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Dr. William L. Lake, Jr. is the Director of Concert Bands at the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University. In this role, he conducts the George Mason University Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. He also teaches conducting and wind literature classes.

Before his tenure at George Mason University, Dr. William L. Lake, Jr., served as Associate Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Crane School of Music (SUNY-Potsdam), where he was co-conductor of the Northern Symphonic Winds, principal conductor of the Crane Concert Band, and guest conductor of the Crane Wind Ensemble. In addition to these responsibilities, Dr. Lake taught undergraduate conducting, Secondary Wind Practices, Wind Literature, and the preservice Practicum in Beginning Instruments Course.

Dr. Lake earned his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Instrumental Conducting from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro under the mentorship of Drs. John R. Locke and Kevin Geraldi. As a graduate student, he was the principal conductor of The University of North Carolina University Band and guest conductor of the Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, Casella Sinfonietta Chamber Ensemble, and Symphony Orchestra.

Dr. Lake is the recipient of two master’s degrees, the first from Boston University in Music Education (2011) and the second from the University of Maryland, College Park in Wind Conducting (2014), under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Votta, Jr. In May 2006, Dr. Lake received the Bachelor of Music Liberal Arts -Jazz Studies Piano Performance Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park as a student of Jon Ozment and Christopher Vadala.

Dr. Lake maintains an active performance and clinic schedule as a guest conductor and lecturer nationwide. In March of 2024, Dr. Lake was named the Music and Artistic Director of the Capital Wind Symphony. This professional wind ensemble is regarded as one of the nation’s premier wind symphonies. Based near the Nation’s Capital, the ensemble comprises the finest musicians in the area, including members of the US military bands, freelance players, studio teachers, and music educators. Recently, Dr. Lake served as a collaborating author for two books, Teaching Instrumental Music: Perspectives and Pedagogies for the 21st Century (Oxford University Press) and Music Education on the Verge: Stories of Pandemic Teaching and Transformative Change (Lexington Books), both to be published in 2022.

As a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Dr. Lake has presented numerous seminars across the United States on inclusive practices in music education and performance, including the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Eastern Division College Band Directors National Association Conference, the Texas Music Educators Association Conference, the Maryland Music Educators Association Conference, the Virginia Music Educators Association Conference, the College Music Society Conference, and the National Association for Music Education Conference.

Dr. Lake is a member of the College Band Directors National Association and serves as the National Vice President for Professional Relations for Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc., Pi Kappa Lambda, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He is also honored with membership in Tau Beta Sigma National Honorary Band Fraternity, Inc., and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Dr. LaToya A. Webb serves as Wind Ensemble Conductor at Wilfred Laurier University. She teaches courses in instrumental conducting and wind band literature.  Prior to this position, Dr. Webb served as Assistant Director of the Longhorn Band and Assistant Professor of Practice in Conducting and an instructor of wind conducting at Auburn and Grambling State universities.

As a passionate advocate for improving educational opportunities through diversity, equity, and inclusion, Dr. Webb is the Special Projects Manager for United Sound, Inc. She also maintains the William P. Foster Project website and serves on the Southwestern Division Committee. Dr. Webb is Co-founder of I See You: Affirming Representation in Music, an organization aimed to affirm Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) in all fields of music.

Dr. Webb’s professional affiliations include the College Music Society, National Association for Music Education, Texas Music Educators Association, the College Band Directors National Association, Women Band Directors International, Tau Beta Sigma, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Kathleen Mulcahy was appointed as Director of Woodwinds and Assistant Professor of Clarinet at George Mason University in August 2018, after serving as Adjunct Professor of Clarinet since in 2012. She performs frequently with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony. Dr. Mulcahy has held tenured positions with the Annapolis Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Grant Park Orchestra, and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra. She is currently principal clarinetist with the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra.

An active chamber musician and recitalist, Dr. Mulcahy performs regularly on the Faculty Artist Series at George Mason University and has been a featured soloist with the Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band. She has performed on chamber series in venues such as the Kennedy Center, the National Gallery of Art, the German Embassy, and the National Cathedral. In July 2017, she performed the world premiere of Howard Buss’ Divertissements for Clarinet and Percussion at the International Clarinet Association’s Clarinetfest in Orlando, FL, and presented a recital at the 2019 ICA Clarinetfest in Knoxville, TN. Dr. Mulcahy is also an RYT 200 certified yoga instructor, and has created several workshops focused on yoga for the performing artist. She has presented recitals and masterclasses at colleges all over the country, including Lamar University, High Point University, Penn State, and the Eastman School of Music.

In the summer, Dr. Mulcahy serves as Coordinator of Summer Music Intensives for the Mason Community Arts Academy, and is also the co-director of the Mason Summer Clarinet Academy. She can also be seen with the Wolf Trap Orchestra in the pit for Wolf Trap Opera productions, or on stage at the Filene Center accompanying a wide variety of acts.

Previously, Dr. Mulcahy served as a clarinet instructor at the State University of New York at Fredonia. She holds the DMA and BM degrees from The Ohio State University and the MM degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers have included James Pyne, Peter Hadcock, and Kenneth Grant. Kathleen Mulcahy is a Buffet Group USA performing artist and a member of the Health and Wellness Committee for the International Clarinet Association.

Term Assistant Professor of Music

• Director of Woodwinds
• Clarinet

Degrees

• B.M., Ohio State University
• M.M. and Performer’s Certificate, Eastman School of Music
• D.M.A., Ohio State University

Originally from Massachusetts, Maddy completed her undergraduate degree in Music Education from Syracuse University. She pursued a dual concentration master’s degree in Instrumental Conducting and Oboe Performance from George Mason University, during which she had a chance to work at MCAA! Following graduate school, she taught general music and band before relocating to Williamsburg, Virginia to open her business, Maddy’s Reeds. She has been teaching private oboe lessons for five years across the east coast and has been perfecting her ability to make oboe reeds for over a decade.

Christopher Jewell is the Assistant Principal Bassoonist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra.  An active performer in the Washington, DC area, Mr. Jewell also regularly performs with the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, Post Classical Ensemble, Wolf Trap Opera Company, and the Chesapeake Chamber Orchestra.  He has previously served as Principal Bassoonist of the Missouri Chamber Orchestra and has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, New World Symphony, and Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras.  Mr. Jewell has appeared as a soloist with the American Youth Symphonic Orchestra as well as with ensembles at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago and at the Missouri Music Educators Association Convention.

As a clinician and adjudicator, he has served as a judge for the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Woodwinds Competition and has presented masterclasses for the DC Youth Orchestra and at schools throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  He has additionally taught masterclasses at James Madison University and the University of Missouri, and was honored to coach students at the Simon Bolivar Youth Symphony in Caracas, Venezuela, under Gustavo Dudamel.  Mr. Jewell coaches woodwinds for the Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and at Bishop Ireton High School and has led sectionals at American University and Georgetown University.  He also maintains a vibrant private studio in Northern Virginia.

An avid chamber musician, he has performed at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Georgetown University’s Friday Music Series, and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, and has been featured on WETA’s Front Row Washington.  He has also performed with ensembles at the International Double Reed Society and Texas Music Educators Association Conventions. Mr. Jewell earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia where he studied with Barbara Wood and Edward Dolbashian.  He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music with Patricia Rogers, Principal Bassoonist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.

Award-winning flutist Thomas J. Wible has garnered international acclaim for his accomplishments. He holds top-prizes in competitions sponsored by the National Flute Association, Music Teachers National Association, Pittsburgh Concert Society, New York Flute Club, Atlanta Flute Club, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Foundation and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. As a soloist, he has performed extensively across the United States and Eastern Europe, including appearances at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany; Dvorak Hall in Prague, Czech Republic; Franz Liszt Hall in Budapest, Hungary; Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, and Boston’s Jordan Hall. Recent highlights include performances hosted by Washington Performing Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Goethe-Institut of Washington, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Active as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator, Prof. Wible has performed with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Inscape Chamber Orchestra, York Symphony Orchestra and Great Falls Philharmonic. Prior to relocating to the DMV area, he completed a three-year appointment with The Orchestra Now, an innovative orchestral training academy in New York, performing regularly at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alice Tully Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, and other landmark concert halls across New York City. During his time with the orchestra, he performed under esteemed conductors such as JoAnn Falletta, Fabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard Schwarz and Oleg Caetani. He can be heard on the Hyperion Records and Sorel Classics labels on multiple recordings with the orchestra. His performances with the orchestra can be heard on APM’s Performance Today and public radio broadcasts across the country. Prof. Wible has performed at the Brevard Music Center, Eastern Music Festival, Bard Music Festival and the Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria.

As a recipient of the University of Maryland’s distinguished Woodwind Quintet Fellowship, his work in the chamber music field has been dedicated to forging personal and professional connections through educational outreach programs, unique collaborations, and concert series across the greater Washington DC Metropolitan area. At the University of Maryland, he has served as a coach for chamber music in addition to instructing courses on technique development, repertoire analysis, and orchestral literature.

Prof. Thomas J. Wible holds a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music, Graduate Performance Diploma from Boston Conservatory, Artist Diploma from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Master of Music with Teaching Artist Certificate from Longy School of Music and a Master of Orchestral and Curatorial Studies from Bard College. He is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland in May 2025. His principal teachers have included Sarah Frisof, Aaron Goldman, Robert Willoughby, Geralyn Coticone, Renee Krimsier, Wendy Webb Kumer and Bernard Goldberg.

Dr. Laura Kaufman Mowry is a soloist, orchestral, and chamber musician who has been hailed by the Washington Post for “absolutely gorgeous flute-playing.” 

Dr. Laura Kaufman Mowry is a newly appointed adjunct applied flute professor of George Mason University’s Dewberry School of Music, effective Fall 2024 semester. Dr. Mowry has served as Principal Flute of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra since 2023. In addition, she has performed with a variety of renowned ensembles, including the National Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Annapolis Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, Alexandria Symphony, DC Public Opera, Buffalo Philharmonic, and New World Symphony as a guest musician. She performs in District5, a DC-based wind quintet dedicated to innovative ways of presenting classical music.

Dr. Mowry is a passionate educator. She maintains a private flute studio and has also coached wind players at the University of Maryland, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, American Youth Philharmonic, and the University of Maryland High School Academy. She is also the Director of the American Youth Philharmonic Flute Ensemble.

Dr. Mowry has received national recognition from prize-winning performances at the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, National Society of Arts and Letters Wind Competition, New York Flute Club Competition, Flute Society of Washington Young Artist Competition, Pasadena Instrumental Competition, among others. Her experiences have inspired her to assist other musicians with competition preparation and overcoming performance anxiety. She holds degrees from Eastman School of Music, The Colburn School, and the University of Maryland.

Dennis Edelbrock has performed with The United States Army Band and the Army Brass Quintet since 1975. Since that time, he has also written music used frequently at official state ceremonies at the White House, NBC’s “Christmas in Washington”, country music’s televised show “Nashville Now”, as well as music used in the opening ceremonies for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games and Special Olympics. He is also the founder of The National Trumpet Competition and adjunct professor of trumpet at George Mason University and keeps an active performing schedule in the Washington, DC area. As an adjunct professor at GMU, he was awarded the prestigious “Excellence in Teaching Award” in 1996, one of only two faculty members to be recognized that year.

He has given masterclasses all over the world including the Moscow and St. Petersburg Conservatories.

The Army Brass Quintet entertains at the White House and has toured in thirty-eight states as well as twelve foreign countries. The Quintet has also recorded extensively and has performed on National Public Radio, The British Broadcasting Corporation, NBC’s “Today Show” and Fox television, The Prairie Home Companion, among others. The ensemble has been repeatedly chosen as the first to perform honors for newly inaugurated Presidents and also chosen for Capitol Rotunda State Funeral services for Presidents Reagan and Ford during national telecasts at the capitol. The Quintet has performed in a “live” Russian National TV broadcast in conjunction with the Russian National Orchestra.

The National Trumpet Competition, hosted at GMU, is the largest in the world and has provided performing opportunities for over 11,000 students since its inception in 1992. In exhibition concerts, it has featured such artists as Canadian Brass, Grammy Award winners Arturo Sandoval and Chris Botti as well as Doc Severinsen, Maynard Ferguson, Alan Vizzutti, Adolph Herseth, Tim Morrison, Jamey Aebersole Mnozil Brass, Philip Smith among many others. Its website hosts online masterclasses by some of the world’s greatest artists. NTC is supported, in part, by all the major trumpet manufacturers and has a budget of $80,000 per year.

In recent years, Edelbrock has performed with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Bolshoi and Kirov ballets, the New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theater, the Royal Spanish Ballet, the Kennedy Center Orchestra with whom he performed the world’s first web-cast as soloist in Handel’s “Messiah”, the Washington Opera, and the National Symphony Orchestra with whom he has recorded.

Performances with Classical Brass, of which he is a founding member, have been featured on local live radio broadcasts on NPR and broadcasts from The National Gallery. The Quintet does two national television broadcasts from the National Cathedral on Christmas and Easter mornings. Additionally, the group has commercially released compact discs including “Honor to Our Soldiers” (American Heritage Society) featuring performances on original civil ward instruments, “Christmas at the Cathedral” (Nonesuch) which has recently been nationally released, and “Music from America’s Golden Age” with the Columbian Brass Band.

Edelbrock has appeared numerous times as a soloist with the Kennedy Center’s Washington Chamber Symphony on NPR. He is an original member of the Washington Bach Consort which holds the honor of being the only American ensemble invited to perform at the Bach Tri-Centennial in a Leipzig Gewandhaus performance which was broadcast on East German State Television.

He has performed on screen as a soloist in the video version of “Contact” (Sony Pictures), “Wag the Dog” (Miramax) and was featured on the filmscore of Tri-Star’s motion picture, “Gardens of Stone”. Edelbrock has also been a frequent performer on the “Discovery Channel” sound tracks.

A native of Iowa City, Iowa, he is a graduate of the University of Iowa. He completed advanced studies at the Catholic University earning both a Master of Music Performance and Doctor of Music Arts degrees. He devotes as much time as possible to volunteer work with local youth groups and resides in Arlington, VA with his wife Laura, a pianist and choral director, and fifteen-year-old daughter Emma.

Adjunct Applied Faculty

• Trumpet

Degrees

• B.M.E., University of Iowa
• M.M., Catholic University of America
• D.M.A., Catholic University of America

Caroline Steiger was appointed as Director of Brass and Associate Professor of Horn at George Mason University effective August 2024. Caroline Steiger is an active teacher, clinician, and performer. She holds degrees from the University of Michigan (DMA, BM Music Performance with Teacher Certification) and Penn State University (MM Music Performance).

Dr. Steiger has held positions at Texas State University (Associate Professor of Music and Artist/Teacher of Horn, 2016-2024), SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music (Visiting Assistant Professor of Horn, 2014), Penn State University (Teacher Assistant), and the University of Michigan (Graduate Student Assistant). While at Texas State, Dr. Steiger led the TXST Horn Ensemble in performances at regional and international conferences, as well as regular recitals on campus.

Dr. Steiger’s work as a musician has included performances with the San Antonio Philharmonic, Mid-Texas Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra during its 2015 US tour.

Committed to chamber music, Dr. Steiger has played with the Potsdam Brass Quintet, faculty quintet-in-residence at SUNY Potsdam, the Emblems Woodwind Quintet, an Ann Arbor-based quintet focused on performing new and underrepresented works, and is a founding member of the Cobalt Quartet (Winner, 2018 International Horn Society Quartet Competition-Professional Division; Featured Artists, 2023 Mid South Horn Workshop). She also performs frequently with her husband, trombonist Michael Steiger (US Navy Band). Together, they have commissioned and premiered several new works for Horn and Trombone. Dr. Steiger presents and performs frequently at conferences including Texas Music Educators Association, International Horn Society, and International Women’s Brass Conferences.

Dr. Steiger’s main teachers include Adam Unsworth, Bryan Kennedy, Lisa Bontrager, Sören Hermansson, and Corbin Wagner.

Malcolm Taylor (he/him) is a percussionist and educator based in Maryland. Focused on Afro-Futurism and Black Experimentalism aesthetics and techniques in concert percussion, he is a strong advocate for new music and seeks to collaborate with artists from diverse backgrounds. He focuses on incorporating theatrical elements and technology with percussion and creating interdisciplinary performances, most notably collaborating with the Towson University Theatre Department on the 2018 production of Icarus at the Border: a meditation on monstrous appetites.

Malcolm is a founding member of Matchstick Percussion, a Maryland-based percussion quartet dedicated to uplifting voices of underrepresented composers. The group actively commissions and collaborates with composers and artists and tours their programs across the East Coast. He has performed with the 21st Century Consort, New Orchestra of Washington, and the American Festival Pops Orchestra. 

Focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in percussion, Malcolm serves as the Marketing Chair on board of directors for the Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion: A 501(c)3 Non-profit organization “who serve as a resource for, and support to, aspiring professional percussionists from underrepresented and underserved communities* in an effort to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion in the concert percussion community.”

Malcolm is pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at George Mason University as a Presidential Scholar. He holds a Bachelor’s of Music degree in Music Performance from Towson University and a Masters of Music from Penn State University where he was the Percussion Graduate Teaching Assistant. 

Away from music, Malcolm enjoys cooking (and related videos), photographing nature scenes, tasting new coffees and teas, and exploring computer programming and electronics.

Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer, internationally performed American composer, joins the faculty of George Mason University in Fall 2023 as Associate Professor and Director of Composition. Widely commissioned by orchestras, universities, and chamber ensembles across the United States, critics hail Dr. Reinkemeyer’s unique synesthetic soundscapes that blur the boundary between sound and vision, to “magical” (Fanfare) and even “enchanting” effect (International Choral Bulletin). As her catalog has matured, these soundscapes have been used to interrogate human nature and urgent sociopolitical issues—public and private grief, natural disasters in the Pacific Northwest, and #MeToo are among the myriad subject matter Reinkemeyer deftly navigates. As Oregon ArtsWatch describes, her music “find[s] discordant grace where other composers would flinch. She is a composer who looks to the horizon, but also gazes within, translating private pains and passions into exquisite works.”

For her music’s distinctive combination of topicality and aural entrancement, Reinkemeyer is a sought-after composer by artists across a wide range of musical mediums. Examples include Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and Albany Symphony Orchestra, collaborations with renowned conductors like H. Robert Reynolds and contemporary ensembles, as well as solo performers, visual artists, universities, and even a thirteen-school wind band consortium led by Brant Stai and the Sherwood High School Wind Ensemble. 

Seeking out artistic partners on the forefront of contemporary music, Reinkemeyer’s work enjoys distribution by Murphy Press and the ADJ•ective Composers’ Collective and is featured on the discographies of several soloists and chamber musicians: Idit Shner (Origin Arts), Primary Colors Trio (Society of Composers Inc. and Navona Records), In Mulieribus, and both Post-Haste Reed Duo and A/B Duo on the Aerocade Music label. Her current work is performed by ensembles and organizations including Eugene Symphony, New Music Gathering, American Composers Orchestra, and Thailand International Composition Festival. Additionally, her music has been featured at the International Alliance of Women in Music, Iowa Music Teachers Association, Society of Composers, Inc., and Society of Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States. 

Dr. Reinkemeyer holds degrees in music composition from the University of Michigan (M.M.; D.M.A.) and University of Oregon (B.M.) She previously served as the 2022-23 Edith Green Distinguished Professor, Chair of the Department of Music, and Associate Professor of Music Composition and Theory at Linfield University. Coveted as a mentor, Reinkemeyer has served as Composer-in-Residence with the Michigan Philharmonic, the American-Romanian Festival’s Fusion Project, and Burns Park Elementary School, and has led outreach programs with the Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and the Michigan Mentorship Program. Her Smoulder for Wind Ensemble received two major accolades: the 2021 Alex Shapiro Prize by the International Alliance of Women in Music, and being named a 2020 finalist for the National Band Association William D. Revelli Composition Contest.

Born and raised in Oregon, she has also lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Bangkok, Thailand.

Robert W. Gillam holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Theory and Composition from Azusa Pacific University, a master’s degree in Commercial Music from California State University Los Angeles, and a doctoral degree from the University of Arizona in Music Composition with a minor in Music Theory. He also holds a certificate in film scoring from the highly acclaimed UCLA extension program in Los Angeles.

Dr. Gillam is an active educator, having taught at several higher-education institutions across the United States. His primary areas of interest are in music technology, composition, sound design, commercial music and music for media. While teaching at Lamar State College-Port Arthur, Robert helped develop and implement an innovative sound design curriculum.

As a composer, Robert has written music for several independent films and his concert music has been performed in the U.S. and in Europe.  He has received commissions from the Azusa Pacific University Wind Ensemble and his piece “American Fanfare” was chosen as a finalist in the 2013 Dallas Winds Call for Fanfares competition. His music’s wide range of influences includes 20/21st century concert music, jazz, film scores, folk music, popular song, and electronic dance music.

Dr. Gillam is also active as a performer. He has played in groups across Southern California, Arizona, and Texas. Robert plays several different keyboard instruments including piano, Hammond organ, and his personal favorite: keytar. He is also a highly skilled synthesizer and drum machine programmer.