Correia Mddle School Orchestra Ensemble
Marc Dwyer Conductor
Marc Dwyer is in his 8th year of teaching and is currently the Director of Instrumental Music at Correia Middle School in San Diego. His current class load consists of three levels of band (Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced), Intermediate Guitar Ensemble, Orchestra, Percussion Ensemble, and the before school Jazz Program. Mr. Dwyer was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri and holds a Bachelors degree from Juilliard, a Masters in Performance from Northwestern University, and a Masters in Education with Certification from Northern Illinois University. In 2004, Mr. Dwyer began teaching for the San Diego Unified School District at Kroc Middle School and has spent the past 6 years growing the instrumental program at Correia Middle School. Mr. Dwyer was recognized as a San Diego Unified School District, Teacher of the Year in 2009 and was the 2010 recipient of the David Paul Schuchman Award for Excellence in Music Education. Mr. Dwyer still enjoys performing professionally as a freelance artist in San Diego and with the La Jolla Symphony Orchestra.
About the Music Program Correia Middle School has an active music program that offers String Orchestra, Guitar, Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Jazz, and three levels of Band. Mr. Dwyer's student ensembles have been featured on the KUSI News, Jazz 88 Radio, SignOn San Diego and the Union Tribune. They've performed with legendary artists such as the Dallas Brass, Brian Lynch, Rob Mullins, Bill Watrous, Delfeayo Marsalis, as well as the San Diego Symphony. His ensembles consistently receive Excellent and Superior ratings at local and National music festivals.
CORREIA MIDDLE SCHOOL Orchestra Ensemble Violin Hannah Beas Natasha Camacho-Bier Nathaniel DiMelfi Brittany Estefania Khaiesha Ford Jeremy Jaramillo Keala Johnson Tait Kaminski Amy Law Colin Leaf Raine McLellan Jonathan Medina Santiago Mendoza Alyssa Phillips Emma Smith Fiona Ticho Leyla Torres Collin Whitlock Hejira Whittaker
Viola Skylar Lozada Glynis Merriman Cello Sophia Brittain David Olson Timothy Robinson Julianna Volta Dustin Wade-Bufalry Bass Cheyne Hamm Tyler Morrison Alexander Schedel Piano Cricket Bidleman