Region I Past Band Conductors
Past Conductors of the Region I High School Bands
Wind Ensemble Year Symphonic BandN/A 1953 H. Dudley MairsN/A 1954 Maxwell JarvisN/A 1954 Leroy LenoxN/A 1954 Julian OpsahiN/A 1955 William BrooksN/A 1955 Stanley OpalachN/A 1956 Raymond WesterdaleN/A 1956 Martin BurneN/A 1959 Bernard BaggsN/A 1959 Peter SirchN/A 1961 Donald MarrsN/A 1961 G. Donald MairsN/A 1962 Harold BrownN/A 1962 Anthony CiarloN/A 1963 Donald GeorgeN/A 1963 John SostN/A 1964 Dr. Glen RigginN/A 1964 Rudolph KreutzerN/A 1965 Robert JonesN/A 1965 Charles PickeringN/A 1966 Verne Miller, Sr.N/A 1966 Frank RyersonN/A 1967 Jack HontzN/A 1967 Walter MooreN/A 1968 Carl WilhjelmN/A 1968 Lee CappielloN/A 1969 Alyn HeimN/A 1969 Darlington KulpN/A 1970 David LantzN/A 1970 Fred StrekfussN/A 1971 Frank BattistiKarel Husa 1972 Jack EvansJames Steffy 1973 Dallas NiermeyerKeith Brion 1974 Henry BurrRichard Castiglione 1975 Charles TobiasLee Southall 1976 Peter BoorVaclav Nelhybel 1977 Gordon CrooksEdward Gobrecht 1978 Alex TaylorDonald George 1979 Charles YasskyCharles Del Rosso 1980 Gerald TedescoRobert Zellner 1981 John CuozzoEdward Downing 1982 Gary QuamJames Thurmond 1983 Evan CooperDonald Mattran 1984 Laurent GareauWalter Chestnut 1985 Andrew StachowAnthony Maiello 1986 David S. JonesDr. William Silvester 1987 Robert MorganDr. Robert Streckfuss 1988 Frank LevyRobert Jager 1989 Robert WirthStanley DeRusha 1990 Jill Van SyckleGeorge Cavender 1991 Robert McLainMax Culpepper 1992 Stanley WestDr. William Berz 1993 Darryl J. BottGeorge N. Parks 1994 Joseph BernabeDr. Timothy Topolewski 1995 James KainDr. Peter Loel Boonshaft 1996 Charles TobiasDr. Jeffrey Renshaw 1997 Frank PhillipsDr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. 1998 Harry S. OwensJohn Stanley Ross 1999 Robert BednarDr. Gary D. Green 2000 Dr. C. Christian WilhjelmDr. William A. Gora 2001 Dr. Mary Ann CraigCharles Peltz 2002 Darryl J. BottDr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. 2003 Walter F. MooreBruce Yurko 2004 Don MageeDr. J. Craig Davis 2005 Curt EbersoleDr. John Lynch 2006 Mary K. SchneiderDr. Michael Votta, Jr. 2007 Michael C. SopkoEdward Lisk 2008 Michael D. RussoSamuel R. Hazo 2009 Patrick J. BurnsDr. Adam F. Brennan 2010 Todd NicholsDarryl J. Bott 2011 Mindy ScheiermanDr. Thomas McCauley 2012 David A. AulenbachGlen Adsit 2013 Lewis C. KellyDr. Bradley Genevro 2014 Dr. William StowmanDr. Thomas Verrier 2015 Richard HartsuikerDr. Jack Stamp 2016 Dr. Courtney SnyderDr. Andrew Yozviak 2017 Mrs. Dawn Doubler RussoDr. Rick Fleming 2018 Jeffrey C. BittnerDr. Joseph Higgins 2019 Dr. Christopher M. CicconiJeffrey Grogan 2020 Michael Iapicca Dr. Mary K. Schneider 2022 Dr. Shelley AxelsonBruce Yurko 2023 Dr. Brian McLaughlin 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 BandDr. Walter E. Nallin 1960 N/AJames J. Barresi 1961 N/AR. D. Wilber 1961 N/ARobert J. McGarry 1962 N/ABernard Weis 1962 N/AFred M. Streckfuss 1963 N/AVernon R. Miller 1963 N/AJames K. Rigopoulos 1964 N/ADonald N. White 1964 N/ABenjamin G. Williams 1965 N/ACharles J. Tobias 1965 N/AEdward F. Jackson 1966 N/AWilliam A. Laverack 1966 N/AEdwin Black 1967 N/AStephen B. Ritchie 1970 N/AR. D. Wilbur 1971 N/AJill F. Van Syckle 1972 N/ANoel Young 1975 N/APeter S. Fobia 1977 N/ARichard Cass 1979 N/AAndrew Stachow 1980 N/AHoward Buchanan 1981 N/AMaryann Vidovich 1982 N/AFred M. Streckfuss 1983 N/AJacques Rizzo 1984 N/AJames Buchanan 1985 Darryl BottLarry Fried 1986 Ronald KalmanRonald Pojedinec 1987 Deborah SfragaRobert Santin 1988 Curt EbersoleWalter Schneider 1989 James BarattaDonald Warren 1990 Peter Tumillo, Jr.Donald Ball 1991 John M. SchumacherJoseph E. Elliot 1992 Richard SummersDebra J. Evans 1993 Bernard Baggs, Jr.G. Roger Guccione 1994 Stanley JacksonJohn A. Palermo 1995 Kenneth ReedFrederick Czarnecki 1996 Michael SopkoRalph Venezia Jr. 1997 Alison L. TrottPatricia G. Baggs 1998 Gerald TedescoDavid A. Aulenbach 1999 David ImhofDr. Mary K. Schneider 2000 William P. BrattenJohn J. Zemba 2001 David L. MartinPaul A. Oster 2002 Dawn Doubler RussoWilliam Sauder 2003 Dominick J. FerraraAnthony J. Lanzerotti 2004 Brian ContiLinda Quinn 2005 Paul KaferJohn M. Schumacher 2006 Walter C. SchneiderKurt Zimmermann 2007 Lewis C. KellyRichard Summers 2008 Diana L. GlassmanBrian S. Brown 2009 Douglas E. RutanGregory P. Mulford 2010 Curt EbersoleScott Singer 2011 Theodora SotiropoulosVee Popat 2012 Chris M. BernotasMichael Iapicca 2013 Jonathan HarrisSalvio Fossa 2014 Bruce YurkoTimothy Broege 2015 Chip De StefanoJeffrey Conrad 2016 Mark J. DonellanRussell Branch 2017 David MartinConcert Band Year Symphonic WindsDavid Walsh 2018 Dr. J. Craig DavisChristopher J. DeWilde 2019 Michael D. RussoRick Fitzke 2020 Ryan Stroud Adam J. Freeman 2022 Dr. Deborah Prudenti Gianuzzi David Marks 2023 Richard Barrieres 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
Wind Ensemble Year Symphonic BandN/A 1953 H. Dudley MairsN/A 1954 Maxwell JarvisN/A 1954 Leroy LenoxN/A 1954 Julian OpsahiN/A 1955 William BrooksN/A 1955 Stanley OpalachN/A 1956 Raymond WesterdaleN/A 1956 Martin BurneN/A 1959 Bernard BaggsN/A 1959 Peter SirchN/A 1961 Donald MarrsN/A 1961 G. Donald MairsN/A 1962 Harold BrownN/A 1962 Anthony CiarloN/A 1963 Donald GeorgeN/A 1963 John SostN/A 1964 Dr. Glen RigginN/A 1964 Rudolph KreutzerN/A 1965 Robert JonesN/A 1965 Charles PickeringN/A 1966 Verne Miller, Sr.N/A 1966 Frank RyersonN/A 1967 Jack HontzN/A 1967 Walter MooreN/A 1968 Carl WilhjelmN/A 1968 Lee CappielloN/A 1969 Alyn HeimN/A 1969 Darlington KulpN/A 1970 David LantzN/A 1970 Fred StrekfussN/A 1971 Frank BattistiKarel Husa 1972 Jack EvansJames Steffy 1973 Dallas NiermeyerKeith Brion 1974 Henry BurrRichard Castiglione 1975 Charles TobiasLee Southall 1976 Peter BoorVaclav Nelhybel 1977 Gordon CrooksEdward Gobrecht 1978 Alex TaylorDonald George 1979 Charles YasskyCharles Del Rosso 1980 Gerald TedescoRobert Zellner 1981 John CuozzoEdward Downing 1982 Gary QuamJames Thurmond 1983 Evan CooperDonald Mattran 1984 Laurent GareauWalter Chestnut 1985 Andrew StachowAnthony Maiello 1986 David S. JonesDr. William Silvester 1987 Robert MorganDr. Robert Streckfuss 1988 Frank LevyRobert Jager 1989 Robert WirthStanley DeRusha 1990 Jill Van SyckleGeorge Cavender 1991 Robert McLainMax Culpepper 1992 Stanley WestDr. William Berz 1993 Darryl J. BottGeorge N. Parks 1994 Joseph BernabeDr. Timothy Topolewski 1995 James KainDr. Peter Loel Boonshaft 1996 Charles TobiasDr. Jeffrey Renshaw 1997 Frank PhillipsDr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. 1998 Harry S. OwensJohn Stanley Ross 1999 Robert BednarDr. Gary D. Green 2000 Dr. C. Christian WilhjelmDr. William A. Gora 2001 Dr. Mary Ann CraigCharles Peltz 2002 Darryl J. BottDr. Andrew Boysen, Jr. 2003 Walter F. MooreBruce Yurko 2004 Don MageeDr. J. Craig Davis 2005 Curt EbersoleDr. John Lynch 2006 Mary K. SchneiderDr. Michael Votta, Jr. 2007 Michael C. SopkoEdward Lisk 2008 Michael D. RussoSamuel R. Hazo 2009 Patrick J. BurnsDr. Adam F. Brennan 2010 Todd NicholsDarryl J. Bott 2011 Mindy ScheiermanDr. Thomas McCauley 2012 David A. AulenbachGlen Adsit 2013 Lewis C. KellyDr. Bradley Genevro 2014 Dr. William StowmanDr. Thomas Verrier 2015 Richard HartsuikerDr. Jack Stamp 2016 Dr. Courtney SnyderDr. Andrew Yozviak 2017 Mrs. Dawn Doubler RussoDr. Rick Fleming 2018 Jeffrey C. BittnerDr. Joseph Higgins 2019 Dr. Christopher M. CicconiJeffrey Grogan 2020 Michael Iapicca Dr. Mary K. Schneider 2022 Dr. Shelley AxelsonBruce Yurko 2023 Dr. Brian McLaughlin 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 BandDr. Walter E. Nallin 1960 N/AJames J. Barresi 1961 N/AR. D. Wilber 1961 N/ARobert J. McGarry 1962 N/ABernard Weis 1962 N/AFred M. Streckfuss 1963 N/AVernon R. Miller 1963 N/AJames K. Rigopoulos 1964 N/ADonald N. White 1964 N/ABenjamin G. Williams 1965 N/ACharles J. Tobias 1965 N/AEdward F. Jackson 1966 N/AWilliam A. Laverack 1966 N/AEdwin Black 1967 N/AStephen B. Ritchie 1970 N/AR. D. Wilbur 1971 N/AJill F. Van Syckle 1972 N/ANoel Young 1975 N/APeter S. Fobia 1977 N/ARichard Cass 1979 N/AAndrew Stachow 1980 N/AHoward Buchanan 1981 N/AMaryann Vidovich 1982 N/AFred M. Streckfuss 1983 N/AJacques Rizzo 1984 N/AJames Buchanan 1985 Darryl BottLarry Fried 1986 Ronald KalmanRonald Pojedinec 1987 Deborah SfragaRobert Santin 1988 Curt EbersoleWalter Schneider 1989 James BarattaDonald Warren 1990 Peter Tumillo, Jr.Donald Ball 1991 John M. SchumacherJoseph E. Elliot 1992 Richard SummersDebra J. Evans 1993 Bernard Baggs, Jr.G. Roger Guccione 1994 Stanley JacksonJohn A. Palermo 1995 Kenneth ReedFrederick Czarnecki 1996 Michael SopkoRalph Venezia Jr. 1997 Alison L. TrottPatricia G. Baggs 1998 Gerald TedescoDavid A. Aulenbach 1999 David ImhofDr. Mary K. Schneider 2000 William P. BrattenJohn J. Zemba 2001 David L. MartinPaul A. Oster 2002 Dawn Doubler RussoWilliam Sauder 2003 Dominick J. FerraraAnthony J. Lanzerotti 2004 Brian ContiLinda Quinn 2005 Paul KaferJohn M. Schumacher 2006 Walter C. SchneiderKurt Zimmermann 2007 Lewis C. KellyRichard Summers 2008 Diana L. GlassmanBrian S. Brown 2009 Douglas E. RutanGregory P. Mulford 2010 Curt EbersoleScott Singer 2011 Theodora SotiropoulosVee Popat 2012 Chris M. BernotasMichael Iapicca 2013 Jonathan HarrisSalvio Fossa 2014 Bruce YurkoTimothy Broege 2015 Chip De StefanoJeffrey Conrad 2016 Mark J. DonellanRussell Branch 2017 David MartinConcert Band Year Symphonic WindsDavid Walsh 2018 Dr. J. Craig DavisChristopher J. DeWilde 2019 Michael D. RussoRick Fitzke 2020 Ryan Stroud Adam J. Freeman 2022 Dr. Deborah Prudenti Gianuzzi David Marks 2023 Richard Barrieres 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