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A native of Vienna, Virginia, Mr. Weise is a product of Fairfax County Public Schools, attending Thoreau Middle School and James Madison High School. He received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from James Madison University in 2004. At JMU, Mr. Weise was a member of the Symphonic Band, Wind Symphony, Brass Band, Tuba Ensemble, and 450-member Marching Royal Dukes. He is working on a Masters Degree in Conducting from George Mason University and plays in the Fairfax Wind Symphony. During the summer, he serves as a principal director of the Vienna Band Camp and the Virginia Ambassadors of Music.
Mr. Weise is married to another FCPS school teacher, Christina, who teaches kindergarten at Freedom Hill Elementary School in Vienna. [back to the top]
JAZZ BAND  Scott Weinhold currently plays saxophone for the United States Army Band, Washington, DC. Prior to working for the Army Band he was on the road with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. Other performance experience includes working on cruises in Europe and the Mediterranean, touring with the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and performances with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, The Guy Lombardo Orchestra, and the Blue Wisp Big Band in Cincinnati, OH. Scott has studied jazz with Nick Brignola, Rick VanMatre, Phil Degreg, Pat Harbison, and David Baker. As an educator, he has performed and taught at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN and Miami University, Oxford, OH. Scott also taught music in the Cincinnati Public School System. Scott Weinhold has earned degrees from the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY (BS Music Education), and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM Saxophone Performance). He also spent one year at Indiana University working towards another graduate degree in Jazz Studies.
sweinhold@mcleanband.org www.scottweinhold.com PERCUSSION  David Wolf is an educator and free-lance performer based in Columbus, Ohio and specializes in contemporary concert and marching percussion. Currently, he keeps an active teaching schedule at Dublin Coffman High School, Sells Middle School, and Gahanna Lincoln High School. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, Dr. Wolf will be the Percussion Director for Madison High School, Kilmer Middle School, and Thoreau Middle School in Vienna, VA and McLean High School and Longfellow Middle School in McLean, VA. He previously held a one-semester appointment as the Interim Director of Percussion Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Wolf has taught privately and in conjunction with multiple public school and college programs in Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Ohio. He has taught on the percussion staffs of the University of Massachusetts Minuteman Marching Band, the University of Oklahoma Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band, the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps, and several high school marching band and indoor drumline programs.
As a multi-dimensional performer, Dr. Wolf has enjoyed a variety of performance settings. In 2005, he placed second at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention Solo Competition (multi-percussion and tape) after being selected as a one of four finalists from an international pool of applications. At that same convention, he performed a showcase concert as a member of The Ohio State University Percussion Ensemble. In 2006, he performed at the Focus Day at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Austin, TX. He has also performed in concerts and festivals in Ohio, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, New York, and Connecticut. Dr. Wolf has had the pleasure of performing with international percussion artists Nebojsa Zivkovic, Linda Maxey, Susan Powell, Michael Burritt, Russell Hartenberger, John Beck, and Eduardo Leandro. Dr. Wolf graduated from The Ohio State University with the Doctor of Musical Arts degree as a University Fellow and Graduate Teaching Associate, where he studied with Susan Powell and Joe Krygier. He earned his Master of Music Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied with Lance Drege, and his Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance and Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he studied with Eduardo Leandro and Peter Tanner. Dr. Wolf is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team, Percussive Arts Society, College Music Society, and MENC. David is an educational endorser for Vic Firth Sticks & Mallets and Remo Drumheads & Percussion.
Dmwpercussion@gmail.com
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COLOR GUARD
Jesus Villeda and Carmen Khouri, Co-Directors. Jesus Villeda has 12 years of colorguard experience, starting in south Florida when he joined the Plantation High School winterguard in 1999, his freshman year. He was guard captain there for three years in both fall and winter seasons. He also trained with the Boston Crusaders, made the guard but wasn’t allowed to go, sore subject. After high school he marched with the Alliance of Miami in ‘04 and FIU Winterguard in ’05, his last performance year.
Jesus started teaching guard his junior year of high school, along with his fellow guard members, at a local middle school in order to recruit for the high school. Since then he has taught at many high schools and independent groups in South Florida, Northern Virginia, and Maryland. His main goal when he works with a program is to help the kids grow as individuals and help them build confidence while having a great time at rehearsals and performances. His full time job is at a consulting firm that works with non-profit associations.
Carmen Khouri has had a long family history with the McLean High School Marching and Color Guard program. She first learned of Color Guard watching her brother perform at the McLean football games when she was 12. Her 6 years of color guard experience started when she joined the Color Guard at McLean in 1999, winter her freshman year. After high school she marched with a Kentucky based Drum Corp called Southwind.
Carmen started teaching guard when she was in college, assisting her former instructor back at McLean and again to assist in instructing her sister, who also marched Color Guard at McLean. Her main goal is to help the kids develop into strong individuals, working on strengthening their teamwork skills in a fun hard working environment. Her full time job is being an accountant at government contractor in the DC area.
For more information, email mcleanhs.colorguard@gmail.com
[back to the top] MARCHING STAFF Andrea Burton - Pit Instructor
Kim Brynes - Marching and Visual Instructor
Stephanie Chen - Guard Instructor Sarah Dicksen - Marching Tech Brett Dodson - Marching Tech Alyson Frazier - Marching Tech Shawn Galvin - Show Coordinator Matt Harloff - Music Arranger Krista Hurlburt - Guard Instructor Mel Johnson - Marching Tech Jim Swarts - Director of Drumline Vincent Thomas - Visual Consultant Danny Tilman - Marching Tech Rose Tobiassen - Drumline Instructor Jeff Wrobelsky - Drill Designer SECTIONAL TEACHERS Jeff Bianchi - Horn Sectionals Jim Bittner - Trumpet Sectionals Bruce Brown - Flute Sectionals Barbara Duman - Clarinet Sectionals George Etheridge - Saxophone Sectionals Lynn Gaubatz - Bassoon Sectionals Jim Moseley - Oboe Sectionals
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