2009 University of New Orleans High School Honor Band
Dr. Roby George, Guest Conductor

    Dr. Roby George serves as Associate Professor of Bands at the University of Illinois. Before assuming this position, he served as Director of Wind Studies and Professor of Conducting at Florida International University, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and the Chamber Winds. Prior to George's appointment at FIU, he held similar positions at the New World School of the Arts, University of Dayton, Fisk University, and Boston Latin School. High school, university, professional, and community ensembles under George's direction have performed in numerous venues, including the Banff International Band and Orchestra Festival, the Mid-West Clinic, Bands of America, and Carnegie Hall. He has also maintained a schedule of conducting responsibilities wtih the Bi-National Orchestra of Miami/Merida and the Greater Miami Youth Symphony. His FIU Wind Ensemble appeared at the 2007 CBDNA Southern Regional Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia, respectively. His Summer Wind Conducting Symposium, hosted by FIU, has attracted some of the most respected wind conductors of our generation, including Gary Hill, Craig Kirchhoff, Thomas Lee, Allan McMurray, H. Robert Reynolds, Jack Stamp, Frank Ticheli, and Angela Woo. Dr. George received the degrees Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from Florida State University and the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

There were 85 members of the UNO High School Honor Band which included students from the following Louisiana high schools:

Albany
Archbishop Chapelle
Archbishop Rummel
Archbishop Shaw
Brother Martin
Central Lafourche
Covington
De La Salle
Ellender Memorial
H. L. Bourgeois
Holy Cross
Mandeville
Jesuit
John Ehret
St. Amant
South Lafourche
South Terrebonne
Terrebone
Thibodaux

                                                          Program
              Flourish for Wind Band                                Ralph Van Williams
              Ballad for Band                                              Morton Gould
              Contre Qui Rose                                            Morton Laurisden
               Four Dances from West Side Story          Leonard Bernstein
                                               1. Scherzo
                                               2. Mambo
                                               3. Cha-cha
                                               4. Cool (Fugue)

Updated June 18, 2009