E-mail:
sarvermb@udel.edu
Heidi I. Sarver, director of the UDMB since 1995, is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Music.
Her other responsibilities include Director of the Symphonic
Band and instructor of the Marching Band Techniques course.
She attended the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst where she received a Bachelors
Degree in Music Education and a Master of Music Degree in Trumpet
Performance. Her former teachers include George Parks, Walter
Chesnut, Malcolm Rowell, and Seymour Rosenfeld.
Ms. Sarver is active throughout the northeast as an adjudicator,
clinician and guest conductor. She is best known for her work
with the George N. Parks
Drum Major Academy and the
Band Leadership
Training programs. She is an avid drill designer and has
written for many high schools in the tri-state area, as well
as the University of Massachusetts
Minuteman Band, recipient of the Louis C. Sudler Trophy
in 1998. Ms. Sarver is a member of the show design team for
Marching Show Concepts.
She is also an adjudicator and production assistant for the
Orange and Sugar Bowls through Heritage Festivals and Bowl Games
of America. In 2004 Ms. Sarver was an Associate Band Director for
the Bands of America Honor Band's first
performance in the Tournament of Roses Parade. She returedn to the same
position in 2009 for the organization's second appearence.
In the past, Ms. Sarver has performed with the Reading Buccaneers
Senior Drum and Bugle Corps as a soprano soloist, music instructor
and drum major. Prior to her appointment at the University of
Delaware, Ms. Sarver was a high school band director in New
York, and the Assistant Director of Bands at
Temple University in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
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E-mail:
jancona@udel.edu
James P. Ancona
is an Assistant Professor of Music in the
Department of Music. He is
the Assistant Director of the Blue Hen Marching Band,
Director
of the Basketball Pep Band and Co-Director of the Symphonic
Band.
James received his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education
from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, and his Master's Degree in Performance from
Indiana University, where
he was also awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate.
His former teachers include Gerald Carlyss, Thomas Hannum, Leigh
Howard Stevens, William Roberts, and Peter Tanner.
James has over 20 years of experience as an arranger and instructor for world class
drum and bugle corps including The
Cavaliers, Star of indiana, Santa Clara Vanguard, The Glassmen, The Crossmen and
Carolina Crown. His honors in the activity include having been a member of the
1990 DCI World Champion Cadets of Bergen County, having been on the instructional
staff fo Star of Indiana’s (1993) and Santa Clara Vanguard’s (2004) World Champion
percussion sections and having seved as the Percussion Caption Head for the 2006 DCI
World Champion Cavaliers.
His Vanguard Percussion Ensembles and Mixed Ensembles (with brass) have
won at the Drum Corps International Individual and Ensemble Championships.
Several of his percussion arrangements appear on
Star of Indiana's Brass
Theater and BLAST! (the Tony and Emmy Award winning Broadway show)
compact discs and are published by
Tap Space Publications.
James is the co-author of Up Front: A Complete Resource for Today's
Pit Ensemble. He is an endorser and clinician for the
Avedis Zildjian Company,
Remo, Inc.,
Pearl and Adams Percussion, and is a Signature Artist for
Innovative
Percussion, Incorporated.
James currently resides in New Castle, Delaware.
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E-mail:
mcadams@udel.edu
Sarah began her spinning career while attending Bowling Green State University where she graduated with a Bachelor
of Music Education. During her time in Ohio, Sarah was a member of the DCI Finalist Glassmen Drum and Bugle Corps out of Toledo, OH.
Sarah has been teaching color guard for nearly 10 years now. After leaving Ohio, Sarah returned home to the state of Delaware where
she began her teaching career, serving as an Assistant High School Band director, Middle School Band Director, Visual Coordinator
and Color Guard director in central Delaware for several years.
After receiving her Master of Music in Performance from the University of Delaware, Sarah joined the staff at UDMB in addition
to teaching middle school band in the Newark area. Over the years, Sarah has also served as the Assistant Director of VAPCO (UD's
formerly named competitive indoor guard). Sarah currently serves as the middle school band director in the Daniel Boone School
District whre she also assists with the high school colorguard.
In addition, Sarah has served as a visual consultant, drill writer, taught various summer music camps throughout the tri-state
area and has worked with the George N. Parks Drum Major Academy and Band Leadership Training programs.
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Phil Cavalcanto has been involved in every facet of color
guard since 1982. He has instructed many regional high
schools programs in the Greater Philadelphia Area. He
is a former member of the Spirit of Atlanta Drum and
Bugle Corps and the Brigadiers Senior Drum and Bugle
Corps. He has done consulting work for the Unviersity
of Delaware Marching Band and their indoor guard, Visual
Arts Production Company, for several years and joined
the instructional staff in 2007.
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Trish is a consultant for the outdoor program, assisting with colorguard auditions in the spring as well
as band camp in the summer. Her primary role with the UDMB is being part of the creative team for our
indoor guard program, Delazure. Trish joined the staff in 2006.
Trish is the colorguard instructor for Nothern Highlands High School in NJ (the 2007 USSBA Group 4A NJ
and All-State "Best Color Guard") and the Northern Valley Regional High School in NJ. She
previously worked with Alter Ego, Knightbeat, Pegasus and the Nighthawks winter guards.
As a performer she has marched with the Syracuse Brigadiers and Bushwackers Senior Drum and Bugle Corps
and the NY Royal Guardsmen winter guard.
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E-mail:
rhammerton@earthlink.com
"Dr. Rob" Hammerton is the primary music arranger for the
UDMB. His degrees include Master
of Music in Music Education from
Boston University and a Bachelor
of Science in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst.
"Dr. Rob" is
Music Program Director for the Uxbridge, MA Public Schools.
He is also the chief musical arranger for the
University of Massachusetts
at Amherst Minuteman Hoop Band, as well as a staff arranger
for the Minuteman Marching
Band. He has written for numerous high schools, community
groups and collegiate ensembles throughout the states of Maine,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Washington.
In addition to this he co-directs the Sudbury
(MA) United Methodist Church Youth Choir and is a staff member for
the George N. Parks Drum Major
Academy.
"Dr. Rob" is an honorary
member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.
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E-mail: chrisv@udel.edu
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E-mail:cooperec@udel.edu
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E-mail:vvassar@udel.edu
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Zachary Boyles - Uniform Manager
Dena Plumber - Assistant Uniform Manager
Jeremy Norris - Equipment Manager
Samantha Bisaro - Attendance Manager
Amy Baker - Assistant Attendance Manager
Samantha Bisaro - Office Manager
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Ali Carraher
Joseph Daigle
Christine Hadfield
Andrew Tremblay
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Drill Coordinator
Andrew Tremblay
Music Coordinators
Samantha Bisaro - Woodwinds
Jason Angelo - Brass
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Flutes
Jennifer Sabatino - Drill Section Leader
Margaret Murray - Music Section Leader
Katie Gloede - Rank Leader
Marianne Nagengast - Rank Leader
Julianne Powers - Rank Leader
Emily Quig - Rank Leader |
Alto Saxophones
Matt Pazoles - Drill Section Leader
Cecilia Cole - Music Section Leader
Alex Blau - Rank Leader
Jamie Shea - Rank Leader
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Clarinets
Matthew Disharoon - Drill Section Leader
Samantha Bisaro - Music Section Leader
Erin Jennings - Rank Leader
Sarah Kathan - Rank Leader
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Tenor Saxophones
Hannah Fraser - Drill Section Leader
Andrew Bedell - Music Section Leader
Christopher Elder - Rank Leader
Christie Iacovella - Rank Leader
Megan Nixon - Rank Leader
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Mellophones
Alexander Hamilton - Drill Section Leader
Melanie Malusa - Music Section Leader
Amy Baker - Rank Leader |
Baritones
Matthew Korn - Drill Section Leader
Sarah Snyder - Music Section Leader |
Trumpets
Kurtis Wittman - Drill Section Leader
Kendall Welschenbach - Music Section Leader
Jon Clunie - Rank Leader
Janet Gillman - Rank Leader
Margaret Loughman - Rank Leader
Matthew Pisarcik - Rank Leader
Richard Tilley - Rank Leader
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Trombones
Jason Angelo - Drill Section Leader
Matthew Jufer - Music Section Leader
Benjamin Owens - Rank Leader
Bethany Paris - Rank Leader
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Tubas
James Taylor - Drill Section Leader
Tyler Wiernusz - Music Section Leader
Aaron Fisher - Assistant Music Section Leader/Rank Leader
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Colorguard
TBA
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Percussion
TBA later this summer after mini-camps
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