Maryland Music Educators Association

Maryland Music Educators Association

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The Maryland Band Directors Association is proud to announce our

Clinicians for the February 2012 MMEA Conference!

	Barbara Anastasion Mrs. Barbara Anastasion is in her 10th year as director of the Instrumental Music program at Mechanicsville Elementary School in Sykesville, Maryland. She also teaches general/vocal music to the entire kindergarten and various 3rd through 5th grade classes. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Towson University, and has achieved a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction. Additional classes in Music History and Literature, Gifted and Talented Education, and Curriculum Planning have added to her education background. Mrs. Anastasion is nominated for Teacher of the Year in Carroll County. She is the current Maryland All State Auditions chairperson, and prior to that position was an all state auditions adjudicator for many years. She also adjudicates for the Maryland State Solo and Ensemble Festival every May. Mrs. Anastasion has taught privately for over 12 years, and currently keeps a full private student roster during the summer months, cutting back that roster during the school year to devote time to her family and public school students.
	Dr. Marc Boensel Dr. Marc F. Boensel, DMA, has been conducting band, orchestras and choruses in California, Virginia and Maryland for more than 25 years. In 1999, he founded and is currently the conductor of the Annapolis Wind Symphony, a 45-piece professional symphonic band and philanthropic organization. He received a 2005 distinguished fund raiser award from the American Red Cross and the 2006 Community Champions Award from Sandy Spring Bank for his charity fund raising work with the Annapolis Wind Symphony, which, since its founding, has raised more than $14,000 for local charities. Dr. Boesnel has been Director of Music for First Presbyterian Church of Annapolis since the fall of 1996, where he directs the 40-voice Chancel Choir, Handbell Choir and children’s choir. He has also been a guest conductor and clinician for professional, collegiate and high school ensembles throughout the mid-Atlantic. In addition to being the Symphonic Band Conductor-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor of Music at American University, Marc currently serves as a Concert Band director and Assistant Professor of Music at Anne Arundel Community College, where he teaches courses in music history and music theory. He continues a career as a professional oboist that has spanned three decades, including 22 years in Navy and Air Force bands as well as various orchestras in California, Virginia and Maryland. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from California State University Fullerton, a Master of Music degree from Sandiego State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland. He has studied conducting with Benton Minor, Edmund Williams, Robert Gilson, John Wakefield and James Ross, and studied oboe with Larry Timm and Peggy Michel.
	Thomas Delaine
	Susan Eckerle Susan Eckerle is presently Director of Bands at Maurice J. McDonough High School in Pomfret, Maryland, a position she has held since July 2002. Her duties include directing the Marching Band, the Concert Band, the Wind Ensemble, Orchestra and teaching AP Music Theory and Music Theory. Prior to accepting this position she taught at Vancleave Elementary, Middle, and High Schools in Vancleave, Mississippi; Admiral Arthur W. Radford High School in Honolulu, Hawaii; Rowan Junior High School, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; and Ocean Springs Middle School in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge and her Master of Arts in Conducting from California State University, Fresno. She has done extensive graduate work at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Mrs. Eckerle’s ensembles perform the highest quality band literature and have received superior and excellent ratings at both the district and state band festivals in Mississippi, Hawaii, and Maryland. In 2002 the Ocean Springs Middle School 8th Grade Band was an Instrumental Sweepstakes winner in the Southern Star Music Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2008 the Maurice J. McDonough High School Wind Ensemble performed on the Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center and at the commissioning of the USS Sterret in Baltimore, MD. In 2008 she cofounded the Chesapeake Symphonic Winds, and has appeared with them as conductor. She has served as a guest conductor for honor bands in Maryland and California.
	Fred Hughes Fred Hughes has performed, conducted and presented workshops nationally and internationally for over three decades. He's a former member and featured soloist with the US Army's Jazz Ambassadors, was musical supervisor and conductor for the Three Mo' Tenors and is the author of The Jazz Pianist: Left Hand Voicings and Chord Theory published by Alfred Publications. Fred can be heard on over twenty five recordings and has released twelve albums with his various groups including six on the EMI/Oasis Record Labl in Asia. He has performed with jazz greats Claudio Roditi, Al Cohn, Arturo Sandoval, Roy Hargrove, Bill Watrous, and Toots Thielemans. His conducting credits include the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, the Atlanta and Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestras, Washington and Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestras and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
	Melvin Miles
	Stephen Miles Stephen W. Miles is the Supervisor of Music for the Baltimore County (MD) Public Schools. Prior to this administrative appointment he was instrumental director and music department chair at Parkville High School in Baltimore County, MD. From 1993 through 2000 he served as an arts administrator in the West Genesee Schools (NY), the Wichita (KS) Public Schools, and the Charles County (MD) Public Schools. Prior to these appointments, Mr. Miles taught instrumental music in Virginia and Maryland for 11 years, the last 6 of those years at Liberty High School in Carroll County, MD. During his teaching career his marching bands earned numerous regional and state championships and wind ensembles and percussion ensembles under his direction regularly earned superior ratings at district, state and regional festivals. Mr. Miles has served as an adjudicator for instrumental ensemble festivals throughout the Mid-Atlantic and in Kansas, Colorado and New York. He has served as a guest conductor in Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas, and for the 2010 Delaware Junior All-State Band. He is the founder and conductor of the Baltimore Music Educators Wind Symphony which was featured in performance at the 2009 MMEA Conference and at the 2011 Eastern Division MENC conference. Mr. Miles earned a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and a Performance Certificate in trumpet from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. He earned a Masters Degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina, where he served as a graduate teaching assistant, was a member of the faculty brass quintet and performed with the Augusta (GA) Symphony Orchestra. He has done doctoral level coursework in conducting and curriculum design at the Catholic University of America and is completing a Ph.D. program in curriculum and instruction at the University of Maryland. Mr. Miles has presented at the 2008 Delaware Music Educators Fall In-Service Meeting, the 2010 Virginia Music Educators Association Fall Conference and at the 2003, 2006, 2009, the 2010 MMEA Fall In-Service Conferences, and the 2011 Eastern Division MENC conference.
	Dana Rothlisberger Dana Rothlisberger is Director of Bands and Professor of Music Education at Towson University. He conducts the Symphonic Band and oversees all aspects of the band program. His teaching assignment in the Music Department includes methods courses in instrumental music, instrumental conducting, and student intern supervision. He also teaches courses in graduate music education and serves as the Program Director for Master of Science in Music Education. Prior to his appointment to the faculty of Towson University in 1983, he served as Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Arizona. He was Director of Bands at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah from 1976 to 1980. Bands under his direction have received high acclaim have performed at several state and divisional conventions. He has conducted master classes in conducting and rehearsal techniques across the United States and Canada. He recently returned from a tour of China with members of the Towson University Band. While in China, he was the guest conductor of the Capital Normal University Symphonic Band in Beijing and the Shanghai Vocational School of CAAC Band. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M-Commerce), and a Ph.D. in Music Education from The University of Maryland.
	Kennis Rolle Kennis Rolle received his bachelor’s degree in music education from Towson University. Now in his 9^th year of teaching, Mr. Rolle is the Performing Arts Department Chair at Sparrows Point High School. He currently directs the band, orchestra, steel drum ensemble and guitar ensemble. He is a freelance trumpet player and performs with the Hank Levy Legacy Band and The New Ches Kellam Big Band. Mr. Rolle also teaches the “T.W.I.G.S.” program at Baltimore School for the Arts where he directs the Concert Band, Jazz Band and teaches private trumpet lessons. Sparrows Point High School Steel Drum Ensemble The Steel Drum Ensemble is an auditioned ensemble comprised of students in grades 9 through 12. The students are not percussionist but musicians in Chorus, Orchestra, Band, Guitar and Piano Classes. The students have a willingness to learn and a desire to excel musically. The Ensemble meets as a class during the school day every other day on a rotating A/B schedule. This group performs many concerts at school, throughout the community and at other schools and venues throughout the state of Maryland including Artscape.
	Deborah Sheldon Deborah Sheldon is Professor and Chair of Music Education and Therapy in the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Music Education and is founder and director of the TU Night Owls Campus/Community Band. Her specialties include instrumental conducting, wind band literature, rehearsal techniques and teaching methods, assessment, quantitative research, music psychology, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and systematic observation. Her numerous articles in music education, pedagogy, and research are published in journals such as the Journal for Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education (CRME), Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal for Music Teacher Education, Journal of Music Therapy, Music Educators Journal, Journal of Band Research, The Instrumentalist, and Contributions to Music Education, as well as in several state music education journals. A past editor of the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Sheldon has also served multiple terms as an editorial board member for that journal as well as the Journal of Research in Music Education. She has co-authored the texts The Complete Woodwind Instructor: A Guidebook for the Music Educator and Lessons in Performance(FJH), and is editor of Superior Bands in Sixteen Weeks, and Chorales and Rhythmic Etudes for Superior Bands. She is an instrumental editor, arranger, author, and clinician for the FJH Music Company and is lead author for the FJH publication Measures of Success, a multi-level band method for beginning and intermediate instrumentalists which is currently in use by many school districts throughout the country. She is in demand as clinician, adjudicator, guest conductor, and lecturer. Tau Beta Sigma and the Illinois Music Educators Association have honored her for her distinguished service to music and music education. Mansfield University has recognized her as a distinguished alumnus. At home in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, Sheldon plays saxophones and keyboards in the four-member jazz fusion band, West River Drive.
	Dr. Richard Spece Dr. Richard Spece is currently a faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where he directs the UMBC Wind Ensemble, teaches clarinet, and coaches chamber music. Along with his duties at UMBC, Spece directs various wind, string, and chamber ensembles for the DC Youth Orchestra Program in Washington, DC. He received his BM from Portland State University, MM from the University of Washington, and his DM from Indiana University. Dr. Spece has an extensive history of performing in wind ensembles starting with the Greater Portland Youth Wind Ensemble in Portland Oregon in the early 1980’s, under the baton of the esteemed Dr. Bill Tuttle. He has also performed and recorded with renowned wind ensemble conductors including, Tim Salzman, Ray Cramer, and Frederick Fennell. For the last ten years, Spece has directed numerous ensembles including university wind ensembles, jazz ensembles, and community bands in Washington State and Texas.
	Karl Stewart Karl Stewart serves as a Music Specialist in the Office of Music for Baltimore County Public Schools. Along with his duties for Baltimore County Public Schools, he serves as Assistant Band Director for the Morgan State University Band program. Formerly, he was the Director of Bands and Music Department Chair at Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, where he conducted the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Marching Band and Musical Pit Orchestra. His ensembles consistently earned superior ratings at the district, state and national festivals. Originally from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Morgan State University, a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola College, and a Master of Arts in Music (Instrumental Conducting) from Morgan State University. Mr. Stewart is a member of the Conductor’s Guild, College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, MENC and MMEA. He is also a member of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Mr. Stewart remains active as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician.
	Lieutenant Commander Steve Trzcinski Lieutenant Commander Steve Trzcinski was born in Melborn, England while his father was serving in the U.S. Air Force. A 1977 graduate of Robinson H.S. in Robinson, Texas, he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in trombone performance from The University of Texas at Arlington and a Master of Music degree in trombone performance from Southern Methodist University. In 1986 he enlisted in the Navy, and after completion of Musician ‘A’ School at the School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, he was assigned to Navy Band Memphis. From Memphis he transferred to Navy Band Guam. In 1993 he transferred to Navy Band Charleston, South Carolina where he was selected for a commission as a Navy Bandmaster. Upon completion of his tour in Charleston, he was transferred to the School of Music for the Enlisted Bandleader Course. Following his commissioning in May of 1996, he reported for duty as the Assistant Director of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet Band in Norfolk, Virginia, where his duties included conducting the concert and ceremonial bands and managing units deploying to South America, Ireland and Nova Scotia. In July of 1998, he was transferred to the Seattle, Washington area for duty as Director, Navy Band Northwest. In addition to providing extensive musical support for military events, the band partnered with U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Canadian military bands to present several joint-service concerts throughout the region. In September of 2001, he reported for duty as Director, Navy Band Southwest in San Diego. The band performed over 600 engagements a year, including performances at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 2003 Monterey Jazz Festival and regular appearances with the San Diego Symphony Summer Pops. In June of 2004, he assumed his duties as Director of the joint, multi-national Allied Forces Band in Naples, Italy. Following the January 2007 merge of the SIXTH Fleet Band and Allied Forces Band into the U.S. Naval Forces Europe Band, units under his direction deployed extensively throughout Western and Eastern Europe and Africa in support of international public relations and joint, multi-national theatre security cooperation objectives. In May of 2008, he reported for duty as the Band Support Officer at the Navy Office of Community Outreach in Millington, Tennessee, where his duties included policy guidance and nationwide coordination of band support for Navy Weeks and Navy Recruiting. In 2009 he graduated from the Defense Information School Public Affairs Qualification Course, and in 2010, he served as the Headquarters Coordinator for the 2010 San Antonio Navy Week. In August of 2010, he reported for duty as Director, U.S. Naval Academy Band.
	Jennifer Van Petten Ms. Jennifer Van Petten, a graduate of the University of Maryland, has established herself as one of the outstanding music educators in Maryland. She has been the director of instrumental music at Rosa Parks for 11 years. Her energy and attention to detail has brought Rosa Parks much recognition for its outstanding band and orchestra program, now regarded amongst the very finest in Maryland. Previously, Mrs. Van Petten has served as conductor for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra’s Chamber Strings and Young Artists Orchestra. She has recently served as conductor of the Montgomery County Junior Honors Orchestra in both 2011 and 2012. Mrs. Van Petten was a finalist in the 2010-2011 Gazette’s “My Favorite Teacher” award. In 2005, Mrs. Van Petten was the recipient of the Nancy Dworkin Award for “Outstanding Service to Youth” as well as a finalist for the “Agnes Meyer Teaching Award.” Mrs. Van Petten is an active member of the Maryland Music Educators Association where she served as Member-at-Large in the Maryland Orchestra Directors Association, as well as an adjudicator for the District and State honors ensembles. She frequently adjudicates regional band and orchestra festivals in Maryland. She maintains a private studio in Olney, where she resides with her family.
	Wayne Wells Wayne Wells has been a member of the music faculty at Shenandoah University since 2002. In addition to teaching applied trombone lessons, he conducts the Brass Ensemble, coaches chamber music, and performs with the Shenandoah University Faculty Brass Quintet. Dr. Wells previously held teaching positions at the University of Kansas and Towson University. He holds degrees from the Peabody Conservatory (B.M.), and the University of Maryland at College Park (M.M. and D.M.A.) where he studied with the late Milton Stevens. From 1980 to 1993, Mr. Wells was the tenor trombonist with the Annapolis Brass Quintet, America’s first full time brass chamber ensemble. The quintet’s activities included frequent European tours and concertizing in every state of the U.S. as well as travels to the Far East, Middle East, Central America, and Canada. The ensemble’s numerous recordings can be found on Crystal, Concord, AmCam, and Antigua. Performance highlights included Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater, Munich’s Hercules Hall, Taipei’s Sun Yat Sen Hall, and a command performance for the first Prime Minister of Poland, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, as well as frequent appearances on venerable chamber music series as the “first” brass chamber ensemble to be engaged. As founders of the International Brass Quintet Festival, the quintet’s nearly 80 world premieres resulted in collaborations and/or recordings with the American Brass Quintet, the New York Brass Quintet, the American and Manhattan String Quartets, the New York City Opera’s Elaine Bonazzi, the New York Woodwind Quintet, the Charlie Byrd Trio, and members of the orchestral brass sections of Berlin, Vienna, Concertgebouw, Oslo, Munich, Baltimore, and the Paris Opera Orchestra. From 1993 to the present, Dr. Wells has held the position of Principal Trombone in the Maryland Symphony (1997), and has performed in a freelance capacity with the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the Harrisburg Symphony. He has also been a guest artist with Munich’s Janacek Festival and “Saturday Brass Quintet and Friends”, with David Taylor, Robert Routsch, and members of the Meridian Arts Ensemble. Pedagogical works include “Tenor Trombone Transcriptions from the Hapsburg Empire” (UMI) and works in progress, “A Brass Quintet Method", and “Everything the High School Band Director Needs to Know about Trombonists”.

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