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Flute

Cody Bolton

Aaron Boquet

Laura Crane

Susie Dugger*

Bethann Easterly

Emily Edwards

Jackie Hall

Eugene McKenzie

Katie Parr

 

Clarinet

Virginia Baird

Courtney Calvin

PJ Charnock

Pamela Currier

Jacory Gray

Emily Howard

Jerry Kirkscey

Marissa Manthongkham

Thomas Richardson

Johanne Swett

Graham Warr*

Margaret Williams

Bass Clarinet

Amy Chambers

Noreen Garza

Bassoon

Jennie Latta*

Michael Townsend

Saxophone

Neal Beckford

Christopher Hall

Jahrell Harris

Tom Hickey

Darryl Jones

Mike Mimms*

Roger Pace

 

 

Trumpet

Jeff Adlon*

Joan Allison

Kirby Caldwell

Erica Collier

Simón Garza

Ronald Staples

Rick Talley

Matt Taylor

Nathan Wilensky

Peter Wofford

David Wohlschlegel

French Horn

Amy Assad

Dean Blish

Brittany Cooper

Olivia Lawson

Alex Welch

Trombone

Matthew Brazier

James Carlson

Hannah DeYoung

O'Neal Douglas

Jim Morgan

Chuck Newman*

Dan Ost

Shelley Ost

Bill Thorne

 

Euphonium

Bess Drzycimski

Paul Harris

Daniel Ost

Heather Ward

 

Tuba

Roger Allan*

Edward Eoff

Paul Gahn

Jared Ross

 

Percussion

Nathan Garner

Rod Harris

Amber Horton

Ken Ilari*

Ryan Louden

Donald Richard

Leah Smith

Zach Whitaker

* denotes section leader

Director

Barry Trobaugh, Conductor

Dr. Albert Nguyen,

Associate Conductor

 

Board of Directors
2022

Susan Dugger, President
Graham Warr, Vice-President
Emily Edwards, Treasurer
Jackie Hall, Secretary

Directors

Amy Chambers
Jacory Gray Harris
Neelam Jain
Jennie Latta
Margaret Williams
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Barry Trobaugh
Conductor,
Musical Director

Barry Trobaugh is in his 39th year as a music educator and in his 26th year as Director of Bands at Munford High School in Munford Tennessee.  His bands have been recognized for their outstanding performances through marching band, concert ensembles and jazz ensembles.  Among the awards, Munford is the USBands 2011 National Champions, three-time Southern States Champions and three-time TN State Champions.  Most recently, the Munford Band has performed “coast to coast” with their 2015 “This is Elvis” presentation in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC and the 2019 “The Music of Memphis” presentation in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena CA.  Barry has served as President of both the Regional and State Band Associations and continues to lead as the All State Chair for West TN School Band and Orchestra Association. Barry is a member of TnMEA, ASBDA, WTSBOA, Tennessee Bandmasters Association and the Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Mu.

Trobaugh’s work has been chronicled in the 2011 School Band and Orchestra Magazine as one of the “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” in the 2015 Tennessee Magazine, in Sharlene Habermeyer’s book:  Good Music, Brighter Children as well as the feature article in April 2018 issue of the Instrumentalist.

Barry has been chosen twice as Teacher of the Year at Munford High School and was selected as a finalist for Tennessee Teacher of the Year in 2016.  He has also been recognized twice by the CMA Foundation for his role as a leader in music education.

Barry took the podium of the Memphis Wind Symphony in 2014 after joining the group in 1985.

 

 

Dr. Albert Nguyen is the Director of Bands at the University of Memphis.  His responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the university bands, conducting the Wind Ensemble, leading the graduate wind conducting program, and serving as the director of the Memphis Music Camp.  He also supervises student teachers and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting. Prior to this position, Dr. Nguyen served as the Assistant Director of Bands and the Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Memphis.  He began his professional teaching career in Arkansas as the Director of Bands at Morrilton High School and maintains his connection to the public schools by frequently serving as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor.

 

Dr. Nguyen holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Arkansas Tech University and the Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, College Band Directors National Association, and the National Association for Music Educators.

Dr. Albert Nguyen
Associate Conductor
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