{"id":306,"date":"2018-11-06T13:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/hshonorbandfestival\/?page_id=306"},"modified":"2026-09-10T07:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T12:31:51","slug":"festival-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/festival-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Conductors<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Andrea Brown (High School SENIOR Honor Band)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1833 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2026\/09\/profile_photo_aebrown7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2026\/09\/profile_photo_aebrown7.jpg 240w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2026\/09\/profile_photo_aebrown7-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Andrea E. Brown is the associate director of bands at the University of Maryland where she conducts the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble, serves as the director of athletic bands, teaches conducting and is the coordinator of the conducting and ensembles division.<\/p>\n<p>While under her direction, the UMD Wind Ensemble has been selected to perform at the College Band Directors National Association Eastern Division Conference and the Maryland Music Educators Association Conference, and has performed works by a diverse range of composers. Brown and the ensemble have collaborated with soloists Master Gunnery Sgt. Sam Barlow, Teri Bickham, Jonathan Bisesi, Willie Clark, Robert DiLutis, Jennifer Piazza-Pick and Amanda Staub. She led a consortium commissioning Omar Thomas\u2019s setting of <em>Shenandoah<\/em> and has participated in commissions for works by Katahj Copley, Shiyung Li, Adrian Sims, Will Healy, Catherine Likhuta, Li Chan and Harrison Collins.<\/p>\n<p>During her time at Maryland, the UMD \u201cMighty Sound of Maryland\u201d Marching Band (MSOM) has collaborated in halftime shows with local artists such as the Critical Condition Band (DC GoGo), Mawty Maw (rap artist), Grace Chin (drum set), the Maryland Steel Pan Collective, Taala Academy of Dance, Corazon Folklorico of DC and the UMD Choirs. MSOM has also been a part of joint performances with the Howard University \u201cShowtime\u201d Marching Band and the Penn State \u201cBlue\u201d Band, and has participated in special performances at The Kennedy Center (DC), the Heisman Trophy Banquet (NY) and Bands of America Regionals (MD).<\/p>\n<p>Brown is formerly a member of the conducting faculty at the University of Michigan where she served as the assistant director of bands and was a faculty sponsor of a College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design Project team researching conducting pedagogy technology. She also served as the director of orchestra and assistant director of bands at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. She is a frequent guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the US, Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Brown has contributed to several books published by GIA Publications such as Women in Wind Band (Keeton-Howard &amp; Wagner), Rehearsing the Marching Band (Meyer), and has had several rehearsal guides published in the popular series, Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. She has presented at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Oxford Conducting Institute, the Yamaha Bl\u00e4serklasse in Schlitz, Germany, the International Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the College Music Society International Conference in Sydney, Australia and multiple times at the College Band Directors National Association National Conference. Brown completed a D.M.A. in instrumental conducting at UNC Greensboro where she was a student of John Locke and Kevin Geraldi. While at UNCG, she was both guest conductor and principal horn on UNCG Wind Ensemble&#8217;s equus!, fireworks!, and finish line! CDs released on the Equilibrium label.<\/p>\n<p>A proponent of inclusion and equity issues in the music profession, Brown is a frequent guest speaker on these topics. Brown is the founder of \u201cWomen Rising to the Podium\u201d- an online group of over 5000 members supporting and celebrating women band directors. She currently serves as the chair of the CBDNA Diversity Committee and was a founding member of the Drum Corps International InStep Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Brown previously served on the brass and conducting instructional staff of the DCI World Champion Phantom Regiment (2004 \u2013 2017). Other marching organizations she has instructed include the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band and Carolina Crown. Brown currently serves as a music judge for Drum Corps International and as a member of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Shield Jury. She was also invited to be a director for the 2024 D-Day 80th Anniversary Collegiate Mass Band for performances in Normandy, France, and as a music ensemble instructor of the 70th Anniversary Phantom Regiment Alumni Corps performance at the 2026 DCI World Championships in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>As a performer, Brown was a member of the AA Brass Quintet, which won the International Brass Quintet Competition hosted by Fred Mills at the University of Georgia. She performed with the horn sections of the Boston Brass All Stars Big Band, North Carolina Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. Brown has studied brass performance and pedagogy with Abigail Pack, J.D. Shaw, Jack Masarie, Freddy Martin, Dottie Bennett, Randy Kohlenberg, Richard Steffen and Ed Bach.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Milan, Tennessee, she is a graduate of Austin Peay State University and earned a Master of Music degree in horn performance and a Master of Music Education degree with a cognate in instrumental conducting from UNCG. Prior to her position at Georgia Tech, Brown was the assistant director of bands at Austin Peay State University and taught public school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and McKinney, Texas. She is a member of the American Bandmasters Association, WASBE, NAfME, CBDNA, Phi Beta Mu, Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Kappa Lambda. Brown was awarded the Tau Beta Sigma &#8220;Paula Crider Outstanding Band Director Award,\u201d the Rose of Honor as a member of Sigma Alpha Iota Women&#8217;s Music Fraternity, and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. Brown lives just outside of Washington, D.C. in College Park, MD, with her dog, Carter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Brunner (Middle School RED &amp; BLACK Honor Band)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2018\/11\/Brunner-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2018\/11\/Brunner-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/musicfestival\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/160\/2018\/11\/Brunner.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Paul Brunner is the Director of Bands at Buckeye Valley Local Schools in Delaware, Ohio where he has served in that position since 2014. Previously, he was the Director of Bands at Jonathan Alder Local Schools for seventeen years. A 1995 graduate of The Ohio State University with a Bachelors of Music, Mr. Brunner also has a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Wright State University. Mr. Brunner performs regularly on trombone in the Columbus area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"instrumentalClinicians\"><\/a>Festival Staff<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Amy Guitry (flute, piccolo)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adrienne Lape (clarinet)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hannah Watson &#8217;23 (saxophone)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Karen Pfeifer (oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Grosse (trumpet)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tiffany Damicone (horn)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Weikel (trombone)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dakota Parrish (baritone\/euphonium, tuba)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Lizak (percussion)<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Administrative Staff<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Rich Edwards (Festival Director)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lisa Hill (Performing Arts Department Academic Assistant)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plus, a small army of music student workers and band volunteers!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conductors Andrea Brown (High School SENIOR Honor Band) Dr. Andrea E. 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