Small Division Up to 20 members in the ensemble Medium Division 21-29 members in the ensemble Large Division 30 members or more in the ensemble |
Forney ISD will be hosting the 1st annual North Texas Drumline Contest on September 21st, 2019 at City Bank Stadium. Joining us for the first year are judges Jeff Ausdemore and Jon Merritt. We look forward to providing another percussion opportunity to the students and staff of the DFW area. Groups will have a chance to be evaluated by world class judges and receive a mini clinic to help the progress of their contest show.
Performance slots of 20 minutes will allow the judges to provide feedback to the performers after their performance. Each school will also receive written comments and an audio recording. Forney HS is located ten minutes east of Mesquite and twenty minutes east from downtown Dallas. We hope to see you this fall for the beginning of another great contest serving the DFW percussion community. The contest will be divided into size classifications. Awards for best snare line, best tenor line, best bass line, and best front ensemble in each category. The top 3 scoring groups in each category will receive trophies. Each ensemble is $250. Checks are made out to Forney ISD and mailed to: Forney ISD c/o Mario Luna 600 S. Bois d'Arc Forney, Texas 75126 |
jeff ausdemore
Jeff Ausdemore is entering his fifth year as Director of Music at Grapevine-Colleyville’s iUniversity Prep. In this new role, Mr. Ausdemore oversees all music curricula, including music theory music history, music composition/arranging, as well as applied music for all primary and secondary level students. In addition, Mr. Ausdemore has created the iMusic Club, a club dedicated to enriching the lives of all students enrolled at iUniversity Prep.
Prior to this post, Mr. Ausdemore served eleven years as the Director of Percussion Studies at Colleyville Heritage High School. In this expanded role, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion coordinator, head of jazz studies, and co-director/composer/arranger of the Colleyville Heritage marching band.
Under Ausdemore’s direction, the Colleyville Heritage High School percussion program flourished, gaining national notoriety through chamber music, guest artist concerts of all genres, recitals, and ensemble competitions. The percussion program has enjoyed competitive success at many levels, including the 2013 and 2014 gold medal for the North Texas Color Guard Association, as well as capturing the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion title. Other accolades include the Percussive Arts Society’s “Call for Tapes” winners, the Percussive Arts Society’s Small Ensemble Champions, the Plano Drum Line Competition marching percussion champions, as well as the Lone Star Drum Line Competition champions.
In Mr. Ausdemore’s first year at CHHS, he launched the GCISD Percussion Club, expanding the students’ musical education and enriching the lives of GCISD middle and high school percussion students throughout the district. The GCISD Percussion Club presented master classes, clinics, solo and ensemble performances by local and regional professionals throughout the north Texas area. The GCISD Percussion Club has produced a record amount of students selected for the GCISD “Select Band”, the Region 24 “All-region Band”, the Region 24 “All Region Jazz Band”, and the Texas “All-State Band”. CHHS is proud to have produced several percussion students who have earned the national title for the Percussive Arts Society’s solo champion on several different percussion instruments as well.
Mr. Ausdemore has featured this unique pedagogical model at many state music conventions throughout the United States, including the 2009 and 2011 Texas Music Educators Association Conventions.
In addition to his teaching duties at Colleyville Heritage High School, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion arranger and caption head for the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 2006 through 2010. During Ausdemore’s tenure at the Blue Knights, the percussion program produced several individual solo championships, ensemble championships, and a strong reputation for excellence, placing in the elite “top 12” in the Drum Corps International Championships consistently.
Prior to this post, Mr. Ausdemore served eleven years as the Director of Percussion Studies at Colleyville Heritage High School. In this expanded role, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion coordinator, head of jazz studies, and co-director/composer/arranger of the Colleyville Heritage marching band.
Under Ausdemore’s direction, the Colleyville Heritage High School percussion program flourished, gaining national notoriety through chamber music, guest artist concerts of all genres, recitals, and ensemble competitions. The percussion program has enjoyed competitive success at many levels, including the 2013 and 2014 gold medal for the North Texas Color Guard Association, as well as capturing the 2008 Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion title. Other accolades include the Percussive Arts Society’s “Call for Tapes” winners, the Percussive Arts Society’s Small Ensemble Champions, the Plano Drum Line Competition marching percussion champions, as well as the Lone Star Drum Line Competition champions.
In Mr. Ausdemore’s first year at CHHS, he launched the GCISD Percussion Club, expanding the students’ musical education and enriching the lives of GCISD middle and high school percussion students throughout the district. The GCISD Percussion Club presented master classes, clinics, solo and ensemble performances by local and regional professionals throughout the north Texas area. The GCISD Percussion Club has produced a record amount of students selected for the GCISD “Select Band”, the Region 24 “All-region Band”, the Region 24 “All Region Jazz Band”, and the Texas “All-State Band”. CHHS is proud to have produced several percussion students who have earned the national title for the Percussive Arts Society’s solo champion on several different percussion instruments as well.
Mr. Ausdemore has featured this unique pedagogical model at many state music conventions throughout the United States, including the 2009 and 2011 Texas Music Educators Association Conventions.
In addition to his teaching duties at Colleyville Heritage High School, Mr. Ausdemore served as the percussion arranger and caption head for the Blue Knights Drum and Bugle Corps from 2006 through 2010. During Ausdemore’s tenure at the Blue Knights, the percussion program produced several individual solo championships, ensemble championships, and a strong reputation for excellence, placing in the elite “top 12” in the Drum Corps International Championships consistently.
jon merritt
Jon Merritt is a percussion teacher at Ronald Reagan High School in the NEISD school district of San Antonio Texas. Jon is a graduate of Ohio University in Athens Ohio. He also marched with the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps in 1991, 1992, and 1993. Jon was the percussion section leader for the World Champion Cadets Drum Corps in 1993. Jon is on the educational team for Innovative Percussion, and is a WGI Percussion Judge. He also enjoys performing with Several Brass Bands and Orchestras. After graduating from Ohio University with his Music Education Degree Jon has been a band director for 13 years in Columbus Ohio. He just recently moved to Texas, and is extremely excited to be Teaching and Performing with some of the finest educators in the country.
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contact informationMario Luna Director of Fine Arts - Contest Host mario.luna@edu.forneyisd.net 469.762.4100 - office 469.762.4101 - fax Jim Gist NFHS Percussion Instructor - Warm-up/Parking coordinator james.gist@edu.forneyisd.net Riley Warren FHS Percussion Instructor - Stadium coordinator riley.warren@edu.forneyisd.net Shannon Jacobs FHS Drumline Instructor - Logistics PLEASE NOTE: REFUNDS ARE NOT REFUNDABLE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE CONTEST DUE TO PLANNED LOGISTICS. |
