BSM&A Adjunct Faculty

"Musically expressive,” “dynamic,” and “passionate,” are words used to describe Canadian/American pianist Isabelle Aubin, whose collaborative piano skills makes her a much sought-after artist. Her language skills in French, Italian, German and English make her very effective and applauded by singers she works with including Metropolitan Opera Coach Gildo DiNunzio.

Ms. Aubin currently teaches Diction and Vocal literature at Florida Gulf Coast University, where she also is a Staff Pianist. She also works as Vocal Coach at Ave Maria University and is Principal Keyboard with the Punta Gorda Symphony.

Before relocating to Southwest Florida from Rochester NY,  she held position as Principal Coach with Rochester Lyric Opera (NY); Collaborative Pianist, Vocal Coach and Instrumental Coach at Buffalo State College (NY); Collaborative Pianist at Nazareth College of Rochester (NY) where she has also taught French Lyric Diction; Principal Keyboard of the Genesee Symphony Orchestra (NY); and has held the position of Festival Coordinator, Collaborative Pianist, Chamber Music Coach and Vocal Coach with Festival di musica da camera, in Ripatransone, Italy.

Ms. Aubin has worked in Italy for Centro Studi Italiano;  Sessione Senese per la musica e l’arte; Festival di musica da camera; in Austria, the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz; the Mozarteum in Salzburg; in Canada, the Chœur Symphonique de Saguenay Lac St Jean; Camp Musical du lac St Jean and the College d’Alma.

Isabelle has also prepared and performed full opera productions for Société d'arts Lyriques du Royaume; Opéra Plume; Universitié du Québec; Camp Musical du Lac St-Jean; Festival di musica da camera; and Rochester Lyric Opera.

She has been a frequent performer on the radio with broadcasts by Radio Canada. Programs titled; "Concert Dimanche," "Opera du Samedi," and "Jeunes artistes."

Ms. Aubin studied coaching and accompanying with Denise Massée, Martin Katz, Robert Evans, and Jean Barr, song interpretation with Graham Johnson, Harold Heiberg, and Paul Schilowski, and piano with Nathalie Pepin, Serge Guillemette, Janina Fialkovska, Karl Engel, Raoul Sosa, and Joseph Bloch.

Ms. Aubin received her B.M., from the Conservatoire de Musique du Quebec; M.M., from Montreal University; and teaching certificate from the University of Quebec.

Cayce Benton, D.M.A., soprano and Louisiana native, began her music career as a classical singer performing as soloist with regional orchestras and choruses and in recital, opera, and musical theatre. As a young classical singer, she was among the winners of national and regional vocal competitions and continued to perform as a concert artist nationally and abroad. Career highlights include two seasons as artist in residence with Virginia Opera, soprano soloist with Southwest Florida Symphony in Stephen Albert's Pulitzer Prize winning Flower of the Mountain , with Keith Brion’s Sousa at the Symphony, and performing with Polly Bergen in Company. Favorite roles performed include Berta in The Barber of Seville, Frasquita in Carmen, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Antonia in Man of LaMancha, Jenny in Company, and Laurie in Oklahoma! 

In the early 2000s, Dr. Benton developed her expertise in musical theatre singing techniques as associate faculty at the University of Miami in Florida. She has presented sessions on the musical theatre belt voice at national conferences and regional seminars. Most notably, for the summer of 2006, she was music director at the Shanghai Theatre Academy for the American Musical Theatre Workshop, the first of its kind in the university system of China. Since that time, she has directed The Drowsy Chaperone, 42nd Street, Anything Goes, Bye, Bye Birdie, Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella, and Into the Woods, among others. Locally, Marco Island Academy’s 2023 Superhero marked her first regional premier production as music director. April 2025 marked her first world premier,Torch, with Marco Island Academy's Christopher Dayett, playwright and theatre director.

 A resident of Naples, FL, Dr. Benton joined the voice faculty of FGCU in 2025 teaching private voice. She continues to direct, teach, and coach singing and acting privately and sings as section leader with Naples United Church of Christ and Artis Naples Philharmonic Chorus. She also serves as voice faculty for Starability Music Academy working with neurodivergent adults.

Judy Christy joined the FGCU faculty in 2010 as adjunct professor of oboe and chamber music. She has been principal oboist of the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra since 1996. Previously she played with the New World Symphony. 

Judy earned her bachelor’s degree at Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with James Caldwell and Alex Klein. She then earned her M.M. degree at Rice University, studying with Robert Atherholt. She also pursued additional studies with John Mack.

Judy has performed as principal oboist of the Grand Teton Music Festival, the Des Moines Metro Opera, the Colorado Music Festival, and the Peter Britt Music Festival. Her solo appearances have included concertos by Vaughan Williams, Strauss, Harbison, Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi.

With her siblings and her husband, Christy performs in the Christy Oboe Quartet, which has released a CD of music by Mozart, Britten, J.C. Bach, and James Stephenson.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Music Education – University of Miami, Miami, FL
Studying classical guitar with Juan Mercadal & Rene Gonzalez
Completed extensive studies in jazz guitar with Paul Guma

SPECIALALITIES
Instrumental Music Education, Classical Guitar, Classroom Guitar

RESEARCH & TEACHING
Instrumental Chamber Music, Classroom Guitar Instruction, Instrumental Music Education

COURSES OFFERED
Class Guitar (Music Education Emphasis)
Class Guitar (Music Therapy Emphasis)

PUBLICATIONS

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Guitar Instruction for Elementary Music Teachers – Presented to the elementary music teachers in Collier County, FL

GRANTS & AWARDS
2010 - Innovative Teaching Award from the Florida Music Educators Association

BIO
Mr. Ferlazzo previously was the guitar instructor at Edison Community College (now Florida Southwestern State College) and taught for 35 years as a public-school music educator in Fort Myers.  While teaching in the public schools, Mr. Ferlazzo served as the Secondary Music Specialist for the Lee County School District.  Mr. Ferlazzo continues to have an active private studio and is an instructor for many summer camps for guitarists.

Dr. Sara Gibbs is originally from Florida and received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Piano Performance from Florida Southern College in 2009 and studied with Rita Fandrich, a Tobias Matthay pedagogue. Dr. Gibbs then went on to the University of Memphis and received a Master of Music in Piano Performance in 2011, and studied with the late Sam Viviano (who had been a student of Adele Marcus). Dr. Gibbs then received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Piano Performance from the University of Memphis with a minor in Piano Pedagogy in 2023. She studied with esteemed concert pianist, Dr. Cathal Breslin, during her DMA program. Her dissertation topic was “An Analysis of Ronald Stevenson’s Peter Grimes Piano Fantasy.”

While at the University of Memphis, she taught Class Piano from 2009 - 2014. She discovered what an important tool Class Piano is for future choir directors, band directors, orchestra conductors, and musicians in all other fields of the music industry. Empowering students with the skills they learn in Class Piano is a passion of hers. In her over two decades of teaching private piano lessons, Dr. Gibbs strives to lead with a student-first mentality by asking students their goals and then ensuring they receive the technical direction and musical knowledge necessary to help them achieve those goals.

Dr. Gibbs is also currently an Adjunct Professor at Florida Southwestern State College, Music Director at Cypress Lake Presbyterian Church, and Piano Teacher at Yamaha Music School. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and has adjudicated at both the local and state level. Recent performances include recitals with Vincent DiMartino, Rachel Cox, Cindy Scaruffi-Klispie, and in concert with the FSW Symphony Orchestra.

Nanette R. Grant holds a Bachelor’s in Music Education from Ball State (IN) University and a Master’s in Music Education from the University of Illinois, with additional studies at Wittenberg University, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Andrews University and the University of Denver. 

Mrs. Grant has extensive experience teaching strings in the public schools including elementary, middle school, high school and college in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Nebraska and Florida. In addition, she has considerable years of teaching in summer music camps (IN, IL, NY, FL) and private violin/viola lessons for students ages 3-78. She has performed as a professional violinist in orchestras and string quartets in Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Nebraska and Florida. She served as the director of Southwest Florida Symphony’s Sinfonietta Youth Orchestra for 11 seasons. She currently is an active clinician for orchestras in Lee and Collier Counties.

Nanette Grant is a member of Florida Music Educators Association and American String Teachers Association.  She serves as an Adjudicator for Florida Orchestra Association Music Performance Assessments throughout the state. She was awarded the “Outstanding Achievement in Orchestral Development” from her alma mater.

Her husband, Steven, is a pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Bonita Springs. He has extensive experience as a violinist and violist. They have one son, Evan, who is a graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University.

Francie Huber is from Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a B.F.A. from the Juilliard School in New York.  A principal dancer with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Ms. Huber created many roles including the solo in Cascade, “the polka” in Company B, as well as the lead role in the internationally acclaimed Piazzolla Caldera.  Her contribution to this work was featured in the 1999 Academy Award nominated documentary film, Dancemaker.  Ms. Huber was also featured in several television productions including the Dance in America series’ Emmy Award winning Speaking In Tongues, the Emmy nominated The Wrecker’s Ball, the Dannmarks Radio production of Spindrift And Syzygy, and the 1992 Kennedy Center Honors and in the documentary film, “Callings” by John Altman.  She was awarded a Bessie (New York Dance and Performance Award) for sustained achievement in dancing for her work with Mr. Taylor.  Ms. Huber also performed with other companies including Twyla Tharp Dance as well as performed her own solo works. In addition to her performing career, she has served as director of the Taylor 2 Dance Company, the second company of Paul Taylor and continues to stage Mr. Taylor’s works on professional companies and universities.  Ms. Huber is a Fulbright Scholar.  She received a Post-Doctoral, lecture and research grant, which led her to Amman, Jordan where she was the Guest Artist at the Queen Noor Al Hussein Performing Arts Center.  She was also the Dance Artist in Residence at the Carlsen Center in Kansas City for several years where she worked on the advancement of state and national standards for dance education and teacher training. Ms. Huber has been teaching master classes and workshops at universities, professional companies and private studios around the world and her choreography can be seen on many regional companies and schools. She has served on faculty at The Taylor School, New World School of the Arts and she currently lives in Southwest Florida with her husband and two children and enjoys teaching at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Robert Kastner, a native of Rochester, New York, has held the position of 2^nd trombone with the Naples Philharmonic since 2001, as well as the position of bass trombone with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra since 2018. Robert joined the FGCU faculty in 2022 as adjunct professor of trombone, euphonium, and tuba. In 2004, Robert was the winner of the International Trombone Association’s Lewis Van Haney Philharmonic Prize Tenor Trombone competition. Robert has performed as a soloist with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and as part of a solo recital at the 2004 International Trombone Festival.

Robert has frequently performed and recorded on tenor and bass trombone with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Buffalo, Rochester, Naples, Sarasota, the Sarasota Opera, Tampa, Illinois, and the New World Symphony. With the Philadelphia Orchestra, he performed in Carnegie Hall, as well as for Pope Francis during his United States tour in 2015. Robert has worked with many world-class conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Bramwell Tovey, Stéphane Denève, Yuri Temirkanov, David Robertson, and John Williams.

Committed to furthering the enjoyment of brass music, Robert can be heard performing as a chamber musician and soloist with the Naples Brass, Florida’s premier brass ensemble. Robert can be heard as a soloist on two of their CDs, A Christmas Celebration Part 2 and Part 3. He can also be heard with the Naples Philharmonic on the DVD, Fiesta at the Philharmonic. Along with being an in-demand performer, Robert maintains an active teaching schedule as a private brass instructor and brass clinician.

Robert received his formal training from the Eastman School of Music, where he earned his Bachelor of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate in 2001. His primary teachers include James Markey, John Marcellus, Mark Kellogg, and George Osborn.

Si-Cheng Liu, cellist, is currently an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Cost University and Florida Southwestern State Collage and the music director of Upper School Chamber String Orchestra at the Community School of Naples. 

She has played with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra regularly since 1995 and is also a member of the Naples Piano Quartet, which has been very active in the Southwest Florida area, playing in a number of venues including “Live at the Promenade!” by the Bonita Spring Arts Center for the past five years, as well as concert series at various churches and country clubs. The group has also toured China, performing concerts in Nanjing and Beijing, which were broadcast live nationally by CCTV, China’s national television station. She is also the cellist of the Apollo Piano Trio, has performed in Sanibel Island Big Arts concert series, and Naples CAPA concert series. During the summer, Si-Cheng goes to Chautauqua Institution, NY for all kinds of cultural activities, including concerts, chamber music recitals, operas, theater, cello and violin master classes and lectures, and has played with Chautauqua symphony Orchestra.

For many years, Si-Cheng has been heavily involved in music education in the Southwest Florida Region, where her cello students have won top prizes at the Naples Music Club Scholarship Auditions, All-State Orchestra Auditions, NPO Concerto Competitions, and awards at summer music camps. Some of her students have gone on to pursue their music careers at major conservatories in U.S.  

Si-Cheng received her Bachelor of Arts from the Nanjing Conservatory of Music, a Master of Music from UMKC, and the Artist Diploma from Duquesne University. Her major cello teachers include Ann Martindale, principal cellist of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Bianca Masone is a university educator with extensive experience in graphic design and creative marketing. She is a two-time graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University and a former student of the Digital Media Design program, bringing both academic and professional insight into her teaching practice. Bianca has extensive experience developing visual solutions that help businesses strengthen their identity, engage audiences, and communicate effectively across digital and print platforms.

She is passionate about mentoring emerging designers and preparing students for careers in the creative industry. Her teaching emphasizes hands-on learning, design thinking, and real-world application to help students build strong, portfolio-ready work.

Angela Massey’s debut album has been described as “beautiful and enchanting, the performances on this CD are magical!” by Jeanne Baxtresser, former principal flute of the New York Philharmonic. As a soloist, she presents over sixty recitals each year and has performed at venues including the Kosciuszko Foundation in New York City, River Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Flute Association Convention. She has been a featured guest artist for concert series including the Tryon Concert Association, Aiken Performing Arts Group, Kiawah Arts Council, and the Artist Series of Tallahassee, among others. Outside of the United States, she has performed in England, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, and Switzerland. She was awarded prizes in the Alexander and Buono Competition, Frank Bowen Competition, Myrna Brown Competition, Global Music Awards, and certificate in the Gheorghe Dima International Competition in Romania.

As the Artistic Director and founder of the Astralis Chamber Ensemble, Massey works to expand the chamber repertoire for the flute through commissions and arrangements to fit the ensemble’s unique instrumentation. She has been selected for the dedication of compositions by Herman Beeftink, Daniel Dorff, Andrey Rubtsov, Pierre Jalbert, and Grigor Arakelian. She holds flute/piccolo positions with the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Venice Symphony, and performs regularly with the Sarasota Orchestra. She serves as flute instructor at Florida Gulf Coast University in addition to maintaining an international online studio. Her instructors have been Alberto Almarza, Jeanne Baxtresser, Martha Kitterman, Jack Wellbaum, and Brooks de Wetter-Smith. She received a Certificate in Advanced Flute Studies from Carnegie Mellon University, Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information, visit angelamasseyflute.com.

Before joining FGCU in 2010, Cori Montoya was on faculty with Bowling Green State University and Colorado State University (Senior Instructor Art History), where she was awarded Teacher of the Year in 1998.

Ongoing areas of research include the natural world as depicted in art, concepts of the divine feminine, Upper-Paleolithic art and culture in Europe, and petroglyphs/petrographs of U.S. Southwest

Montoya is also an amateur naturalist and avid traveler. 

Education 

Master of Arts, Art History 1991 University of Oregon Specializing in Ancient Greece and Bronze Age Aegean. Thesis “The Offering Table from Thera and Problem of the Marine Style.” Secondary areas of emphasis include Northern Renaissance, European Baroque and 20^th Century

Bachelor of Arts, Humanities  1987, Magna Cum Laude,  Mesa State University

Study Abroad: Cambridge University UK, Christ’s College 1982.   British History and Literature

Recent Courses

Greek and Roman Art, 20^th Century Art, History of the Visual Arts I and II, Art Appreciation

Conferences/Presentations/Invited Lectures

2009: Session Moderator for Third Annual BGSU Art History Symposium: New Perspectives in Visual Culture.  April 18^th 2009

2008: Session Moderator, “Beholding Violence: A Conference of Medieval and Early Modern Culture” BGSU February 2008

2000: “Art Travel in France” Stanley G. Wold Faculty Lecture Series, CSU

1998: “Thera, Plato’s Lost Atlantis?”  President’s Distinguished Donors Foundation, CSU

1993:  Organizer, Front Range Art History Symposium, hosted by Colorado State University

Additional Course Development (selection)

2014- present: Development Contributor ARH 2000, pioneering Art Appreciation e-learning course.

2006-2010: Art and Culture of Japan

1999-2005: Freshman Seminar -Enigmas of Antiquity: The Mystery and Relevance of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures

1992-present: Survey of World Art, Global Perspective I and II, Prehistory to 20^th century

1996-present: History of Modern Art and Culture

Service (selection)

2011-present: Senior Show Critique Participant, Art Major Senior Project, FGCU

2007-2009: Curriculum Development and Revision Project, Art History Area, BGSU

2003-2005: Development Committee, Senior Examination, CSU Art Department

1997-2001: Faculty Advisor, Student Organization for the Visual Arts, CSU Art Department

1991-1992: Research Historian, Denver Art Museum, Ancient Collection

Dr. Jordan Nashman is a skilled and educated double bassist and teaching artist located in the South Florida area. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Bower School of Music and the Arts, and also works as a freelance musician and private instructor. Jordan frequently performs with the Naples Philharmonic, and is a section member at The Venice Symphony. He completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Lynn Conservatory of Music, studying under Timothy Cobb, principal bassist of the New York Philharmonic. In May of 2022, Jordan graduated from the University of Miami with a Doctorate of Musical Arts in double bass performance. During his time at the University of Miami he served as a Henry Mancini Institute fellow, a cutting edge scholarship ensemble that bridges the worlds of jazz and classical music. In previous summers he has been a fellow at Festival Napa Valley, and has attended both Bowdoin International Music Festival and Orford Musique. As a low string educator, Jordan has worked as the bass instructor at the Lynn Conservatory Preparatory School, as well as a Nat King Cole string mentor to elementary schools in need.

Dena Register is a seasoned music therapy clinician, educator and program development specialist. She is pleased to support the FGCU music therapy program as an adjunct professor.

Prior to joining the Bower School of Music in this capacity, she designed and implemented the music therapy program at West Virginia University, serving as the director of music therapy from 2015-2018, and was an Associate Professor in the music therapy program at the University of Kansas from 2003-2015.  Additionally, she served as the Director of Faculty Programs in the Office of International Programs and a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Teaching Excellence at the University of Kansas.

Dr. Register earned B.M., M.M., and Ph.D. degrees in music therapy from the Florida State University.  Prior to her teaching career, she worked as a private practice music therapist in Tallahassee and Tampa, Florida providing services to early intervention programs, students with special education needs, bereaved children and adolescents and battered women and children. She also provided internship supervision and coordinated the music therapy program at Big Bend Hospice in Tallahassee, FL. 

In 2009, Register was awarded a Council for International Exchange of Scholars-Fulbright Scholar award to teach and conduct research at Mahidol University, College of Music in Thailand. She developed the “Therapeutic Uses of Music” training to build awareness and appreciation of music therapy as a discipline among medical and education personnel. To date, she has trained more than one hundred professionals, initiated numerous clinical services sites and offerings and consulted on research projects across Thailand. She developed and launched the first music therapy Masters degree program in Southeast Asia at Mahidol University in 2013 and continues her work there as a consultant, teacher and researcher.

Her consulting work in the US is primarily centered on the recognition of music therapy by state governments and the recognition of the MT-BC credential as the required credential for all practicing professionals. Register has served as the Regulatory Affairs Advisor for the Certification Board for Music Therapists since 2006, where she works with music therapists across the country on obtaining this professional recognition. She delivers training to students and professionals alike on the importance of advocacy for the profession.

Carolann M. Sanita has toured as Marian in the first national tour of The Music Man and internationally as Maria in the European and Asian tours of West Side Story. Some favorite credits include singing back-up to Linda Eder in concert at the Palace Theatre on Broadway, Encore’s No, No Nanette at New York City Center, Les Miserables at Flat Rock Playhouse, West Side Story at Sacramento Music Circus, Mack and Mabel and The Boy from Oz at TheatreZone, Spamalot at Arkansas Repertory Theatre and A Little Night Music at South Coast Repertory Theatre. Carolann has been a soloist with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra and the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra. Carolann has founded her own private vocal studio, CSV Vocal Studio, LLC and continues to perform, teach and music direct locally and regionally. She holds a Master of Music degree in Opera Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and is a proud member of AEA. www.CarolannSanita.com

Mary Griffin Seal is a pianist and music faculty member at Florida Gulf Coast University where she currently teaches Class Piano. 

Ms. Seal majored in music at Hartt College of Music and Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, where she received Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano performance, and was elected to membership in Pi Kappa Lambda, the National Music Honor Society.  Noted teachers have included Watson Morrison, Edith Stearns, Anita Gelber, and Robert Steinbauer. 

She performs frequently as both piano soloist and accompanist for choirs, singers and instrumentalists. She has also served as a staff accompanist for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.

Since 1992 she has been an active member of Southwest Florida Music Teachers Association and Florida State Music Teachers Association, serving in many capacities, including local and district president, state president, and state foundation chairman.    She is also a member of the music faculty at Florida South Western State College, teaching Applied Piano, Class Piano, and serves as primary staff accompanist for the music department.

Robin Shuford Frank, pianist, is Chorus Master, Music Administrator, and Director of Educational Outreach for Opera Naples, for which she also serves as Musical Director for youth productions. She engages Southwest Florida’s youth through the company’s Student Apprentice Program, Elementary In-School Tours, Resident Artists Program, and community outreach performances. An accomplished pianist, she serves as the rehearsal pianist for Opera Naples’ main productions and performs in numerous concerts and events. Aside from her work with Opera Naples, Frank is the accompanist for The Festival Singers of Florida and frequently performs with the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and The Naples Players.  An Adjunct Professor in the Bower School of Music at Florida Gulf Coast University, she has a Masters degree from Westminster Choir College in Accompanying and Vocal Coaching and a Bachelors degree in Music Education from The Florida State University.

 

M.M. in Bassoon Performance (University of Southern California, 1988)

B.M. in Bassoon Performance (St. Olaf College, 1986)

Principal Bassoon, Naples Philharmonic

2^nd Bassoon, Grand Teton Music Festival

Formerly Assistant Principal/2^nd Bassoon San Antonio Symphony and Florida Symphony Orchestra; Member of the Executive Board, International Double Reed Society

Courses Offered: Applied Music Bassoon

Recordings: The Music of Julius Weissenborn; Fiesta at the Philharmonic; A Night in the American West

Matthew Sonneborn earned a B.M. degree from the New England Conservatory. Matt is in his 30th year as Principal Trumpet with the Naples Philharmonic. He has been a frequent soloist with the orchestra performing Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, Hummel's Concerto for Trumpet, Copland's Quiet City, Leopold Mozart Concerto, and the Florida premiere of James Stephenson's Concerto for Trumpet. Matthew also performs in the Pops series, and with the Naples Philharmonic Brass Quintet.

During the summers Sonneborn performs on occasion at the Grand Teton Music Festival, with the Baltimore Symphony and with the Colorado Music Festival. He has played under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Simon Rattle and Leonard Slatkin.

Randy J. Webb is in his sixth year of teaching at Cypress Lake High School. Mr. Webb has been teaching bands for over forty years. In Kentucky, he taught for 31 years at the High School level and 4 years at the university level. While Teaching in Kentucky his band programs consistently received distinguished ratings at concert and marching events at the local, state, and national level. He was a state district chair in KY for three years. He has been a guest clinician in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Florida.

He has had numerous students continue with music after they graduated and some are professional musicians and teachers. He is a member of Phi Beta Mu, Phi Mu Alpha, FMEA, and the National Band Directors Association. Since coming to Cypress the three major performing groups have consistently received superior ratings. Mr Webb's favorite quote; which he has used his entire career, "I've never worked a day in my life, making music is a unique, challenging, and great way to spend a day"!