PRATTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL WIND SYMPHONY
Prattville High School, located in Prattville, Alabama, proudly supports the 250 students who perform in the Prattville High School Band. Band students who perform in the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and the Wind Symphony complete a rigorous audition process and are selected based on talent and skill. The Prattville High School Wind Symphony is comprised of the fifty-one best instrumentalists in the Prattville High School Band. In just six years since its establishment, the Wind Symphony has developed a tradition of excellence.
The group has consistently received
“Superior” ratings at the Alabama District and State Festivals, and has proudly earned “Superior with Distinction” ratings at the ABA MPA in 2010 and 2011. Over 100 members of the Wind Symphony have been selected as individual participants in numerous university honor bands, the District Honor Band, and the All-State Honor Band. Additionally, all members of the ensemble who have participated in the ABA Solo and Ensemble Festival have received “Superior” ratings. The members of the Prattville High School Wind Symphony combine their skill and leadership with their love of music to reach their full potential as an ensemble and as individual representatives of their school and community.
Rob Cothran received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Auburn University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. While at Auburn, he performed with many of the University’s ensembles, including the Auburn University Marching Band, the Auburn University Symphonic Band, the Auburn University Jazz Band, the Auburn University Concert Choir, and the AU Singers. He was the Trumpet Section Leader of the Auburn University Marching Band for three years before working as a graduate teaching assistant for two years. He also played lead trumpet with the Auburn Knights Orchestra. As an undergraduate student, he worked as a band camp instructor and drum major instructor for several high schools in East Alabama and South Alabama. Prior to beginning his teaching career, Mr. Cothran performed professionally on Renaissance, Carnival, and Celebrity cruise lines and as a freelance musician in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition, he performed with several theater companies in musical productions. During his two years at Prattville, Mr. Cothran’s bands have received all superior ratings in both marching and concert settings, including taking several best in class awards at marching contests. Under his direction, the wind symphony has been rated superior with distinction both years at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment. Before coming to Prattville, Mr. Cothran worked with the Sparkman High School Band and the Sparkman Ninth Grade School Band. While at Sparkman, his bands received superior ratings in both marching and concert performances at the local, state, and national levels. They performed in the Outback Bowl Parade in Tampa, Florida, the Cherry Blossom Festival Parade in Washington D.C., and several other festivals around the country. Mr. Cothran is a Past President of the Delta Psi chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is also a member of Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Kappa Kappa Psi band service fraternity, Omicron Delta Kappa honor society for leadership and scholastic achievement, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary, and Kappa Delta Pi Education Honorary. He is married to Sara Compton Cothran of Birmingham, Alabama. Sara is a CPA and works as a Senior Accountant with Thompson Tractor Company, Inc.
Thursday, Jan. 19, 7:30 P.M. Concert Program In
Flight...........................................................................Samuel R. Hazo.......................................Hal Leonard Corporation, 3:40
The Little Ripper March .................................................David Stanhope
....................................Southern Music Company, 3:20 Greg Faulkner, Guest Conductor
Bayou Breakdown
.............................................................Brant Karrick
....................................Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., 4:20
Suite for Winds and Percussion (Remembering Daniel Pratt)
...Johnnie Vinson ...........................Hal Leonard Corporation, 7:30 Johnnie Vinson, Guest Conductor
Tales from the Center of the Earth, Op.
33.................Nebojša Jovan Živković................................Edition Musica Europea, 8:00 I. Misterioso
Jeff Grant, Soloist
Give Us This Day (Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble) David
Maslanka...................................................Carl Fischer, 16:00 33
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