Audition Requirements:
Scales: Bb, Eb, Ab
Sight-reading
Auditions will take place at SHS Auditorium on December 10,
from 1-4pm.
2026 Guest Clincian
Mr. Anthony Vittore is the current Director of Bands at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. A native of Panama City, Florida, Mr. Vittore earned his bachelor’s degree in music education and his master’s degree in conducting from Troy University.
Mr. Vittore served as Director of Bands at Elmore County High School for more than twenty years. During his tenure at ECHS he has been selected as Teacher of the Year for both the school and for Elmore County. He has also served as fine arts supervisor for the Elmore County School System.
The ECHS marching band, "The Maroon Machine," has won numerous awards under his leadership, from Grand Champion to Most Entertaining. The ECHS symphonic band has received superior ratings at MPA, and the jazz band has performed at various events inside and outside the community.
Mr. Vittore has served as conductor for honor bands throughout Alabama, including for the middle school and high school Southeastern United States (SEUS) honor band clinics, and has served as the band clinician for Troy University’s summer band camp for ten years. In the community, he has directed the Wetumpka Pops community band for ten years.
Mr. Vittore was a quarterfinalist for the 2020 Recording Academy and Grammy Museum Music Educator Award. He is a member of the SEUS board at Troy University, Phi Kappa Phi honors fraternity, and Kappa Kappa Psi, and an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha.
The All-County Honor band was first introduced in 2014 by the then directors of the county, Will Parker (Straughn High School), Bennie Shellhouse (Andalusia High School), Randy Hughey (Opp High School), Demetrius Scott (Red Level High School), and Josh Schaffer (Florala High School).
This event was designed to give an opportunity for the best high school and middle school musicians in Covington County to form two ensembles and rehearse with an outside clinician to showcase their talent. The ensembles rehearsed for a total of 8 hours to perform a 30 minute long concert each.
Now, 13 years later, we're reviving the Covington County Honor Band with the goal of recognizing the talented student musicians within our county and our communities.