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Full-time Faculty |
Adjunct Faculty
Curt Ebersole
Director of
Instrumental Music
Mr. Ebersole has taught and administered the
instrumental music program at Northern Valley Regional High School at
Old Tappan since 1982. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Music Education from Northwestern University, Master of Music in Conducting from
Northwestern University, and Master of Fine Arts in Clarinet
Performance from SUNY-Purchase. In addition to conducting the Wind
Symphony, Concert Band, String Ensemble, and Marching Band at NVOT, he
acts as Producer/Conductor of the award-winning musical theater program.
During his tenure, his ensembles have consistently earned top
competition ratings, and his Prism Concerts have become a local rite of
spring.
He has served as a guest conductor and clinician for many honor bands,
including the Bergen, Rockland, and Orange County Bands; the North
Jersey School Music Association Region Junior Band, Region Symphonic
Band, and the Region Wind Ensemble (rehearsal preparation conductor). He
has served as guest conductor for the Ridgewood (NJ) Concert Band, the
Orange County Music Educators Wind Ensemble, and the New England Music
Camp Symphonic Band, as well as the conductor/music director for the
Adelphi Chamber Orchestra (Paramus, NJ). In May, 2008 he accepted the
position of Conductor of the
Westchester Symphonic
Winds, the ensemble-in-residence at the
Tarrytown Music Hall.
In 1987 he founded the Northern Valley Wind Conducting
Symposium, now sponsored by the Music Educators of Bergen County,
Inc. As a clarinetist, he performs regularly as a chamber musician, band
& orchestral player, and recitalist in the tri-state area.
Mr. Ebersole was selected as the Northern Valley District Teacher of the
Year in 1994 and the Bergen County Teacher of the Year in 1995. The
Mayor and Council of Old Tappan honored him for twenty years of service
to the community in 2002. The New Jersey Music Educators Association
chose him as the recipient of the 2003 New Jersey Master Music Teacher
Award. In addition, Mr. Ebersole received a Governor’s Award in Arts
Education in May 2003.
His professional memberships include MENC, the National Band
Association, the
International Clarinet Association, and Pi Kappa Lambda. He has served
in many capacities for the North Jersey Band Festival, the North
Jersey School Music Association, and the Music Educators of Bergen
County. Mr. Ebersole is a resident of White Plains, New York, and in his
spare time he enjoys photography, cycling, downhill skiing, and riding
America’s tallest and fastest roller coasters. |

Basset horn: Mendelssohn Konzertstück No. 2
with the Teaneck Summer Band (with Jeff Bittner, clarinet and Evan Cooper,
conductor), July 2003
Basset horn: Schubert Symphony No. 5 with the
International Clarinet Association Clarinet Choir (Harvey Herman,
conductor), July 2004.
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- Mr. Matt Bilyk, Jazz Band Director/Assistant Marching Band Director -
Mr. Bilyk received his BA in Jazz Performance from Manhattan School of Music
in 1997. After graduating college, Matt started his freelance career by
subbing in the pits of Broadway. In addition, Matt has had the privilege to
work with such performers and groups as: Warren Vache, The Irish Tenors,
Bobby Rydell, Jimmy Beaumont, The Happenings, The Classics, Sonny Turner,
The Dupree’s, The Guy Lombardo Orchestra, Bob Crosby and The BobCats, The
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Richie LaBamba, The Riche Cecere Orchestra and many
more. Matt Bilyk is also on staff at Northern Valley Old Tappan High School,
Elisabeth Morrow Private School, and teaches for the Encore Music Program.
As well as playing, giving clinics and adjudicating, Matt’s private studio
is full of young and talented trombone students.
- Mr. Nick Rosolanko, Percussion Instructor
- Ms. Jennifer Hochenberg, Color Guard Instructor
- Mr. Andrew Jaworski, Marching Band Assistant
- Ms. Trish O'Shea, Color Guard Designer
- Mr. Hank Manfra, Marching Band Drill Designer
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