| Our founder and principal conductor is Jimmie Reynolds. We are also very fortunate to have as Associate Conductor, Arlene Burney, Director of Music at Casa Grande High School. Guest conductors in previous seasons have included Dr. Brian S. Wilson, Janeen Shave, Al U'Ren, Sean Millard and Spiros Xydas. |
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Jimmie Howard Reynolds was
Director of Bands and Head of the Department of Music at Louisiana Tech University from
1962 until 1972, and Director of Bands at Iowa State University until 1980. From 1980 to
1985 he was Director of Youth Music for the Municipality of Jerusalem, resident Conductor
of the Israel National Youth Band, and Music Consultant for The Music Foundation of
Chicago and the Rothschild Foundation, Israel. He also taught courses in Music Education
at Tel Aviv University and the Reuben Academy in Jerusalem.
Upon his return to the United
States in 1985, he assumed the position of Band and Orchestra Director at Byrd High School
in Shreveport, LA, the high school from which he graduated 45 years before. He was later
Coordinator of Bands for the Caddo Parish (Louisiana) Schools. Reynolds'
early public school teaching experience was in Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana, where his bands consistently won superior ratings in both concert and marching.
Reynolds is a member of the American Bandmasters Association and
past president of the Southern Division of the College Band Directors National
Association, past member of The National Band Association, and a charter member of The
American School Band Directors Association.
Reynolds has conducted district and All-State bands throughout the United
States. He has also appeared as guest conductor with various groups at the American Band Masters Association national conferences, the Fresno State Wind Symphony, the University of Illinois Symphony Band, the Hattiesburg MS Community Band and the Sonoma County Honor Band. He will be conducting extensively in Israel in December 2002.
Reynolds' published arrangements include: Arlene Burney is Director of Instrumental Music and Chair of the Performing Arts Department at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma. She has a B.A. in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz and a B.S. and M.S. in Music from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Ms. Burney has taught instrumental music for over 25 years. She started her teaching career in Santa Cruz, CA before moving to Israel where she lived for five years, developed a band program in Kiryat Menachem, a suburb of Jerusalem, and worked as assistant conductor for the Jerusalem Youth music program. After returning to the United States Ms. Burney taught instrumental music at both the Jr. High and High School level in Shreveport, LA and in Bloomington, IL. Now in her eighth year at Casa Grande H. S., Ms. Burney has developed the band program from 40 members in one band to 120 members in two concert groups as well as two jazz bands. Ms. Burney has served as Secretary for the Northern California Band Directors Association, and is an active member of MENC (Music Educators National Conference), CBDA (California Band Directors Association), and NCBA (Northern California Band Association). She is also a lifetime member of the International Horn Association. As an accomplished French Hornist, Ms. Burney has performed with the Santa Cruz and Monterey Symphonies, the Carmel Valley Repertory Opera Orchestra, as well as numerous chamber ensembles. In the community band world Ms. Burney has been principal hornist with the Israeli Valley of the Winds Band, the Shreveport Metropolitan Band, and the Petaluma Community Band.
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