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2022 ILMEA District 5 Festival

11/20/2022

Jazz Festival on November 12th from left to right: Evan Irvin, Emma Wells, James Wyatt Baker, Aidan Gomez, Kyle Rennier, Ethan Zuber, & Ryan Zhu

Orchestra & Band Festival on November 19th from left to right: Victoria Zwilling, Aidan Gomez, Kyle Rennier, Jozalyn Houser, Evan Irvin, Emma Wells, Carly Houchin, & Ari Henby

Choir Festival on November 19th from left to right: Sean Joyce and River Logan

Thirteen student-musicians from Richland County High School have been selected to partake in the 2022 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 5 Music Festival on November 12th (Jazz) & November 19th (band, orchestra & choir) at Eastern Illinois University. These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing 15 schools from twenty counties across the southeast Illinois area.

The six RCHS students that participate in the festival on November 12th ares Kyle Rennier (senior/jazz band 1), Evan Irvin (senior/senior jazz band II), Wyatt Baker (junior/senior jazz band I), Aidan Gomez (junior/senior jazz band I), Ethan Zuber (sophomore/senior jazz band I), & Ryan Zhu (senior/senior jazz band II). Emma Wells attended the event as a helper to the District 5 ILMEA Instrumental Jazz representative.

The ten RCHS students that participate in the festival on November 19th are Victoria Zwilling (senior/orchestra), Aidan Gomez (junior/senior band), Jozalyn Houser (senior/senior band), Evan Irvin (senior/ senior band), Kyle Rennier (senior/senior band), Carly Houchin (freshman/senior band), Emma Wells (junior/senior band), Ari Henby (senior/senior orchestra), Sean Joyce (junior/senior choir), and River Logan (freshman/senior choir).

2022 ILMEA District 5 Ensembles - Audition Results

10/14/2022

Congratulations to the following students for earning a spot within the 2022 ILMEA District 5 Band, Jazz Band, & Orchestra Ensembles. The ILMEA District 5 Music Festival takes place at Eastern Illinois University.

Representing RCHS on Saturday, November 19th in the District 5 Senior Concert Band are Aidan Gomez (trombone), Ari Henby (flute), Carly Houchin, (flute), Jozalyn Houser (clarinet), Evan Irvin (tenor saxophone), Kyle Rennier (alto saxophone), and Emma Wells (clarinet.

Representing RCHS on Saturday, November 19th in the District 5 Senior Orchestra is Victoria Zwilling (oboe).

Representing RCHS on Saturday, November 12th in the District 5 Senior Jazz Band I are Wyatt Baker (trumpet), Aidan Gomez (trombone), Kyle Rennier (alto saxophone), and Ethan Zuber (trombone).

Finally, representing RCHS on Saturday, November 12th in the District 5 Senior Jazz Band II are Evan Irvin (bass), and Ryan Zhu (tenor saxophone).

Congratulations to each of you for this accomplishment!

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2022 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

11/27/2021

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Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2021 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

Six students from Richland County High School shall participate in the 2022 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Music Conference. ILMEA will host the event on January 26-29, 2022 in Peoria.

These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing over 12,000 schools throughout Illinois. Of roughly 2,400 students that auditioned, only a fraction of students were selected to participate in the event. The six RCHS students selected to participate were Rylan Craig (senior/choir), Austin Vaughn (senior/band), Victoria Zwilling (junior/orchestra), Jozalyn Houser (junior/band), Kyle Rennier (junior/band), & Emma Wells (sophomore/band)

Rylan Craig was selected to participate in the 2022 All-State Choir. Rylan has also participated in the ILMEA District 5 Choir for five years from 2014-2021 at Eastern Illinois University. As of 2021 he is a member of the RCHS chapter of Tri-M National Honor Music Society. Rylan has performed with the RCHS Choir, Marching Tigers (where he served as section leader his junior and senior year), Honors Wind Ensemble, and Symphonic Band.

Along with music, Rylan has also participated in 4 musicals and plays as a sound and lighting technician. He is also the current Executive Board President of the RCHS Student Council which he has participated in for four years. Rylan plans to attend college in the fall studying Architecture.

Austin Vaughn is a Senior and has been a very active member of the RCHS Band, starting his freshman year. Austin played baritone with the Marching Tigers his freshman and sophomore years, and baritone saxophone for his junior and senior years. Austin also served as a Captain for the Marching Tigers his senior year.

Austin played bassoon (Sophomore-Senior years) for the Honors Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Bands, bassoon and tenor saxophone for Jazz Bands (Freshman and Senior years), and he has participated in the Orchestra Pit for The World According to Snoopy, where he played baritone saxophone and Elf: The Musical, where he played bassoon and baritone saxophone. Austin has played baritone, bassoon, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone in the RCHS Pep bands.

Austin has also been a member of the RCHS Choir since his sophomore year. Austin has participated in the 2019, 2020, & 2021 ILMEA District Festivals, where he played 2nd bassoon (sophomore year) and 1st bassoon (senior year). He is an active member of Tri-M Chapter 8170 since his sophomore year and has served as Chapter Historian all three years. During Austin's senior year, he will participate as an All-State bassoonist in Peoria in January, 2022, where he will be in the All-State Band.

Victoria Zwilling was selected to participate in the 2022 All-State Orchestra. She has also participated in the ILMEA District 5 Choir, Band, and Orchestra in the years 2015-2021 and the 2021 All-State Band. She was selected to participate in the 2021 EIU Honor Band as well. Victoria has received the 1st Superior rating five times for vocal and piano performances at the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) Solo and Ensemble Contest and four times for piano and oboe performances at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo and Ensemble Contest.

Victoria Zwilling has performed as an oboist with the Honors Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band at Richland County High School. Victoria is also a member of the Marching Tigers Front Ensemble. She serves as Vice President of the RCHS Chapter of Tri-M Music Honors Society. She represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2020. Victoria is a junior this year and is looking forward to future musical opportunities.

Jozalyn Houser was selected to participate in the 2022 All-State Band. Jozalyn participated in the 2018 and 2019 ILMEA District 5 Band. She is currently a member of the Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Tigers, Jazz Band, and the Orchestra Pit for this year’s musical production as a clarinetist at RCHS. She is also a member of the Tri-M National Honors Music Society, where she served as treasurer during her Sophomore and Junior years.

She is a four-time recipient of the 1st Superior rating at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo & Ensemble Contest. She represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2020. She has also been a high honors student every year in high school thus far. Jozalyn is a junior this year and is looking forward to future opportunities during her high school years.

Kyle Rennier was selected to participate in the 2022 All-State Band. He is currently a member of Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Tigers, Jazz Band, and Orchestra Pit as an Alto Saxophonist at RCHS. He is also a member of Tri-M National Honor, and has been Secretary for his Sophomore and Junior year. He has received a 1st rating at IHSA Solo + Ensemble 4 times. He also represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2020.

Emma Wells was selected to participate in the 2022 All-State Band. She has also participated in the 2019 & 2021 ILMEA District 5 Band. Emma is currently a member of the Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Tigers, and Jazz Band as a Clarinetist at RCHS. She is also a new member of the Tri-M National Honor Music Society. This year she is also a part of the Orchestra Pit for the RCHS musical.

So far, Emma has been a high honors student for her first two years of high school. She is now a sophomore and is awaiting future opportunities during her high school career.

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ILMEA Parent/Guardian Concert Tickets

11/9/2021

PER THE DISTRICT 5 ILMEA PRESIDENT:

1. Each student will receive 2 tickets for the concert.
2. The parents MUST have the ticket with them to enter the concert. NO ONE will be allowed to enter without a ticket.
3. Parents will need to pay at the table when they arrive and their ticket will be stamped so they can show it at the door.
4. Please print out your tickets ONE TIME! They are numbered. (This statement pertains to the directors only)
5. Please ask parents to arrive to the concert NO MORE than a half hour before their concert. We do not want people congregating in the buildings.
6. All apparel and plaques will be handled through QR code sent previously.
7. When the program is ready, I will send out the QR code for the concerts before Saturday if you wish to send it to your directors. The codes will be available around the buildings to scan.

2021 ILMEA District 5 Festival

10/18/2021

From left to right: Evan Irvin, Austin Vaughn, Kali Hinterscher, Jozalyn Houser, Emma Wells, Victoria Zwilling, & Kyle Rennier. (Not showin in this picture - Rylan Craig)

Eight student-musicians from Richland County High School have been selected to partake in the 2021 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) District 5 Music Festival on November 6th (Jazz) & November 20th (band, orchestra & choir) at Eastern Illinois University. These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing 15 schools from twenty counties across the southeast Illinois area.

The two RCHS students that participate in the festival on November 4th is Kyle Rennier (junior/senior jazz band) & Evan Irvin (junior/senior jazz band).

The RCHS students that participate in the festival on November 20th are Rylan Craig (senior/choir), Kali Hinterscher (senior/senior band), Jozalyn Houser (junior/senior band), Evan Irvin (junior/ senior band), Kyle Rennier (junior/senior band), Austin Vaughn (senior/senior band), Emma Wells (sophomore/senior band), & Victoria Zwilling (junior/senior orchestra).

2021-2022 ILMEA Auditions

5/4/2021

2021-2022 ILMEA Auditions

The ILMEA District 5 holds auditions for 2021-2022 District 5 ensembles on Monday, November 11th, 2021 at Effingham High School. Only select senior high school band members are participating. The departure time is 6:30 AM behind the band room, (circle drive). The return time for the bus is estimated to be around 4 PM. High school students may travel back on the RCMS bus. That bus will does not stop for lunch, and will return to the middle school before 1 pm.

Students are encouraged to bring a cell phone so that they may call a parent upon returning to the school. Students are also encouraged to bring money or a sack lunch, as the bus will stop for lunch before returning back to Olney. To best represent our school and our community, students are expected to wear appropriate dress clothes to the event. Should you have any questions regarding what is appropriate, please contact Mr. Jones or Mr. Weitkamp.

If you are permitting your student to attend the field trip, please sign the form and return as soon as possible.

Please feel free to call or email me should you have any questions. My contact information is in the header.

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2021 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

12/17/2020

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

Left to right: Kendra Jellison (senior/orchestra), Garrett Wright (senior/band), & Victoria Zwilling (sophomore/band)

Three students from Richland County High School shall participate in the 2021 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Music Conference. As many of you know, the 2021 IMEC has been cancelled due to COVID-19. ILMEA tentatively plans on holding the event on May 10-13, 2021 in Peoria for an All-State Student Experience, if we are allowed to gather at that time.

These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing over 12,000 schools throughout Illinois. Of roughly 2,400 students that auditioned, only a fraction of students were selected to participate in the event. The three RCHS students selected to participate were Kendra Jellison (senior), Garrett Wright (senior). and Victoria Zwilling (sophomore).

Kendra Jellison was selected to participate in the 2021 All-State Orchestra. Kendra also participated in the All-State Band in 2019, and the All-State Orchestra in 2020. Ms. Jellison is a six time participant in the ILMEA District 5 Bands & Orchestra in years 2014-2021 at Eastern Illinois University. She is a six time recipient of the 1st Superior rating at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo & Ensemble Contest. She serves at the President of the RCHS chapter of Tri-M National Honor Music Society.

Kendra Jellison has performed with the Marching Tigers (serving as a clarinetist and more recently as drum major), the Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and musicals at Richland County High School. She has performed with the Little Illini Conference Pep Band in 2018, 2019, & 2020. She has also performed in the orchestra pit for two RCHS musical productions in 2018 and 2019.

Kendra represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2018 & 2019. She was also awarded scholarships to attend Eastern Music Camp (EMC) in 2018 & 2019, as well as Smith Walbridge Clinics for drum majors in 2019. Ms. Jellison is attending Millikin University as a music major in the fall of 2021.

Garrett Wright was selected to participate in the 2021 All-State Band. Mr. Wright also participated in the 2019 and 2020 ILMEA District 5 Band. He has been a member of the Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and Marching Tigers as a Trombonist at RCHS. Garrett has also served as Co-Drum Major for the Marching Tigers for the 2019 & 2020 seasons. He is also a member of the Tri-M Music Honors Society where he served as treasurer his Junior year and Vice-President his Senior year.

Along with music, Mr. Wright has participated in athletics being a three sport varsity athlete in soccer, track, and basketball. He has also been an honors student every year in High School.

Victoria Zwilling was selected to participate in the 2021 All-State Band. She has also participated in the ILMEA District 5 Choir and Band in the years 2015-2020. Victoria has received the 1st Superior rating five times for vocal and piano performances at the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) Solo and Ensemble Contest and three times for piano and oboe performances at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo and Ensemble Contest.Ms. Zwilling has performed as an oboist with the Honors Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band at Richland County High School. She is also a member of the Marching Tigers Front Ensemble. She represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2020. Victoria is a sophomore this year and is looking forward to future musical opportunities.

2020 ILMEA Auditions

8/28/2020

Here is the overview of where we are:

1. A single video audition YouTube link will be supplied by the nominating director into the Nomination Platform.

2. It will be the responsibility of the director to make sure that video audition contains all the audition components.

3. The video can be EITHER a one-take audition recording, where the student just starts the video and plays the entire audition straight through, OR a composite video where they have sliced together different component videos. The committee feels strongly that each component of the video (scales, triads, etudes, songs, excerpts, etc.) be unedited and language will be added to the instructions to make sure that is understood.

4. Instructional videos will be shared or created to assist students and directors who do not know how to splice difference videos together into one audition video.

5. Sample audition videos will be made to give those with questions a model for how it should look.

6. The committee feels strongly that we NOT specify technologies that must be used in this process. For example, we will not be telling participants what software they need to use to create these videos.

7. Sight-Reading will be eliminated for the 2020 Fall Festival Auditions.

8. Chorus Auditions will ONLY include the two state pieces this year.

9. Percussion auditions will be limited to the snare and mallet components. Those components can be recorded with what equipment the student has available - for example, snare drum practice pad and bell kit.

This will help you get started. Please let me know if you have any questions. This is a perfect opportunity for your students to audition if they never have before. Very little pressure and they get to record it as many times as they want!

ILMEA Large Group Festival - 3/14/2020

2/14/2020

THE HONORS WIND ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT THE ILMEA LARGE GROUP FESTIVAL ON 3/14/2020

The RCHS Honors Wind Ensemble is performing at the 2020 ILMEA Large Group Festival on Saturday, March 14th at the Doudna Fine Arts Center at Eastern Illinois University. The performance attire is concert black-and-white (tuxes or dresses) that were issued out to the students at the beginning of the term. Parents may sign out their sons & daughters following the last RCHS performance that morning in the assigned homeroom.

Food and drinks are available in the food court at the University Union. Students may purchase food and drinks before the performance.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

ILMEA Large Group Festival
(TIMES UPDATED 2/25/2020 DUE TO SCHEDULE CHANGE)
9:30 AM.......................Call-time at RCHS
9:30 AM..........................Buses arrive at exit 22 at RCHS
9:40-10:59 AM.............Travel to Charleston, IL
11:00-11:29 AM...........Unload
11:30-12:29 PM...........Lunch at the food our in the University Union
12:30-12:59 PM...........Change into concert attire
1:00-1:29 PM...............Honors Wind Ensemble warm-up
1:30-1:59 PM.................Honors Wind Ensemble performance (Dvorak Hall)
2:00-2:29 PM................Band clinic
2:30-4:00 PM................Pack bus, travel to RCHS, unpack, & dismiss! (est. time)

CONTEST ADDRESS: Doudna Fine Arts Center is located at 1860 7th St, Charleston, IL 61920

PACKING LIST:

Concert Attire
- Dress Shoes
- Dress Socks
- Bow Tie
- Vest
- Dress
Instrument
Extra reeds, valve oil, slide grease, etc.
Mutes
Pencils
Sheet Music & Folder
Cash or sack lunch

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions at cjones@rccu1.net, or 393-2101 ext. 3137.

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

2/13/2020

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Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

Left to right: Colby Garrard (senior/choir) & Kendra Jellison (junior/orchestra)

Two students from Richland County High School participated in the 2020 Illinois Music Education Association (ILMEA) All-State Music Conference. The All-State conference occurred from January 29 until February 1, 2020 in Peoria, IL. These students were selected from a rigorous audition process as the top student-musicians representing over 12,000 schools throughout Illinois. Of roughly 2,400 students that auditioned, only a fraction of students were selected to participate in the event. The two RCHS students selected to participate were Colby Garrard (senior) and Kendra Jellison (junior).

Colby Garrard participated in the 2020 All-State Choir under the direction of Dr. Jonathan Palant from the University of Texas. Colby is a six time participant in the ILMEA District 5 Band & Choir at Eastern Illinois University from 2013-2020. He is a two time recipient of the coveted 1st Superior rating at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo & Ensemble Contest. Colby is also a member and currently serves as the president of the Tri-M National Honor Music Society, Chapter 8170 at Richland County High School.

Mr. Garrard continues to be an active performer at both Richland County High School and Olney Central College. He has performed with the Marching Tigers (drumline), Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Concert Choir, and musicals at Richland County High School. He has also performed in several musical productions at Olney Central College.

Colby represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2018 in Casey, IL. Colby plays on the RCHS football team as a varsity offensive lineman.

Kendra Jellison was selected to participate in the 2020 All-State Orchestra under the direction of Prof. Gary Lewis from the College of Music at the University of Colorado Boulder. Kendra also participated in the All-State Band in 2019. Ms. Jellison is a five time participant in the ILMEA District 5 Bands & Orchestra in years 2014-2020 at Eastern Illinois University. She is a six time recipient of the 1st Superior rating at the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Solo & Ensemble Contest. She serves at the Vice President of the RCHS chapter of Tri-M National Honor Music Society.

Kendra Jellison has performed with the Marching Tigers (serving as a clarinetist and more recently as drum major), the Honors Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, and musicals at Richland County High School. She has performed with the Little Illini Conference Pep Band in 2018, 2019, & 2020. She has also performed in the orchestra pit for two RCHS musical productions in 2018 and 2019.

Kendra represented RCHS at the Lincoln Trail Band Festival in 2018 & 2019. She was also awarded scholarships to attend Eastern Music Camp (EMC) in 2018 & 2019, as well as Smith Walbridge Clinics for drum majors in 2019.

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Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2022 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

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ILMEA Parent/Guardian Concert Tickets

2021 ILMEA District 5 Festival

2021-2022 ILMEA Auditions

2021-2022 ILMEA Auditions

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2021 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

2020 ILMEA Auditions

ILMEA Large Group Festival - 3/14/2020

THE HONORS WIND ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AT THE ILMEA LARGE GROUP FESTIVAL ON 3/14/2020

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

Students from Richland County High School Participate in the 2020 ILMEA All-State Ensembles

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