Class Notes

Ronn McFarlane (C ’75) performed with Ayreheart at Second Stage Amherst, in Amherst, Virginia, in a concert presented by Amherst Glebe Arts Response. LaPearl Smith…

Bobby Spiers (C ’69) played “Taps” on the trumpet for the 20th anniversary remembrance of the lives lost on 9/11 at a Commonwealth DAR Chapter…

Thomas Wilkins (C ’78) was named principal guest conductor by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, a new position created specifically for him. (Pictured to the left.)…

Arabesque Recordings will release 14 digital CD albums of Paul Noble’s (C ’56) arrangements for concert/wind band. (Pictured to the left.) Arlene Moore Thorpe (C…

J. Michael Danielson (B ’93) received the Meritorious Service Award and Melodie Farnan Repass (AS ’16) received the 2020 Civilian of the Year Award from…

Pamela Bell (AS ’71, ’83) performed in the cast of “Motherhood Out Loud” presented online by Winchester Little Theatre from May 9 to May 16.…

Edrie Means Weekly (C ’84) was awarded the 2021 Van Lawrence Fellowship Award, which is presented by The Voice Foundation and National Association of Teachers…

Jeanne Gartner (C ’72) was featured in an article on the Air Force Bands website called “Celebrating Women’s History: Chief Master Sgt. Jeanne Gartner, a…

Charlene Baughan Romano (C ’91) presented a Flute Pedagogy Reboot for Band Directors at the Virginia Music Education Association’s virtual annual conference in November 2020.…

John Arnold (C ’92, ’94) performed “The Solo Guitar Works of Glenn Caluda” for Handley Regional Library’s Virtual Little Noon Music on Jan. 8, 2021.…