Oak Mountain High School Symphonic Band
The Oak Mountain Symphonic Band is the second of three wind bands at Oak Mountain High School.
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consists of seventy-one ninth through twelfth grade students at Oak Mountain High School. Membership in the band is determined by individual audition. Under the direction of Dr. Travis Bender, the ensemble performs a wide variety of genres in the high school wind band repertoire. Notably, this ensemble frequently performs newly published compositions for wind band. Under the baton of Dr. Bender, this ensemble has only received adjudicated ratings of superior at all contests and festivals. Since the school’s inception, the Oak Mountain Symphonic Band has twice been invited to perform at the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York City. In the spring of 2016, the Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the Music for All National Band Festival in Indianapolis. A performance at AMEA would be a first for this ensemble, and allow attendees to hear new band literature graded 3.5 to 5 at our state’s music conference.
Dr. Travis Bender is the Fine Arts Department Chair and Associate Director of Bands at Oak Mountain High School. Prior to joining the OMHS faculty, he served as Director of Bands at Liberty Park Middle School, where he was named “Teacher of the Year” in 2011. His duties at OMHS include teaching the Symphonic Band, Jazz Band B, Marching Band, Chamber Music, and Band Techniques.
Dr. Bender is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where he received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education. While attending UA, he served as a drum major of the “Million Dollar Band” and as conductor of The Tuscaloosa Winds, a community band for the western Alabama region. In addition to his conducting capacities, Dr. Bender also performed extensively as the pianist for the Alabama Wind Ensemble for six years and as trombonist for the Symphonic Band and various pep bands. His professional affiliations include NAfME, ABA, NBA, and the music honorary, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Under his leadership, Dr. Bender’s bands have received only superior ratings at contests or festivals. In January 2012, his Symphonic Band was invited to perform at the Alabama Music Educators’ Conference in Montgomery.
In addition to music instruction, Dr. Bender has a strong interest in student and teacher leadership. He holds a second Masters degree, an Educational Specialist degree, and a doctorate of education in Educational Leadership from Samford University.
Besides teaching, Dr. Bender is also interested in technology, home improvement projects, and pinball machines. He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife, Krista, an assistant principal in the Vestavia Hills City School system. They have one precious daughter, Madison, a lovable Sheltie named Haley, and a lazy cat named Prince.
Thursday 1:00 PM BJCC Theater
Concert Program
Second Suite in F for Military Band Op. 28 (1911)
....Gustav
Holst..........................................................Boosey & Hawkes Walking Into History – The Clinton 12 (2009)
......Richard L. Saucedo
.............................................................MusicWorks Aurora Borealis (2016)
.............................................Rossano Galante.......................................................HAFABRA Music O Magnum Mysterium (2003)
...Morten Lauridsen, transcribed by H. Robert
Reynolds.....................................Peer Music The Washington Post (1889)
...........John Philip Sousa, edited by Frederick
Fennell..................................Carl Fischer, Inc.
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