Liberty Bands Director's Message and Credentials


	Greetings Potential Liberty Band Members! My name is Kevin Soon and I am so pleased that you are interested in becoming a part of the Liberty High School Band Department. This is an organization where students grow as musicians and people through our varied schedule of performances, rehearsals, and other events; and through time spent with a very caring, suportive, and entertaining assembly of people. Our ensemble is improving rapidly, and is beginning to experience a level of success that is new to our young school. In addition to our group awards, individual students from Liberty have performed in honor selections across the Northwest and have frequently been recognized as some of the finest in our area and in the state. I truly love being a part of this unit, and I know you will too. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. My contact information is found on our Contacts Page. Thanks and Go Falcons! Kevin Soon Director of Bands Liberty High School

Greetings Potential Liberty Band Members!

My name is Kevin Soon and I am so pleased that you are interested in becoming a part of the Liberty High School Band Department. This is an organization where students grow as musicians and people through our varied schedule of performances, rehearsals, and other events; and through time spent with a very caring, suportive, and entertaining assembly of people. Our ensemble is improving rapidly, and is beginning to experience a level of success that is new to our young school. In addition to our group awards, individual students from Liberty have performed in honor selections across the Northwest and have frequently been recognized as some of the finest in our area and in the state. I truly love being a part of this unit, and I know you will too. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. My contact information is found on our Contacts Page.

Thanks and Go Falcons! Kevin Soon
Director of Bands
Liberty High School


	Kevin Soon is the Director of Bands at Liberty High School, a position he has held since 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music (2004) from the University of Oregon, where he studied conducting with Richard Clark and James Miller. While at Oregon, he performed under the direction of Robert Ponto, Todd Zimbelman and Sid Haton, as well as studying euphonium and tuba with Richard Frazier. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Teaching (2006) from Western Oregon University. He has served as a music and visual technician for many of the top marching bands in the Northwest, including Southridge High School (Beaverton, OR), Grants Pass High School (Grants Pass, OR), Century High School (Hillsboro, OR) and McNary High School (Keizer, OR) as well as with the Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps (Portland, OR). He is also proud to serve on the staff of the South Metro Summer Band Camp. Prior to his appointment at Liberty, he taught band and choir in the public schools of Cave Junction, Oregon. He is a member of MENC (Music Educators National Conference) and OMEA (Oregon Music Educators Association). He is a past board member of the Northwest Association for the Performing Arts, the governing body for the marching arts in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Kevin Soon is the Director of Bands at Liberty High School, a position he has held since 2007. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music (2004) from the University of Oregon, where he studied conducting with Richard Clark and James Miller. While at Oregon, he performed under the direction of Robert Ponto, Todd Zimbelman and Sid Haton, as well as studying euphonium and tuba with Richard Frazier. He also holds a Master of Arts degree in Teaching (2006) from Western Oregon University.

He has served as a music and visual technician for many of the top marching bands in the Northwest, including Southridge High School (Beaverton, OR), Grants Pass High School (Grants Pass, OR), Century High School (Hillsboro, OR) and McNary High School (Keizer, OR) as well as with the Oregon Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps (Portland, OR). He is also proud to serve on the staff of the South Metro Summer Band Camp.

Prior to his appointment at Liberty, he taught band and choir in the public schools of Cave Junction, Oregon. He is a member of MENC (Music Educators National Conference) and OMEA (Oregon Music Educators Association). He is a past board member of the Northwest Association for the Performing Arts, the governing body for the marching arts in Oregon and Southwest Washington.