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Christopher P. Bygott
Elementary Band Director:
Village Park, Afton, and Edgewood Elementary Schools
(215) 949-6740 x18601
Mr. Bygott, a native of New
Jersey, received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education
from
Pennsylvania State University in 1998. From
1999 to 2001,
Mr. Bygott was the assistant band director at
Hightstown High School in New Jersey, after which he
returned to Penn State to study wind conducting. He
received his Master of Music in Wind Conducting and
completed his graduate studies in the spring of 2004.
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Joseph P. D'Alicandro, Jr.
Director:
William Penn Middle School Bands
William Penn Middle School, 1524 Derbyshire Road, Yardley,
PA 19067-4741
(215) 428-4280
Born in
Philadelphia, Mr. D'Alicandro has received both his Bachelor's
and his Master's Degrees in Music Education from
Temple University. Mr. D'Alicandro also has completed an
Elementary Education certificate from
Holy Family
College. Currently, Mr. D'Alicandro has 55 credits above
his Master's Degree.
Mr.
D'Alicandro performs currently throughout the Tri-State area.
He is the consummate percussionist, performing everything from
stage productions with the State Street Players, to Big Band
music with The Main Street Sound. Mr. D'Alicandro is also the
drummer for Stan the Man & his Big Band in addition to being 1st
call drummer for many agents in the area. Mr. D'Alicandro
performs many private affairs with Remember When and is
principal percussionist with A Sharp Productions. Mr.
D'Alicandro performs with the
Tri-County Concert Band out of Feasterville.
As an
educator, Mr. D'Alicandro is the percussion instructor for the
Pennsbury School District; he teaches percussion lessons in
three middle schools, and he is the band director at the William
Penn Middle School in the Pennsbury School District. Mr.
D'Alicandro also teaches privately in the Tri-State area and has
performed and presented many clinics in and around the Bucks
County area.
Mr.
D'Alicandro is a member of the
National Association for Music Education
(MENC),
the
Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association (PMEA), the
Percussive Arts
Society (PAS), and the
International
Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE).
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Samuel D'Aversa
Director: Charles Boehm
Middle School Bands
Charles H. Boehm Middle School, 866 Big Oak Road, Yardley,
PA 19067-4729
(215) 428-4220 x30202
Mr. D'Aversa
graduated from Pennsbury in 1970. He spent four years in the
Pennsbury Marching Band and three years in the Pennsbury Concert
Jazz Band (PCJB). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from
Pennsylvania State
University
and a Master of Arts Degree in Conducting from
Trenton State
College. Mr. D'Aversa has performed with various
professional music ensembles over the last 23 years. Mr.
D'Aversa is the current Director of Bands at Charles Boehm
Middle School, and he directs the Pennsbury Middle School Honors
Band. He started teaching in Pennsbury in 1975.
Other
interests include bicycling, sailing, skiing, traveling,
camping, jogging, and spending time with his Yellow Lab.
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Joseph N. Doris
Elementary Band Director
Quarry Hill Elementary School, 1625 Quarry Road, Yardley,
PA 19067-3911
(215) 321-2400
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Walter M. Evanowicz
Director: Pennsbury High
School Orchestra & Falcon Strings
Pennsbury High School East, 705 Hood Boulevard, Fairless
Hills, PA 19030-3115
(215) 949-6700
Mr.
Evanowicz was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, where he
began playing the cello in the public schools. He soon began
playing other stringed instruments as well. He holds the
Bachelor of Music with Distinction from the
University of
Victoria, where he was Harboud Senior Music Scholar.
He received his Master of Music from
Pennsylvania State
University,
where he was a winner of the Pennsylvania Young Artist's Award
(1984). Previous to his time at Pennsbury, Mr. Evanowicz taught
strings in Dougherty County, Georgia; Reading, Pennsylvania; and
South Eastern York County, Pennsylvania. Also a published poet,
Mr. Evanowicz serves as Faculty Advisor to Pennsbury High
School's art & literary magazine, The Phoenix. He lives
in Yardley with his wife and two daughters.
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Marta Grothman
Elementary General Music, Chorus, and Strings
Walt Disney Elementary School, 202 Lakeside Drive North,
Levittown, PA 19054-3908
(215) 949-6868
Mrs.
Grothman graduated in the top twenty in her class at Pennsbury
High School in 1982. As the Concertmistress of the Pennsbury
Orchestra, she was the first student in Pennsbury's history to
represent the school district in the Pennsylvania Music
Educators' State Orchestra. She graduated Magna cum Laude from
the
Esther Boyer College of Music at
Temple
University in 1986 with a BA in Music Education.
While at Temple, Mrs. Grothman performed for four years with the
Temple University Symphony Orchestra and studied violin with
Helen Kwalwasser. She has taken advanced courses in general
music at
Villanova University and in music curriculum
development at Temple University. Mrs. Grothman recently
completed her master's degree in Educational Administration at
Rider University.
She lives in Newtown with her husband Michael.
Jon Rees
Mr. Rees has lived in Yardley all
his life. He graduated from Pennsbury in 2002 and was an active
member in the Marching Band and PCJB and a recipient of the Stan
Kenton Award his senior year. Mr. Rees has been performing in
the Philadelphia area for the past six years on various woodwind
instruments with ensembles like the progressive jazz group
Hybrid, the New Jersey Saxophone Quartet, has rehearsed with The
Philly Pops and performed with various professional pit
orchestras throughout the city. He received a Bachelor of Music
and a Master of Arts in Teaching in Music Education from The
University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Frank A. Mazzeo
Coordinator:
Instrumental Music Department
Director: Pennsbury High School East, Marching Band,
Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band
Pennsbury
High School East, 705 Hood Boulevard, Fairless Hills, PA
19030-3115
(215)
949-6700 x70874
Frank Mazzeo, Pennsbury School District
Instrumental Music Coordinator, Director of the Pennsbury
Symphonic Winds, Pennsbury Marching Band, and the Pennsbury
Concert Jazz Band.
Mr. Mazzeo is a saxophonist, clarinetist,
flautist and music educator whose career as a performer
includes an extensive roster of famous performers and
ensembles in the jazz, pop, classical and Broadway show
idioms. They include Frank Sinatra, Bernadette Peters, John
Popper of Blues Travelers, Lee Konitz, Mel Lewis, Louie
Bellson, Michael Feinstein, Bill Watrous, Randy Newman,
Marvin Hamlisch, Peabo Bryson, Jerry Lewis, the Philadelphia
Concerto Soloists, the Philly Pops Orchestra, the New Jersey
and New York Saxophone Quartets, the Legends Jazz Quintet
featuring Earl May and Carl Allen, as well as being the lead
alto player at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia. He
has taught at every level from 10 year old students through
college graduate students and working professional
musicians.
Many of Mr. Mazzeo’s former students are
working professional musicians as well as top educators at
colleges, universities and school districts.
Mr. Mazzeo has taught in the Pennsbury School
District since 1986. He has placed Pennsbury Bands on
international and national stages such as the Montreaux
Jazz Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz
Festival, Disneyland Hong Kong, Hong Kong International
Rugby Sevens Tournament, and the People’s Republic of China.
He taught saxophone and the Jazz Ensemble at
Temple University from 1992 until 1996. Mr. Mazzeo taught
saxophone and the Lab Band at the University of the Arts in
Philadelphia, Pa. from 1996 until 2006. He is an annual
recipient of the Who’s Who in America’s Teachers Award since
1992.
Mr. Mazzeo was appointed by Governor
Christine Todd-Whitman to the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts where he served under Governors DeFrancesco, Cody,
McGreevy and Corzine. He was the Chair of the Arts in
Education Committee for the State of New Jersey under
Governor Jon Corzine.
Mr. Mazzeo has had many articles published
throughout the United States. He adjudicates, lectures and
conducts master classes throughout the United States and has
addressed the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and
the New Jersey State Legislator and Senate on the importance
of Art Education. Mr. Mazzeo founded the New Jersey
Saxophone Quartet. The ensemble has performed throughout the
world and gave their Carnegie Hall debut on January 6th,
2008.
www.mazzeomusic.com
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Michael F. McGarry
Director: Pennwood Middle School Bands
Pennwood Middle School, 1523 Makefield Road, Yardley, PA
19067-3181
(215) 428-4237 x40165
Mr. McGarry
is a 1973 graduate of
Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, PA. In 1981, he
earned his Bachelor of Music Education (BME) degree from
Temple University where he studied string bass privately
with several members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1980 and
1981, he was principal bassist with the Temple University
Symphony Orchestra.
In 1983, Mr.
McGarry obtained a Master of Education (ME) degree from
The College of
New Jersey
with an emphasis on Supervision and Administration in Public
Schools. He holds four Pennsylvania certifications:
Instructional II, Elementary Principal, Secondary Principal, and
Supervisor of Music K-12. In 1982, he was a founding member of
the Graduate Student Association and a member of both the
Graduate Student Advisory Committee to the Dean and Campus
Improvement Committee.
Mr. McGarry
is an active musician playing both string and electric bass, and
he has been performing popular, jazz, and classical music
professionally since 1972. He is a member of the Trenton State
College Alumni Jazz Ensemble and formerly a member of the
Main Line
Symphony Orchestra (1980), the
Philadelphia Orchestra Society (1978-1982), and the
New Hope Chamber Orchestra (1978). He has performed with The
Guy Lombardo Orchestra and several big bands in the Philadelphia
area. He is currently performing over 30 dates a year with
local musicians from the Philadelphia/Trenton area.
Prior to
teaching at Pennsbury, Mr. McGarry was founding President and
Owner/Operator of Music Services, Unlimited, located in
Levittown. The successful business offered a wide variety of
community services including private music instruction by
certified teachers and instrument sales, service, and supply.
In 1989, he sold the business to concentrate on a teaching
career.
Mr. McGarry
resides in Langhorne Manor with his wife and three sons.
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Diane C. Rhone
Middle School & Elementary String Teacher
Pennwood Middle School, 1523 Makefield Road, Yardley, PA
19067-3181
(215) 428-4237
Mrs. Rhone
began her music studies in the
Burlington City School District where she graduated
in 1969. While in high school, she performed in the
All-South Jersey Orchestra, Mercer County Community Orchestra,
All-South Jersey Opera Festival Orchestra, and New Jersey
All-State Orchestra. She was also a scholarship
recipient to the New Jersey American String Teachers Association
Conference.
As an
undergraduate, Mrs. Rhone attended
Maryville College
in Maryville, Tennessee. A Dean's List student, Mrs. Rhone
was Assistant Concertmistress of the college orchestra and first
violinist with the Maryville College String Quartet. While
at Maryville, Mrs. Rhone performed in the first violin section
of the
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of David van Vactor, former Principal
Flutist with the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. Rhone
completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education in 1974
at
Trenton State
College, where she was the Assistant Concertmistress
of the undergraduate orchestra and was selected by the faculty
to perform on the Honors Recital.
Upon
graduation, Mrs. Rhone's activities have included teaching
assistant with the
Greater Princeton
Youth Orchestra and performing with the Ars Nova
Chamber Orchestra, the New Jersey Pops Jazz Symphony Orchestra,
and Mozart and Friends Orchestra. Her teachers have
included Dr. John Damiano, Mr. Lee Kull, and Dr. Matteo
Giammario. Mrs. Rhone has performed in New York,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and New Jersey. She is also a
member of the
American
String Teachers Association (ASTA) and the
National
School Orchestra Association (NSOA).
Mrs. Rhone
lives in Edgewater Park, NJ.
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Roberta L. Stafford
Elementary
Band Director:
Makefield,
Eleanor Roosevelt, and
Fallsington Elementary Schools
Ms.
Stafford, a native of Wisconsin, received her Bachelor of Music
Education from the
University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, in 1988. She returned to UW-SP to
complete her Master of Music Education, with a Jazz Education
emphasis, in 1994.
As a music
educator, Ms. Stafford’s first teaching position was
Instrumental Music (band) grades 5 through 12. She then taught
grades 9 through 12, and prior to relocating to the East Coast,
Ms. Stafford spent ten years as a band director for grades 6
through 9. In each of these teaching assignments, emphasis was
placed on weekly lesson instruction and concert band rehearsals
and literature. She developed a comprehensive jazz program at
each of the aforementioned positions, including big band, jazz
combo, and improvisation courses offered as part of the academic
curriculum. She is co-creator and past director of the New
London Area Community Jazz Ensemble, which continues to perform
in the Appleton, Wisconsin area.
Ms. Stafford
has been active in the area of curriculum integration since
1991. She was an original member of a curriculum team
integrating instrumental music, math, science, social studies,
and language arts. This team traveled throughout Wisconsin
presenting the topic of curriculum integration to educators and
business corporations.
Currently,
Ms. Stafford continues to perform on her trumpet with local
ensembles and has an active local private trumpet studio at
Music Forte. She is working on her certification from the
National Board
of Professional Teaching Standards. She is a member of Phi
Kappa Lambda, the
National Association for Music
Education
(MENC),
the
International
Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE),
and past State Advertising Chairperson for Wisconsin-IAJE.
Ms. Stafford
resides in Princeton, NJ with her husband,
Terell,
and two cats, Mitchell and Jazmine.
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Mark Capriotti
Associate Director: Pennsbury High School East, Marching Band,
Pennsbury Concert Lab BandPennsbury
High School East, 705 Hood Boulevard, Fairless Hills, PA 19030-3115
(215) 949-6700 x70878
Mr. Capriotti is a 1991 graduate of Pennsbury
High School. He spent four years in the
Marching Band and four years in the Pennsbury
Concert Jazz Band, and also served as a
Lieutenant in Marching Band. He is 1991
recipient of the Stan Kenton Award. He attended
The University of the Arts in Philadelphia
where he earned both a bachelor degree in Music
Performance and Master in Arts Teaching Degree
and studied trombone with teacher Rich
Genovese.
Mr. Capriotti has performed with The Four Tops,
The Moody Blues, Roger Daltrey, Arturo Sandoval,
Rob McConnell, Bill Watrous, Stanley Clarke,
Eddie Gomez, Wallace Roney, John Lee, and Steve
Turre. He is an active member of
The Lars Halle Jazz Orchestra and was also a
member of the
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and
Princeton University Orchestra.
Prior to teaching at Pennsbury, Mr. Capriotti
performed for two years on Carnival Cruise Line
touring the Caribbean on his trombone. His
teaching career started at Fordson High School
in Dearborn, Michigan teaching instrumental
music for two years. He moved back to the area
in 2000 and taught for seven years at Cherokee
High School in Marlton, NJ.
Mr. Capriotti is an active member of the
National Association
for Music Education (MENC) and the
Pennsylvania Music
Educators Association (PMEA).
Mr. Capriotti resides in Levittown with his wife
and daughter.
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