NAME: Mr. Beachy
SCHOOL: Waterloo Elementary School
CLASS: Band and Strings
SCHOOL PHONE: 410 313-5014
About The Teacher:
• First chair first trumpet in high school concert & jazz bands
• John Phillip Sousa Award; Danforth (character)Award
• Bluegrass band, "The Wildcats" (guitar)
• Pop, rock, jazz band "The Fairlanes" (trumpet, piano, composition)
• Piano-Evelyn D'Amico (Sherwood School of Music), Janet Cole, Carol
McMillan, Ruth Stauffer (pipe organ;studied with Virgil Fox)
* Church accompanist
• Trumpet-Ronald Hilt, Roger Cole, William Becker
• Composition-Fidor Kabalin (Hungarian Composer), Greg Steinke (University
of Maryland)
• First chair, first trumpet-Bridgewater College Band
• Band Manager-Bridgewater College Band
• Departmental "Soloist of the Year" award-Bridgewater College
• Established Mt. Hebron marching band and marching units; started the Mt.
Hebron jazz band; started the Chopin piano competition
• Started the countywide middle school band workshops with the First Army
Band
• Piloted the county Exploratory Band Program and published an article about
it in the "Music Educator's Journal"
• Developed a new arranging technique for beginning bands and published it
in "The Instrumentalist" magazine
• Designed a motivational system called "The Start and Stripes Motivational
System" and published an article about it in the "Maryland Music Educator"
and in the idea bank in the "Music Educator's Journal"
• Wrote a teaching manual called "Defensive Teaching: 10 Tricks Kids Use To
Stop You From Teaching and How You Can Outsmart Them"
• Wrote and published over 100 compositions for beginning band and
strings which are regularly performed throughout the United States and
England
• Composition was reviewed as an editorial in the "Journal of the British
Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles"
• B.S. in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• MEd in Music Education from Towson University
• Also attended Bridgewater College, University of Maryland College Park,
Peabody Conservatory of Music and College of Notre Dame
• Certificate from The American School of Piano Tuning
• Tuned pianos for Johnstown, Pa. school system and for the Howard County
school system as well as various piano stores and churches
• Tuned pianos for visiting European string orchestras and pop singers (Al
Martino)
• Piano tuning instructor for several years
• Served as a presenter at the Maryland Music Educator's Conventions and
received an "Outstanding Presenter" award from the president of the
Maryland Music Educators
• Was one of three finalists for the Howard County Music Educator of the
year award
• Assisted writing seven children's musicals including the Baltimore
Bicentennial contest winner 'Bout Baltimore which was produced as a one
hour special on Channel 2
(This musical is also buried in the time capsule at the Baltimore Inner
Harbor to be opened 100 years from now.)
• Also assisted writing original music to "Alice in Wonderland" which won
national contests in both Michigan and Virginia
• Served as music director for the Baltimore Children's Theatre, performing
at the Howard County Center for the Arts, Slayton House,Chesapeak Center for
the Arts, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Other children's musical theatre
experience includes Act II Children's Theatre, Timonium Children's
Theatre,and Pumpkin Theatre. Also assisted with set design and construction,
developing lighter and safer sets for children.
• Started music publishing company, Howard Publications www.howardpub.com
to publish music of several composers from Maryland and Ohio
• Has over 40 years of teaching experience teaching elementary, middle and
high school and adult education
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