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| The Directors |
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| George Edge Director |
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George Edge has served as Director of Bands at Grove
City High School in Grove City, Ohio, since 1987. Mr. Edge is a
native of Tipp City, Ohio, where he began his instrumental training
under Stewart King. He attended Capital University, where he performed
under the baton of Richard Suddendorf. He received his bachelor's degree
in music education from Bowling Green State University, studying under
Mark Kelly, and received his Master's Degree in music education from The
Ohio State University (1984).
Mr. Edge is a member of the Music Educator's National
Conference, the American School Band Director Association, the Ohio
Music Education Association, Phi Beta Mu, and is a 1998 inductee to the
American Bandmaster's Association. Prior to his position at Grove City,
he was the director of bands and choirs for eight years at Newton High
School in Pleasant Hill, Ohio.
In 1985, Mr. Edge's Newton High School band received
the Best Overall Concert Band Award at the American School Band
Director's Association's National Concert Band Contest adjudicated
by Dr. Henry Begian, Mark Hinsley, and John Paynter. He was the 1986
National Recipient of the ASBDA Stanbury Award, given each year to one
high school band director in the nation for outstanding achievement,
and is the 1997 recipient of the Columbus Ohio Symphony Orchestra's
Secondary School Music Educator Award.
Mr. Edge's bands have been directed/or adjudicated by
many prominent composers and conductors including; Claude T. Smith,
Francis McBeth, William Revelli, James Swearingen, Mark Kelley, Dr.
Donald McGinnis, Ray Cramer, H. Robert Reynolds, Donald Hunsberger, Gary
Lewis, Richard Blatti, and Frank Wickes. Mr. Edge has served as guest
conductor, adjudicator, and clinician around Ohio and the Midwest
region. His wife, Sherron, teaches music in the Columbus Public Schools.
They have two children, Andrew and Rebecca. Mr. and Mrs. Edge are active
members of the Grove City Church of the Nazarene.
Career Highlights at GCHS:
- The Symphonic Band performed for the 50th anniversary of the
Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago,
Illinois.
- The Marching Band performed in the 1990 and 2000 Tournament
of Roses Parades in Pasadena, California.
- The Marching Band has earned over 60 Grand Champion awards,
including awards for concert and marching performance at the 1993
and 1997 Musicfest Orlando Band Competitions in Orlando,
Florida.
The bands have received superior ratings every year at the State
and District large-group OMEA contests, and have consistently
received Superior Division I ratings at each national contest they
have entered.
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| Thomas Traini - Assistant Director |
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Thomas Traini has been assisting with the GCHS bands
since 2001. He is also the orchestra director at GCHS and Jackson Middle
School, directs one of the concert bands, and teaches brass students in
the district's intermediate schools. Prior to coming to Grove City, Mr.
Traini served as director of the Bloom-Carroll High School Band for four
years. During his tenure, the BCHS Symphonic Band earned State superior
ratings for the first time in over 25 years, and the Marching Band
earned State superior ratings for the first time in that school's
history.
Mr. Traini is a tuba player who earned his
music education degree from The Ohio State University (1997). While in
the OSU Marching Band he "dotted the i" in Script Ohio at the 1996
Michigan game and the 1997 Rose Bowl. Mr. Traini is himself a 1993
graduate of Grove City High School. His wife, Crystal, received her
bachelors degree in music education from Capital University and taught
band for three years at Waverly High School. She now stays home to
care for their two children, Alex and Colyn.
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| Walt Riesenberg - Assistant Director |
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Walter
Riesenberg has taught at Grove City High School since 2003. He
serves as the Director of Percussion Studies and Assistant Band
Director. He comes to us from Eastern Kentucky University where he
served as graduate assistant responsible for teaching undergraduate
percussion majors, the EKU drum line, and the EKU steel band. Mr.
Riesenberg received his undergraduate degree from Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio.
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