
Timothy Salzman is Professor of Music at the
University of Washington where he serves as Director of Concert Bands
and is conductor of the University Wind Ensemble. He also teaches
students enrolled in the graduate instrumental conducting program.
Former students from the University of Washington occupy positions at
numerous universities and public schools throughout the United States.
Prior to his appointment at the UW he served as Director of Bands at
Montana State University where he founded the MSU Wind Ensemble. From
1978 to 1983 he was band director in the Herscher, Illinois, public
school system where the band program received several regional and
national awards in solo/ensemble, concert and marching band
competition. Professor Salzman holds degrees from Wheaton (IL.) College
(Bachelor of Music Education), and Northern Illinois University (Master
of Music in low brass performance), and studied privately with Arnold
Jacobs, former tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He has
numerous publications for bands with the C. L. Barnhouse, Arranger's
Publications, Columbia Pictures and Hal Leonard Publishing companies,
and has served on the staff of new music reviews for the
Instrumentalist magazine. Professor Salzman is a national
artist/clinician for the Yamaha Corporation of America and has been a
conductor, adjudicator or arranger for bands in over thirty-five
states, Canada, England, South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia,
China, and Japan, a country he has visited twenty times. He is
compiling editor and co-author (with several current and former UW
graduate students) of A Composer's Insight: Thoughts, Analysis and
Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band, a new series of
books on contemporary wind band composers published by Meredith Music
Publications, a subsidiary of the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Dr. Steven Morrison is the Donald E. Petersen
Endowed Fellow and Associate Professor and Chair of Music Education. An
instrumental music specialist, Professor Morrison has taught at the
elementary, junior high and senior high levels in Wisconsin, Michigan,
and Louisiana. He has conducted and arranged for school and university
bands, orchestras, and chamber groups throughout the United States. In
addition to his work in instrumental teaching and learning, his
research investigates neurological responses to music listening,
perceptual and performance aspects of pitch-matching and intonation,
and use of expressive gesture and modeling in ensemble teaching. His
research also includes music preference and the relationship of musical
responses to diverse cultural contexts. Prior to joining the UW
faculty, Morrison served as lecturer of Fine Arts at the Hong Kong
Institute of Education. He has spoken and presented research throughout
the United States, as well as in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong,
Hungary, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Italy, the Netherlands, Thailand, and
the United Kingdom. During 2009 he will serve as a Visiting Fellow at
the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at
the University of Cambridge. Morrison’s articles have appeared in Music
Educators Journal, Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin for
the Council of Research in Music Education, Music Perception, Update:
Applications of Research in Music Education, Missouri Journal of
Research in Music Education, Southwestern Musician, Recorder: Ontario
Music Educators Association Journal, College Music Society Newsletter,
and Southern Folklore. Along with colleague Steven M. Demorest, his
research into music and brain function has appeared in Neuroimage and
The Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. He is also a
contributing author to The Science and Psychology of Music Performance,
published by Oxford University Press, and the new text Musician and
Teacher: An Orientation to Music Education, authored by UW colleague
Patricia Shehan Campbell and published by W.W. Norton. Morrison is on
the advisory board for the Asia-Pacific Symposium on Music Education
Research, on the editorial board of the Asia-Pacific Journal for Arts
Education and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of
Research in Music Education. He is past University Curriculum Chair for
the Washington Music Educators Association. He holds a B.M. from
Northwestern University, an M.M. from the University of Wisconsin, and
a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Click here to
visit Professor Morrison's webpage.
Eric M. Smedley is in his third year of a
Doctor of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting degree at the
University of Washington, where he serves as a Graduate Assistant
Director for the Husky Marching Band and Concert Bands. Mr. Smedley
holds Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees from the
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Mr. Smedley comes to the UW
after three years as the Associate Director of Bands/Director of
Athletic Bands at Western Kentucky University. During his time at WKU,
Mr. Smedley directed the Big Red Marching Band, the Big Red Basketball
Band, the Symphonic Band, and assisted with the Wind Ensemble. Mr.
Smedley also taught various music education and general education
courses. During his final semester at WKU, Mr. Smedley served as Acting
Director of Bands. Mr. Smedley's public school experience includes:
Cocoa Beach High School in Cocoa Beach, Florida; Lincoln Middle School
in Santa Monica, California; and Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha,
Wisconsin. Mr. Smedley's major trumpet teachers include Allen Vizzutti,
David Gordon, Ed Cord, and Harry Herforth - with additional lessons and
masterclasses from Vincent DiMartino, Justin Emerich, Mark Eichner, and
Marvin Perry. His major conducting teachers include Tim Salzman, Ray
Cramer, Stephen Pratt, and Robert Porco - with additional lessons and
masterclasses from H. Robert Reynolds, Jerry Junkin, Allan McMurray,
Craig Kirchoff, Richard Clary, Richard Floyd, Robert Carnochan, and
Scott Hanna. Mr. Smedley credits Dave Woodley and Brad McDavid as his
athletic band mentors. Mr. Smedley is a member of the College Band
Director's National Association, Music Educator's National Conference,
Washington Music Educator's Association, National Band Association,
International Trumpet Guild, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and Kappa Kappa
Psi. He is an active arranger, clinician, and trumpet performer. Mr.
Smedley lives in the Wedgwood area of Seattle with his wife Jessica and
their Bedlington terrier Ainsley.
Gary Brattin is in his second year of study
in the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting program
at the University of Washington where he serves as a Graduate Assistant
Director for the Husky Marching Band. Gary comes to the UW after
serving for two years as Assistant Professor/Director of Symphonic
Winds, Athletic Bands and Brass Choir at Fort Hays State University in
Hays, Kansas where he also taught the low brass studio. Previous to his
appointment in Kansas he served as Director of Bands at Mahidol
University in Bangkok, Thailand and at Northglenn High School in
Denver. Gary lived in Taiwan for ten years where he was Principal Tuba
of the Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, the Taipei Symphony Orchestra, the
Taipei Sinfonietta & Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Wings of the
Angels Symphonic Wind Ensemble. While in Taiwan he also served as
Director of Bands at Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo, Ching Mei Girls, and
Chung Shan Girls Sr. High Schools, and as Music Director/Conductor of
the Sirens Symphonic Winds. Gary continues to serve as Principal
Conductor of the Yuetao Symphonic Wind Ensemble in Taipei, Taiwan. Gary
has performed on tuba, presented clinics, guest conducted, or
adjudicated internationally in Australia, China, France, Germany, Hong
Kong,
Italy, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Thailand, and
Singapore, as well as throughout the U.S.A. The recipient of Bachelor
and Masters Degrees from the University of Northern Colorado, Gary has
studied conducting with Tim Salzman, Kenneth Singleton, John Bell and
Dick Mayne and tuba and bass trombone with Bill Clark, Jim Sparrow,
Paul Brooks, Jack Robinson, Benedict Kirby, and Chris Olka.
Vu Nguyen is a graduate teaching assistant
for the wind band program at the University of Washington where he is
pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in instrumental conducting. He
received a Master of Music in instrumental conducting from the
University of Oregon, where he was a graduate teaching fellow, and a
Bachelor of Music in music education from the University of the
Pacific. His primary conducting teachers have been Robert Ponto and
Wayne Bennett. In addition to his UW responsibilities, Vu is a Captain
and Commander/Conductor of the Air National Guard Band of the West
Coast, stationed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, CA. He
received his commission from the Academy of Military Science finishing
as a distinguished graduate in April 2005. The ANG Band of the West
Coast is responsible for providing public concerts and musical support
throughout Northern California, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. A native of
the San Francisco Bay Area, Vu taught public school for six years in
the San Ramon Valley Unified School District prior to his arrival in
the Pacific Northwest. He has been guest conductor with regional honor
bands in northern California, several music camps, and the United
States Air Force Band of the Golden West. He is a past recipient of the
California Music Educators Associations Gilbert T. Freitas Award for
Achievement in Music Education.
Kirsten G.M. Cummings is in her second year of
the Master of Musical Arts in Instrumental Conducting degree at the UW,
where she serves as a Graduate Assistant Director for the Concert
Bands. Kirsten holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Pacific
Lutheran University. She comes to the UW after two years as the
Director of Bands at Ashland High School in Ashland, Oregon. She also
co-taught 7th/8th grade bands at Ashland Middle School, played clarinet
in the Rogue Valley Symphonic Band, was a woodwind sectional coach for
the Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon and directed/toured with Ashland
high band, orchestra and choir students to China in June 2007, a major
highlight being a performance on the Great Wall! Kirsten studied piano
with Lois Hinds and Dr. Erin Chung, clarinet with Deborah Colyn and
Craig Rine and conducting with Jeffrey Bell-Hanson and Scott Taube. She
is currently studying conducting with Tim Salzman. Kirsten is a member
of the Music Educator’s National Conference, a Ladies of the Podium
Scholarship recipient for Women Band Directors International and a
two-time Rachel Royston Scholarship recipient for The Delta Kappa Gamma
Society International.
Alison Farley is excited to begin her first year
with the University of Washington Marching Band and Concert
Bands. Originally from Kansas City,
Missouri, Alison completed her undergraduate degree at the University
of Kansas in Music Education. During her time at KU, Alison
studied Horn and was a member of the KU Wind Ensemble, Basketball Band
and Co-Director of the Volleyball Band. Alison was also a drum
major for the Marching Jayhawks for two years. Alison then served
as Director of Bands and Choirs in the Steelville R-3 School District,
an hour outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Most recently Alison was
a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the University of Louisville Band
Department earning her Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting.
Her conducting teachers have included Frederick Speck and Kimcherie
Lloyd and clinic instruction from Joseph Missal. She has studied
Horn with Karen Robertson, Shelley Manley, Paul Stevens and Bruce
Heim. Alison also spent two summers marching with the Crossmen
Drum and Bugle Corps where she is now on staff teaching the Mellophone
section. Alison has enjoyed many opportunities to work leadership
camps and design drill for bands in the Kansas City and Louisville
areas. While at UW, Alison will be working toward her PhD in Music
Education.
Ethan Chessin is pursuing an M.A. in Music Education at the University of Washington. As an educator and musician, he has directed and performed in a wide variety of musical contexts, including bands, orchestras, choirs, and popular performing ensembles. Prior to his matriculation, Ethan served as an environmental educator for several nonprofit organizations in Portland, OR. While doing so, he also directed the Percy Bernstein Memorial Orchestra, the Sojourner Elementary School choir, the Dahoo Chorus (a rock-opera choir), and the Gregory Heights Middle School band. From 2002-2003 he led choral and instrumental ensembles at the Prem Tinsulanonda Center for International Education in Thailand and conducted the Calcutta Foundation Orchestra summer concert series. Ethan performs with the MarchFourth Marching Band and enjoys a lifelong passion for klezmer music, having recently founded the UW Klezmer Band. He holds a B.A. in Music from Yale University.