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North’s Band Director Receives N.C. Bandmasters Association “Award of Excellence”HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (Nov. 10, 2015) – North Henderson High School’s band director, Stephen Sigmon, received the “Award of Excellence” Nov. 9 from the North Carolina Bandmasters Association, a division of the North Carolina Music Educators Association.
At a ceremony at the North Carolina Music Educators Convention in Winston-Salem, Sigmon was awarded a plaque recognizing him as an outstanding band director in the association’s Western District who has made valuable contributions to his school and community and holds leadership roles in the NCBA.
In his eighth year at North Henderson, Sigmon is currently serving as Past President of the Western North Carolina Bandmasters Association, and as a director for the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s International Collegiate Wind Band. He has served as clinician in multiple states, and internationally in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, and Belgium.
Since 2008, under Sigmon’s direction, North Henderson’s bands have received only Superior ratings at the State Concert Festival (MPA), enrollment in the band has grown from six to 115 members, and the Concert, Marching, and Jazz bands have won National and Regional competitions.
He was elected the 2011-2012 North Henderson High School Teacher of the Year, was chosen by School Band and Orchestra (SBO) Magazine as their North Carolina Representative for the annual “50 Directors Who Make a Difference” campaign, was recognized by RBC Bank’s “Tribute to Teachers,” was chosen by the Carolina Panthers as a recipient of their “Carolinas Teacher of the Week” program, and was given a “Special Recognition” award by the Henderson County Education Foundation at their 2011 Hall of Fame Banquet.
Sigmon is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education, and is a member of the National Association of Music Educators, American School Band Directors Association, North Carolina Bandmasters Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
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