ABOUT OUR CONDUCTORS
Alfred W. Dentino, an alumnus of Concord-Carlisle Regional High School in Concord, Massachusetts, received his Bachelor of Music Education Degree from The Ohio State University in 1976. While at Ohio State, he was principal clarinetist and President of The Ohio State University Concert Band under the direction of Donald E. McGinnis. He earned his Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from Harvard University in 1991 where he won the Crite Prize for his thesis research into portrayals of musical instruments in ancient Greek art.
Mr. Dentino has taught in Columbus, Ohio Public Schools, Wachusett Regional School District in Holden, Massachusetts, and Concord Public Schools and Concord-Carlisle Regional School District in Concord, Massachusetts. From 1992 until he retired from public school education in 2012, he served as Director of Bands at Concord-Carlisle Regional High School (CCHS) where his responsibilities included directing the Repertory and Concert Bands, football Pep Band, Orchestra, and Jazz Bands, as well as conducting the pit orchestra for the school’s annual musical.
Under his direction, the CCHS Concert Band earned nineteen gold medals at the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association (MICCA) State Concert Festival. The CCHS Concert Band undertook extremely successful tours of Hokkaido, Japan in 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2010; and the CCHS Jazz Band visited Beijing, China in 2000. The CCHS Concert Band performed at some of the finest concert venues in the world including Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts, Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, Kitara Hall in Sapporo, Japan, and Symphony Hall in Boston. The joint Sapporo Shiroishi Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Concord-Carlisle Concert Band concerts at Boston’s Symphony Hall in 2003 and 2008 were incredible experiences for performers and audience members alike.
In “retirement,” Mr. Dentino continues to teach. He maintains an active private lesson studio, is Assistant Director of the Lexington Bicentennial Band, and serves the New England Conservatory Preparatory Division as conductor of the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble Concert Band. Mr. Dentino continues to guest lecture and adjudicate band festivals across the country. He has served MICCA as President, is the recipient of the MICCA Hall of Fame Award in 2001 and continues to serve MICCA as a clarinet and ensemble adjudicator and clinician.
Mr. Dentino also maintains an active relationship with schools and school bands in Japan, particularly with Massachusetts’ Sister State, the island prefecture of Hokkaido. He makes nearly annual visits to Japan and undertook his fifteenth visit there as a chaperone and consultant with the Concord-Carlisle Concert Band on their return visit to Hokkaido in April of 2019. Mr. Dentino is on the planning committee for, and will accompany, the Ohio State University Wind Symphony’s upcoming residency in Japan in May of 2025.
Mr. Dentino and his wife, Chris, live in Sterling, Massachusetts.
Lisa Linde, an instrumental music educator in Massachusetts, leads ensembles at Newton South High School with a track record of top ratings at state and national festivals, including prestigious events like the Charles Mingus and Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Festivals. Passionate about gender equality in jazz, she is the founder of the nonprofit Jazzhers. Ms. Linde has received numerous accolades, including the 2018 Teacher of the Year at Newton South High School, the 2022 MICCA Hall of Fame award, the 2023 National Federation of State High Schools Outstanding Music Educator Award for Massachusetts, and was a Grammy Quarterfinalist in 2023 and 2024. She is a frequent adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor across the U.S.
PARTICIPATING DIRECTORS AND SCHOOLS
Adam Costa, Beverly High School
Jeffrey Daniels, Danvers High School
Jeremy Witherell, Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy
Jeremy Witherell, Lynn Classical High School
Jeremy Witherell, Lynn English High School
Rachel Michtom, Marblehead High School
Steve Cohen, Newburyport High School
Jason Jones, Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
Nicole Furrier, Revere High School
Benjamin Chertok, Salem High School
Cynthia Napierkowski, Salem High School
Justin Jones, Saugus High School
Craig Kemp, Triton Regional High School
Thomas Bankert, Wakefield High School
HONOR BAND GUEST INSTRUCTORS
*Eileen Yarrison, flutes, piccolos and oboe
*Monica Duncan, clarinets and bass clarinets
*Robert Taylor, saxophones
*Max Ignas, trumpets and horn
Luke Deardorff, low brass
Jabari Tovar, percussion
*Salem State adjunct faculty
SPECIAL THANKS
Karen Gahagan, Director, Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Salem State University Admissions Office
SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY NORTH SHORE HONOR BAND COORDINATORS
Professor Mary-Jo Grenfell, Music Program Coordinator
Cynthia Napierkowski, University Band Director
FACULTY
Peter J. Kvetko – chairperson, world music
Mary-Jo Grenfell – music history, orchestra
Philip A. Swanson – music theory, jazz studies
Michael Testa – music technology
Holly Zagaria – choral music, music education
ADJUNCT MUSIC FACULTY
Sam Beebe – orchestration, composition, music history, electronic music
Todd Clancy – guitar class
Jean Danton – applied voice
Krystal Demaine – music therapy
Bradely DeMatteo – ethnomusicology
Monica Duncan – applied clarinet
Abe Finch – percussion ensemble, applied percussion
Raymond Gonzalez – guitar ensemble, applied classical guitar, applied songwriting
Diane Hastings – applied violin
Max Ignas – applied trumpet
Sanae Kanda – applied piano, music history, piano class, staff accompanist
Steve Lacey – jazz improv ensemble, applied jazz guitar
Cynthia Napierkowski – university band
Eric Christopher Perry – applied voice, voice glass, songwriting
Jay Rinaldi – music technology
Andrew Schiller – applied bass
Lynn Shane – community chorus
Beverly Soll – women in music history
Robb Taylor – applied saxophone, music education, woodwind pedagogy
Eileen Yarrison – applied flute
SALEM STATE MUSIC DEPARTMENT
The music program offers a BA in music, a music minor, a minor in music technology, and undergraduate certificates in music technology and music in early childhood education. The curriculum lays a solid foundation of music understanding that will support your musical and academic goals. All students, regardless of major, can take classes and participate in music ensembles, which may fulfill general education requirements.
Our experienced music faculty are dedicated to creating a supportive learning environment that allows students to thrive artistically. Students and faculty work toge ther as a community of learners who continually share knowledge, experience and creative expression.
salemstate.edu/music
March 8, 7 pm
Music Alumni Recital
Recital Hall
March 29, 7:30 pm
March 30, 3 pm
Salem State Music Alumni Recital
October 19, 2024
The Ballad of Tam Lin by Molly Pinto Madigan ’13
Recital Hall
April 8, 4:30 pm
SSU Music Alumni: Views from the Field: Ethnomusicology
CC 237
April 24, 7:30 pm
Requiem by Javier Marquez ’08
University Orchestra and University Chorus
Salem High School
Recital Hall
salemstate.edu/arts
November 22 – 24
December 6 – 8
Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
Sophia Gordon Center
$15 general/$10 seniors/ Free for students with ID and under 18
December 2 – December 20
7th Annual Art + Design
Open Call Exhibition and Sale
Enterprise Center
December 4
University Chorus/Chamber Singers
December 5
Small Music Ensembles
December 9
University Band 7:30 pm I Recital Hall
December 14, 7:30 pm
December 15, 2 pm
Salem Dance Ensemble Concert
Sophia Gordon Center
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