Around THE ARCH
Blair’s new faculty members: (back row, left to right) Chief Advancement Officer Craig Hall, Marney Egan, Alex Newell, Douglass Compton and Brian Antonelli ’93. (Front row, left to right) Britt Freitag, Danyelle Doldoorian, Pedro Hurtado Ortiz, Nate Widelitz and Joseph Wagner. (To read about Mr. Hall, please turn to page 78.)
WELCOME,
NEW FACULTY! There are nine new faces among the faculty this fall,
a Fulbright scholar, studied Bulgarian folk music during
and each person brings knowledge, experience and
a year in Sofia, Bulgaria. At Blair, he coaches boys’ thirds
enthusiasm to his or her role at Blair. With the work of
soccer and will work with the Singers in this winter’s
teaching and mentoring Blair’s students already well
production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Nate resides
under way, the School is pleased to take this opportunity
and serves on the dorm staff in Insley Hall.
to welcome and introduce its newest faculty members to the extended Blair family of alumni, parents and friends.
ATHLETICS Brian Antonelli ’93 is Blair’s head wrestling coach and
ARTS
assistant athletic director. A graduate of the U.S. Naval
Nate Widelitz is the director of vocal music, and in
Academy, Brian coached his alma mater’s wrestling team
this role, he directs the Blair Academy Singers, teaches
for nine seasons, serving as interim head coach in 2013.
several music courses and gives voice lessons. A 2010
He was a varsity wrestler at Navy and was commissioned
summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern
a 2nd Lt. in the Marine Corps upon graduation in 1997.
California’s Thornton School of Music with a bachelor’s
As a Marine officer, he attained the rank of Captain and
degree in vocal arts, he recently earned a master’s
served in Operation Rapid Cheetah, patrolling the borders
degree in choral conducting at the Yale School of Music.
between Kosovo and Bosnia, and later as a Naval Academy
Nate sang professionally in the Los Angeles area and, as
admission officer and Marine Corps Green Belt instructor.
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