513-398-4307 - wjobert@cinci.rr.com
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Bill holds a Music Education degree from the University of Georgia and a degree in Bassoon Performance from the Eastman School of Music. His performance experiences include performing with the Eastman Wind Ensemble in Japan, performing in the orchestra at the Heidelberg Opera Festival in Germany, performing with the Macon Symphony and Macon Opera orchestras in Georgia, and playing contrabassoon with the Savannah Symphony, Greenville Symphony, and Hilton Head Symphony. While teaching in upstate New York, Mr. Jobert served on the faculty at both Colgate University and Hamilton College, served as principal bassoon in the Colgate Symphony and performed regularly with the Oneonta Symphony and the Catskill Orchestra. His major teachers include Bill Davis, John Hunt, Loren Glickman, and Carl Niche.
937-623-3068 - fourmanc@mason.k12.oh.us
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Chad graduated from Wright State University and taught one year at the Franklin City School District before arriving at Mason in 2001. Mr. Fourman’s responsibilities consist of teaching 6th grade band at Mason Intermediate School, assists the marching band, teaches private clarinet lessons after school and has been the Winter Guard Director for the past three years. He is currently working on his masters at University of Dayton in music education.
513-256-1959 - chalumeau68@gmail.com
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Diana is a freelance musician working in the Cincinnati area. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music as well as a Master’s Degree in clarinet performance. She is currently completing her Doctoral Degree in clarinet at the College Conservatory of Music. She has 22 years of private teaching experience as well as 5 years as a band instructor. She has also held adjunct positions as the clarinet instructor at Midland College in Texas, Earlham College, and Northern Kentucky University as well as teaching woodwind pedagogy for the University of Cincinnati. The former Principal clarinetist of the Midland Symphony and the West Texas Woodwind Quintet, she has participated in several world premieres of works as well as recording opportunities here and overseas. She has played with area groups such as the Cincinnati Opera, Northern Kentucky Symphony, Blue Ash Symphony, and the Tutti Soloisti Chamber Ensemble.
Diana Gipson currently runs a successful private studio in the Northern Kentucky area and has held the position of clarinet instructor for the College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department for the past ten years. She has worked as a coach with area groups such as the Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble and The Artworks Chamber Project while providing woodwind pedagogy consulting and master class services in the tri state area.
513-336-0238 - annmarielyons@hotmail.com
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Annmarie Lyons earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Northwestern University and a Master of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois. She taught elementary and middle school band in Kenosha, Wisconsin and in Wake County, North Carolina. Annmarie served as Admissions Officer at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and taught clarinet in the CCM Preparatory Department. She has performed with various ensembles, including the Racine, WI Symphony Orchestra, the Raleigh and Durham, NC Symphony Orchestras, the North Carolina Wind Orchestra, the Southwest Ohio Symphonic Band, and the Mason Community Band. She currently teaches private clarinet lessons in Mason.
513-336-0321 - jennorthcut@yahoo.com
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Jennifer is in her eleventh season as second flute with the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra. She has 18 years private teaching experience. Her students have consistently won placement in the Cincinnati Youth Orchestra, Cincinnati Youth Wind Ensemble, A Honor Bands. Jennifer has a Bachelors of Arts Degree from University of Maryland Baltimore County and a Masters Degree in Music Performance from Arizona State University. She lives in Mason with her husband Tim and their two children.
(513) 410-0197 - obrienmo@mail.uc.edu - www.morriganobrien.com
Morrigan O'Brien is a flutist and flute instructor in West Chester. She is currently finishing her doctorate in flute performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has been teaching privately for over 10 years, and currently teaches over 30 students from the Lakota, Hamilton, Fairfield, Mason, Wyoming, and Finneytown school districts. Her students have received numerous honors and have won chairs in area youth orchestras, honor bands, and Ohio All-State ensembles. Several of her students have gone on to successfully audition for college music performance and education programs.
A 2003 Lakota graduate, Morrigan completed her Bachelor of Music (2007) and Master of Music (2008) degrees in flute performance at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Throughout her time at CCM, she has performed with the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra, Concert Orchestra, Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, and several chamber ensembles. She also performs frequently with local ensembles and as a soloist for weddings and other special events. Her principal teachers have included Randy Bowman, Dr. Bradley Garner, and Jack Wellbaum. Morrigan has won or placed in several national and local flute competitions, including the National Flute Association competitions, the Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition, and the Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition. She has made concerto appearances with the Mason Community Band (2010), Lakota West Symphonic Winds (2009), Lakota East Symphonic Winds (2001), the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (2003), the Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra (2002), and was the featured artist for the 2003 Hamilton Mozart Festival.
Lessons are taught at Morrigan’s home in West Chester (Beckett Ridge area). Visit www.morriganobrien.com for rates and more information.
513-336-6362 - grabenold@cinci.rr.com
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Sallee Rabenold majored in flute at Westminster College in New Wilmington Pennsylvania where she received her bachelor of music education. She has teaching experience in public and private schools, and has been teaching private flute lessons for more then ten years in the Mason area.
513-767-7656 - andrewr_bass@yahoo.com
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Andrew Bass is a French Horn player in his Senior Year of high school at Mason. He has taken private lessons since 5th grade and continues to work on his performance skills for a future in horn performance. Andrews performance skills have placed him in District 13 Honor Band 7-12 grade, All State Band 10-12 grade, Honor Band of America 10-12 grade, and Cincinnati Symphony Youth Orchestra 10-12 grade. He attended the Tanglewood Music Camp this summer concentrating on horn pedagogy and studied with Eric Ruske. In addition to taking lessons from Karen Schneider in the Cincinnati area, Andrew has had the opportunity to take a lesson from Peter Kurau of the Eastman School of Music and Julie Landsman from the Julliard School of Music. Andrew is principal horn in the Mason Wind Symphony wishes to help develop future horn students in the Mason Schools.
(513)231-2303 (319)541-4755 (cell) - missyrwald@yahoo.com
Melissa Walding is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She received her Bachelor of Music Degree in Oboe Performance from Baylor University in Waco, Texas where she studied with Dr. Doris DeLoach, and her Master's Degree in Music Education from Piedmont College.
Melissa has taught at Cornell, Coe, and Kirkwood Colleges in Iowa, where she performed with the Dubuque and Quad Cities Symphony Orchestras and recorded with the Rockefeller Foundation-sponsored Center for New Music.
She has attended and performed at the Paris Repertoire Festival in France and the John Mack Oboe Camp in North Carolina. Melissa was a competitor in the 2009 Barbirolli International Oboe Festival and Competition in the Isle of Man, and the 2010 International Oboe Competition Markneukirchen in Germany.
She has performed in master classes given by Ray Still, John Mack, John DeLancie, Wayne Rapier, Rebecca Henderson, Bobby Taylor, Yvonne Peterson, Laila Storch, Linda Strommen, and Joseph Robinson, and with several symphonies including the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra in Ocala, and the Waco, Brazos Valley, and Temple Symphonies in Texas.
Melissa is currently the Adjunct Professor of Oboe at the College of Mount Saint Joseph in Cincinnati, and 2nd oboe with the Anderson Symphony in Anderson, Indiana. In addition, she is president and founding member of Double or Nothing Reeds, LLC and The Double or Nothing Ensemble, a double-reed chamber group which performs in and around the tri-state area.
513-404-7680 - rbrt_cooney@yahoo.com
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Robert graduated from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio with a Bachelor of Music with an emphasis in Music Education. He has worked with ensembles at New Miami High School, Carroll High School, Centerville High School, and William Mason High School. Currently he also maintains a private lesson studio in Mason, Ohio in which he teaches snare drum, marimba, and drum set. Mr. Cooney is pleased to announce that is he sponsored by Innovative Percussion as an Education Artist.
513-777-0590 -clbray@cinci.rr.com
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Carol Bray is Founding Director and Piano and Voice Instructor at Bray Music Studio, in West Chester, Ohio, of more than 30 years. Her teaching style is both creative and enthusiastic. She gives students a thorough foundation in technique, music theory and musicianship through a variety of music styles. Her passion and dedication to teaching are reflected in the accomplishments of her students. They actively perform in theatre, concert, opera and competition venues in the Greater Cincinnati area and internationally. Students of Carol Bray have gone on as music majors in conservatories and colleges across the United States, perform internationally, and in nationally televised broadcasts, and have been winners in Idol contests, the Cappies, Ohio Music Educators Association All-State Honors Choir, Band and Jazz Ensembles, the prestigious Cincinnati Arts Association Overture Awards Competition and NBC's TV show Clash of the Choirs. Mrs. Bray served on the faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati as a lecturer in the Voice Department, as a private piano and voice instructor for the Preparatory Department, and as an accompanist for the Voice, Choral and Musical Theatre Departments.
http://www.braymusicstudio.com
602-350-8011 - jonathanbrink@gmail.com
Jonathan Brink is currently working towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in saxophone performance at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music. His primary teachers are James Bunte and Rick VanMatre. Jonathan received his Bachelors degree in saxophone from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point where he studied with David Hastings and Charles Rochester Young. He then received a Masters degree in saxophone performance from West Virginia University where he studied with Curtis Johnson.
Jonathan is increasingly active as a solo performer. Within the jazz tradition, Jonathan has performed with musicians such as John Scofield, Clark Terry, The Clayton Brothers, and the Jimmy Dorsey Big Band. Classically, he has performed solo recitals and given masterclasses across the United States, and as a former and founding member of the Traverser Saxophone Quartet, he has performed in Austria, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic.
As an educator, Jonathan has held teaching positions at West Virginia University, Fairmont State University, and Frostburg State University. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at UC-CCM, and the private saxophone instructor for the Mason, Ohio school system.
(513) 382-3516 - buerklebt@hotmail.com
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Brian Buerkle holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Duquesne University. Currently, Brian serves as Principal Trumpet of the Sinfonia Gulf Coast (FL) and has held positions as Acting 4th/Utility Trumpet with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (2006-2007), Acting 2nd/Sub-Principal Trumpet with the West Virginia Symphony (2007-2010), 2nd Trumpet with the Lexington Philharmonic (2000-2001), and 2nd Trumpet with the State of Mexico Symphony Orchestra (1999). He is also a member of several new and innovative chamber ensembles, including the Spectrum Brass, the Pittsburgh Brass, and the Motor City Brass. Brian recently joined the prestigious faculty of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute (BUTI) as an artist-in-residence with the Motor City Brass.
As an active freelance musician, Brian has performed and recorded with some of America's finest orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony and Pops, Columbus Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, and Dayton Philharmonic. His extensive chamber music experience has led to additional performances and recordings with the Spectrum Brass, Pittsburgh Brass, Motor City Brass, Canterbury Brass, Queen City Brass, American Wind Symphony, and Burning River Brass.
Brian has earned notable awards at the Music Academy of the West, the International Trumpet Guild, and the National Trumpet Competition. In October of 2010, Brian was featured in a profile article--of the International Trumpet Guild Magazine--recognizing his many achievements as a professional musician. Aside from his skills as a trumpeter, Brian is also an accomplished conductor and arranger. His publications for brass have been performed and recorded by groups worldwide and his conducting experience ranges from brass ensembles and vocal choirs to symphony orchestras. In 2009, he joined the classical music review team at the American Record Guide and also became the Owner and President of the Southern Ohio Music Company, a business specializing in the sale and distribution of high quality brass sheet music (http://www.somusic.com).
937-902-8987 - topbrassmusic1@juno.com
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David is the Executive Director of Top Brass and is a native of Dayton, OH. He received his undergraduate education at the prestigious Indiana University School of Music, which awarded him their Performer’s Certificate in recognition of outstanding performance on trumpet. His principal teachers include Louis Davidson (Principal Trumpet, Cleveland Orchestra) Allan Dean (Yale University) and Charles Gorham (Brass Department Chair, Indiana University). Mr. Coleman won two of the most competitive national chamber music competitions in the U.S. (Fischoff and Coleman) as well as numerous other distinctions as a founding member of Top Brass. Currently, Mr. Coleman continues to tour nationally with Top Brass. He has premiered numerous works by major composers, both solo works as well as chamber pieces. He has served as a funding panelist for The Ohio Arts Council and Culture Works, and is active as a teacher and consultant. His work as a performer, arts administrator, and teacher has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, The American Music Center, NCR Corporation, LexisNexis, and a host of others. Mr. Coleman regularly shares his 25+ years of professional experience with a wide variety of arts organizations and individuals. He has produced and presented more than 1000 professional performances as a member of Top Brass.
859-322-4811 - http://www.bryancrisp.com - www.tristateensembles.com
Bryan Crisp has toured the United States extensively as a soloist and educator. As a member of "Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band", and a previous member of "Tim Zimmerman and the King's Brass," Bryan has had the opportunity to perform as soloist in concert halls in over 38 states and such prestigious events as the International Trumpet Guild Conference, The Great American Brass Band Festival, Sacramento Jazz Jubilee, Mammoth Lakes Jazz Festival, Medford Jazz festival and the SunValley Jazz Jamboree.
Bryan has been a winner of the National Trumpet Competition (brass quintet division), the Tennessee Trumpet Competition (solo and duet divisions) and a recipient of the Blackburn scholarship given by ITG in 2001. As well as these awards, Mr. Crisp has performed with several orchestras including the Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, Dayton Philharmonic, Nashville Symphony, Middletown Symphony, Kentucky Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Bryan Symphony, Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony, and is currently a member of the Cincinnati Ballet Orchestra under the direction of Carmon DeLeone. In addition to these, Bryan has also performed with Broadway Series Productions including "Peter Pan" starring Cathy Rigby, Disney's "Mary Poppins", "Legally Blonde" and the revival of "South Pacific". Bryan has also had the pleasure of performing with the Cincinnati Brass Band, and was lead trumpet at the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tn for five seasons performing over a dozen shows.
As a music educator, Mr. Crisp is the Instructor of Trumpet at The College of Mt. St. Joseph’s, and is a member of the Artist Faculty with the National Trumpet Competition. Bryan was previously the Instructor of Trumpet at Wittenberg University and has been the Teacher of Applied Trumpet at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts Program as well as working two years as the Assistant Band Director at Cumberland County High School and the Director of Bands at North Cumberland Elementary School. Bryan has taught at high schools all across the southeast and currently serves as brass instructor and music advisor for several marching bands in the Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio areas. Mr. Crisp is also an active marching band adjudicator with KMEA and has a large private trumpet lesson studio in the Northern Kentucky and Southern Ohio areas that is devoted to bringing quality instruction to advanced high school and middle school aged students.
In 2010, Bryan created Tri-State Ensembles, a project devoted to musical excellence for middle and high school grade levels. Students are accepted by audition only to participate in small ensembles with an emphasis on simulating professional musician situations using minimal rehearsals to perform multiple concerts. In just two years, Tri-State Ensembles has become one of the most popular outlets for advanced students to further their musical growth. In 2012, Tri-State Ensembles is implementing a music theory class in hopes of attracting and educating more students with this wonderful opportunity.
Bryan holds two undergraduate degrees from Tennessee Technological University in Music Education and Music Performance and a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Currently, he is pursuing studies towards a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music (CCM).
Bryan can be heard on seven recordings including the latest available through Summit Records entitled Classic Hymns DCD428, 2005.
Bryan lives in Northern Kentucky with his beautiful wife Sarah, daughter Sadie, and three dogs; Bailey, George, and Annie.
Bryan is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
864-784-0074 - barret.newman@gmail.com
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Mr. Newman is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where he earned a Master’s degree in Trumpet Performance while studying with Phil Collins and Alan Siebert. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from Furman University in 2008 where he was a student of Gary Malvern. While at Furman, he was selected to participate in Furman's inaugural Music in Italy study abroad program, and lived in Arezzo, Italy where he studied with Italian trumpeter, Vito Mitoli.
He has performed for two seasons with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra as co-principal trumpet, and can be heard on their two most recent recordings. He has also performed with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, Quadraphonic Brass, the Carolina Pops, Lebanon (OH) Symphony, and has extensive experience in Big Band and jazz combo idioms. In 2010, Mr. Newman performed at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Sydney, Australia and earned a full fellowship to travel to Italy and perform with the CCM Spoleto Opera Festival. He is currently an active freelancer and teacher in the greater Cincinnati area, and a member of the Ohio River Brass Quintet.
513-403-1260 - danilower@gmail.com
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Danielle Lower is a product of the Mason High School band program and has studied trumpet for 11 years. Danielle graduated with a Music Education degree from Miami University in 2008. She was involved in the Wind Ensemble and Trumpet Ensemble for four years. She has taught trumpet lessons intermittently for 3 years and enjoys working the most with young trumpet students.
513-942-3581 – chad@chadarnow.com
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Chad Arnow maintains an active schedule as a performer and educator on trombone, bass trombone, and euphonium. He has been a member of the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra since 2000 and has also performed on numerous occasions with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras, appearing on four of their recordings. Chad also serves as the Trombone and Tuba Instructor at Xavier University and as the Low Brass Instructor at the College of Mt. St. Joseph. Chad received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Trombone Performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. He has studied with Tony Chipurn (retired principal trombonist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra) and Peter Norton (bass trombonist of the CSO and former principal trombonist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra).
513-755-0302 - lasttbn@aol.com
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A native of Middletown, Ohio, Pete is presently the Bass Trombonist with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. He is formerly the Principal Trombonist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Dayton Philharmonic. He is a faculty member with the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He performs with the Cincinnati Symphony Brass Quintet, and has appeared as soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Montreal Symphony, and the Frank Simon Band.
937-253-5812 - nbewley@woh.rr.com
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Low Brass Artist (trombone, euphonium, tuba), is a new breed of brass player specializing in performance on all of the low brass instruments. In his private teaching alone, for the past 10 years, Norlan has given more than 600 individual low brass students over 23,000 private lessons. He is a graduate of Indiana University and the Music Director for Top Brass and The Dunbar Institute. His work as a performer, composer, and educator has been supported by The National Endowment for the Arts, The Ohio Arts Council, The American Music Center, Culture Works, The Mead Foundation, NCR Corporation, LexisNexis, The Harvey Phillips Foundation, Reynolds and Reynolds, and many other organizations. He is a clinician for Holton and Martin instruments of the Conn-Selmer Corporation, and is represented by Joanne Rile Artists Management. For more visit www.norlanbewley.com.
