Col. Arnald D. Gabrielretired from the United States Air Force in 1985 following adistinguished 36 year military career, at which time he was awarded anunprecedented third Legion of Merit for his service to the UnitedStates Air Force and to music education throughout the country. Heserved as Commander/Conductor of the internationally renowned U.S. AirForce Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Singing Sergeants from 1964 to1985. In 1990, he was named the first Conductor Emeritus of the USAFBand at a special concert held at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington,D.C. Col. Gabriel served on the faculty of George Mason University inFairfax, Virginia, from 1985 to 1995, as Conductor of the GMU SymphonyOrchestra and as Chairman, Department of Music for eight of thoseyears. In recognition of his ten years service to the university, hewas named Professor Emeritus of Music.

 
Director Emeritus Colonel John R. Bourgeois,USMC (Ret.), was the 25th Director of “The President’s Own” UnitedStates Marine Band. His acclaimed career spanned nine presidentialadministrations, from Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower to Bill Clinton.
Bourgeois is a graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans. He joinedthe Marine Corps in 1956 and entered “The President’s Own” as a Frenchhornist and arranger in 1958. Named Director of the Marine Band in1979, Bourgeois was promoted to colonel in June 1983. He retired fromactive duty July 11, 1996.
As Director of “The President’s Own,” Bourgeois was Music Adviser tothe White House. He selected the musical program and directed the bandon its traditional place of honor at the U.S. Capitol for fourPresidential inaugurations, a Marine Band tradition dating to 1801. Heregularly conducted the Marine Band and the Marine Chamber Orchestra atthe White House, appearing there more frequently than any othermusician in the nation.
Under Bourgeois’ leadership the Marine Band presented its firstoverseas performances in history, traveling to the Netherlands in 1985where “The President’s Own” performed with the Marine Band of the RoyalNetherlands Navy. In February 1990, Bourgeois led the Marine Band on anhistoric 18-day concert tour of the former Soviet Union as part of thefirst U.S.-U.S.S.R. Armed Forces band exchange. He also directed theMarine Band on 16 nationwide tours, bringing the music of “ThePresident’s Own” to the American people.

Anthony Parntheris Musical Director and Conductor of the Orange County Symphony inAnaheim, California. In addition to his duties with the O.C. Symphony,Mr Parnther serves as the Founding Conductor of the Appalachian BrassOrchestra as well as the newly formed Orange County Wind Symphony He isalso the Artistic Director of the Anaheim Music Festival and thefounding Artistic Director of the Wind Symphony Conducting Institute.
A multifaceted musician, Anthony has been featured as a conductor andperformer in virtually every musical medium from ballet to opera, andmusicals to chamber groups and has performed alongside or conducted inconcert such noted artists as Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, PatSheridan, Ronald Rhomm, Doc Severinsen, Marvin Stamm and many others.An advocate of new music, Anthony recently led the Appalachian Brass inconcert at the International Brass and Chamber Music Festival at theUniversity of Louisville, where they performed and premiered works byleading and upcoming composers Eric Ewazen, Lauren Bernofsky, AnthonyPlog, Brian Sadler and others.
 

Don Caneva,(1936-2008) a third-generation band director, joined the CoastalCommunities Concert Band in 1988. His life has been dedicated to musicas both a director and an educator. He has taught music at every schoollevel from elementary through college. His formal education includes aBachelor of Music Education degree from DePaul University and a Masterof Arts degree from the University of Hawaii. He has also takenadvanced studies at the University of Illinois, Western IllinoisUniversity, and Northern Illinois University.
During Don's 10-year tenure as the Director of Bands at John HerseyHigh School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, his band performed atnumerous prestigious events which included "The Tournament of RosesParade " - Pasadena California, "The Cotton Bowl Parade" - Dallas,Texas, "The Orange Bowl Parade" - Miami, Florida, and "The CollegeAll-Star Game"- Chicago, Illinois. The Hersey Symphonic Winds' concertperformances included: "The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic" -Chicago, Illinois, "The Mideast Instrumental Music Conference" -Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "The Northwest Band Clinic" - Moorhead,Minnesota (3 times), and "The American Bandmasters AssociationConvention" - Evanston, Illinois.

GUEST SOLOISTS

Dale UnderwoodAcclaimed by the Washington Post as "the Heifez of the alto saxophone,"is internationally recognized as one of the foremost classicalsaxophonists of our time. Mr. Underwood has toured extensivelythroughout the world as a featured soloist, performing in every statein the continental United States, Alaska as well as in England,Germany, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Italy, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina,Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, Canada, Austria, Hungary and for Pope JohnPaul II at the Vatican.
A frequent guest soloist with leading orchestras throughout the UnitedStates and abroad, Mr. Underwood has performed with the Boston PopsOrchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, Australian Wind Orchestra,and the National Conservatory Orchestra in Sao Paolo, Brazil, amongothers. In 1993, Mr. Underwood made his Carnegie Hall debut in aprogram featuring Claude T.Smith's Fantasy and A Gershwin Fantasy (bothwritten especially for Mr. Underwood). In addition to being a soughtafter soloist, Mr. Underwood is also a noted recording artist. He hasamassed a prolific discography of classical and contemporary works byleading composers Paul Creston, Jay Chatterway, Robert Muczynski, andMaurice Whitney. His vast repertoire includes all of the standardsaxophone concerti, as well as over thirty original works writtenespecially for him by noted American composers such as Walter Hartley,Clare Grundman, Jay Chattaway, Alan Vizzutti, and Ralph Martino.
Jim Selfis a Los Angeles freelance musician, a veteran of over 1400 motionpicture scores, hundreds of television shows and records, and is tubasoloist on many prominent movies. His tuba was the "Voice of theMothership" in John Williams score to Close Encounters of the ThirdKind. Recent films include War of the Worlds, Lemony Snicket, Legend ofZorro, King Kong, Ice Age/Meltdown, Eight Below, X Men 3, All theKing’s Men and Evan Almighty.
He is Principal Tuba/Cimbasso with the Pasadena and Pacific Symphonies,the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Los Angeles Opera and OperaPacific orchestras. Self holds degrees from Indiana University ofPennsylvania, Catholic University and a DMA from the University ofSouthern California--where he teaches tuba and chamber music.
His major tuba teachers were William Becker, Harvey Phillips and TommyJohnson. Jim is a past president of The International Tuba/EuphoniumAssociation, a former member of The U.S. Army Band, Washington, D.C andwas on the faculty at the University of Tennessee. His compositions andarrangements include works for solo tuba, brass quintet, band,orchestra and other brass, woodwind and string chamber music. Jim hasproduced nine solo jazz and classical recordings.

Helen Goode-Castrograduated from the Royal Northern College of Music, England with anHonors Degree and a Professional Performers Diploma in Clarinet. Shefurthered her studies at the Royal College of Music where she receivedthe Artist Diploma.
While in London she performed with several European Orchestrasincluding the BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Camerata, and Söd-BayerischePhilharmonie, Germany. She moved to Los Angeles to study with Gary Grayat UCLA where she obtained an MFA in Clarinet Performance and thenbegan studies at USC on a MDA with Yehuda Gilad and Michele Zukovsky.She was a finalist in the Boosey and Hawkes Clarinet competition inChicago and won a position with the Sarasota Opera Festival Orchestrafor 1996 and 1997.
Since moving to LA, Helen freelances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic,Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angles Master Chorale, MozartCamerata, Santa Barbara Symphony, Redlands Symphony, Inland EmpireSymphony, California Philharmonic and Long Beach Symphony. She recentlyrecorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London where sheperformed the Tone Poem for Clarinet and Orchestra by Charles Fernandez.
Ms. Goode-Castro is currently on the faculty at California StateUniversity, Long Beach and California State University, Los Angeles.She also teaches at the Los Angeles county High School for the Arts.

Trombonist Alex Ileshas enjoyed a varied and successful career in many musical settings. Heis an active member of the musically diverse Southern Californiafreelance performing and recording community.
Alex began his musical career while a student at UCLA, as a member ofthe Disneyland All American College Band. He has studied tromboneprivately with Roy Main, Ralph Sauer, Byron Peebles and Per Brevig.Since graduating from UCLA, he has gone on to enjoy his musical life asan in-demand trombonist/low-brass performer.
Among the varied palette of artists with whom Alex has performed and/orrecorded are: Joe Cocker, James Horner, Henry Mancini, Alan Jackson,The Tonight Show, Hans Zimmer, The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, JohnnyMathis, Lalo Shiffrin, Natalie Cole, Danny Elfman, Ray Charles, TrevorRabin, Harry Connick Jr., Robbie Williams, Terence Blanchard, JohnWilliams, and Prince. He has played in the pit orchestras of numerousLos Angeles productions of Broadway shows including: The Lion King,Phanom of the Opera, Chicago, West Side Story, The Producers andHairspray.
He has toured as lead and solo jazz trombonist with the Woody Hermanand Maynard Ferguson big bands [with whom he has recorded twice].Today, he performs and records as a regular member of many of the topbig bands and jazz groups in the L.A. area including Bob Florence'sLimited Edition, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, The Tom Kubis BigBand. He has also recorded and performs with the The Bill CunliffeSextet and The David Roitstein Group.

David Jacksonwas featured soloist at several recent engagements, includingperformances at Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Music atGretna in Mt. Gretna, PA, and with the Ann Arbor Concert Band. He wasalso guest soloist with Los Angeles Symphonic Winds, both in LosAngeles and at the Mid Europe Festival in Schladming, Austria. Otherrecent solo performances include the Interlochen World Youth WindSymphony and with the Idyllwild Festival Wind Ensemble at Disney Hallin Los Angeles.
In addition to these performances, Professor Jackson recently performedmaster classes and recitals at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, theUniversity of Minnesota, UCLA, California State University-Northridge,and Pepperdine University.
An advocate of new music, Jackson has commissioned and performed theworld premieres of numerous works for the trombone. He also hasperformed with the Detroit Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the ChicagoSymphony, the Michigan Opera Theater, the Fort Worth Symphony, the NewWorld Symphony, the Cabrillo Music Festival Orchestra, and the Spoleto,Italy Festival Orchestra. A respected chamber musician, Jackson hasperformed with the Galliard Brass, the Music of the Baroque, and theBrass Band of Battle Creek.Professor Jackson is Associate Professor ofTrombone at the University of Michigan. He also has been a facultymember at Baylor University, Eastern Michigan University, and theUniversity of Toledo. He is a member of the Detroit Chamber Winds andStrings and of Chicago’s Fulcrum Point New Music Project. In thesummers, he teaches and performs at the Hot Springs Music Festival andthe Idyllwild Arts Festival.

DavidPinto has been active in the field of music performance and educationfor over forty years. Beginning his career as a concert pianist,performing in solo recitals as well as soloist with symphony orchestras(Long Beach Symphony, Glendale Symphony, Nevada Symphony), David thenbranched out to work in the popular and jazz mediums, working in TV,Theatre and Film as a pianist, conductor and arranger (Love Boat, Sonnyand Cher Show, Captain and Tenille, Ann-Margret, etc).
David is also a computer programmer specializing in making mainstreammusic applications accessible to blind musicians. Among his celebrityclients are Dianne Shur, Ronny Milsap, Kevin Kern, Marcus Roberts, andthe late Ray Charles. His work with blind musicians has recently beenfeatured twice on CBS's 60 minutes.
 

When he was eight years old, Larry Zalkindjumped at the chance to enter the music program at his local elementaryschool. Inspired by his favorite group, the Tijuana Brass, he hadalways wanted to play the trumpet. But there were no trumpets left, andhis school music teacher Nora Graham settled the issue by declaring,“You look like a trombone player to me!” His fate sealed, Zalkindcarried the enormous trombone case home from school with the help of afellow third grader. After studying with Harold Diner and NormanBernstein, Zalkind entered the California Institute of the Arts Youthprogram in eighth grade, where he coached chamber music with LosAngeles Tubist Tommy Johnson. By the age of 17 Zalkind was a student atUSC, where he studied with Robert Marsteller and completed hisbachelor’s degree in music education and master’s degrees in musicperformance. Other highly influential teachers during that time wereRalph Sauer, Byron Peebles, Jimmy Stamp, Tommy Johnson, Arnold Jacobs,Terry Cravens and Dennis Smith. In the fall of 1981, while pursuing hisdoctorate at the University of Michigan, 25-year-old Zalkind won theaudition to become Principal Trombonist for the Utah Symphony, aposition he has held ever since.

Chris Tedescohas distinguished himself as a one of the top call trumpet players onthe music scene in Los Angeles since 1987. Equally at home performingclassical trumpet, lead trumpet or jazz solos, chamber music ororchestral pieces, Chris’s sound has been heard on numerous recordingsfor Movies, TV shows, TV Commercials, CD recordings, and live dateswith some of the biggest names in the industry. He is also very activein the “business end” of music as a musician contractor/project managerfor some of this recorded and live work as well.
Early trumpet training in his hometown of Niagara Falls New Yorkincluded studies with Ron Mendola, and then Chuck Lirette of theBuffalo Philharmonic. Awards for All County band and Jazz Band wereawarded for 6th through 12th grade, along with All State Band and JazzBand, and finally National Honors Band in his senior year. For hissenior concerto concert Chris performed the Arban’s “Carnival ofVenice” to a packed house and multiple standing ovations. Chris’sUniversity training included one year at the State University of NewYork at Fredonia for one year under William Dederer and four yearsunder Gil Johnson, (former principal trumpet of the PhiladelphiaOrchestra 1958-75) at the University of Miami in Florida for fouryears. After completing a bachelor’s degree in Music and MusicBusiness, Chris freelanced in Western New York in the Artpark TheaterOrchestra, which allowed him the chance to play with members of theBuffalo Philharmonic, The National Ballet of Canada and the MarthaGraham Dance Co. A short stint on the road with the Glenn Miller Bandand over a year with The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra along with cruise shipsbrought him to Los Angeles in 1987 where he has been freelancing eversince.

Flutist Susan Greenbergenjoys a versatile career as soloist, chamber musician, symphonyplayer, and recording artist. The Los Angeles Times has described herplaying as "brilliant," "elegant" and "supple," and has lauded her"panache" and "musical projection." As a member of the Los AngelesChamber Orchestra, she has been a frequent soloist on both flute andpiccolo, most recently opening the orchestra's 2006-07 season with aconcerto for flute, alto flute and piccolo written for her by GernotWolfgang. Previously, she had premiered a concerto written for her byBruce Broughton. Ms. Greenberg has also appeared as guest soloist withthe San Francisco and Oakland Symphonies, the Santa Monica Symphony,the Napa Valley Symphony, and at the Hollywood Bowl. She has performedwith the Los Angeles Philharmonic, L.A. Opera, New York City Opera,American Ballet Theater, Joffrey Ballet, as well as at the Casals, Ojaiand Martha's Vineyard Music Festivals. Ms. Greenberg was the principalflutist for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra's tour of Japan, and hasreceived the "Most Valuable Player" award on the flute from theNational Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.