*ODU Wind Ensemble Concert

First Lieutenant Alexandra M. Borza
Old Dominion University - Class of 2011 & 2013

While serving as Associate Bandmaster of The United States Army Field Band, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, from 2016 to 2017, First Lieutenant Alexandra M. Borza led over 170 performances in 30 states with the Concert Band and chorus. As Officer-In-Charge and Conductor of the Soldiers' Chorus, she prepared the premier ensemble in numerous high visibility events including Ford's Theatre Annual Gala for the President and Vice President of the United States; for PBS's National Memorial Day Concerts on Capitol Hill; and the Official Army Birthday Ball in Washington D.C. As primary announcer, she led the chorus in over 60 school and university performances and clinics, as well as marched in the 58th Presidential Inaugural Parade. 1LT Borza also conducted the chorus in several distinguished collaborations with four major orchestras at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, in Boston, Cleveland, and Detroit. In June of 2018, she will be sworn in as Company Commander of the United States Army School of Music at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Music degree from Old Dominion University in 2011, she earned a Master of Music Education degree with an Emphasis in Conducting under the direction of former American Bandmasters Association President Dennis Zeisler. Her clarinet mentors include Dennis Zeisler and Patti Carlson. 1LT Borza then attended Basic Combat Training in Fort Jackson, South Carolina, Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, and the Basic Officer Leadership Course at the U.S. Army School of Music. From 2014 to 2016, she served as Executive Officer and Associate Conductor of The Army Ground Forces Band in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Additional accomplishments include Old Dominion University's first marching band Drum Major in 2008 and induction into the prestigious music fraternity Phi Kappa Lambda in 2010. She is currently an active clinician and member of the College Band Directors National Association.

Wayne Tice - Old Dominion University Class of 1990

Wayne currently performs woodwinds at the Westchester Broadway Theater, the longest running year-round professional theater in New York. He is thrilled to be playing six shows a week for A Chorus Line with a superb cast and pit orchestra. Prior to these new adventures in clarinet and flute performance, he was the principal saxophonist in the United States Military Academy Band, a.k.a. "The West Point Band" until his retirement from service in 2015. His most notable recording is Wayne Tice plays the music of Yusef Lateef found on YAL Records. Wayne credits Dennis Zeisler as being the most influential person in his life.

Dennis Zeisler - Director
Lt. Alexandra Borza - Guest Conductor
MSG Wayne Tice (Ret) - Saxophone Soloist
Yvonne Daye -Graduate Conductor
Cathy Francis - Graduate Conductor
Jamie Payne - Graduate Conductor

Program

Vanity Fair Percy Fletcher Edited by Brent Karrick

Olympic Fanfare and Theme John Williams Arranged by James Curnow
Yvonne Daye - Graduate Conductor

Elegy John Barnes Chance
Jamie Payne - Graduate Conductor

Eagle Squadron March Kenneth Alford
Cathy Francis - Graduate Conductor

Under the Willow Julie Giroux
Lt. Alexandra Borza (US Army Bands) - Guest Conductor

Catch Me if You Can John Williams Arranged by Jay Bocook
MSG Wayne Tice (West Point Band, Ret) - Saxophone Soloist

Four Dances from West Side Story Leonard Bernstein Arranged Ian Polster

Stars and Stripes Forever John Phillip Sousa Edited by John R. Bourgeois