MUSIC EDUCATOR
Director of Music Education and Conductor
of The Wheaton College Symphonic Band, Wheaton College, Conservatory of Music, Wheaton, Illinois
Music Education Courses: Instrumental Methods and Practicum, Student Teacher
Supervision, Opera Music Theater Music Director; Ensembles: Symphonic Band; Pep Band Supervisor; Additional Responsibilities:
Music Education Adviser, Secondary Education Committee (Chair)
Coordinator
of Fine Arts, Kenosha Unified School District No. 1, Kenosha, Wisconsin
Assistant Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands, University of Nebraska
at Omaha
Music Education Courses: Intro to Research in Music
Education, Graduate Thesis Advisor, Graduate Conducting Practicum, Advanced Instrumental Conducting and Repertoire, Conducting
I and II, Instrumental Music Methods, Brass Pedagogy, Percussion Pedagogy, Student Teacher Supervision; Ensembles: Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, University Concert Band, Marching Band, Pep Band Supervisor; Additional Responsibilities: Academic Advisor,
Recruitment/Scholarship Committee Chairman, Faculty Advisory Board, Honor Bands Coordinator, Marching Band Exhibition Coordinator,
Omaha Public Schools Grant Project Coordinator, Kappa Kappa Psi Honorary Band Fraternity Sponsor; Honors: UNOmaha Band Hall
of Fame Inductee; Nebraska Bandmasters Association State Conference Performance; Nebraska Music Educators Association State
Conference Performance
Music Director, Nebraska
Wind Symphony, Omaha, Nebraska
Conduct weekly rehearsals
and public performances of Omaha’s Community Concert Band; Honors: Nebraska Band Masters Association State Conference
Performance
Director of Bands, Marinette
High School, Marinette, Wisconsin; New Palestine High School, New Palestine, Indiana; New Albany High School, New Albany,
Indiana
Ensembles: Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert
Band, Jazz Ensemble, Marching Band, Athletic Pep Band; Courses: Music Theory, Music Appreciation; Honors: Wisconsin State
Music Festival-Class A, Consistent Superior Ratings; Indiana State Music Contests, Consistent Superior Ratings; Wisconsin
Music Educators Association State Convention Performance; National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter State Convention Clinic
Ensemble; Dixie Classic Music Festival, Cincinnati, OH-Festival Champion; Six Flags Music Festival, St. Louis, MO-Festival
Champion; Smoky Mountain Music Festival, Gatlinburg, TN-Division Champion; Indiana State Marching Band Contests, Three-time
Top 10 State Finalist; Orange Bowl Parade, Miami, FL; Peach Bowl Parade, Atlanta, GA
WIND
BAND CONDUCTOR
Southern
Lakes Honor Band, Wilmot, Wisconsin (2010); The Chicago Brass Band; National Band Association-Wisconsin All-State Junior Band;
Michigan School Band & Orchestra Association District 14 Honors Band; Indiana Bandmasters Association All-District Honor
Band; Western Wisconsin Middle Level Honor Band; University of Nebraska-Kearney High School Honor Band; St. Ambrose University
JH/MS Honor Band; Wisconsin State Middle Level Honor Band; University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Summer Band Camp; Omaha Centennial
Conference Honor Band; Nebraska All-State Class D Band; Nebraska All-State Middle School Band; Western Iowa Conference Honor
Band; Omaha All-City Band; Hancock County, Indiana, Honor Band; Sioux City All-City Band; Music in Omaha Catholic Schools
Band; Blair, Nebraska, Middle School Honor Band; Grace University Honor Band; Nebraska State Bandmasters Association Directors’
Band; UNOmaha Honor Band
CLINICIAN
What Does My School Administrator
"REALLY" Expect of Me?
Indiana MEA Conference,
West Virginia MEA Conference, 41st Biennial MENC Northwest Division Conference, Arizona MEA Conference, Nebraska MEA Conference
Legal Perspectives for Choral Directors
Wisconsin Choral Directors Association Conference
How is Your Float, Flick, Dab and Punch? Using Laban-based
Principles of Movement to Improve Nonverbal Conducting
41st
Biennial MENC Northwest Division Conference, Alaska MEA Conference; Massachusetts MEA Conference; College Music Society -
Pacific Central Conference, College Music Society - Great Lakes Conference, Kansas MEA Conference, Delaware MEA Conference,
New Jersey MEA Conference, Illinois MEA Conference, Tennessee MEA Conference, Wisconsin MEA Conference, Nebraska MEA Conference
Respect Your Audience
West Virginia MEA Conference, Illinois MEA Conference, Nebraska MEA Conference, Alaska MEA Conference;
Kansas MEA Conference, Delaware MEA Conference
Preparing
Students for Contest
Delaware MEA Conference, Nebraska
Bandmasters Association State Convention
Chicken
Noodle Soup for the Instrumental Director
Omaha
Public Schools
No Bones About It, Teaching
Music Isn’t Scary...It’s Fun
Omaha
Public Schools
Effective Communication Between
Universities and Public Schools
College Band Directors
National Association Convention
ADJUDICATOR
Heritage
Music Festivals (2010); Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Music Club Scholarship Contest (2010); Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival
(2009); Oregon State Band and Orchestra Championships (2009); Senior High Bible, Academics, and Fine Arts Tournament, Schaumburg,
IL (2009); Naperville Central Marching Band Contest, Naperville, IL (2008 & 2009); Wheaton North Marching Band Contest,
Wheaton, IL (2008 & 2009); Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (2008 & 2009); "Circle of Honor" Music
Festival, Chicago, IL (2008, 2010); University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Concert Band Festival; Central States Marching Contest,
Manhattan, KS; Festivals of Music, Chicago, IL; Cavalcade of Music, Colorado Springs, CO; Wisconsin School Music Association
Master Adjudicator; Nebraska State Concert Band Festival; Wisconsin State Marching Band Contests; Music in the Parks, Chicago,
IL & Minneapolis, MN; Winter Park Ski-Music Festival, Winter Park, CO; Nebraska State Activities Association; Lincoln
Public Schools; Kansas State Music Festivals; Iowa School Music Association; Missouri State Music Festivals; UNOmaha Marching
Band Exhibition; South Dakota State University Marching Festival; Indiana State School Music Association
PUBLICATIONS
Contest and Festival Preparation Can Be Fun,
Teaching
Music (November 2009)
Practically
Speaking...Adventure Awaits Your Student-Musicians!
Wisconsin School Musician
Composition
in Practice: An Interview with Student-Composer Brian Schoettler
, Wisconsin School Musician
Using
Laban Principles of Dance Movement to Improve Nonverbal Conducting Techniques
, Nebraska Music Educator
The
Effectiveness of Laban-based Principles of Movement and Previous Musical Training on Undergraduate Beginning Conducting Students’
Ability to Convey Intended Musical Content,
Dissertation
COMMITTEES
Secondary Education Committee, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; Government Relations
Chair – Wisconsin Music Educators Association Council; Fine Arts Advisory Board, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI; Kenosha
Symphony Orchestra Board, Kenosha, WI; Arts and Humanities Alliance of Kenosha Founding Member, Kenosha, WI; University of
Nebraska at Omaha Faculty Committee for Continuing Studies; Solo and Ensemble Representative – Phi Beta Mu Website;
Nebraska Department of Education Ad Hoc Committee; National Band Association-Wisconsin Chapter Board; Indiana State School
Music Association Zone Representative
AFFILIATIONS
College Band Directors National Association,
Music Educators National Conference, National Band Association, Phi Beta Mu Honorary Music Fraternity
