People
Conductors
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 Directors
Randell Bertsche, Co-President
Josclynn Garrison, Co-President
Jim Daughters, Creative Director & Conductor
Avious Jackson, Secretary & Assistant Conductor
Angelo Sylvester, Treasurer & VP of Marketing and Outreach
Paul Hendrixson, VP of Development and Frundraising
Cory Jones, VP of Personnel
Jodi Smith, VP of Education & Mentorship
Lori Oros Shafer, VP of Education & Mentorship
Members-at-Large
Emily Talley
Morgan Minor
Gregory Holdiness
Nick Troehler