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Betty Kline
- Oral History
Betty Kline was getting a little tired of running to town for band accessories when her husband, a music director, needed something for his stude
Hitoshi Fukutome
- Oral History
Hitoshi Fukutome has enjoyed a long and interesting career at the Yamaha Corporation. He joined Yamaha in 1982 and has served in many roles for
Bonnie Fitch
- Oral History
Bonnie Fitch has always considered herself a music teacher. After her time in the classroom, she formed her own music store in Las Vegas and tri
William Thomas
- Oral History
William Thomas is a recent retiree who served as first the head Band Director at Lakota East High School outside of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Greg Snyder
- Oral History
Greg Snyder has been the Director of Bands at Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio for 25 years.
David Eccles
- Oral History
David Eccles is the Director of String Music Education at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, Illinois.
Kevin Cottrill
- Oral History
Kevin Cottrill is the Director of Bands at Seymour Community Schools and the Band Director at Seymour High School in Seymour, Indiana.
Cheryl Filipek
- Oral History
Cheryl Filipek is the Band Director at Niles North High School.
David Cole
- Oral History
David Cole is the Director of Bands at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Indiana and is a graduate of Indiana State University.
Jason Brown
- Oral History
Jason Brown is the Director of Fine Arts for District 219, Niles Township in Cook County, Illinois.
Ryan Arp
- Oral History
Ryan Arp is the Associate Band Director at Iowa City High School in Iowa City, Iowa.
Andrew Vickers
- Oral History
Andrew Vickers teaches middle school instrumental music in DeWitt, Iowa.
Charles Staley
- Oral History
Charles Staley is the Fine Arts Chair at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois.
Barbara Siler
- Oral History
Barbara Siler is the Assistant Director of Bands at Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Schools, a small but growing school system.
Ray Ostwald
- Oral History
Ray Ostwald Originally from Wisconsin, Mr.
Frank Lestina
- Oral History
Frank Lestina has taught for eleven years at Vernon Hills High School in Vernon Hills, Illinois.
Jeff Heid
- Oral History
Jeff Heid is the Head Band Director at Muscatine High School in Muscatine, Iowa.
John Espy
- Oral History
John Espy teaches at Milford Exempted Village Schools in Milford, Ohio, where he teaches music at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
Marguerite Wilder
- Oral History
Marguerite Wilder was a band director for 25 years and now works in publishing as an editor and clinician.
Alyce Spoto
- Oral History
Alyce Spoto is the Beginning Band Director in Muscatine, Iowa, where she assists 4th graders in choosing their instruments and teaches 5th grader
Todd Smith
- Oral History
Todd Smith is the Band Director at River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
Glen Schneider
- Oral History
Glen Schneider teaches band, technique, and percussion classes at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois.
Beth Lyons
- Oral History
Beth Lyons is the 5th through 8th Grade Band Director at five different elementary schools and one middle school in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Lisa Lang
- Oral History
Lisa Lang is the 5th and 6th Grade Band Director and Assistant High School Band Director in Independence, Iowa. Ms.
Dorothy Jacobi
- Oral History
Dorothy Jacobi is the Instrumental Music Educator in the Solon Community School District.
Bryan Itzkowitz
- Oral History
Bryan Itzkowitz is the Director of Bands at Holmes Middle School in Wheeling, Illinois.
Phillip Hash
- Oral History
Phillip Hash is the Associate Professor and Coordinator of Undergraduate Music Education at the School of Music - Illinois State University.
Nancy Golden
- Oral History
Nancy Golden teaches band in four of the seven elementary schools in the Hinsdale District 181. She discusses various methods of recruiting new students for...
Chip DeStefano
- Oral History
Chip DeStefano has served as the Director of Bands at McCracken Middle School for fifteen years now.
Anthony Camarda
- Oral History
Anthony Camarda received his education at DePaul University and is the band teacher at Marlowe Middle School in Lake in the Hills, IL.