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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
2010 Faculty is listed below and subject to change. (2009 Faculty is pictured.)
Jeffrey Campbell (Program Director; Academy Band Director; Bass), Rochester, N.Y. Dr. Campbell is professor at the Eastman School of Music. He performs with the Rochester Philharmonic and with jazz pianist Marian McPartland.
James Warrick (Lab Band Director), Winnetka, Ill. Mr. Warrick is the past director of jazz studies at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., where, under his direction, New Trier High School received the GRAMMY Signature School Award. He is the only high school teacher to be inducted in DownBeat Magazine's "Jazz Educator Hall of Fame." His groups have received 39 DownBeat Magazine awards, toured China and Europe, performed multiple times at The Midwest International Band Clinic and other national music conventions, and recorded 33 CDs. This is his twenty-fourth year at Birch Creek.
Kevin Cole (Studio Band Director), St Louis, Mo. Mr. Cole, a trombonist and educator, is in his tenth year as director of the jazz education and performance program at Webster Groves High School (a St. Louis suburb).
Mark Dahl, Advanced Combo Director (Ambassadors), Brookfield, Ill. Mr. Dahl holds a Bachelors Degree in Saxophone Performance and a Masters Degree in Music Education from Northern Illinois University. He has studied conducting with Steven Squires and Dr. Ronnie Wooten, and jazz pedagogy with Ron Carter. Mark is currently band director at Lyons Township High School; La Grange, Ill., and in addition to his school duties maintains a busy schedule as a performer and clinician throughout the Chicago area. Mr. Dahl has performed with Johnny Frigo, Jim Galaredo, Mark Colby, Bob Havens and Bobby Wilson.
John Wojciechowski (Alto Saxophone), Chicago, Ill. Mr. Wojciechowski lives, performs and records in the Chicago area in his own groups as well as other jazz groups including The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Woody Herman Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Clark Terry, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Charlie Haden, Kurt Elling, and Kenny Burrell.
Mike Lee (Tenor Saxophone), Montclair, N.J. Mr. Lee has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Village Vanguard Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney and many others. He also tours extensively under his own name.
Joey Tartell (Trumpet), Bloomington, Ind. Mr. Tartell is on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Music. He is also a freelance trumpeter and has played with the bands of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman and Glenn Miller.
Lennie Foy (Trumpet), Greencastle, Ind. Mr. Foy is Professor of Trumpet at DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind. As a freelance musician he has performed with Joe Williams, Oscar Peterson, Quincy Jones, Al Jarreau, James Moody, and Roland Hanna. Currently he records and tours as a member of the internationally acclaimed Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
Audrey Morrison (Trombone), Chicago, Ill. Ms. Morrison teaches at Wheaton College, North Park College and Columbia College. She performs with the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra.
Tom Garling (Trombone), Chicago, Ill. Mr. Garling teaches at Columbia College. He has performed with Randy Brecker, Buster Williams, Victor Lewis and Dave Taylor.
Michael Stryker (Piano), Macomb, Ill. Mr. Stryker is Assistant Professor of Jazz Piano in the School of Music at Western Illinois University. He is currently a member of the Dale Hopper Faculty Jazz Sextet. Mr. Stryker's doctoral studies at the Eastman School of Music are currently in progress. He has performed with Freddie Hubbard, Jim Snidero, Robin Eubanks, James Moody, John Fedchock, Kim Richmond, Clay Jenkins, Gary Foster, Bob Mintzer and Joshua Breakstone.
Bob Chmel (Drum Set), Las Vegas, Nev. Mr. Chmel currently performs with Frank Sinatra Jr., the Jimmy Dorsey Band, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
Michael Collins-Dowden (Guitar), Chicago, Ill. Mr. Collins-Dowden is currently the band director at Pleasant Ridge Middle School and directs the Jazz Ensemble at Attea Middle School, both in the Glenview, Ill. School District . He is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Temple University. Mr. Dowden freelances on guitar and trombone in the Chicago area.
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DOUBLING SKILLS. Saxophonists who double on clarinet or flute may include a short excerpt demonstrating their skills on either or both instruments. Doubling is NOT a prerequisite for acceptance. Those who do not double are still encouraged to apply.
