While the NBBA will gather, publish, and promote the registry information, the finer details of scheduling, fees, etc. will be worked out between the two parties (those seeking services and those offering services).
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]
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
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
Selected ensembles performed with:
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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
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 teaching clarinet & saxophone: BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY.
Languages: English
Willing to travel.
Email >> [email protected]
Website / Social Media >> N/A
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons
Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Comfortable teaching 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.
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James Kalyn - Sackville, NB
Services & Contact Info:
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator
Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Comfortable teaching 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
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator
Primary Instrument: Clarinet
Comfortable teaching 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.
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Jeff MacQuarrie - Bathurst, NB
Services & Contact Info:
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons, Group Lessons, Online Sessions
Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Comfortable teaching most band instruments: Trumpet & F Horn - BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY;
All Others - BEGINNER to ADVANCED.
Languages: English
Willing to travel.
Email >> [email protected]
Website / Social Media >> N/A
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator, Individual Lessons, Group Lessons, Online Sessions
Primary Instrument: Trumpet
Comfortable teaching most band instruments: Trumpet & F Horn - 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
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Ismael Vitriago - Moncton, NB
Services & Contact Info:
Conductor, Clinician, Individual Lessons, Online Sessions
Primary Instrument: Bassoon
Comfortable teaching Bassoon: POST-SECONDARY; Piano: INTERMEDIATE.
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Willing to travel.
Email >> ismael.vitriago@gmail.com
Website / Social Media >> N/A
Conductor, Clinician, Individual Lessons, Online Sessions
Primary Instrument: Bassoon
Comfortable teaching Bassoon: POST-SECONDARY; Piano: INTERMEDIATE.
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Willing to travel.
Email >> ismael.vitriago@gmail.com
Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT ISMAEL
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Ismael has played and worked extensively with the following music ensembles:
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Steve Hartlen - Truro, NS
Services & Contact Info:
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator
Primary Instrument: Trombone
Comfortable teaching most band instruments: All Brass - BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY;
All Others - BEGINNER to ADVANCED.
Languages: English
Willing to travel.
Email >> bolitho1968@gmail.com
Website / Social Media >> N/A
Conductor, Clinician, Adjudicator
Primary Instrument: Trombone
Comfortable teaching most band instruments: All Brass - BEGINNER to POST-SECONDARY;
All Others - BEGINNER to ADVANCED.
Languages: English
Willing to travel.
Email >> bolitho1968@gmail.com
Website / Social Media >> N/A
LEARN MORE ABOUT STEVE
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Steve Hartlen studied trombone at Acadia University graduating with a Bachelors degree in Music Education (1990) and a Masters degree in Curriculum Studies, Music Education Focus (2014). He also studied at the Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta.
Recently retired, Steve taught in the Nova Scotia public school system for 33 years directing bands at Parrsboro Regional High, Hants East Rural High, New Glasgow Junior High School and New Glasgow Academy. He is currently the director of the Ron MacKay Memorial Youth Band program in Bible Hill. Steve is a past president of the Nova Scotia Band Association, has served as a member of the Canadian Band Association executive and is currently the director of Atlantic Festivals of Music and is the chair of the Nova Scotia Music Education Council. He is a former assistant conductor of the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble and is a longstanding member of the Acadia University Summer Music Faculty. Steve has worked extensively as a clinician and as an adjudicator and was designated as a Master Teacher by the Nova Scotia Band Association in 2024. As a trombonist and vocalist Steve has performed with a variety of ensembles including the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, the Halifax Camerata Singers, Incantatus Chamber Choir and the Helios Vocal Ensemble. Steve currently performs with the Nova Brass Quintet as well as the Hubtown Big Band. He lives in Truro with his wife Holly and is the proud father of three musicians; Noah, Claire and Owen. |
