Photo Gallery
Pictures from the 2022 Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL
At the Alfred Booth with my compositions on display!
Excelcia Composer Dinner at 2022 Midwest Clinic
Breakfast with friends, Keith & Jennifer Hodgson, Theresa Hoover, Kathryn Finch at 2022 Midwest Clinic
With composer, William Owens at the Alfred Composer Dinner, 2022 Midwest Clinic
2022 Rehearsal clinic with Nazareth Area High School Symphonic Band
With Travis Weller and David Blon at Messiah University, for performance of my On This Day, Earth Shall Ring (Alfred, Gr. 3) with the Messiah University Symphonic Band
2023 Composer Residency, Canon-McMillan School District, rehearsing 5th-6th Grade Band for premiere of Cornerstone Celebration (Alfred, Gr. 1)
2023 Composer Residency, Canon-McMillan School District, rehearsing Light Up the Sky (Alfred, Gr. 3) and Thrills and Trills! (Alfred, Gr. 2) with High School Band
2023 Canon-McMillan Composer Residency, conducting the premiere of Cornerstone Celebration
2023 Composer Residency, Canon-McMillan School District, rehearsing Hercules vs. the Hydra (Alfred, Gr. 2) with Middle School Band
Canon-McMillan Band directors: Eric Schrader, Paul Rush, Deanna Grandstaff, Mark Falvo, Amy Hickman
2021 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools All-County Honor Band Clinic (guest conducting the Middle School Symphonic Band in rehearsal at Paisley Middle School)
2021 Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools All-County Honor Band Clinic (guest conducting the Middle School Symphonic Band in concert at R.J. Reynolds Auditorium)
Central Junior High School (Euless, TX) Symphonic Band performing my "Extraordinary Machines of Clockwork and Steam" at the 2019 Midwest Clinic
Leslie Flynn, assistant director, Clements High School Symphonic Band (Sugarland, TX), before their 2019 Midwest Clinic performance
Clements High School Symphonic Band (Sugarland, TX), directed by Leslie Flynn, performing my "Terracotta Warriors" at the 2019 Midwest Clinic
Conducting the East Central Mississippi Band Directors Assn. Clinic (Feb. 2020)
East Central Mississippi Band Directors Assn. Board
Robert Sheldon, Bob Phillips, Peter Boonshaft, and myself at the Alfred Booth at the 2019 Midwest Clinic
East Central Mississippi Band Directors Assn. Clinic (Feb. 2020)
East Central Mississippi Band Directors Assn. Clinic (Feb. 2020)
My 2016 University of the Arts Rehearsal Strategies and Repertoire for Young Band class
UArts Summer Program Director, Jenny Neff, and my 2018 Rehearsal Strategies and Repertoire for Young Band class
2019 Midwest Clinic "Composers & Friends Dinner" at Italian Village
"Sound Sight-Reading" authors (myself, Brian Beck and Robert Sheldon) at 2019 Midwest Clinic
With Chris Bernotas, Lori Schwartz-Reichl (2019 Midwest Clinic)
Friends (music teachers from Winston-Salem, NC and composer, Chris Bernotas) at Midwest
Elva Kay Lance and staff from Mississippi State Univ. during their Band Directors Clinic
Composer friends Travis Weller and Vince Gassi at Midwest
Composer Roundtable discussion at conclusion of my weeklong University of the Arts "Composing and Arranging for School Bands" workshop (Villanova Univ., Summer 2019).
Taking questions and discussing composing, arranging, publishing, etc. with Vince Gassi and Chris Bernotas as part of our Composer Roundtable.
Dr. Missy Strong, yours truly and Amy Burns, 2019 Summer Music Institute, Central Connecticut State Univsity.
With my summer 2019 UArts Composing & Arranging for School Band course at Villanova Univ. Guest composers, Vince Gassi and Chris Bernotas, joined us for a Composer Roundtable discussion at the end of the workshop.
2019 University of the Arts summer faculty/guests dinner (L to R: Vince & Alison Gassi, Chris Bernotas, Jenny Neff, Lori Schwartz Reichl and me.
Friend, mentor, and New Holland Band Director, Ken Laudermilch
Old friend, and Director of Bands at Virginia Military Institute, Col. John Brodie
Composer friend Alex Shapiro
Composer friend John O'Reilly
Allentown Band Director, Ron Demkee
Directing the New Holland Band
Conducting the Plymouth State University Symphonic Band
Berks County 6th Grade Honor Band
PMEA District 5 Freshman Honor Band
2015 All New England Band Festival
MusicAlliance (OH) Summer Honor Band
William Johnson MS Band (CT) Clinic
Winston-Salem Forsyth County, NC Summer Music Teacher Workshop
PMEA District 10 West Elementary Band Festival
North Penn 5th Grade String Orchestra Clinic
Delivering Keynote at Music Technology in Education Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Norm Hirschy, Editor at Oxford University Press
Band Director, Tiffany Hitz, sharing with my UArts class
Washington County (MD) Elementary Honors Band
Mississippi State University Band Directors Clinic
Complimentary words from a great composer, Brian Balmages!
Conducting the Pennfield MS Wind Ensemble in performance of "Magic Valley" at a PMEA Conference
Friend and conductor, Peter Boonshaft at the Alfred Booth at Midwest
Clinic with Pennfield MS Wind Ensemble
East Stroudsburg (PA) Directors at Composer's Concert
Jeffrey de Seriere, Orange County (CA) School of the Arts Wind Ensemble
Composer friends Robert Sheldon and Kirk Vogel, with director friends from Winston-Salem, NC at Midwest
Army Blues trombonists, and old friends, Jeff Cortazzo and Matt Neiss
Composer, Sam Hazo, clowning around with my daughter, Abby, at Midwest :)
Composer, Eric Ewazen, sharing with my Parkland HS Music Theory students
Faculty dinner selfie with Carlotta Parr and Pam Perry, the current and past director of the Central Connecticut State Univ. Summer Music Institute
That time John Mackey asked if he could butt in line with us at Midwest :)
Dinner with friends at Midwest
Jenny Neff and I following our session at Midwest, with Tiffany Hitz
Parkland HS Summer STEM Academy at PBS39
Guest conducting my "Aquatica" at Peter Boonshaft's Band Director's Music Reading Session at NAfME Conference
Director friends from North Penn (PA) School District, Dave Orehowsky and Chris Thompson
PMEA District 6 Elementary BandFest
Parkland SD Music Teachers for "Slam Jam!"
Friends: Director Mark Stickney and composers Alex Shapiro, John Pasternak and Mark Connor
Composer Skype with Wilson-West Lawn (PA) Symphonic Band, David Cooper, director.
Working with the Montgomery County Concert Band (Lansdale, PA), Bret Mascaro, dir.,
With Robert Sheldon (Alfred editor and composer) and Mark Connor (composer and host, Everything Band podcast)
With Alfred composer friends, Chris Bernotas and Kirk Vogel
With friend/colleague, Mark Syslo and composer, Tyler Grant.
With Ryan Nowlin, Asst. Director of the U.S. Marine Band ("The President's Own").
2018 Midwest Clinic, with composer/friend, Travis Weller, and his daughter Hannah.
With composer, Gary Fagin, at Gino's East in Chicago.
West Chester University friends Dr. John Villella (WCU), Scott Litzenberg (Cadets), and Justin McAdams (Phoenixville HS).
Annual "Composers and Friends" Dinner at the 2018 Midwest Clinic
At Kitty O'Shea's (Chicago Hilton) with directors Virginia Allen, Jenny Neff, and Mark Stickney, 2018 Midwest Clinic
Working with band students during a two-day composer residency in the Central York School District, York, PA
Working with band students during a two-day composer residency in the Central York School District, York, PA
Post-concert pic with Central York School District's band directors (Jim Martini, Jon Moyer, Rick Worley).
Composer Clinic with Greenwich Country Day School, CT. Working here with Lower School Band.
2019 NEMC Music Educator Workshop, Mountainside, NJ with fellow presenter, Dr. Jim Frankel.
Crashing the dinner scene at ISTE 2019 in Philadelphia! Some of my favorite people from the music ed tech world (L to R): Cherie Herring, Barb Freedman, Katie Wardrobe, Amy Burns (and yours truly).
With Allentown Symphony Composer-in-Residence, Chris Rogerson, and several of my Moravian College composition students.
2020 PMEA Citation of Excellence Award (District 10) in music teaching award presentation at virtual ceremony, Dec. 18, 2020.
2020 PMEA Virtual Awards Ceremony, Dec. 18, 2020.
Presenting on the Traits of An Effective Educator to the Temple University NAfME Collegiate Chapter, September 2021
Backstage at the 2021 PMEA District 7 Youth Honor Band fest. with fellow guest conductor, Jenny Neff.
With 2021 PMEA District 7 Youth Honor Band fest. host, Karl Segletes.
In the Green Room at Kutztown University prior to their Nov. 2021 performance of my Aesop's Fables (with me narrating!).
Alfred Publishing promo!
Zeswitz Conn-Selmer Instrumental Workshop (Feb. 2022)
