Steven Holgate Email & Phone Number

Reading, PA, US

Shillington, PA

- I am currently the Music Department Chair for Governor Mifflin SD.- I teach band and orchestra music lessons for 5th and 6th grades.- Direct and rehearse the band and orchestra.- Over 3/5 of all of the student body participates in the music instrumental program.- I also teach and advise our TV studio which broadcasts morning announcements to 630 students.

Berks County, Pennsylvania

BSSI is simply a place for young string students to learn, read, play and perform music over the summer months. Currently it is financially supported by the Reading Music Foundation. We have 5 professional string performers and teachers that collaborate to teach both technique sessions and large group ensemble. It meets one night a week for 6/7 weeks and.

I teach beginners through higher education bound students. Many have achieved the musicianship and skills to win auditions for school placements, higher ed acceptance, scholarships, and festivals such as PMEA All State ensembles.

I have taught young beginners through students students entering higher education. Several students have won acceptance to outstanding schools of music, scholarships and festivals such as PMEA All State ensembles.

Greater Lancaster Area

Principal tuba and booking agent for an active brass quintet that performs 20-30 times a year in the greater Lancaster, PA area and Southeastern PA. We perform ceremony music, concerts, reception music and for special worship services.

Lancaster British Brass Band performs about 4-6 public and private concerts a year. I play Eb tuba. The band is made up of some of the finest brass players in the greater Lancaster county area.

Play tuba, bass trombone and double bass as needed for regular and special services.

Greater PA Dutch Region (Lancaster, Berks, Chester, Dauphin Counties)

Sousaphone in rhythm section of a NOLA style brass band.Booking agent for the band. We typically play for parades, outdoor parties and music festivals.

Greater Reading, PA And Lancaster, PA

I have performed with many established and temporary music ensembles throughout the area in various styles and capacities. Such as:Deacons Of Dixieland Repaz Band of WilliamsportDutchyFunk NOLA Style Brass BandBerks Sinfonietta, Inc.Reading Pops OrchestraLancaster British Brass BandBravura Brass QuintetHoliday HornsDixieland ExpressLancaster Brass.

Yocum Institute Of The Arts

~ I teach and coach private brass students ages 11-60.~ I teach beginning band instruments, beginning Ukulele and Advanced Brass Instruments~ Coaching for school and festival auditions (PMEA, seating).~ Mentoring in college preparation.

I conducted and rehearsed two concert bands in the summer. They meet weekly preparing on 3-4 shorts works of music for a culminating concert in early August. They have had as many as 300 participants from the community and schools of Berks County, PA.

Google Works, Reading, PA

- Director of Brass Department.- I taught and coached private brass students ages 11-60.- Mentoring in college preparation and auditions.- Students participate in 2-3 studio recitals a year.

Music and Visual Judge for USSBA Marching Band competitions. My best captions are music ensemble, music performance and over-all effect.

- I taught brass instruction to the tuba section.- I instructed seasons 1999-2003; 2005-2007.- Tuba instructor substitute 2010 season.- Substitute brass instructor 2012 season.

B.S., Music Education; Euphonium, Applied Instrument

Activities and Societies: Phi Sigma Pi, IUP Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band, Jazz Bands

M.M., Performance Tuba And Conducting

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Sigma, Graduate Brass Quintet, Illinois State University Orchestra