City of Falls Church Concert Band

Director

David Wacyk became Director of the City of Falls Church Concert Band in 2011. He is pursuing a graduate degree in wind conducting at the University of Maryland, where he studies conducting with Dr. Michael Votta and serves as the Graduate Assistant Conductor of the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra. In addition to his academic schedule and rehearsal duties with the Wind Orchestra, he also assists with the University Wind Ensemble and Marching Band.

Prior to his graduate studies at University of Maryland, Mr. Wacyk directed bands and orchestras in the Harford County Public School system in Maryland from 2007-2010, during which time he also served as the founder and conductor of the Upper Chesapeake Wind Ensemble, a group comprised of professional performers and teachers dedicated to presenting excellent wind literature to the public, free of charge. In 2009, Mr. Wacyk was selected as a participant in the Canford Summer School of Music's Wind Band Conductor's Course in the UK, and in 2011 he was honored with an invitation to participate in the conducting symposium entitled "Encountering Music" at the New England Conservatory.

Mr. Wacyk graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor degree in Music Education (Cum Laude, '07), where he studied trumpet performance with Stephen Jones and Scott Thornburg, and Conducting with Robert Spradling and David Montgomery. As a trumpeter, Wacyk has performed in Maryland with the Annapolis Wind Symphony and the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, and previously with the Kalamazoo Civic Theater Orchestra, the Russell Brown Honors Brass Quintet (WMU), and the WMU Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra. He also maintains a private trumpet studio, and works regularly as a brass clinician and instructor for various high school band programs.

Wacyk is a member of MENC: the National Association for Music Education, ITG (International Trumpet Guild), and the American Band Association.

Director's Statement:

As director of the band, I seek to expand the band's repertoire into high-quality concert band literature to complement the band's strong history of popular music and marches. I strive to lead the band in going beyond notes and rhythms, to educate and encourage an understanding of the music that leads to an experience that engages the performers and the audience emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. Under my direction, the band will, with time, play music at a difficulty level equal to that of a good high school group or lesser experienced college group. For any piece of music, the band must strive to play to the best of its ability, and to always work to improve. It is my goal that the band performs two major concerts in a season, in addition to the various pre-scheduled city events and retirement center performances.




Director David Wacyk became Director of the City of Falls Church Concert Band in 2011. He is pursuing a graduate degree in wind conducting at the University of Maryland, where he studies conducting with Dr. Michael Votta and serves as the Graduate Assistant Conductor of the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra. In addition to his academic schedule and rehearsal duties with the Wind Orchestra, he also assists with the University Wind Ensemble and Marching Band. Prior to his graduate studies at University of Maryland, Mr. Wacyk directed bands and orchestras in the Harford County Public School system in Maryland from 2007-2010, during which time he also served as the founder and conductor of the Upper Chesapeake Wind Ensemble, a group comprised of professional performers and teachers dedicated to presenting excellent wind literature to the public, free of charge. In 2009, Mr. Wacyk was selected as a participant in the Canford Summer School of Music's Wind Band Conductor's Course in the UK, and in 2011 he was honored with an invitation to participate in the conducting symposium entitled "Encountering Music" at the New England Conservatory. Mr. Wacyk graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor degree in Music Education (Cum Laude, '07), where he studied trumpet performance with Stephen Jones and Scott Thornburg, and Conducting with Robert Spradling and David Montgomery. As a trumpeter, Wacyk has performed in Maryland with the Annapolis Wind Symphony and the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra, and previously with the Kalamazoo Civic Theater Orchestra, the Russell Brown Honors Brass Quintet (WMU), and the WMU Symphonic Band and Symphony Orchestra. He also maintains a private trumpet studio, and works regularly as a brass clinician and instructor for various high school band programs. Wacyk is a member of MENC: the National Association for Music Education, ITG (International Trumpet Guild), and the American Band Association. Director's Statement: As director of the band, I seek to expand the band's repertoire into high-quality concert band literature to complement the band's strong history of popular music and marches. I strive to lead the band in going beyond notes and rhythms, to educate and encourage an understanding of the music that leads to an experience that engages the performers and the audience emotionally, spiritually, and mentally. Under my direction, the band will, with time, play music at a difficulty level equal to that of a good high school group or lesser experienced college group. For any piece of music, the band must strive to play to the best of its ability, and to always work to improve. It is my goal that the band performs two major concerts in a season, in addition to the various pre-scheduled city events and retirement center performances.
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