beginning Band.Ó
Representing Walker High School in the 2011-2012 All-Parish Honor Band are (from left, front) Gabe Prince-Bouton, Kary Texada, Daniel Walker, Chris Maus, Austin Credeur, Anna Taylor, Vicki Desai, Dyllan Maniscalco, (middle) Brennan Simmons, Kevin Bokun Terence Aurtur, Dallis Assawski, AlŽ McCormick, Julie Maehren, Aubrey Farriel, Kelsey Harris, (back) Hunter Bambarger, Luke HImel, Jacob Smalls, Hannah Gauthier, Christine Wood, Karen Arledge, Emily Devillier, Katie Palm and Heather Dickinson.
Representing Live Oak High School in the 2011-2012 All-Parish Honor Band are (from left, front) Dantae Sanders, Katie Hagan, Maddie Bunch, Kaycie Bennett, (back) Brandon Babst, David Fortner, Chris Evans, Michael Garvin and Josh Mathews.