Band for Commencement
Tri-Cities Big Band is providing the music for the WSU Tri-Cities commencement ceremony.
Most of the band members are teachers in local public schools. Part of the band’s proceeds go toward scholarships for music student teachers that are enrolled in a University or College.
For more information about the Tri-Cities Big Band, contact Ron Pasma at 509-539-6654 or visit www.tricitiesbigband.org.
Band members are:
- Doug Edwards, lead alto sax, Cottonwood Elementary music teacher, Kennewick
- Brad Barwell, second alto sax, Westgate Elementary music teacher, Kennewick
- Vicki Eccleston, alto sax, Horse Heaven Hills Middle School band teacher, Kennewick
- Larry Bunch, lead tenor sax, Retired Music Educator, 47 yrs, Richland School District
- Nat Saenz, second tenor sax, electrical engineer, Hanford
- Megan Snyder, Columbia Elementary Music teacher, Burbank
- Gene Miles, bari sax, retired salesman
- Sandy Lucke, bari sax, para educator, Canyon View Elementary, Kennewick
- Tom Zarate, bass trombone, computer administrator manager
- Ben Murphy, third trombone, Windermere Real Estate
- Esteban Zarate, lead trombone, Columbia Basin College music student
- Tobin Hendricks, lead trumpet, Construction, Kennewick
- Josh Pasma, 2nd trumpet, Pastor, Crossview Community
- Ron Pasma, 3rd trumpet, Desert Hills Middle School Band teacher, Kennewick
- John Wilson, 4th trumpet, substitute music teacher, Kennewick
- Lydia Hansen, 4th trumpet, student, Kennewick High School
- Tommy Bryan, United States Air Force Reserve
- Perry Kelly, bass guitar, music teacher, Highlands Middle School, Kennewick
- Jackie Hammett, piano, Para Educator, Wiggles & Giggles Pre-School, Kennewick
- Kimber Keel, vocals, Local Artist, Kennewick
- Omar Farias, Drums, Music student, Columbia Basin College
- Dennis Larsen, Drums, Music teacher Desert Hills Middle School, Kennewick