Music
Affairs
Denis Mastromonaco
Music Director
Education
University of Toronto, Bachelor of Music Degree in Performance
Royal Conservatory of Music Performance and Theory Diploma
Educational Activities
2000 Conductors' Institute of Bard College, New York Harold
Farberman, Leon Bolstein
2000 Unionville Conductors' Workshop Robert Reynolds, Michael
Heathcock
1999 Conductors' Guild Workshop, Cleveland Institute of
Music Louis Lane, Carl Topilow
1999 Orchestras Canada Conducting Workshop, Ottawa (Auditor)
Gustav Meier, National Arts Centre Orchestra
1999 Unionville Conductors' Workshop Glenn Price, Joseph
Missal
1999 Conductors' Guild Workshop, Wayne State University,
Detroit Kypros Markou, Louis Gorelik
1998 Unionville Conductors' Workshop Frank Battisti, Jack
Stamp
1998 CBC Classical Recording Workshop
1996 NABBA Conference, Ohio
1995 NABBA Conference, Toronto
1994 American Band Conference, Kentucky
1993 ITG Conference, Ohio Akron Symphony
1993 NABBA Conference, Washington
1992 American Band Conference, Kentucky
Experience
1996 to present Music Director and Conductor, Philippine
Heritage Band
2000 to present Assistant Conductor, York Symphony Orchestra
1998 to present Music Director, The Academy for Gifted Children
1996 to present Music Director and Conductor, Toronto Concert
Band
1993 to present Private Instructor at Cosmo School of Music
1991 to 1996 Instructor, North York Summer Music School
1992 to 1995 Instructor, Toronto Board Summer Music School
Association Membership
Orchestras Canada
Conductors Guild
College Music Society
Coalition for Music Education in Canada
International Trumpet Guild
North American Brass Band Association
Performance Experience
Principal Trumpet, Etobicoke Philharmonic
Principal Trumpet, Toronto Symphonic and Operatic Orchestra
Principal Trumpet, North York Concert Orchestra
Principal Trumpet, Toronto Chinese Orchestra
Principal Trumpet, Pickering Philharmonic
Principal Solo Cornet, Weston Silver Band
Mississauga Symphony Orchestra
Cathedral Bluffs Symphony
Founding Member of the York Brass
Musical Performances including: Annie, Crazy for You, Evita,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, King and I,
Oklahoma, Pirates of Penzance, Sound of Music, South Pacific,
West Side Story
Operas including: La Boheme, Le Nozze di Figaro, L'Etoile
James D. Burton
Drum Instructor
Education
Sheridan College, Applied Photography
Extra-Curricular Activities
Head Drum Instructor-Conqueror ll Drum and Bugle Corps, Hamilton,
Ont. from 1996-99; Drum Line Section Leader-Spirit Winter
Percussion, Toronto, Ont. from 1995-96.; Member-Kiwanis Cavaliers
Drum and Bugle Corps, Kitchener, Ont. from 1994-96; Seasonal
Percussion Instructor-Northview High School, Charlotte, North
Carolina, from 1996-98.
The Spirit Winter Percussion won the Bronze medal at WGI Championships
in Phoenix, Arizona in 1996, and fifth place in final competition
at the WGI Championships in Dayton, Ohio in 1995. The Kiwanis
Cavaliers was Division ll finalist and took top percussion
in 1995.
James began marching at the age of 11; played bass drum for
2 years and snare drum for 5 years. His personal achievements
include placing in top 20 at the DCI Individuals Category
in Buffalo, NY, receiving 6 Ontario Individual medals for
solo snare. He also made it through the rigorous audition
to join the snare line of the Phantom Regiment, Rockford,
Illinois, and the Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps in Canton,
Ohio but was unable to march because of his education commitments.
Lori Anne Karaba
Majorettes Instructor
Education
Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto; Honours Bachelor
of Arts, University of Waterloo; Joint Major in Anthropology
and Psychology, Trent University.
Extra-Curricular and Teaching-Related
Activities
Colour Guard and Movement Technician-Grenadiers Drum and Bugle
Corps, Kingston, Ont. from 1998-99; Dance Consultant and choreographer
for gymnasts age 4-7.
After-School Creative Movement and Dance Program for children
ages 4-12 at St. Lucy's School. Toronto, Ont. from 1997 to
present; Program Designer/Instructor for a Dance Troupe of
young ladies ages 12-16-Ventures Colour Guard Performance
Ensemble, Kitchener, Ont., from 1995-96; Dance instructor
for young adults ages 14-21, Oakland Crusaders Drum Corps,
Toronto, Ont., from 1994-95; Dance Instructor/choreographer
for for a group of boys and girls ages 11-15-Spirit of Peterborough
Dance Ensemble, Peterborough, Ont., from 1992-94; Dance Instructor
and Social Activities Director for children ages 4-11 for
Pre-Cadets of Dutch Boy, Kitchener, Ont., from 1989-92.
Lori-Ann's awards and achievements include: Ontario Music
Educators Association Conference, 1998; contributing author
for an archeology book, 1996; Member of the Archeological
Excavation with the University of Waterloo, 1995; Oakland
Foundation Scholarship-10 year commitment to Ontario Drum
Corps, 1993. |
