French Impressions - 2006 Rancho Bernardo High School Wind Ensemble

Описание: French Impressions by Guy Woolfenden
Performed by the 2006 Rancho Bernardo High School Wind Ensemble
Tom Cole, Conductor

Tom Cole was a music educator in the Poway Unified School District for 35 years, serving as the band director at Mt. Carmel High School 1975-1990, then at Rancho Bernardo High School 1990- 2010. Concert and marching bands under his direction received awards for their excellence and performed at the MENC Western Region Convention in Fresno, the MENC National Convention in Anaheim, and the World Youth Music Festival in Geneva, Switzerland. They participated in a cultural and musical exchange in Japan and toured Washington DC and Hawaii. Four times his bands marched in the Tournament of Roses Parade, and they represented the State of California at the Bicentennial celebration of the signing of the Constitution in Philadelphia in 1987.

Tom has led adjudication seminars for the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, and he has guest-conducted bands and honor bands throughout southern California, including the All- Southern California Junior High Honor Band, the San Diego All-City Honor Band, and the California All- State Junior High Honor Band.

Tom received his Bachelor of Music degree and Teaching Credentials from Cal State University, Fullerton, and a Masters in Music Education from Southern Oregon State. He has studied conducting with Frederick Fennell, H. Robert Reynolds, Thomas Lee, Jerry Junkin, and Eugene Corporan, among others.

Tom’s musicianship, constant demand for perfection, dedication to his students, and passion for music have made him a highly-respected teacher and conductor. In 1988 he received the Honorary Lifetime Achievement Award from the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, and in 2007 he was honored with the California Band Directors Association Lifetime Achievement Award.