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We would appreciate feedback from any experiences you have using the registry or the people on it.  Your feedback is valued for the continued growth of the NBBA.     [email protected]

Dave Garson - Fredericton, NB

Services & Contact Info:
​Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons, Group Lessons, Online Sessions

Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Comfortable with brass instruments: Trpt - BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY;
                                                                   F horn + Trbn + Euph - BEGINNER to INTERMEDIATE

Languages: English

Willing to travel.
Would like to be more involved in adjudication.


​Email >> [email protected]
​Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT DAVE
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Bachelor of Music - performance - University of Victoria, Victoria, BC - 1984
Master of Music - performance - Northwestern University, Chicago - 1988

40 years teaching experience - lessons, clinics, masterclasses - all ages & levels 1985-2025
  • Professor of Trumpet (sabbatical leave - 1 year) - Memorial University, St. Johns, NF - 95-96
  • Trumpet instructor - Upper Canada College, Toronto, ON - 10 years 1986 - 1997
  • Halifax Community Band Festival
  • Bathurst Band and Choral Festival
  • Charlottetown Schools Band Camp

Selected ensembles performed with:
  • Canadian Opera Co Orchestra - section trumpet 1988 - 1995
  • National Ballet of Canada Orchestra
  • Hamilton Philharmonic
  • Roy Thompson Hall Orchestra
  • Calgary Philharmonic
  • Symphony Nova Scotia
  • Hannaford Street Silver Band
  • Toronto Winds
  • Alberta Winds
  • Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble
  • Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
  • University of Victoria Wind Symphony
  • University of Victoria Symphony Orchestra
  • Second Chances Band - Fredericton

​Dr. Mark Hopkins - Wolfville, NS

Services & Contact Info:
​Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons, Online Sessions
Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Comfortable with POST-SECONDARY.

​Languages: English

Willing to travel.

​Email >> [email protected]
​Website / Social Media >> www.markemersonhopkins.ca
LEARN MORE ABOUT MARK
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​Dr. Mark Hopkins is a Professor in the School of Music at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.  In addition to leading the Acadia University Wind Ensemble, Dr. Hopkins teaches undergraduate and graduate Conducting and Music Education foundation courses.  Off campus, he co-conducts the Jack Long National Honour Band (formerly the Denis Wick Canadian Wind Orchestra,) one of Canada's finest student wind ensembles. He is Artistic Director of the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble (2008-2011, 2013-present), and is a member of the Board of Musicfest Canada, the largest music festival in North America.
 
A native of Toronto, Dr. Hopkins also taught music in high schools for twelve years, including seven years’ service as Chair of the Music Department at Upper Canada College. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the New England Conservatory while serving as Assistant to Frank L. Battisti and was awarded the Gunther Schuller Medal at graduation. His professional work as a Conductor spans the full range of ensembles and genres. He is Founding Music Director (Emeritus) of the Toronto Wind Orchestra and the Alberta Winds, freelance professional wind ensembles in Toronto and Calgary. While he was Artistic Director of the Lands End Chamber Ensemble the group won a Western Canada Music Award for the recording, “Four Degrees of Freedom”. In 2017 Arts Nova Scotia Awarded Dr. Hopkins an Established Artist Award for his work with the new music festival, Shattering the Silence, and in 2019 was awarded the National Band Award by the Canadian Band Association, “…in recognition of outstanding contributions to band at the educational, community, and professional level in Canada.”

Richard Hornsby - Fredericton, NB

Services & Contact Info:
​Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons
Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Comfortable with clarinet & saxophone: BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY.

​Languages: English

Willing to travel.

​Email >> [email protected]
​Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT RICHARD
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Formed and conducted public school and university bands in Ontario, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Experienced adjudicator and clinician all over Canada. Four decades of private teaching experience on clarinets and saxophones and conducting.

James Kalyn - Sackville, NB

Services & Contact Info:
​Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator

Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Comfortable with most band instruments: Trpt, Horn, Trbn, Euph, Tuba, Perc, Drum Set, Gtr, Bass - INTERMEDIATE;
                                                                            Flute, Oboe, Bsn, Clar. sax - POST-SECONDARY

Languages: English & French

Willing to travel.
Fluent in classical and jazz styles.


​Email >> [email protected]
​Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT JAMES
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40 years of playing and conducting at collegiate and professional levels, including conservatories and universities in the US and Canada. Performed regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra, in pit orchestras in Toronto, and in concert halls across Europe, North America, and China. 

Jeff MacQuarrie - Bathurst, NB

Services & Contact Info:
​Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons, Group Lessons, Online Sessions

Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Comfortable with most band instruments: Trpt - BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY;
​                                                                            All Others - BEGINNER to ADVANCED.

Languages: English

Willing to travel.

​Email >> [email protected]
​Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT JEFF
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Education
  • Studied trumpet with Andrew Alcorn (high school) and James Hargreaves (St. FX).
  • Bachelor of Classical Trumpet Performance, 1997.
  • Bachelor of Education (Secondary Music), 1999.
  • Additional studies: conducting, jazz studies, instrumental methods.
Teaching Career
  • 26 years teaching in the New Brunswick public school system.
  • Teaches grades 9–12 Music at Bathurst High School.
  • Directs extracurricular bands, choirs, drama, musical theatre, student leadership, and tech.
  • Offers instrumental, vocal, rock band, and music technology courses.
Ensembles & Leadership
  • Founder/conductor of Phantom Jazz Band and Ottoni Brass Ensemble.
  • Assistant conductor of Bathurst Community Concert Band.
  • President of the New Brunswick Band Association.
Performance Highlights
  • Soloist at provincial and national festivals.
  • Former member: National Youth Band of Canada (2 years, principal trumpet), Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble (9 years, principal trumpet), St. FX Big Band (6 years, ead trumpet), St. FX Brass Quintet, Chester Brass Band, Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra.
  • Current performer with Maritime Winds, BCCB, Ottoni Ensemble, Phantom Jazz, and as a soloist.

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