BILL TIBERIO

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In addition to being an accomplished and versatile saxophonist and woodwind player, Bill Tiberio is a music educator. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of public music education, and has been at Fairport (NY) high school for 16 years. At Fairport, Bill conducts the top Concert Band, two jazz ensembles, jazz combos, pit orchestras, chamber ensembles, and teaches woodwinds throughout the district. He is the former president of the NY State Chapter of the International Association of Jazz Educators, and is on the summer jazz faculty for the Eastman Community Music School high school program and the founder and director of the Hochstein School of Music summer jazz camp. Bill is also a regular faculty member for the Tritone Jazz Fantasy Camps, held in Rochester in the summer. He is the founder and conductor of the Eastman Community Music School High School Chamber Winds, and was recently appointed to conduct the University of Rochester Wind Symphony.

Bill is a frequent guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for both jazz and concert honor groups and festivals throughout NY State. He is active in the Rochester music scene as a jazz saxophonist and woodwind player, and is comfortable with all styles of jazz from contemporary to Latin, and straight-ahead. Bill has performed with Fred Wesley, The Four Tops, the Temptations, Nestor Torres, Lou Gramm, and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and has shared the stage with Chuck Loeb, the Yellow jackets, Eileen Ivers, Jesse Cook, and Euge Groove. He is a founding member of the original contemporary soul group, The Bill Welch Band (see www.BillWelchBand.com), and is the saxophonist in the Spiritus Christi Gospel Choir.

Bill has been honored with notable recognition of his teaching. Among the awards he has received are the University of Rochester Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award, the Fairport High School Alumni Wall of Fame, The Rochester Philharmonic Outstanding Music Educator Award, the Crystal Apple Fairport High School faculty peer award, and has been selected by the students at Fairport High School as a commencement speaker and a yearbook dedication recipient.

Bill Tiberio released his first CD on the Trier Record label in April 2003, "the story ends...the story begins." He is joined by guitarist Melvin Henderson, who produced the recording, organist Gerry Youngman, drummer Ted Poor, vocalist Harold Pannell, and Latin percussionist Tony Padilla. For more information visit www.ptentertainment.net.

Bill's second CD on the Trier Records label, entitled "Promise Street" has been released on January 20, 2005. Bill is again collaborating with Paradigm Shift, who is receiving national recognition for their debut CD on Nagel-Heyer Records entitled Shifting Times", which features Bill's saxophone artistry on several tunes.