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Welcome to the official site of the the Brunswick Community Band!
Updated on February 8, 2009 |
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2009 Season Rehearsals begin on Monday, April 27, 2009! It is our intention that the Brunswick Community Band will be a traditional concert band open to everyone (high school-age or older) who has an interest in making instrumental music. We want the band to provide a fun, social environment for people to practice and experience the art of music making. The band will consist strictly of volunteer members and will serves the Brunswick community by performing, educating and entertaining. |
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Thanks to our sponsors!
The Brunswick City School District
The Brunswick High School Band Department
The City of Brunswick Parks and Recreation Department |
Need more information? Contact our Music Director, Jay Wardeska |
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The 2009 Brunswick Community Band Schedule
Full schedule coming soon!+All rehearsals occur in the Brunswick High School Band Room |
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Any individual from ninth grade "through 101" who has an interest in making instrumental music. If you are a college student who will not be returning from school until after rehearses are under way, please join us as soon as possible. Indicate your availability at the time which you register with the band.
Any individual from ninth grade "through 101" who has an interest in making instrumental music. If you are a college student who will not be returning from school until after rehearsals are under way, please join us as soon as possible. Indicate your availability at the time which you register with the band.
Our first rehearsal will take place from 7 to 9PM on Monday, April 27. The remaining schedule is available above.
All rehearsals will take place in the Brunswick High School Band Room-3581 Center Road (under the "Brunswick High School" sign on the front of the center house of the building.)
Plans are currently being finalized for our 2009 summer season.
Contact us and we will help you either rent, borrow or purchase an instrument to use.
You need to have the ability to read music and the willingness to learn! We want you if you want to be here.
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There are two ways to register for membership in the Brunswick Community Band. Mail the form to: Jay Wardeska Brunswick Community Band 3581 Center Road Brunswick, Ohio 44212
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| ABOUT THE MUSIC
DIRECTOR
Jay Wardeska will serve as Music Director and conductor of the Brunswick Community Band. Mr. Wardeska is currently the Director of Bands at Brunswick High School and Instrumental Music Teacher for the Brunswick City Schools. Mr. Wardeska's teaching duties include the Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Marching Band, Pit Orchestra, and Pep Band at Brunswick High School. In addition, Mr. Wardeska team teaches the middle school bands at Edwards and Willetts Middle Schools. In his eighteenth year as a music educator, Mr. Wardeska holds a Master of Music degree in Instrumental Conducting from Kent State University and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Mount Union College where he graduated with honors. Prior to coming to Brunswick, Mr. Wardeska has held teaching positions at Buckeye High School (Medina, Ohio) and Kent State University. Mr. Wardeska has been the recipient of a number of honors and appointments. In 2008, Mr. Wardeska was designated a “Master Teacher” by the Ohio Department of Education. In 2007, Mr. Wardeska was the recipient of the National Excellence in Teacher Award from the College of Wooster. Mr. Wardeska received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association for “Outstanding Contributions to Bands and Band Music.” He has been named the Runner-up Veteran of Foreign Wars (VFW) Teacher of the Year. He was the recipient of the Kent State University Director of Bands Award and the Lucille B. Ketcham Prize in Music. He has been named as a Martha Holding Jennings Foundation Jennings Scholar. He was a 2000 Inductee into the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society and has been named multiple times in Who's Who Among American Teachers. He has served for many years as a guest conductor for the Wooster Music Camp at the College of Wooster--a position which he will hold in 2008. Mr. Wardeska holds memberships in the Music Educators National Conference, OMEA, the National Band Association, the International Association of Jazz Educators, the International Trumpet Guild, the National Education Association and the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education. Mr. Wardeska has served the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) extensively. He has served as District President, the All-State Performing Ensembles Task Force Chair, the All-State Performing Ensembles Chairman, and as a member of the state board. He continues to serve OMEA as an active adjudicator. Mr. Wardeska has served as a clinician for the OMEA Professional Conferences and the North East Ohio Education Association and has served as a guest conductor for several high school, middle school and honors bands throughout Ohio.
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