David A. Winer
dwiner55@gmail.com
EDUCATION
New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts - Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Tuba Performance
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut - Master of Music in Music Education
University of Hartford and The Hartt School, West Hartford, Connecticut - Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in School Administration and Supervision, with advanced music courses
Applied Music Studies - Tuba - Thompson Hanks, Jr. (New York City Ballet Orchestra & New York Brass Quintet) and Chester Schmitz (Boston Symphony Orchestra) Chamber Music - Studies with Roger Voisin (BSO) and John Swallow (NY Brass Quintet) Conducting - Studies with Frank Battisti (NEC), Michael Walters (NEC), and Gary Green (U of CT); workshops with Frederick Fennell, Richard Suddendorf, Stanley DeRusha, Tom Dvorak, Glen Adsit
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EXPERIENCES
Music Faculty (part time) - The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT current - direct LC Wind Ensemble, coach Chamber Music, private brass lessons, coordinate festival activities
Adjunct Faculty (part time) - Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT current - supervise music education student teachers in the field
Northern Region Director (volunteer) - CT Music Educators Association - directed Region’s high school and middle school festivals and auditions, member of CMEA Executive Board and Student Affairs Commission
Student Affairs Commission, Chair (volunteer) - CT Music Educators Association - lead team of Region Directors, chairs of All-State, Adjudication, and more. Responsible for all things student for CMEA: Auditions, Repertoire, elementary through high school Festivals, Policies, etc. Member of CMEA Executive Board, Executive Council
K-12 Supervisor of Music – Westport Public Schools, Westport, CT - staffing, budget, all aspects of K-12 program implementation, staff evaluation and supervision, professional development planning and workshops, K-12 department meetings, coordination with building and central office administration, district-wide festivals and special events
Director of Instrumental Music - Avon High School, Avon, CT - Wind Ensemble, two Concert Bands, instrumental lessons, small ensembles, in grades 9-12 - approximately 200 students per day, and Summer Band Program (grades 5-high school); function as department chair/coordinator
Director of Instrumental Music - The Gilbert School, Winchester, CT - Concert, Jazz, Marching Bands, Wind Ensemble, instrumental lessons, ensembles, grades 9-12, and Gilbert Summer Music School Band, summers 1989 - 1996 (Band, ensembles, and lessons grades 4-9)
Director of Instrumental Music - Bands, Orchestras, Portland & Deering High Schools, Portland, ME - Various assignments: Concert, Jazz, Marching Bands, Orchestra, music theory & history in grades 5-12; Team Leader for Instrumental Music
Director and Founder - Portland Youth Wind Ensemble, Portland, ME
Applied Music Faculty - University of Southern Maine, Instructor of Tuba & Euphonium, Music Education Brass Methods
FESTIVAL EXPERIENCES
Festival Conducting - Western Maine District Honors Band; Maine District V Junior High Honors Band (2x); Seacoast Festival Wind Ensemble; All-State Orchestra Wind Sectionals (2x); All-State Band Sectionals (2x); Southern Maine Junior High Honors Band (2x); Camden/Rockport - Mt. Ararat Wind Ensemble; Westchester (NY) All-County Intermediate School Festival Band; ASBDA 8th Grade Festival (8x); Berkshire League Music Festival Band (2x); Northwest Regional School #7 Band Clinician (many times); Quinnebaug Valley Music Festival Band; CT Eastern Region Festival Band; CT Northern Region MS Festival Band; CT Shoreline Music Festival; CT Western Region MS Festival Band; Quinnebaug Valley MS Festival Band; Massachusetts Western District Junior Honor Band (grades 7-9)
Festival Band Chairman - Western Maine High School Honors Band (5x); CT Berkshire League Honors Band (3x); CT Music Educators Association Northern Region Band (3x); CT ASBDA Honors Band Festival (4x)
Festival & Host Chairman - Maine All-State Music Festival; Western Maine Music Festival (2x); Maine Solo & Ensemble Festival (2x); CT Berkshire League Music Festival (2x); ASBDA All-CT High School Honors Band Festival (2x); Northern Region Music Festival Chair (8x); Northern Region Auditions Host Chair
Festival Clinician & Adjudicator - All-State and Regional Music Festivals (22x)
PERFORMING EXPERIENCES
Capitol Winds, The Hartt School (Principal Tuba); Fanfare Brass, Springfield, MA (solo Tuba); Harmonious Brass (also conductor, arranger, composer & soloist); Resonance Brass Quintet; Northwest Brass Quintet; Portland, Maine Symphony Orchestra; Portland, Maine Symphony Brass Quintet; The Bill Street Big Band; Extensive Conservatory & free-lance experience
HONORS
Pi Kappa Lambda - National Honor Society in Music (nominated after both undergraduate and graduate studies); Phi Beta Mu National Band Director Honor Fraternity; American School Band Directors Association; Tri-M Music Honor Society; Extensive list of guest conducting, festival, and clinician experiences; Maine Council on the Arts and Humanities Touring Program; Connecticut Arts Administrators Association - Outstanding Advocate Award
RELATED EXPERIENCES
Cooperating teacher for 30+ student teachers; Mentor Teacher for new teachers; Music Director Committee, Connecticut Association of Schools; Commission of composition by composer Gwyneth Walker for Band and Choir, premiered by The Gilbert School Band and Choir; Director and Conductor - Laurel City Band; The Gilbert School Principal Selection Committee; Article published in Journal of CT Music Educators Association (topic: "21st Century Skills"); Contributing author for article published in Journal of CT Music Educators Association (topic - “Favorite Band Literature”); Article published in Teaching Music magazine of Music Educators National Conference (topic - “Keeping Students in the Band Program”), also published in the Journal of CT Music Educators Association; Article published in Journal of CT Music Educators Association (topic: "Music Advocacy - Again!"); Co-authored letter published in New England Journal of Medicine (topic - “Hyperventilation”); Contributing author: A Tribute to Frederick Fennell, by Robert Simon (GIA Publications, 2004); Visiting Committee - New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Public Schools, Bonny Eagle High School; Artist-In-Residence Committee Portland Concert Association; Musician Representative Portland Symphony Board of Trustees; District Chairman Maine Music Educators Association; Various curriculum, hiring, school improvement, National Honor Society, schedule, safety, and other committees throughout teaching years