Oct 28, 2019

Cynthia Wagoner taught middle school and high school band for 27 years in Indiana before going back to school and becoming a music education professor at East Carolina University.

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• Cynthia’s background growing up in Terra Haute, Indiana in a musical family and the story of how she became and oboe player...

Oct 21, 2019

Danny Mesa is an Army musician, conductor, and drum major for the 25th Infantry Division Band in Hawai’i.

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• Danny’s background growing up in Miami and some early teachers that helped him get his start and the lessons that they taught him.
• His first teaching job out of college and the decision to join the Army...

Oct 14, 2019

William Owens is a composer and music educator with over 200 works for band and 30 years of teaching experience.

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• Willie’s background growing up in Gary, Indiana and the high school band teacher who changed his life.
• The story of how Willie ended up moving from Chicago to Brownsville, Texas and how that ended...

Oct 7, 2019

Corey Pompey is the director of athletic bands and associate director of bands at the University of Wisconsin.

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• Corey’s background and how he started with violin, switched to cello, then trumpet, and then finally the saxophone.
• Corey’s experiences as an undergraduate at the University of Alabama and as a...