Corbin Bands

The Corbin Marching Redhounds ended thier extremely successful marching band season on November 7 at the MidStates Band Association's Class A Championships held at Norwood HS in Cincinnati, OH.  They competed against 18 other bands with 35 playing members or less from Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.  After prelims competition, the band advanced to finals where they finsihed Reserve Grand Champions (2nd place) and recieved Best Effect.  This was the first time the Marching Redhounds had competed in MSBA Championships.

Congratulations to the following students for being selected to participate in All-Regional Bands, held during the first weekend in January at Madison Central High School in Richmond, KY:

Symphonic Band

1. Jennifer Sproles, clarinet

2. Ashlynne Arnett, clarinet

3. Jasmine Hedayati, clarinet

4. Kayla Lunsford, bass clarinet*

5. Tommy Warren, alto sax

6. Katie Hill, horn*

7. Tyler Curtis, snare*

Concert Band

1. Trisha Carnes, flute

2. Hannah Brown, flute

3. Ben Stone, clarinet

4. Emily Hampton, clarinet

5. Casie McBurney, bass clarinet

6. Jordan White, alto sax

7. Kaitlyn Graham, trumpet

8. Kathryn Anderson, horn

9. Brandon Clark, euphonium

10. Nathan Clabaugh, trombone

11. Kelsi Felts, mallets*

* denotes first chair

Congratulations to the following eleven students for being selected to participate in Western Kentucky University Honor Bands held in Bowling Green, KY, on January 23-25, 2014:

1. Tommy Warren

2. Katie Hill

3. Jennifer Sproles

4. Erica Davis

5. Brandon Clark

6. Trisha Carnes

7. Allyson Hoskins

8. Kayla Lunsford

9. Tyler Keith

10. Tyler Curtis

11. Ashlynne Arnett

The following students were selected as alternates:

1. Jordan White

2. Emily Brown

3. Brianna Minton

4. Sarah Steinbach

5. Nathan Clabaugh

6. Keyley Smith

Congratulations to the following 36 students selected for the All-Festival Honor Band, which will be held on November 24-26 at the University of the Cumberlands:

Symphonic Band

1. Hannah Brown, flute

2. Trisha Carnes, flute

3. Allyson Hoskins, flute

4. Ashlynne Arnett, clarinet*

5. Jasmine Hedayati, clarinet

6. Jennifer Sproles, clarinet

7. Erica Davis, clarinet

8. Kayla Lunsford, bass clarinet*

9. Tommy Warren, alto sax*

10. Jordan White, alto sax

11. Robert Curtis, trumpet

12. Katie Hill, horn*

13. Nathan Clabaugh, bass trombone*

14. Brandon Clark, baritone*

15. Brianna Minton, baritone

16.Tyler Curtis, snare*

17. Tyler Keith, mallets*

18. Kelsi Felts, mallets

19. Seth Heinss, timpani*

Concert Band

1. Dominica Ohler, flute

2. Elizabeth Minton, flute

3. Jawana Howard, flute

4. Emily Hampton, clarinet

5. Ben Stone, clarinet

6. Christin Cook, clarinet

7. Casie McBurney, bass clarinet

8. Emily Brown, bari sax*

9. Kaitlynn Graham, trumpet*

10. Keyley Smith, trumpet

11. Porshia Blankenship, trumpet

12. Katherine Anderson, horn*

13. Sarah Steinbach, horn

14. Tanner Petrey, baritone

15. Jeff Tinsley, baritone

16. Josh Mills, snare

17. Dustin Boyd, timpani*

*denotes first chair

Congratulations to the Corbin Marching Redhounds, who brought home Best Auxiliary, Best Percussion, and 1st Place in Class AAA at the Hazard High School Band Competition on Saturday, September 14.  The Redhounds were also named Reserve Grand Champions, having the second highest score of the day in a field of 13 bands.  In addition, Corbin received the highest visual effect score of any band.  We are extremely proud of the Corbin Marching Redhounds and look forward to the next competition, which will be held at North Laurel High School on Saturday, September 21.

The Corbin Middle and High School Bands are proud to welcome Mr. Bret McIntosh as the new assistant director of bands in the Corbin Independent School District.  Mr. McIntosh recently graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a bachelors degree in music education.  We look forward to working with Mr. McIntosh in the coming year - even though he is a trumpet player.  :-)

The concert band traveled to The Center for Rural Development in Somerset to perform at the KMEA Concert Festival on Wednesday, March 27.  Mr. Cornn led the ensemble in earning straight distinguished ratings from the three stage judges as well as the sight-reading judge.  These scores qualified the concert band for State Concert Festival, which is usually held in early May.  We are very proud of Mr. Cornn and the Corbin High School Concert Band!

The following 12 students were selected to participate in the Western Kentucky University Honor Band Clinic, which will be held at the university in Bowling Green from January 24-26:

1. Alethea Anderson, flute

2. Jennifer Sproles, clarinet

3. Erica Davis, clarinet

4. Kayla Lunsford, bass clarinet

5. Shane Baker, trumpet

6. Katie HIll, French horn

7. Shelby Champlin, euphonium

8. Brandon Clark, euphonium

9. Tyler Curtis, trombone

10. Austin Smith, trombone

11. Skyler Shilling, percussion

12. Tyler Keith, mallets

The following 4 students were chosen as alternates:

1. Tommy Warren, alto saxophone

2. Emily Brown, bari saxophone

3. Sarah Steinbach, French horn

4. Adam Faison, trombone