Conservatory Outreach Wind Faculty
David Betts (recorder private lesson teacher) has been teaching for the Conservatory Outreach for over 25 years. He graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1981 with a BM in Trombone Performance where he studied with Alan Kofsky of the Cleveland Orchestra. He continued his studies at Case Western Reserve University graduating in 1994, where he received a MA in Early Music Performance Practices studying with Ross Duffin. He teaches music lessons on recorder and low brass instruments including trombone, euphonium and tuba. He teaches recorder to children as well as adults, and is the music director for the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Recorder Society. His brass teaching includes assisting beginning students just learning to play their first instrument, preparing high school students to play a brass instrument for Marching Band, improving skills and preparations for contest, as well as adults wanting to start a new hobby. In addition to performing on the modern trombone and euphonium, he enjoys performing on their predecessor, the sackbut, and other early wind instruments. He has performed with Ganassi, Burgundy, Red {an orchestra}, Cleveland Opera, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Playhouse, Blossom Festival Band, Music for 2�, The B-W Alumni Brass Collective and at many Cleveland area churches and community theaters.
Teaching Location: Berea
J. Calvin (saxophone private lesson teacher) holds B.A and M.M. degrees from the University of Akron in music education and music performance (Magna Cum Laude). He has taught saxophone in the Outreach Dept. in the Conservatory at Baldwin-Wallace College for the last 5 years. He has over 18 years teaching experience in public schools in Northeastern Ohio where he currently serves as band director in the Parma City Schools. In addition, he has served as assistant director to the New Horizons Band program at the B-W Conservatory Outreach Dept. and served as director for the New Horizons Jazz Ensemble and Woodwind Ensemble. He as served as Contest Chair for the Greater Cleveland Solo and Ensemble Contest and the OMEA District IV adjudicated events for which his students have consistently earned excellent and superior ratings. Mr. Calvin performs regularly throughout the Northeast Ohio region and has played as "hired gun" in several national touring acts including Little Anthony, Martha Reeves, Felix Cavaliere, Lou Christie, Mitch Rider, Cub Coda, and most recently Cleveland's own Sonny Geraci. In 1987, J. appeared in the film "Light of Day", starring Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett. His interests include spending time with his family, skiing, tennis, reading, professional audio sound reinforcement, computers and audio recording.
Teaching Location: Berea
Kaleb Chesnic is a Flute Performance major at Baldwin-Wallace where he studies under George Pope. He has been playing for over half of his life and still loves every minute. Kaleb went to high school at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School near his hometown of Burgettstown PA. Kaleb plays in the Baldwin-Wallace Symphony Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Teaching Location: Berea
Ruth Daley (clarinet private lesson student teacher)
Teaching Locations: Berea
Mark DeMio (bassoon private lesson teacher) In addition to teaching for B-W Conservatory Outreach, Mark DeMio is bassoon instructor for the Case Western Reserve and Cleveland State Universities: as well as other music schools. Performing on bassoon and contrabassoon throughout the area, he is with Opera Cleveland, Trinity Cathedral Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Blossom Festival Band and Orchestra, Akron Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and is fortunate to have played with the Cleveland Orchestra many times for performances, recordings, and tours. Mark and his wife Elizabeth (a professional pianist) live in Cleveland Heights with their two fabulous children and two rascally dogs. Mr. DeMio enjoys long walks, reading, endless yard work, travel and cooking. And, watching older, odd 'B-movies' keeps the whole family chuckling.
Teaching Location: Berea
Beth Elardo (flute private lesson teacher) has taught flute in the Outreach Dept in the Conservatory at Baldwin-Wallace College for the past 19 years. She has over thirty years experience teaching the flute to students of all ages, and enjoys teaching at all levels including adults. Ms. Elardo's students perform each year in a flute recital at B-W which highlights solo and ensemble performances by her students. Students are taught flute emphasizing a full resonant tone and attention to skill building in technique, rhythm, and musicianship. Ms. Elardo received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Baldwin-Wallace College and furthered her studies in the Graduate Music Education and Music Therapy Program at Cleveland State University. Her teachers included Maurice Sharp (former principal flutist of the Cleveland Orchestra for over 50 years), William Hebert (former piccolo with the Cleveland Orchestra), and Deidre McGuire (former principal flutist of the Cleveland Opera and Ballet). Ms. Elardo is a frequent solo and chamber music performer at several local churches. She currently teaches music in the Cleveland Municipal School District. Her hobbies include photography and travel.
Teaching Location: Berea
Jennifer Andersen Germaine (flute and piccolo private lesson teacher) has been teaching for Baldwin Wallace College since 1998. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance (Cum Laude) from Baldwin Wallace and a Master's of Music in Flute Performance from The University of Akron. Jennifer free-lances in the Cleveland area, plays in a woodwind quintet, and performs with many local theaters. Jennifer has previously worked as the Band Director's Assistant with the Copley Fairlawn School, Music Fundamentals Instructor with the Broadway School of Music and the Arts, and the Children's Choir Director for her church. Jennifer's interests include Disneyland Memorabilia, reading, and spending time with her husband and dog.
Teaching Location: Berea
Mary Ann Grof-Neiman (clarinet private lesson teacher) is currently the program administrator of the Cleveland Institute of Music's Preparatory and Continuing Education Division. She received her bachelor of science in music education degree from the Bowling Green State University. Ms. Grof-Neiman has served as clarinetist for the Blossom Festival Band, Lakeland Civic Band, Lakeside Symphony Orchestra, Youngstown Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, and currently performs with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Lakewood "Home Town" Band, Medina Community Band, the Cleveland Winds, and is principal clarinetist with the Sounds of Sousa Band and the Chagrin Falls Studio Orchestra. She maintains private studios at Baldwin Wallace College through their Conservatory Outreach Program as well as her home in Medina. She has served the Ohio Music Education Association as a Woodwind Adjudicator for the last 18 years and is a member of AFM Local 24. She resides in Medina with her husband Marcus and their cats Dmitri and Sasha.
Teaching Location: Berea and Medina
Michael Leese (flute private lesson teacher)
Chelsea McCallum (flute private lesson teacher) is a senior Music Education major at Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music. She is a flute primary and studies with Sean Gabriel. Chelsea has also performed with both the Concert Wind and Symphonic Wind Ensembles through B-W. She has a wealth of teaching experiences with infant through adult learners. These experiences include teaching private flute lessons as a freelance musician as well as through the New Horizons Band program. She prides herself on personalizing her approach to meet the needs of each individual student in a way that is comfortable and also constructive.
Teaching Location: Berea
Ethan Miller (saxophone private lesson teacher) originally from Buffalo, New York, holds degrees from the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music (Bachelor of Music, cum laude) and Kent State University (Master of Music, summa cum laude). Honors received include a grant from the Jack Yellen Memorial fund as well as a presidential scholarship from Baldwin-Wallace College. He has been featured on WCLV, classical radio and has been a featured performer for the Cleveland Composer's Guild, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Bop Stop, Playhouse Square, Cain Park and the Beck Center for the Arts. He is a founding member of the Cleveland Saxophone Quartet, Trio Diverso, and The Ethan Miller Quartet. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of the Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Music, and is an Assistant Professor of Music at Kent State University's Hugh A. Glauser School of Music. Ethan can be heard performing as a classical and jazz soloist throughout the greater Cleveland and Western New York areas, including demand as a concerto soloist with performances scheduled into the next decade.
Emily O'Shea (clarinet private lesson student teacher)
Teaching Locations: Berea
Cynthia Watson (oboe private lesson teacher)