LIBERTY PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND
The Liberty Park Middle School Symphonic Band is comprised of all 7th and 8th grade band students at Liberty Park Middle School in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. The ensemble, consisting of eighty-six musicians, is unique because it meets as four different “sectional” classes each school day, allowing for a more individualized approach to the music. The symphonic band has consistently received superior ratings at the Alabama Music Performance Assessment since the school opened in 2008 and has been noted by judges as having a “powerful” and “well-blended” sound. Under the direction of Travis Bender, the band program at LPMS has grown to include over one hundred forty musicians in a school population just under five hundred. The majority of band students at Liberty Park participate in additional music activities outside of school including Solo and Ensemble Festival, All-State, and various honor bands.
Travis Bender has been the band director at Liberty Park Middle School since the school’s opening in 2008. During his tenure at Liberty Park, the band program has more than doubled in size and now includes a symphonic band, beginning band, jazz band, and pep band. Under his direction, the Liberty Park Bands have received only superior ratings at contests and festivals. Prior to teaching at LPMS, Mr. Bender received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from the University of Alabama. While attending UA, he served as a drum major of the “Million Dollar Band” and as conductor of The Tuscaloosa Winds. Mr. Bender currently resides in Hoover, Alabama with his wife, Krista, who is a 5th grade teacher in the Vestavia Hills City Schools system.
Concert Program
Friday, Jan. 20, 9:00 A.M.
Flight of Eagles .................................................Elliot Del Borgo.............................................Hal Leonard, 4:16 Ammerland...........................................................Jacob De
Haan.............................De Haske Publications, 3:15 Majestica
.............................................................Brian Balmages....................F.J.H. Music Company, Inc., 2:12 Arabian Dances
....................................................Roland
Barrett......Alfred Publications, Belwin Division, 3:05 Colors of a New Day............................................Aaron
Meacham..........TRN Music Publishing Company, 3:24 Celtic
Ritual.............................................................John Higgins.........................Hal Leonard Corporation, 4:28
Rain.......................................................................Brian Balmages...................F.J.H. Music Company, Inc., 4:35 The Lamb’s
March.............................................Sousa, ed.
Schissel..............Ludwig-Masters Publications, 1:57
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