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 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. Brad McDavid
is in his 13th year as Director of Athletic Bands at
the University of
Washington. His primary duties as director of the 240-member Husky
Marching Band includes principal field conductor, show coordinator, and
program administrator. In addition to serving at the helm of one of the
most comprehensive athletic band programs in the country, Dr. McDavid
also holds a lecturer position in the School of Music and serves as
conductor of the university’s Symphonic Band
A native of Centerburg, Ohio, Dr. McDavid has previously
taught at the elementary, middle school and high school levels in the
public schools of Central Ohio and Tempe, Arizona. Dr. McDavid received
his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from The Ohio State University
and his Master of Music Degree from Arizona
State University. In 1999 he received his Ph.D. in Music Education
also from The
Ohio State University School of Music. He has also received
additional graduate studies while serving as graduate assistant
director for the Purdue University
Band Department. Dr. McDavid is in demand as a clinician, adjudicator
and
guest conductor and has led the Husky Marching Band on performance
tours of Australia and China and Scandinavia. In October 2005, the band
will travel to Japan to perform in the renowned Midosuji Parade in
Osaka. In addition to being a life member and former district
governor for the national band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi, McDavid is
also a member of MENC and WMEA as well as the Washington state chair
for CBDNA and Northwest chair for the National Band Association. Brad
also serves on the selection committees for the John Philip Sousa
Foundation’s Sudler Trophy and Sudler Shield recognizing outstanding
high school and collegiate marching bands throughout the world.
Eric M.
Smedley is
in the second 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. Eric
holds Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music (Wind Conducting)
degrees from the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music. Eric 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, Eric directed the Big Red Marching Band, the Big Red Basketball
Band, the Symphonic Band, and assisted with the Wind Ensemble. Eric
also taught
various music education and general education courses. During his final
semester at WKU, Eric served as Acting Director of Bands. Eric'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. Eric'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 Ray
Cramer, Tim Salzman, 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. Eric credits Dave
Woodley and Brad McDavid as his athletic band mentors. Eric 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,
and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. He is an active arranger, clinician, and
trumpet performer. Eric lives in the Wedgwood area of Seattle with his
wife
Jessica and their Bedlington terrier Ainsley.
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Gary Brattin is
in his first 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/Assistant Director of
Bands at Fort Hays State University in
Hays, Kansas where he also taught students enrolled in 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. The recipient of Bachelor and Masters Degrees from the
University of
Northern Colorado, Gary has studied conducting with Kenneth Singleton,
John Bell and Dick Mayne and tuba and bass trombone with Bill Clark,
Jim Sparrow, Paul Brooks, Jack Robinson, and Benedict Kirby.
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 the 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 in 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 the first 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 and Campus Bands. Kirsten
holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Pacific Lutheran
University. Kirsten 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 and was a woodwind sectional coach for the
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon. Kirsten studied clarinet with
Deborah Colyn and Craig
Rine and conducting with Jeffrey Bell-Hanson and Scott Taube. She is a
member of the Music Educator's National Conference and the National
Band Association and is a 2008-2009 Rachel Royston Scholarship
recipient.
Angela Zumbo
holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from
Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA. As Director of Bands at Abraham Lincoln
High School for the Performing Arts in San Jose, California, Ms. Zumbo
established the school’s first chamber music program for winds. Her
wind ensemble and jazz band consistently received superior ranking at
state festivals. As a trumpet player, she has performed with the
Kingsport and Johnson City Symphony Orchestras as well as a variety of
wind ensembles throughout the country. Currently Angela teaches music
in the Edmonds school district, maintains a private studio, and is
pursuing her Master’s degree in Music Education at the University of
Washington.
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