Band - Glenn Scheuermann
Chorus - David Baar
In the Chicago area, David Baar currently leads five choirs in grades 6-12 at the college prep school, Providence St. Mel, a model school for urban education; is music director for the German men’s chorus - the Rheinischer Gesang Verein; and conducts the Hope Christian Reformed Church Choir. He earned a doctorate in choral conducting from Northwestern University, masters degrees in choral conducting and in music education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and an undergraduate degree in vocal education and vocal performance from Hope College in Holland, Michigan. Dr. Baar is active in several professional organizations including the American Choral Director’s Association, having served on the board as Central Division Repertoire and Standards Chair for High School Choirs and as an honors chorus coordinator. For the Illinois Music Educator’s Association, Dr. Baar has served as a choral chair for District I, a guest conductor for various districts, and his choirs appeared at the state convention. In 2010, he received the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching.
Dr. Baar has been very active in a broad spectrum of choral music. He has held conducting positions at MacMurray College, Concordia University-River Forest, Northwestern University, Trinity Christian College, and Bowling Green State University. For grades K-12, he has taught in rural, urban, and suburban settings in both public and private schools. During the summers he has taught at the National High School Music Institute of Northwestern University. He has been a leader in the area of children’s choruses having founded and directed the Community Choral Arts Club, conducting the Jubilate Children’s Chorus of the North Shore, and the Midwest Young Artists. He has worked with singers of all ages, women’s and men’s choruses, and those that represent a particular ethnic culture. Several of his choirs have toured successfully in the United States and abroad, including performances in major concert halls and international festivals. His choirs have also shared the stage with world famous singers and dance companies. Dr. Baar appears regularly as a vocal adjudicator and choral clinician.
General Music - Paul Corbière
Paul Corbière has taught Elementary General Music for 19 years in Florida and in Iowa, where he is currently K-6 Music Teacher at Roundy Elementary in Columbus Junction. Paul has been a member of the World Music Drumming Teaching Staff since 1999, and is the cofounder of the Beat For Peace program-- combining World Music Drumming and Resiliency Research for students with multiple risk factors. Paul has been a featured clinician at a number of Music Education Association Conferences and has conducted multiple residencies with elementary students throughout the United States. In October 2005, he was composer and co-facilitator of the Iowa Groove, a 1300 person drum ensemble. Paul is a consultant for the Just Play It! Classroom Harmonica Method, a classroom Blues Harmonica curriculum. He is the author of Skins, Sticks, and Bars, a book of drum and xylophone ensembles. Paul received his MM in Percussion Performance from The Ohio State University and his BFA in Music Education from Florida Atlantic University.
Guitar - Ronald Korbitz
Jazz - David Edmund
Dr. David Edmund is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of music education at the University of Florida. In addition to music education duties, Dr. Edmund has served as interim trumpet professor, director of jazz bands II and III, and professor of music theory. In 2009, he earned the Ph.D. in music education at UF, where he was a Presidential Fellow. In 2008, Dr. Edmund was among 20 graduate instructors, out of more than three thousand, to earn a Graduate Student Teaching Award. At commencement he was recognized as the Outstanding Music Graduate Student. Dr. Edmund has worked for 10 years as an elementary music educator. He was elected the Ruskin Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2001. At Ruskin, he instituted a beginning band program which thrived throughout his teaching tenure. He earned a Master of Music Education degree, with Jazz Studies emphasis, at the University of North Texas. At North Texas, he performed in the renowned One o’ Clock lab band and directed the Six o’ Clock. He toured Japan and Hong Kong with the One o’ Clock and recorded with the band on Lab 96. Dr. Edmund has performed and recorded professionally in settings which include: (the first ever) Florida Inter-Collegiate wind ensemble, chamber orchestras, large and small jazz ensembles, soul, reggae, and pop/rock bands.
Orchestra - Cynthia Bush
Cynthia Bush has been a strings instructor for the past 24 years in both public and private schools in Ohio. She is currently Director of Orchestras for the Columbus Academy, a college preparatory school in Columbus, Ohio, where she teaches strings and directs orchestras for students in grades 2 - 12. Ms. Bush also maintains a private studio for violin, viola and piano students.
Cynthia has played professionally in the Canton Symphony, Akron Symphony and as a free lance violinist in the Cleveland area. She is currently performing chamber music in the Columbus area. Ms. Bush's interests also include playing early music on Renaissance and Medieval instruments, gardening and hand spinning yarn. She has 2 children who play violin and cello, and one very friendly cat.