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CELEBRATING 35 YEARS

WITH THE LIMA AREA CONCERT BAND

Themes Like Old Times
May 7, 2005 - 8:00 p.m.

James Miglia - Saxaphone
    James Miglia graduated form the University of North Texas with degrees in jazz and classical saxophone performance. His time there included several recordings with instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles, including a year in the acclaimed One O’clock Jazz Band. Soon after completing his first graduate degree, he became a member of the Black Swamp Saxophone Quartet, one of the few enduring professional saxophone quartets in the United States. He has held teaching positions in saxophone and jazz studies at the University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University and the Toledo School for the Arts, and is currently on the faculties of Ohio Northern University and Capital University. Mr. Miglia is completing a doctorate in music at the University of Illinois where he studies saxophone with Debra Richtmeyer and jazz composition with Chip McNeill.
    Like most present-day saxophonists, Mr. Miglia is an active participant in classical and jazz genres. He has appeared on stage with non-traditional composers such as George Lewis and Vinko Globokar, and has premiered works by emerging composer Edward Martin, He has played for numerous jazz and popular music celebrities, including the Four Tops, the Temptations, Mel Torme, Melissa Manchester, Henry butler and Dianne Reeves. A resident of Columbus, Ohio, he is a regular member of the Famous Jazz Orchestra and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Mr. Miglia is in demand as a saxophone clinician, guest artist and jazz composer and performs regularly at colleges and high schools around the Mid and Central United States.

Welcome to the Caberet
July 16, 2005 - 8:00 p.m.

Welcome to the Cabaret is an evening of light-hearted music where the audience can get up close and personal with the musicians. Combined with snacks, tables of your friends and a great night of entertainment, you are sure to enjoy your night at the Lima Area Concert Band Cabaret

A Sousa Spectacular
June 18, 2005 - 8:00 p.m.

William B. Mathis - Trombonist
    William B. Mathis is Associate Professor of trombone and Graduate Coordinator at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Prior to his appointment at BGSU, he served on the faculty of Northwestern State University of Louisiana for thirteen years, where he taught applied low brass. A native of Wichita, KS, Mathis holds a bachelors of music education from Wichita State University and a master’s and doctorate from the University of Michigan in trombone performance. His principle teachers include H. Dennis Smith, Larry Zalkind, Russell Widener, Johann Doms, and Harvey Phillips. From 1989—2000 he was member of the Shreveport Symphony and has performed with the Toledo, Utah, Wichita, Longview (TX) and Rapides Symphonies (LA). In 1997 he was principal trombonist with the Eisenstadt Summer Festival Orchestra in performances in Austria and Hungary. He is also a member of the LATEX Trombone Quartet, a group founded by university trombone professors teaching in Louisiana and Texas. Solo and chamber music appearances include the Second International Brassfest, International Trombone Festival, the Festival at Sandpoint, Keystone and Rafael Mendez Brass Institutes, New York Brass Conference, Eastern Trombone Workshop, and with the Canadian Brass. Mathis currently serves as principal trombonist with the Adrian Symphony (MI) and is a member of the Glass City Brass Quintet in Toledo, Ohio. He is a contributing writer of recording and literature reviews for the International Trombone Association Journal and has received grants for research and implementation in music technology.

Suzy Hutchinson-Biehl

    Suzy is a 1982 graduate of Lima Senior High school and graduated from the Conservatory of Music at Capitol University. Her Masters of Arts degree is from The Ohio State University.
    She has appeared in many Columbus Light Opera and Opera Columbus productions and won critical acclaim for her title role of PATIENTS. "SUZY IS A STUNNING PATIENCE. HER COMIC TIMING, HER DELIVERY OF LINES AND HER SINGING MAKE HER THE TRUE ‘BANQUET OF BEAUTY’ IN THIS SHOW". And as Mable in Pirates of Penzance with Columbus Light Opera. "AS MABLE, SUZY IS IDEAL, VOCALLY AND DRAMATICALLY AS THE QUINTESSENTIAL G& S WIDE-EYED CHARACTER". Columbus Dispatch Reviews, Barbara Zuck.
    She toured in Spain as the soprano soloist with the Cincinnati International Touring Choir. For sixteen years she was the soprano soloist/section leader at Trinity United Methodist Church in Upper Arlington, Ohio She has been a soloist with Cantari Singerd, Bel Canto Singers, and the Columbus Symphony Chorus.
    Suzy is the wife of Adam Biehl, a bankruptcy attorney in Columbus, and proud mother of 9 year old Emily.

Now and Then
September 17, 2005 - 8:00 p.m.

Dean Altstaetter- Piano
    Dean Altstaetter serves on the piano faculty for the music department at Ohio Northern University. His other duties include director of chapel band and midi/computer specialist. He also composes and arranges music for the First Church of God at the Crossroads in Lima, OH.
    Dean Altstaetter holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (in music) and Piano Pedagogy Certification from Goshen College. He completed the Master of Arts degree in music from the Ohio State University. He has performed as guest soloist with the Goshen College Orchestra and Lima Area Concert Band.
    After college Dean performed in venues across the country with two gospel music groups: Signature & The Presence Quartet. As a recording artist he worked on projects in Nashville, TN.
    For the past five years, Dean has played piano and trombone for a swing and jump blues band from Toledo, OH called, "Hepcat Revival."
    Throughout the year Dean also performs with local guitarist, Jim Boedicker.
   Dean is happily married to his lovely wife, Jenny and they both live in Ada, OH with their daughter, Annaleia and son, Aaron.

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