Henry G. Neubert conducted the Ithaca Concert Band from 1978 through
the summer of 1999. He was professor of Double Bass at the Ithaca
College School of Music where he also conducted the Symphonic Band.
His early music studies began with his father and grandfather in Allentown,
Pennsylvania. He earned his BME and MM degrees at Northwestern University,
where he studied double bass with Warren Benfield and conducting with John
Paynter. After six years of teaching instrumental music in the Northport
- East Northport Schools on Long Island, during which he studied double
bass with John Shaeffer, Neubert joined the Ithaca College faculty in 1972.
Neubert was the principal bassist of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra where
he occupied the Charles and Shirley Hockett endowed chair.
On April 23, 2005, Neubert conducted his retirement concert at Ithaca College
where he nurtured over 2000 student musicians. Henry and his
wife, Gail, will make the most of life in their well-earned retirement
in Bluffton, SC. The members of the Ithaca Concert Band, past and
present wish them the very best. Thank you Henry!
Keith
A. Kaiser co-conducted the
Ithaca Concert Band from 2000 to 2010. He is the Interim-Associate
Dean of the School of Music, an Associate Professor and Chair of the Music
Education Department at Ithaca College.
He holds degrees from the Florida State University (Ph.D.), the University
of Redlands (M.M.), and the University of Wyoming (B.M.). As a faculty
member at Ithaca College, he teaches undergraduate and graduate music education
courses, supervises junior and senior level student teachers, and conducts
various instrumental music ensembles. He is active throughout the
country as a clinician, adjudicator and consultant. A Presser Scholar,
he is published in Update: Applications of Research in Music Education,
School Music News, Reverberations, Orff-Echo
and Journal of Music
Therapy. His professional affiliations have included the Music
Educators National Conference, the New York State School Music Association,
the College Music Society, the College Band Directors National Association,
the National Band Association and the American Music Therapy Association.
He has presented at the Music Educators National Conference, the New York
State School Music Association Conference, the Southeastern College Band
Directors Association Conference, the American Music Therapy National Conference,
the World Congress of Music Therapy, and the College Music Society.
Dr. Kaiser has taught in Wyoming, Florida, and California - where he was
founder and conductor of the University of Redlands’ Wind Ensemble for
Young Musicians. He resides in Ithaca with his wife, Jen, and their
children Andrew, Christopher and Meghan.
