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Dr. Chuck Bindis - Trumpet Excerpt
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Flute: Samantha Marshall
Website: www.sammarshallarts.com
Cost: $45 Half Hour / $75 an hour Contact: Please email [email protected] to set up a time, duration, and location for private lessons. Oboe/Bassoon: William Titus
Mr. Titus is the Band Director and World Music teacher at AGW Middle School. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and a minor in World Music Pedagogy from West Virginia University. While in college, Mr. Titus held several leadership positions in his music ensembles, such as Principal Oboe of the Wind Symphony, Alto Saxophone Section Leader and Drum Major of the Pride of West Virginia - The Mountaineer Marching Band. He prestigiously earned the title of Marshall of The College of Music, having the highest GPA within his graduating class. He has taught in public schools for 5 years and has taught Private Studio Lessons for 7 years - starting in college under his oboe professor, Cynthia Anderson. He is a woodwinds specialist, focusing on Double Reeds in his Private Studio. Cost: $125 for 4 - 30 Min Lessons Contact: Mr. Titus Email: [email protected] Monday at Mountain View High School Tuesday at Stafford High School Clarinet: Mike Goldberg Mike Goldberg (Clarinet) is the weekday afternoon classical music host on VPM Music (live streaming at vpm.org) and serves as Coordinator of Classical Music Initiatives. He also hosts “Breakfast Classics” each Saturday and Sunday morning from 8AM-10AM. An accomplished orchestral and Broadway performer, Mike holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. Highlights of his career include performing with the original Broadway production of “Into The Woods,” as well as touring and recording for CBS Masterworks with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Also a conductor, he is the co-founder and Music Director of the Central Virginia Wind Symphony, a group comprised of the most talented high school musicians across the region. Mike has a passion for music education, serving as Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet at Randolph-Macon College while maintaining the clarinet studio at Colonial Forge. It’s possible you may be familiar with his “other” career as a television meteorologist. He has appeared on the air in Washington, DC and currently anchors the weather on weekends at WTVR-CBS 6 in Richmond. Cost $35 Half Hr., $45 45 minutes, $60/hr. Contact: Mr. Gillette email: [email protected] Saxophone: Sean McGinley Sean McGinley graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 2021 from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia with a degree in music education and a performance certificate in saxophone. Sean’s primary teacher was Dr. Timothy Roberts, former principal saxophonist of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington D.C. Sean has been incredibly active as both an educator and a performer. As an educator, Sean has experience with several marching bands in the Northern Virginia Area as a woodwind instructor and drill technician. He is a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) and the Virginia Music Educators Association (VMEA) and has attended VMEA’s annual conference and NAfME’s Capitol Hill Day to speak with national lawmakers about funding music in the schools. Performance holds equal importance to Sean and he has been incredibly active as a performer. Most recently, he was the WINNER in the undergraduate category of the Shenandoah Conservatory Student Soloist Competition with a performance of John Mackey’s Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble. Sean was a member of the Shenandoah Conservatory Wind Ensemble (the school’s top wind band), the Meraki 422 saxophone quartet, and the Saxophone Ensemble since his arrival at Shenandoah, and was a guest instrumentalist in other ensembles on campus. He also performed in the pit orchestras for the musicals “Urinetown,” “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” and "GREASE" under legendary Broadway conductor Patrick Brady. Sean holds new music in high regard and was afforded the opportunity to perform with the world-renowned new music ensemble Alarm Will Sound. He has also worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning composers John Luther Adams and Joseph Schwanter, as well as other highly regarded composers from around the country including Steven Bryant, Alex Shapiro, Ivan Fedele, and Joel Puckett to name a few. Sean performed at the Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium in 2018, 2019, and 2020, and also attended the 2018 World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. He has performed in masterclasses for some of the world’s foremost saxophone players including Dale Underwood (University of Miami), Philippe Geiss (Strasbourg Conservatory, France), Asya Fateyeva (internationally renowned Russian saxophonist) Robert Young (UNCSA), Lev Pupis (Conservatory in Ljubljana, Slovenia), Christian Wirth (Conservatoire de Mulhouse, France), Masanori Oishi (Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Japan) and The Navy Band Saxophone Quartet. Sean is currently pursuing a Masters in Composition et interprétation musicale (CIM) at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France. He has been studying under legendary saxophonist Philippe Geiss since January 2022. Instagram: seansaxo Youtube: Sean McGinley Saxophone Cost: $20 Half Hour, $40 Hour Contact: Mr. Gillette email: [email protected] Trumpet: Dr. Chuck Bindis Musician 1st Class Chuck Bindis, from Cleveland, Ohio, joined the Navy Band in 2016. He earned a Bachelor of Music in trumpet performance from Bowling Green State University in 2010, a Master of Music in trumpet performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) in 2012 and a Doctor of Musical Arts in trumpet performance with a cognate in jazz studies from CCM in 2016. His primary teachers include Philip Collins, Charles Saenz and Alan Siebert. Additional teachers include Chris Kiradjieff and Scott Belck. Bindis has performed with the Cincinnati Chamber Opera, Dayton Philharmonic, the Richmond (IN) Symphony Orchestra, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Lima Symphony Orchestra, Lebanon Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in the greater-Cincinnati area. In his free time, he enjoys running and spending time with his family and dogs. Cost: $30 Half Hour - $60 Hour Contact: Dr. Chuck Bindis email: [email protected] Horn: Damien Bollino Damien earned a Bachelor of Music in Horn Performance from West Virginia University, where he received a full tuition scholarship and studied with Dr. Virginia Thompson, past International Horn Society President and internationally known lecturer/soloist. He then entered graduate school at Duquesne University, studying with William Caballero, principal horn of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Damien earned a Master of Music in Horn Performance/Pedagogy and was awarded The John Hunter endowment. He taught two years of musicianship/theory at Duquesne as part of his assistantship. While there, Damien founded and presided over the first graduate council. Damien has played with numerous ensembles, including the Potomac Concert Band, Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Seneca Chamber Winds, Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, Ars Nova Chamber Orchestra, and Arion Band. As a member of the International Horn Society Collegiate Horn Choir, he played under the direction of Dave Kriebel. Damien has also played and soloed with the Spotswood Community Orchestra, The Washington Sinfonietta, The University of Mary Washington Philharmonic, the Friday Morning Music Club Orchestra, and the Fairfax Symphony and Wind Symphony He auditioned for and was selected as principal horn of the American Musical Ambassadors European Concert Tour where he spent six weeks traveling and performing in various European cities, including London, Paris, Milan, Venice, Lucerne, and Brussels. He has performed on stage at Carnegie Hall and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on several occasions. In addition, he has played in master classes by Jacek Muzyk, principal horn of the Buffalo Philharmonic; and the Liege Horn quartet. Damien has had the experience of playing under Keith Lockhart, conductor of the Boston Pops; Cliff Colnot, conductor of the Chicago Civic Orchestra; Sidney Harth, former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra; as well as many other reputable conductors, including Jack Stamp, Don Wilcox, Lawrence Christianson, Joel Lazaar, Anthony Maiello, Pablo Saelzar, and Dr. Robert Cameron. He has had the privelege to perform in concerts featuring Sir James Galway, Itzhak Perlman, Renee Fleming, Joshua Bell, Jose Carreras, the Irish Tenors, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Kristin Chenoweth, and Michael Feinstein among others. Locally, Damien is a member of the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra. He is principal horn with the University of Mary Washington Philharmonic Orchestra where he is the adjunct horn professor and plays in the faculty brass quintet. He currently resides in Fredericksburg, Virginia with his wife, Annamarie, also a horn player, and their two tuxedo cats, Coke and Pepsi! Cost: $30 Half Hour Contact: Damien Bollino email: [email protected] Low Brass: Bill Gray Bill Gray is a recently retired Master Chief Musician of the U.S. Navy Band, a native of Toledo, Ohio. He learned a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Toledo in 1981 and a Master of Music from Indiana University in 1984 in tuba performance. He attended the Brevard Music Center Summer Festival from 1978-1983 where he performed the Ralph Vaughan Williams “Tuba Concerto” as a competition winner. He was principal tubist with the Orquesta Filharmonica de Santiago, Chile from 1984-1992 and was also a guest soloist with the Orquesta Sinfonica de Concepcion, Chile. His teachers include Jaime Hafner and Harvey Philips. Bill also performs with the Old Bridge Chamber Orchestra, the Quintessential Brass Quintet and is an active private instructor in Northern Virginia. Cost: $30 Half Hour Contact: Bill Gray email: [email protected] Percussion: Kevin Taylor Bio: Freelance Percussionist - July 2017 – present Principal Percussionist, Northern Neck Orchestra Substitute Section Percussionist, Richmond Symphony Xylophone soloist with the Richmond Pops Band and Central Virginia Youth Symphony Timpanist/Percussionist with numerous ensembles, including Fairfax Choral Society, Springfield Chorale, Stafford Regional Choral Society Private Percussion Instructor/Adjudicator - July 2017 -- present Maintained private teaching studio, averaging 18+ weekly students in Stafford and King George Trained student percussionists with 19 earning VA All-State ensemble selection Evaluated 150+ percussion auditionees for festival band events in Virginia Percussion Ensemble Instructor – January 1996-May 2001; July 2003 – present Percussion Ensemble coach, West Potomac HS Lead Instructor of Advanced Percussion Ensemble, Colonial Forge High School - Selected to perform at the 2015 Virginia Music Educators’ Conference Marching Percussion Instructor - July 1994 -- present Percussion music arranger/composer for 25+ seasons with marching bands in Fairfax and Stafford counties Drumline and Front Ensemble instructor for seven marching bands in Fairfax and Stafford counties Career Military Musician - United States Navy Band, Washington, D.C. August 1993 – April 2017 Percussionist, Concert/Ceremonial Band August 1993 – May 2004 o Performed as percussionist in support of POTUS at the White House for Foreign Dignitary Honors Arrival Ceremonies and Spring/Fall Garden Tours o Performed with Ceremonial Band on 1,000+ Full Honors Funeral Services at Arlington National Cemetery and two Presidential Inaugural Parades o Performed on percussion with the Concert Band on 250+ public concerts and 100+ National Tour concerts, including as featured xylophone soloist on the 2001 National Tour Drumset/Percussion, Sea Chanters Chorus June 2004 – April 2017 o Performed as percussionist for 260+ public concerts and 170+ National Tour concerts o Led Protocol Rhythm Trio on 45+ engagements in support of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, Vice-Chief of Naval Operations, Dept of State, and other military and government officials o Arranged 10+ musical selections for use in concert programming Education: Bachelor of Science, Music Education with Performer’s Certificate, May 1990 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Cost: $40 Half Hour, $60 45 Minutes, $80 Hour | ||||||||