Name:
Mr. Shawn Lamar Brehm
Schools:
Portsmouth Jr./Sr. High School, Portsmouth Elementary
Classes Taught:
5th and 6th Grade Bands, 7th Grade Band, Music Theory, High School Bands (Marching, Pep, Jazz and Concert Bands)
School Phone:
(740) 355-4481
Mr. Brehm (pronounced like brain with an M,) or Mr. B as he is known to his
students is in his seventh year as Director of Bands here at Portsmouth City
Schools.
He is a native of Raymond, Ohio (about 5 miles west of Marysville, OH) and a
1990 Graduate of Marysville High School.
His higher education pursuits include a Bachelor of Music Education from The
Ohio State University (1995,) and a Master of Arts in Music Degree from
Washington State University in May 2003.
Prior to coming to Portsmouth Mr. B has served as Director of Bands at
Lincolnview Local Schools in Van Wert County, Director of Bands at Paint
Valley Local Schools in Ross County, and served as a Graduate Teaching
Associate and Assistant Athletic Band Director at Washington State
University.
During his tenure as Director of The Portsmouth Band Program, the band has
travelled to compete in Toronto, Ontario in 2005 (where all bands recieved
Superiors and First Place Awards in their divisions,) Chicago in 2007
(where the Jazz, Marching and Parade Bands all recieved Superior Ratings and
First Place in their Divisions, with The Jazz Band taking home Grand
Champion and Grand Sweepstakes Champion Awards overall) and Kings Island in
2008 (where the Concert and Parade Bands both took home First Places and
Superiors as well.) and 2009 (where the Concert, Jazz and Parade Review also
took First Place in their classes.) Plans are currently in the works for the
2010 spring trip, check back for details and results later this year.
Also, if you look at the picture of the Quad Script Ohios above, The guy
dotting the "i" in the nearest end-zone, is none other than... Mr. B!
Have fun and MAKE MUSIC!!! If it isn't fun, it's not worth doing!
- Mr. B
“To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself,
incredible and inconceivable.”
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)