People
Conductors
Dr. James Daughters
Cincinnati Wind Band, Conductor
Avious Jackson
Cincinnati Wind Band, Associate Conductor
Flute
Kirsten Cannon
Assistant Principal | Cincinnati, OH
Scott Cook
Amazon Web Services | Mason, OH
Julie Elcook
Band Director/Music Teacher | Lynchburg, OH
Kathy Fryman
Program Manager at UC | Cincinnati, OH
Samantha Goes
Academic Advisor/Studio Instructor | Fairfield, OH
Paul Hendrixson
IT Operations Director | Cincinnati, OH
Jodi Smith *
Band Director | Monroeville, OH
Oboe
Madison Herzner
Elementary Music | Norwood, OH
Bryant Keeling
Student Teacher | Cincinnati, OH
Molly McCoy
Band Director | Middletown, OH
Nathaly Pagoaga
Graduate Student | Lakeland, FL
Bassoon
Matthew Bernardo
Campaign Manager | Cincinnati, OH
Rick Duffus
Band Director | Greenfield, OH
Josclynn Garrison *
Director of Bands | Sandusky, OH
Joshua Guehring
Finance | St. Louis, MO
Eb Clarinet
David Cramer
Global Payments Manager | Cincinnati, OH
Bb Clarinet
Randell Bertsche *
Band Director | Florence, KY
Aleena Bhattacharya-Baker
Woodwind Specialist/Teacher | Cincinnati, OH
Sean Carey
Software Developer | Jonesboro, AR
Whitney Cope
Band Director | Nelsonville, OH
David Cramer
Global Payments Manager| Cincinnati, OH
Laura Fuller
Teacher | Florence, KY
Bonnie Hugus
Nurse Anesthetist | Findlay, OH
Terence Milligan
Wind Ensemble Conductor at UC | Austin, TX
Lydia Myers
Band Director | Cincinnati, OH
Joel Panas
Graduate Student | St. Clairsville OH
Gayle Riemer
Audiologist | Edgewood, KY
Lori Oros Schafer
Band Director | Cincinnati, OH
Nathan Prater
Music Education Major | O’Fallon, MO
Nicholas Schlie
Freelance Musician | Hebron, KY
Musicians
Bb Clarinet (continued)
Savannah Starks
Band Director | Columbia, KY
Emily Talley
Asst. Prof. of Music Ed at OU | Athens, OH
Nick Troehler
IBEW Electrician | Cincinnati, OH
Bass Clarinet
Matthew Batteiger
Band Director | Murray, KY
Perry Bratcher
Librarian | Florence, KY
Jake Kaplan
Music Educator | Lexington, KY
Alto Saxophone
Mark Andrews
Estate Settlement Advisor | St. Joseph, MI
Abby Hinson
Project Manager | Mason, OH
Zach Hinson
Band Director | Mason, OH
Brad Howard
Band Director | Independence, KY
Cory Jones *
Business Analyst | Lexington, KY
Colton Thomas
Real Estate/Band Director | Monroe, OH
Tenor Saxophone
Joseph DeBrunner
Business Owner | Blue Ash, OH
Devan Gunnels
Music Education | Crescent Springs, KY
Tyler Roe
Communications | Cincinnati, OH
Baritone Saxophone
Steven Funke
Band Director | Cincinnati, OH
Jason McElroy
Music Teacher | Cincinnati, OH
Trumpet
Aaron Carpenter
Band Director | Milford, OH
Quinn Caney
Music Education Major | Loveland, OH
Tim Dailey *
Band Director | Taylor Mill, KY
Jennifer Dressler
Business Development | Cincinnati, OH
Benjamin Knab
Music Teacher | Kettering, OH
Christopher Mosher
Music Performance Major | O’Fallon, MO
Corey Hermens
Music Educator | Lexington, KY
Piano
Elijah Flerlage
Data Scientist | Cincinnati, OH
Harp
James Predovich
Columbus, OH
French Horn
Mary Haddix-Hermens
Studio Instructor | Lexington, KY
AJ Haessly
Music Education Major | St. Peters, MO
Jordan Hensley
Teacher | Cincinnati, OH
Gregory Holdiness
Operations Manager | Monroe, LA
Brandon Schick
Band Director | Loveland, OH
Elise Schowalter *
Music Theory Teacher | Shawnee, KS
Kyle Sunday *
Fraud Analyst | Cincinnati, OH
Trombone
Dustin Goes
Band Director | Fairfield Township, OH
Benjamin Loyer *
Teacher | St. Marys, OH
Michael Loyer
Service Engineer | Cincinnati, OH
Alex McCoy
Band Director | Xenia, OH
Jacob Niederman
Agritourism Manager | Liberty Township, OH
Nick Norris
Instrument Repair Technician | Florence, KY
Matthew Phillips
Band Director | Kettering, OH
Dan Stenger
Instrumental Instructor | Walton, KY
Euphonium
Robert Bass
Retired Music Educator | Mason, OH
Stewart Blatt
Buddy Roger’s Music, Manager | Mason, OH
Brian McDonough *
Band Director | Pittsburgh, PA
Grayson Myers
Band Director | Cincinnati, OH
Tuba
Toby Biederman *
Band Director | Cincinnati, OH
Andrew Jones
Tuba Professor | Dayton, OH
Kelson Laska
Tuba Performance Major | Jamestown, NY
Mark Quintero
Band Director | North Hollywood, CA
Angelo Sylvester
Choral Director | Cincinnati, OH
Percussion
Michael Bruce
Fidelity Investments | Erlanger, KY
John Espy *
School District Treasurer/CFO | Loveland, OH
Sean Lally
Music Associate | West Chester, OH
Morgan Minor
Business Owner | Cincinnati, OH
Jonathan Pyrak
Software Developer | West Chester, OH
Albin Waldbillig III
Theater Technical Manager | Cincinnati, OH
Timothy Wilburn
Web Developer | Lexington, KY
* Denotes Section Manager
Board of Trustees
Stewart Blatt, Executive Director
Jim Daughters, Creative Director
Avious Jackson, Secretary
John Espy, Treasurer
Board Members
Paul Hendrixson
Elise Schowalter
Terence Milligan
Randell Bertsche
Susan Bass
Bob Bass