Dave has been the director of the South Fraser Community Band for the past two and a half seasons. As new music director he brought his community stage band Third Stage into the South Fraser family.
Dave brings to our podium over 27 years of experience as a high school music educator. He is presently the Music Director at the new Sullivan Heights Secondary School in Surrey now in its second year. Previous schools include Sir Frederick Banting Junior Sec., D.W. Poppy Sec., Abbotsford Jr. Sec., Cloverdale Jr. Sec. and Lord Tweedsmuir Sec.
His high school groups have consistently performed at the highest levels in local, regional, national and international settings. Highlights include gold medals at in all categories at MusicFest Canada, strong showings at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, invitations to the prestigious Festival of the Pacific Basin in Honolulu and most recently, performances at the Canadian Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hanover Germany that were reported to officials in Ottawa as being responsible for bringing Canada�s �entertainment ranking� up to #3 at the exposition.
The South Fraser Community Band under Dave�s direction received a gold award at the Coquitlam Music Festival in Category 500 from adjudicators Dr. Martin Berinbaum of U.B.C. and Dr. Gerald King of the University of Victoria.
His direction for repertoire includes a very wide range from show and movie themes to jazz to the classic repertoire of Bach, Holst, Vaughan Williams and Grainger. Technical requirements range from grade 3 to grade 5 level with strong emphasis on stylistic concepts and precise vertical clarity.
Dave would like prospective members to know that he believes strong and memorable musical performances are achieved with clear understandings between players and the podium. The result is great performances that are achieved within the realities of busy adult lives.
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All executive positions in the South Fraser Community Band are strictly voluntary. Thanks to all our executive members for their support and hard work!
Note: You can send an email to the members who's names are hilighted in green.
Our current membership is approximately 35. We represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds including nurses, schoolteachers, scientists, engineers, housewives, students and senior citizens.
Members have a wide range of musical ability, some boast an extensive musical background, many have picked up their instrument after several decades absence, and some have joined SFCB while learning a new instrument.
Flute
Barbara Cooper; David Heilbrunn; Leah Hobbis; Chieko Konishi; Caroline Lenardon; Leslie McDougal; Emilia Petrichenko.
French Horn
Aimee Brooke; Jamie Leger.
Clarinet
Bob Butula; Susan Collerman; Christiene Santic; Debbie Jennings; Pat Hempstock; Pauline Llewellyn; Deborah Stasiewski; Susan Thomas.
Alto Saxaphone
Lori Erbacher; Brian Franke; Gracie Hall; Wendy Hempstock; Yoshiko Takagi.
Tenor Saxaphone
Brian Linnitt; Bob A. Kolosoff.
Baritone Saxaphone
Dale Troyer.
Trumpet
Amanda Bradley; Bryce Dudley; Paul Hempstock; Doug Lawrence; Guy Roberts.
Trombone
Richard Takagi.
Tuba
Roy Gagnon.
Percussion
Colleen Byberg; Mark Gestrin; Bill Hobbis.