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.