Old Town High School Concert Band
Jeffrey A. Priest, Director

Jeffrey A. Priest serves as Director of Bands at Old Town High School and also supervises the Music Department in the K-12 Old Town School System. A native of Sangerville, Maine, Mr. Priest graduated from Piscataquis Community High School, attended Berklee College of Music and earned a B.M in Music Education and Masters in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Maine. Mr. Priest’s professional responsibilities include past President of Maine Chapter of National Band Director’s Association and past President of the Maine Chapter of International Association of Jazz Educators. He is a member of the Maine Music Educators’ Association, MENC, and past member of IAJE and WASBE. He is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and a member of Pi Kappa Lamba. In 2009 he was awarded Maine Music Educators Association’s Music Teacher of the Year. In 2011 he was awarded top 50 Music Educators in the United States who make a difference by the SBO, School Band and Orchestra magazine. He has served as conductor and adjudicator for various festivals through out New England and has conducted all seven-district festivals in the State of Maine. He has been a guest conductor at the Maine Summer Youth Music Camp Junior and Senior High at the University of Maine, directed the 2000 New Hampshire All-State Jazz Band, and has guest conducted at the Summer Youth Music School at the University of New Hampshire.

The Old Town High School Music Program over the past fifteen years has been a program of excellence. The Concert Band and Symphonic Band have consistently received superior and one ratings at music festivals held all over New England, Washington D.C. and New York City. In 1997, the Old Town High School Marching Band was selected to march in President Clinton’s Inaugural Parade with a short appearance on CNN. The marching band has also performed parades in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and three performances in the Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington D.C. The Old Town High School Jazz Ensemble has won many awards over the past ten years. It has performed at the Monterey High School Jazz Festval in Monterey, Calfornia and this past year won the Maine State Jazz Festival in division three.

Concert Band Members

Flutes

Riley Marquis
Megan Babb
Faith Brackett
Zoie Trussell
Aurora Sullivan
Jessica Pollard
Keragan Munson
Madison Chinn
Caitlyn Blakeley

Oboe

Sarah Plunkett

Clarinets

Kathryn Letourneau
Kathryn Rawson
Brooke Lee
Jami O'Clair
Christine Pollard
Cassandra Bartlett
Alexandra Glaser
Audrey Beal
Tyler-Ann Harris

Bass Clarinet

Andrea Perkins

Alto Sax

Robert Keane
Megan Morin
Brittney Tilley
Andrea Hamilton
Benjamin Lovejoy
Ali King
Kelsey Gifford
Miranda Gifford
Sarah Vaillancourt

Tenor Sax

Evan Lane
Erica Ogden
Jocelyn St. Jean
Bari Sax
Laura Rivers

Horns

Reid Horton
Mary Hamilton
Nathan Reeves
Gaelin Kopec-Belliveau
Rachael Callaway
Griffin Marquis
Deon Darby

Trumpets

Keith White
Benjamin Smith
Laura Vaillancourt
Tia Jackson
Hank Gunning
El Ksyniak
Jacob Hall
Orin Cousins
Mariah Hashey
Megan Hultman
Lakeisha Gilman

Trombones

Paul Nelson
Nathan Dyer
Adam Letourneau
Zachry Fox
Marcy Jackson
Fara D'Angelo
Kyle Cote
Alexander Waller
Zachary York
Avery McCormack

Euphoniums

Sydney Waller
Travis Chappelle
Austin Comeau
Colby Smart

Tuba

Cortney Treadwell
Jacob Ward
Chelsea Lynch
Clara Trefts

Percussion

Sarah White
Kenneth Patterson
Jameson Ploch
Garvey Melmed
Nicholas White
Devin Morin
Brandon Crouse
Takeru Yamamoto
Laura Martin
Samuel Segee