*Maurice Arenas,
SMGHS Rock Band, guitar – is an accomplished guitarist proficient in
many genres including Classical, flamenco, jazz, rock, and musical theater. He
served as an accompanist for legendary guitarist Tommy Tedesco at several
clinics sponsored by Gibson Guitars in the New England area. He received a
Bachelor of Music Degree from Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore, MD and a Master
of Music from Mannes School in New York City. He performed frequently in the
orchestra pits for many Broadway musicals in NYC and Washington, DC. A well
respected guitar instructor, Mr. Arenas owns and operates the Maurice Arenas
Guitar Academy in Frederick, MD, and teaches for CVSM at St. Maria Goretti High
School in Hagerstown.
*Marlin Barnes,
percussion – B.S. Mu. Ed. IUP. Directed the string program in the
Tuscarora School District. Recently retired after 34 years in public schools.
Performs with the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Altoona Symphony, Mercersburg
Area Community Chorus, Hagerstown Municipal Band, St. Patrick’s Chorale and
Ritma-Cordia, a cello-marimba duo. Former experience includes the Cumberland
Valley Chamber Players, Maryland Symphony Orchestra and the Maryland Lyric
Opera. He also does marimba programs for banquets, Civil War drumming, musical
shows, and percussion demonstrations. He has taught privately for 30 years.
*Amanda Bietsch,
violin, flute -
B.M. Mu Ed, Temple University, with a concentration in flute and violin where
she studied with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was section leader
in the Diamond Marching Band and has played in the Wind Symphony. A former CVSM
student, she was a three time CVSM Merit Scholarship Winner and a recipient of
the Benjamin Rhine Award.
*Stephen Blackstock
– guitar. Steve began his formal musical education at age 10 under the
tutelage of Roy Macmichael. He’s studied various forms and styles of music and
played guitar, bass and harmonica in local area and regional bands for over 35
years, including Southwind, Center Alley, Dem Guise, Side Street, The Toasters,
Rudy and the Bluefish, and The Gospel Road Band (Nashville, TN) to name a few.
He’s played numerous times at the Western Maryland Blues Fest and opened the
concert for Phil Keaggy at the Maryland Theater in Hagerstown, MD. Steve has
taught at children’s workshops, at area public schools, and has taught private
lessons to all age students in guitar, bass, harmonica, mandolin, violin, drums
and banjo for over 10 years. An experienced studio musician in the tri-state
area, he also does repairs and has experience building and altering instruments.
Steve has been a praise and worship team leader at the Body of Christ Church in
St. Thomas, PA for 13 years.
*William Bland,
piano, music composition, SMGHS Intro to Music class and SMGHS Musical
Theater Class - D.M.A. Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. Has
taught at Brooklyn College, Catholic University, Temple University and Wilson
College, among others, plus private piano teaching for many years, including at
C.V.S.M. As a composer, his work is recorded and published, and is available
commercially at Amazon and iTunes, among other scources. His recent (2005)
album of himself performing two of his piano sonatas on Bridge Records has been
called "lyrical, technically assured... these sonatas are a magnificent
addition to the contemporary piano literature" by Fanfare Magazine. Dr. Bland is
a proud WV native, and in 2001 received the state's Creative Artist award. He
also is a local church musician, and has performed in musical theater both
professionally and locally for many years.
*Michael Cameron,
cello
-
received degrees in music from the University of Hartford’s Hartt School of
Music, Northwestern University, Eastman School of Music and Rice University.
From 1989 until 2002 he was the cellist and general manager of the award winning
Marian Anderson String Quartet. He has performed at Alice Tully Hall, the
Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the 1993 Presidential Inaugural Gala
and Good Morning, America. He also served on the faculties of California
State University, Texas A&M University and Gettysburg College. Currently, he is
the cellist of the Camica Trio, conductor of the Mercersburg Academy String
Ensemble and serves as Visiting Instructor of Cello and Chamber Music at
Dickinson College.
*Julia Emig,
Suzuki piano, strings -
B.S. Mu Ed. West Chester University. M. Mu. Ed. from The Hartt School.
Received Suzuki Teacher Training at various locations in the U.S. and Canada.
String instructor in the Chambersburg Area School District. Organist and Choir
Director, Solomon’s U.C.C. She has performed extensively in the area as an
accompanist and soloist.
*Eric Fisak,
guitar
– B.M., Mansfield University, Music Therapy. Studied rock guitar under David
Levy and classical guitar under Pablo Cohen and Matthew Slatkin. He has
performed solo works as well as ensemble pieces. Currently plays electric
guitar with the rock band, the Shackeltons. The Shackeltons have recently signed
a record contract with Loveless Records out of Seattle, WA and had their debut
release in 2007.
*Jaranell Fritts,
piano
–
B.A. Dallas Christian College. Private piano instructor in Texas, Illinois,
Indiana, West Virginia & Maryland for many years. Studied piano and piano
pedagogy with Mrs. Bruce, chair of the Indiana Piano Association. Worked as a
church musician and choir director and accompanist for many soloists.
*Tim
Gotwald, music technology –
B.S. Music Ed. from Susquehanna University. Graduate work in conducting,
arranging and music technology at Ithaca, Duquesne and Radford. Retired
instrumental music teacher, band director, jazz band teacher and music
technology teacher in Chambersburg Area School District. Has performed as
flutist and saxophonist in bands, orchestras, jazz bands, rock bands and chamber
ensembles.
*Paul Grane,
saxophone,
clarinet – B.S. Mu. Ed.
Messiah College, M. Mu Ed. Penn State. Retired from teaching instrumental music
at the Greencastle-Antrim School District. He has taught at CVSM since 1990. His
students have won over 15 Merit Awards at CVSM and have earned selections to
PMEA/MENC district, regional, state, and All-East bands and orchestras. He has
played with the Hagerstown Municipal Band, Harrisburg Concert Band and the
Potomac Symphony. He also served as a music contest judge and adjudicator in the
tri-state area.
*Brian Helman,
piano – B.M. in Piano Performance, MM in Piano Pedagogy from
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. At Shenandoah he has served as accompanist
for the Theatre Department and the Summer Music Theatre for 5 years and as a
piano instructor at the Conservatory Arts Academy. He has accompanied Tony Award
winner Gretha Boston at CVSM’s Benefit Gala in 2002. Professional memberships
include: Music Teachers Nat’l Assn, PA Music Teachers Assn, Nat’l Guild of
Piano Teachers and The Nat’l Federation of Music Clubs in both Pennsylvania and
Virginia. He has performed at numerous NYC venues including Gershwin Theatre,
St. James Theatre, Schubert Theatre, Don’t Tell Mama’s cabaret with Joy Dewing
in 2002 and accompanied master classes and auditions at Circle in the Square
Theatre School. He has served as accompanist for the national touring companies
of The Secret Garden and Jesus Christ Superstar and as music
director for numerous regional musicals.
*Paula Hepfer,
voice –
B.A. Indiana University of PA and M.M. Penn State. Co-founder and Program
Director of CVSM. Past performance credits include the Pittsburgh Mendelssohn
Chorus, the Shippensburg Festival Chorus, Totem Pole Playhouse, guest artist on
PSU’s Alumni, St. John’s UCC, and St. Paul United Methodist Recital Series. She
has been an instructor of Music Appreciation at PSU, University Park and former
director of the Wilson College Choir. She is currently co-director of the Praise
Team at 1st U M Church, Chbg.
*Marie Hershey,
piano, accordion, Building Keyboard Skills –
B. S. Liberty University & Wilson College. M.S. in Education from Wilkes
University. Further studies at Shenandoah Music Conservatory and Westminster
Choir College. Certified Yamaha classroom instructor. Has accompanied various
soloists, groups and choirs and has been a church organist for many years.
*Herm
Hopple,
string & electric bass, CVSM Community String Orchestra - B.S.
Mu. Ed. Susquehanna University, M.Mu Ed Penn State University. Retired after 30
years as string instructor and director of the Chambersburg Area School District
Symphony. Played upright bass with the Potomac Symphony, the Gettysburg College
Community Orchestra, and was principal bass for many years with the Shippensburg
College Community Orchestra. The current director of the CVSM String Orchestra,
he is also well known as the electric bassist with the CVSM Concert Jazz Band
and the CVSM Jazz Quartet.
*Linda Justice,
piano
– Studied at Shenandoah Conservatory of Music, Winchester, VA with Elizabeth
Temple. Linda has taught private piano at various venues since 1979.
Performing experience includes principal accompanist for “The King’s Kids”, with
whom she toured throughout the tri-state area and participated in producing two
albums. She has served as organist/pianist at numerous area churches and
currently serves at Lifegate Ministries, Waynesboro.
*Dottie Klein,
flute, beginning piano, beginning guitar, guitar class –
B.A. Mu Ed. The College of New Jersey. Teaches instrumental music at Cumberland
Valley Christian School. Has taught at Shalom Christian Academy as Band
Director, Elementary Choral Director and General Music Teacher. Previously she
taught privately and in the Bellmawr, N.J School system. Performance experience
includes soloists for weddings, church services, and private community
engagements. She is a member of the chamber duo, Duo Plaisir (classical flute
and guitar).
*Rochelle Kniss,
piano - B.S. Lebanon Valley College, Suzuki piano teacher training,
teacher of piano for over 20 years (previously in Lancaster County and Eastern
Mennonite University Preparatory Dept. in VA), lower elementary music teacher at
Shalom Christian Academy, accompanist for CVSM Cumberbunds Children's Chorus,
enjoys playing piano and leading worship at Marion Mennonite Church.
*Gerald Kowallis,
SMGHS Choir director – B.S. in Music Ed, Indiana University of PA, MM in
Vocal Performance, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Recently retired as
music teacher and choir director at Waynesboro Area Senior High School after 38
years. At WASHS, his chorus and concert choir received many awards. He has been
guest conductor for Franklin/Fulton County Chorus, Adams County Chorus, Dauphin
County Chorus, and the Pennsylvania Ambassadors of Music (with whom he toured
Europe in 1975). As a vocal soloist, he performs in a wide range of shows and
concerts, and has appeared in featured roles at the Allenberry Playhouse,
Maryland Theater Opera, Trinity Players, Harrisburg Opera and Mercersburg
Community Chorus.
*Terry Losee,
violin –
BM, M Mus, Oberlin Conservatory. Has performed on the violin for 6 years in the
Chattanooga Symphony, 8 years in the Milwaukee Civic Orchestra, lots of pit
orchestra work in Chattanooga and Milwaukee, many years in the Shippensburg
Festival Orchestra, the Millbush Orchestra, Mercersburg Chorus Orchestra, etc.
Has taught Violin at the Hart School of Music, Hartford, Conn.; Glendale Public
Schools in Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Schools, Wilson College; Dickinson
College, and private studios.
*M. Susan Matson,
Suzuki piano, Music Together –
B. M. Piano Performance, Peabody Conservatory. Suzuki teacher training with
Haruko Kataoka, co-founder of the Suzuki piano method, and others. Additional
training in early childhood musical development at the Center for Music & Young
Children. Guest clinician at Suzuki workshops, director of Greater Washington
Suzuki Piano Institute. Has taught in private schools, K-12, directed children’s
& youth choirs, and taught traditional piano. Performance experience includes
chamber music, instrumental & vocal accompanying, & solo performances.
*Gloria Kelly
McCauley,
piano, trumpet –
B.S. Mu Ed Lebanon Valley College. Has taught music in the public school
system, elementary through Jr. High. She has been organist and pianist in
various churches and is former Director of Music, Trinity Lutheran Church.
Currently serves as pianist at Chambersburg Brethren in Christ Church. Served
as musical director for many CCT productions, played trumpet and /or string bass
in pit orchestras & is the accompanist for Towne Singers, who have made four
European tours.
*Patrick McNamee,
clarinet –
B.S. Mu. Ed. Clarion University. Director of the High School Band for the
Waynesboro Area School District and previously at Scotland School for Veterans
Children. Performance experience includes soloist for church & other community
events, and playing for various musicals in the pit orchestra.
*Valerie Merriman,
piano –
B.A.Wellesley College. Instructs piano to students of all ages and ability
levels. Performance experience includes extensive solo and choral accompanying,
CCT, and Totem Pole productions, CVSM Musicales and camps and TGIF concerts at
the Capitol Theatre.
*Mark
D. Miller,
classical
guitar, audio recording –
R.I.A. Certified Recording Engineer, I.C.S. Electronics
Engineering, Music study at Montgomery College and H.J.C.. Advanced theory and
composition with C. Randall Williams, Classical guitar study with Chris
Anderson. Hundreds of copyrighted compositions in various styles including pop,
rock, jazz, and classical.
He is a
member of the chamber duo, Duo Plaisir (classical flute and guitar),
the CVSM Concert Jazz Band and in the Rock Group,
Faze3. He is owner M&M Recording Studio.
visit Mark's website
*Edgar Myers,
drum set, rudimental drumming
– Catonsville Community College, Reading & Rudiments with John Crocken, Basic
Theory with Virginia Rienkoke, Private lessons with Dennis Chambers and Larry
Bright. He played his first top 40 gig at age 17 and has played throughout MD,
PA, NJ, and VA with some of the region’s most popular top 40, Jazz and Show
Bands. Presently performing with the Rock group Faze3, the Doc Bodine Blues Band
and pick up jazz gigs. His instrumental Rock/Jazz Band, Chakra, recently
released their first CD.
*Jeffrey Noll,
piano, Cumberbunds, Voice and Drama Camp – Bachelor of Sacred
Music, Baptist Bible College. Further study at Towson State, Md. Accompanist
for many area instrumental and vocal soloists. Served as musical director for
various children’s musical productions at CVSM and is the Minister of Music at
Hagerstown Bible Church.
*Richard Overcash,
voice –
B.S. Mu. Ed. Elizabethtown College; M.M. Ed, Temple University. Minister of
Music, Calvary Bible Church, Greencastle. He has studied voice with Robert
Regal and Janette Ogg. Well-known soloist in the area. Public and private
school music teacher for over 35 years and 8 years on the music faculty of
Tennessee Temple University. Studied conducting with Robert Page and Robert
Morgan. Guest conductor of the 1996 and 2004 Franklin-Fulton County Senior High
Chorus, conducted similar events in NY State and TN. Has coached vocal students
and directed choirs elementary through college.
*Tresa Paul,
guitar, guitar class–
Tresa has been performing as a singer/songwriter for over twenty years. She has
worked with several local groups and as a solo performer, and currently plays
with the acoustic group Soleil. She also serves on her church praise team as a
guitarist and vocalist. She does occasional recording session work and is a
free-lance art and music instructor. Her goal as a teacher is to develop and
inspire her students’ creativity in making their own music and to help develop
aspiring praise team players.
*Bernie
Pitkin,
low brass – B.A., M.M. Mu. Ed. University of Mass. Owns “The Band Shop” an
instrument repair business in Shippensburg. Taught public school music in
Massachusetts for 10 years, served on the faculty of Allegheny College in
Meadville, PA (1980-87) and as Director of Bands at Shippensburg University for
the 2000-2001 academic year. Local performance experience includes The
Harrisburg Concert Band, Harrisburg Lyric Opera, Hagerstown Municipal Band,
Allegheny Summer Music Festival and various other brass ensembles.
Currently director of The Carlisle Band, plays tuba with the Cumberland Brass
Quintet and with the Bandshop Brass Quintet.
*Diana Reinert,
piano, 1st Kids Chorus, Building Keyboard Skills –
B.A. El. Ed. Ch.Mu.
Olivet Nazarene University. Performed with college choir, as soloist with
college orchestra, and directed college handbell choir. Taught 4th
grade at Cumberland Valley Christian School. Has taught 8 years at CVSM. She
led the Worship Band at Chambersburg BIC church for two years and currently
serves as pianist and choir accompanist.
*Emily Sanders,
violin - pursuing a degree in Music Education at Elizabethtown College.
Has performed with the CVSM String Orchestra, the I.U.P. Symphony Orchestra, and
is currently in the Elizabethtown College Orchestra. She is an alumnus of CVSM
having studied with Terry Losee (violin) and Margaret Weeks (voice).
*Rebecca Sariano,
dance, choreography –
Owned and taught at Beckie’s Dance Studio in Waynesboro for 29 years before
selling the business in 2005. Has extensive experience working with students of
all ages teaching Jazz, Modern, Ballet, and other dance disciplines.
*Cindy Scanzello,
violin
– BS Music Ed, West Chester University, MME, Shenandoah University, M. Ed.,
Wilkes University. String teacher with the Chambersburg Area School District
and Director of the CASD Symphony. Principal 2nd violinist with the
Shippensburg University Community Orchestra, she also performs with the
Shippensburg Festival Chamber Orchestra and the Mercersburg Chorus Orchestra.
*Don Schroeder,
French horn –
Musically active in Central PA for over 20 years. Member of the Harrisburg
Symphony and principal horn for the Harrisburg Opera Association for 14 years.
Other performance activities include the Harrisburg Choral Society, the
Dickinson College Orchestra, the Grantham Oratorio Society, and the Ship.
Festival Orchestra, the York Symphony, and Trinity Lutheran Church. Prior to
coming to central PA, he performed with the Columbus (Ohio) Symphony as well as
a number of other groups in the central Ohio and Pittsburgh areas. Presently a
member of the Cumberland Brass Quintet.
*David
Shearer,
piano, voice – B.A. Mu Ed, Point Loma College, San Diego, CA. He has
served as pianist, organist, vocalist, and choral director in numerous churches
for over 45 years. Accompanist for vocal and instrumental solos and choral
groups, once accompanying Pat Boone. He has appeared in lead roles, directed
many musicals, and sang with the Virginia Symphony Chorus, Norfolk, VA.
Currently he is choir director and organist at Calvary United Methodist Church,
Fayetteville, PA. He tunes and repairs pianos of all makes and models as the
owner of David Shearer Piano Service.
visit David Shearer's website
*Richard Shoap,
Making a Scene: An Actor’s Workshop – retired Chambersburg
attorney, studied theatre and drama as an undergraduate at Bucknell University.
He has been active over the years as an actor and director with various area
theatre groups, most notably with Chambersburg Community Theatre (CCT) and the
Conococheague Players, and he has taught acting courses in the past for CVSM.
Most recently, in 2008 he directed a production of Shadowlands, a play
about C.S. Lewis and his relationship with Joy Gresham, for CCT at the Capitol
Theatre.
*Jennifer Kreyl
Shoeman, Voice and Drama Camp, Spotlights Acting Camp - BA Theater
Arts, Temple University. M Ed, Arcadia University. A CVSM alumna, she is
Creator/Director of Spotlights Acting Camp. She also serves as Youth
Drama Director at Totem Pole Playhouse. An accomplished playwright, her
works have been produced at Philadelphia's Adrienne Theater, Coatesville
Cultural Society, the Star Theater, Gettysburg College Theater Department
and Toronto's NovaStage. She has been published by Plays Magazine. Her
experience as an actress ranges from College Theater to Off-Off Broadway in
NYC. Favorite roles include Mary in Crystal Weeds, Jo
in
Little
Women, Catherine in
A Love
Divided, and Abby in Andrew Sussman's musical
Abbey
Victoria. She is the Director of the Drama Department at
Renaissance Academy in Suburban Philadelphia.
*Carl Sponenberg,
flute, saxophone, clarinet –
B.S. Mu. Ed., Wilkes College. M.M. Mu. Ed., Eastman School of Music. He majored
in flute and clarinet at both Wilkes and Eastman and has studied with William
Gasbarro, William Osseck, and Joseph Mariano. He taught 34 years with the Big
Spring School District, serving 18 years as department chair and 14 years as the
high school band director. He was elected to the Big Spring High School “Wall of
Fame” in May 2003. He has taught privately since 1964 and given lessons to many
district and regional band students. Currently, he plays clarinet with the
Dickinson College Band, the Hershey Symphony, the CVSM Community Symphonic Band,
the Harrisburg Concert Band, Center Stage Opera and saxophone with the Craig
Sunday Jazz Orchestra. He led and conducted the PA Ambassadors of Music Wind
Ensemble on a European Tour in June 2006. He now directs the Shippensburg, PA
Town Band.
*Elizabeth Stahl,
Sam’s Music Camp,
B.S. Mu Ed and B.A. in vocal performance from Lebanon Valley
College. MME from Shenandoah Conservatory. Employed as the 8th & 9th
grade Choral Director and the 9th grade music instructor at Faust
Junior High School.
*Marsha
Stine,
piano - B.S. in Piano Performance from Frostburg State University. A
private piano instructor since 1980 in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She has
taught grades 1-12 music classes, served as a choir and dinner theatre director
at several private schools. She has been a piano accompanist for various
soloists including an alumni performance at Frostburg State in 2004. She has
toured as a singer with
Festival of Praise Singers and Band and
has served as a church musician as accompanist, vocalist, choir
director, praise team leader at various churches for 20 years.
*Debbie Stotelmyer,
violin
– B.S. Mu.
Ed, Frostburg State
College. Former Principal 2nd Violin in the MD Symphony Orchestra,
Concertmistress for Mercersburg Community Chorus/Orchestra, Former
concertmistress of Millbrook Orchestra and Frederick Community Orchestra.
Currently on staff at Shepherd College. Has over 25 years experience in private
teaching, 14 years in public school teaching and has had many students selected
for MD All-State Orchestra, and the Central PA District Orchestra.
*Andrew Sussman,
jazz, songwriting –
University of the Arts. Executive Director of CVSM, composer, pianist. His
songs have been performed and/or recorded by singers Rene’ Marie, Nancy Reed,
Gwen Howard, Mary Jayne Raleigh, Jim Van Slyke, the Washington D.C. Cabaret
Network, and Chicago Cabaret Professionals. Other projects include the musicals
Pollyanna, Abbey Victoria: A Musical Daydream (both performed in
NYC and locally), A Touch of Bourbon, and Follow Your Dreams (one
act) and incidental music and songs for Phoenix: The Burning of Chambersburg,
A Love Divided, and Nellie Was There. Performs with CVSM Jazz
Quartet and Concert Jazz Band. visit
Andrew's website
*Suzanne Sweigart,
piano, voice, voice class
–
B.M. Piano Performance, Houghton College. M.M. in Voice Performance, Westminster
Choir College of Ryder University. Solo performing experience in voice in the
greater NY, Phila. and Gettysburg areas. Recently sang the Mother role in
Hansel and Gretel (Humperdink) with Center Stage Opera. Has performed with the
Westminster Choir at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center under conductors Leonard
Bernstein and Richardo Muti. Also teaches voice and piano at Mt. St. Mary’s
University in Maryland. Experienced teaching all ages, emphasizing the
fundamentals as a spring board for advancement.
*Suzanne Thierry,
flute, piano –
B.M. University of Alabama. M.M. Bowling Green State University. Five-year
tenure on the faculty of BGSU and administrator for BGSU’s MidAmerican Center
for contemporary music. An active flutist and piano accompanist, she has
performed as a soloist and chamber musician on a variety of venues nationally.
Has worked with composers throughout the U.S. as a specialist in the performance
of contemporary music. Active with the Nat’l Flute Assn. Studied with Sheryl
Cohen and Judith Bentley, has participated in the master classes of Jean Pierre
Rampal, Alain Marion and Samuel Baron. A former faculty member of Wilson
College and Dickinson College. A certified public school teacher in PA & OH,
she currently teaches with CASD and is a reader for the AP National Music Theory
Exams administered through the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
*Elisabeth Turchi,
voice, voice class – BFA Carnegie-Melon University, MM Shenandoah
University. She studied at the International Institute of Vocal Arts and is an
alumna of the International Opera Academy of Rome and the Ezio Pinza Council of
American Singers of Opera. She sang the role of Alice in Falstaff in her
Rome debut. She has sung principal roles with the Harrisburg Opera, the
Pittsburgh Opera, and the Carnegie-Mellon Opera. She has also performed with
NYC’s Gotham Chamber Opera. Oratorio credits include Gabriel in Haydn’s
Creation in Vienna and Budapest with Grammy-winning conductor Robert Page.
She also performed with legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck as the soprano
soloist in his
oratorio entitled The Canticles of Mary for
orchestra, choir, and soprano soloist, with jazz quartet improvisations
throughout and will perform the role of The Queen of the Night in Mozart's opera
The Magic Flute with the New York Lyric Opera Theatre at Symphony Space,
NYC, on January 30, 2010.
She has served as Choral Director of the Central PA Youth Opera and the Wilson
College Choir. visit
Elizabeth's website
*Geoffrey Weeks,
guitar, folk
instruments –
B.A. guitar performance/pedagogy, Adams State College, Colorado. He has
extensive performance experience as a soloist in the Classical and Flamenco
styles, in classical and jazz ensembles and in Tex-Mex, Norteño, Rock, Country,
and Celtic Bands. He has been employed as guitarist with Chambersburg 1st UM
Church Praise Team Band and with Unity in Christ Church in Fayetteville. He has
also been the guitarist for Flamenco Tablao (Dance Troupe) and Danzante
(Hispanic Cultural Arts Center) both in Harrisburg, PA.
*David Wenerd,
Community Symphonic Band, Concert Jazz Band – B.S.
Mu. Ed., Temple University. M.Mu. Ed. Catholic University of America. CASD
Music Department Chairman, CASHS Band Director, Conductor of the Towne Singers,
the CVSM Concert Jazz and Community Symphonic Bands and Director of Music at
Falling Spring Presbyterian Church, Trombone/Euphonium Section Leader & Soloist
with Hagerstown Municipal Band. Freelance trombone.
*Susan Whitelock,
Musical Kaleidoscope
- B.S. Elementary Education with music minor, Keuka College, New York. Masters
in Education, Shippensburg University Susan has taught for 36 years in the
education field, at all grade levels, pre-school through college. She also
taught the gifted seminar program in the Chambersburg Area School District in
Grades 3-7. She has always incorporated music in all facets of her creative
teaching. She has been a CVSM faculty member for 20 years since the opening of
the school in 1989. She initially developed and continues to teach the Preschool
and Kindergarten Music Program at CVSM. She has also served on the CVSM Board of
Directors. She has been an adjunct professor of education for Wilson College for
14 years, supervising the Wilson College student teachers in the Education
Department. She is a member of the CASD Pre-School Collaboration Team and the
National Association of the Education of Young Children. She was a former
private piano teacher, former member of the Harrisburg Choral Society, and
former member of the Grantham Oratorio Society.