Clinicians
Timothy Paul
Tim Paul serves as director of Bands at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and was previously associate director of Bands at the
University of Oregon and director of Bands at Leon High School. He
holds a DMA in wind band conducting and literature from the University of
Colorado, an MM in music education from Florida State University,
and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts as a post-baccalaureate
student.
Ensembles under Paul’s leadership have
performed at major conferences and conventions, including the College Band
Directors National Association Small Band Programs Showcase, the CBDNA Eastern Division Conference, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Annual Conference, the Northwest NAfME
Biennial Conference, the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the Southern Division CBDNA/NBA Conference, the NAfME Southern Division Conference,
the Oregon Music Education Association Conference, the Tri-State Band Festival,
the Atlanta International Band and Orchestra Clinic, and the All-South Music
Institute. Selected honors and awards include the Phi Beta Mu Florida
Chapter’s Distinguished Director Award, John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler
Flag of Honor, and the national winner of the UMI/ASBDA Distinguished Young Band
Director’s Award.
Tim Paul maintains an active
schedule as a guest conductor, speaker, and
clinician. His passionate commitment to new music has
resulted in numerous commissions from leading American composers,
including Libby Larsen, Frank Ticheli, David Maslanka, Roger Zare, Jess
Langston Turner, Carter Pann, and Dan Welcher. In addition, he has
published articles in the Journal of Band Research and is
co-author of Winds and Hymns: Resource Guide to Hymns, Chorales, and
Spirituals in Select Wind Band Literature, published by Meredith Music.
In 2014, Tim founded
the International Fellowship of Conductors, Composers, and Collaborators. IFC3 strives to enhance the development and advancement of wind
literature. Professional affiliations include CBDNA (past president of the Northwest Division), WASBE, Phi Beta Mu, NBA, NAFME, and PMEA.
Rachel Villareale
Rachel Villareale is the assistant band director for Derby USD 260 in Derby, Kansas, where she assists with the high school marching and third concert band, lead teaches the symphonic band, assists with sixth- to eighth-grade bands at Derby North Middle, and teaches fifth-grade beginning band at Tanglewood and Park Hill elementaries.
Prior to her appointment in Derby, she was the co-director of Instrumental Music for Rose Hill USD 394, where she lead taught fifth-grade beginning woodwinds, sixth- and eighth-grade bands, and the high school concert and marching/pep bands. She has also served as an adjunct instructor of bassoon at Kansas Wesleyan University.
Rachel has earned a master of music degree in instrumental conducting/music education from Kansas State University and a bachelor of science in education (music) from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She adjudicates at regional festivals and presents clinic sessions at area conferences. Rachel maintains professional affiliations with Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity, Tau Beta Sigma Honorary Band Sorority, Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, Kansas Music Educators Association, Kansas Bandmasters Association, and Women Band Directors International.
She resides in Wichita, Kansas, with her husband, Chris.