Region I Past Band Conductors
Past Conductors of the Region I High School Bands
Wind Ensemble | Year | Symphonic Band |
N/A | 1953 | H. Dudley Mairs |
N/A | 1954 | Maxwell Jarvis |
N/A | 1954 | Leroy Lenox |
N/A | 1954 | Julian Opsahi |
N/A | 1955 | William Brooks |
N/A | 1955 | Stanley Opalach |
N/A | 1956 | Raymond Westerdale |
N/A | 1956 | Martin Burne |
N/A | 1959 | Bernard Baggs |
N/A | 1959 | Peter Sirch |
N/A | 1961 | Donald Marrs |
N/A | 1961 | G. Donald Mairs |
N/A | 1962 | Harold Brown |
N/A | 1962 | Anthony Ciarlo |
N/A | 1963 | Donald George |
N/A | 1963 | John Sost |
N/A | 1964 | Dr. Glen Riggin |
N/A | 1964 | Rudolph Kreutzer |
N/A | 1965 | Robert Jones |
N/A | 1965 | Charles Pickering |
N/A | 1966 | Verne Miller, Sr. |
N/A | 1966 | Frank Ryerson |
N/A | 1967 | Jack Hontz |
N/A | 1967 | Walter Moore |
N/A | 1968 | Carl Wilhjelm |
N/A | 1968 | Lee Cappiello |
N/A | 1969 | Alyn Heim |
N/A | 1969 | Darlington Kulp |
N/A | 1970 | David Lantz |
N/A | 1970 | Fred Strekfuss |
N/A | 1971 | Frank Battisti |
Karel Husa | 1972 | Jack Evans |
James Steffy | 1973 | Dallas Niermeyer |
Keith Brion | 1974 | Henry Burr |
Richard Castiglione | 1975 | Charles Tobias |
Lee Southall | 1976 | Peter Boor |
Vaclav Nelhybel | 1977 | Gordon Crooks |
Edward Gobrecht | 1978 | Alex Taylor |
Donald George | 1979 | Charles Yassky |
Charles Del Rosso | 1980 | Gerald Tedesco |
Robert Zellner | 1981 | John Cuozzo |
Edward Downing | 1982 | Gary Quam |
James Thurmond | 1983 | Evan Cooper |
Donald Mattran | 1984 | Laurent Gareau |
Walter Chestnut | 1985 | Andrew Stachow |
Anthony Maiello | 1986 | David S. Jones |
Dr. William Silvester | 1987 | Robert Morgan |
Dr. Robert Streckfuss | 1988 | Frank Levy |
Robert Jager | 1989 | Robert Wirth |
Stanley DeRusha | 1990 | Jill Van Syckle |
George Cavender | 1991 | Robert McLain |
Max Culpepper | 1992 | Stanley West |
Dr. William Berz | 1993 | Darryl J. Bott |
George N. Parks | 1994 | Joseph Bernabe |
Dr. Timothy Topolewski | 1995 | James Kain |
Dr. Peter Loel Boonshaft | 1996 | Charles Tobias |
Dr. Jeffrey Renshaw | 1997 | Frank Phillips |
Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. | 1998 | Harry S. Owens |
John Stanley Ross | 1999 | Robert Bednar |
Dr. Gary D. Green | 2000 | Dr. C. Christian Wilhjelm |
Dr. William A. Gora | 2001 | Dr. Mary Ann Craig |
Charles Peltz | 2002 | Darryl J. Bott |
Dr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. | 2003 | Walter F. Moore |
Bruce Yurko | 2004 | Don Magee |
Dr. J. Craig Davis | 2005 | Curt Ebersole |
Dr. John Lynch | 2006 | Mary K. Schneider |
Dr. Michael Votta, Jr. | 2007 | Michael C. Sopko |
Edward Lisk | 2008 | Michael D. Russo |
Samuel R. Hazo | 2009 | Patrick J. Burns |
Dr. Adam F. Brennan | 2010 | Todd Nichols |
Darryl J. Bott | 2011 | Mindy Scheierman |
Dr. Thomas McCauley | 2012 | David A. Aulenbach |
Glen Adsit | 2013 | Lewis C. Kelly |
Dr. Bradley Genevro | 2014 | Dr. William Stowman |
Dr. Thomas Verrier | 2015 | Richard Hartsuiker |
Dr. Jack Stamp | 2016 | Dr. Courtney Snyder |
Dr. Andrew Yozviak | 2017 | Mrs. Dawn Doubler Russo |
Dr. Rick Fleming | 2018 | Jeffrey C. Bittner |
Dr. Joseph Higgins | 2019 | Dr. Christopher M. Cicconi |
Jeffrey Grogan | 2020 | Michael Iapicca |
Dr. Mary K. Schneider | 2022 | Dr. Shelley Axelson |
Bruce Yurko | 2023 | Dr. Brian McLaughlin |
Dr. Eric M. Laprade | 2024 | Dr. Andrea E. Brown |
Dr. Julia Baumanis | 2025 | Dr. Janet Song Kim |
Past Conductors of the Region I Intermediate (Junior High School) BandsThe first annual “All North Jersey Junior High School Symphonic Band” concert was held in 1960. From 1961-1969 the ensemble was under the direction of two co-conductors. In 1970 the switch was made to only have one conductor for the ensemble. The division into “Intermediate” and “Junior” bands began in 1985. The division into "Concert Band" and "Symphonic Winds" began in 2018.
Intermediate Band | Year | Junior Band |
Dr. Walter E. Nallin | 1960 | N/A |
James J. Barresi | 1961 | N/A |
R. D. Wilber | 1961 | N/A |
Robert J. McGarry | 1962 | N/A |
Bernard Weis | 1962 | N/A |
Fred M. Streckfuss | 1963 | N/A |
Vernon R. Miller | 1963 | N/A |
James K. Rigopoulos | 1964 | N/A |
Donald N. White | 1964 | N/A |
Benjamin G. Williams | 1965 | N/A |
Charles J. Tobias | 1965 | N/A |
Edward F. Jackson | 1966 | N/A |
William A. Laverack | 1966 | N/A |
Edwin Black | 1967 | N/A |
Stephen B. Ritchie | 1970 | N/A |
R. D. Wilbur | 1971 | N/A |
Jill F. Van Syckle | 1972 | N/A |
Noel Young | 1975 | N/A |
Peter S. Fobia | 1977 | N/A |
Richard Cass | 1979 | N/A |
Andrew Stachow | 1980 | N/A |
Howard Buchanan | 1981 | N/A |
Maryann Vidovich | 1982 | N/A |
Fred M. Streckfuss | 1983 | N/A |
Jacques Rizzo | 1984 | N/A |
James Buchanan | 1985 | Darryl Bott |
Larry Fried | 1986 | Ronald Kalman |
Ronald Pojedinec | 1987 | Deborah Sfraga |
Robert Santin | 1988 | Curt Ebersole |
Walter Schneider | 1989 | James Baratta |
Donald Warren | 1990 | Peter Tumillo, Jr. |
Donald Ball | 1991 | John M. Schumacher |
Joseph E. Elliot | 1992 | Richard Summers |
Debra J. Evans | 1993 | Bernard Baggs, Jr. |
G. Roger Guccione | 1994 | Stanley Jackson |
John A. Palermo | 1995 | Kenneth Reed |
Frederick Czarnecki | 1996 | Michael Sopko |
Ralph Venezia Jr. | 1997 | Alison L. Trott |
Patricia G. Baggs | 1998 | Gerald Tedesco |
David A. Aulenbach | 1999 | David Imhof |
Dr. Mary K. Schneider | 2000 | William P. Bratten |
John J. Zemba | 2001 | David L. Martin |
Paul A. Oster | 2002 | Dawn Doubler Russo |
William Sauder | 2003 | Dominick J. Ferrara |
Anthony J. Lanzerotti | 2004 | Brian Conti |
Linda Quinn | 2005 | Paul Kafer |
John M. Schumacher | 2006 | Walter C. Schneider |
Kurt Zimmermann | 2007 | Lewis C. Kelly |
Richard Summers | 2008 | Diana L. Glassman |
Brian S. Brown | 2009 | Douglas E. Rutan |
Gregory P. Mulford | 2010 | Curt Ebersole |
Scott Singer | 2011 | Theodora Sotiropoulos |
Vee Popat | 2012 | Chris M. Bernotas |
Michael Iapicca | 2013 | Jonathan Harris |
Salvio Fossa | 2014 | Bruce Yurko |
Timothy Broege | 2015 | Chip De Stefano |
Jeffrey Conrad | 2016 | Mark J. Donellan |
Russell Branch | 2017 | David Martin |
Concert Band | Year | Symphonic Winds |
David Walsh | 2018 | Dr. J. Craig Davis |
Christopher J. DeWilde | 2019 | Michael D. Russo |
Rick Fitzke | 2020 | Ryan Stroud |
Adam J. Freeman | 2022 | Dr. Deborah Prudenti Gianuzzi |
David Marks | 2023 | Richard Barrieres |
Melany Felsen McQueeny | 2024 | Laurie J. Kunzle |
Notes:• The 1960 program does say – “First Annual”.• In the beginning there was one group named “All North Jersey Jr. High School Symphonic Band.• In the 60's the group had two conductors share the concert.• In the 60's the concert was in the fall. Sometime between 1967 and 1971 the concert switched to the spring.• Also during that period, there was a change back to one conductor.• The Junior Band, Intermediate Band division began in 1985.
• In 2018 the names of the bands were changed to Concert Band and Symphonic Winds.
• In 2021 the bands did not meet due to the COVID-19 pandemic