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Greg Scapillato (Arlington Heights, IL) is a band director in Northbrook District 28, consistently designated as a Best Community for Music Education by the NAMM Foundation. He conducts the wind ensemble, jazz band, and teaches band lessons for grades 4 through 8. The students in the NBJH Wind Ensemble, under Scapillato’s direction, have benefitted from impactful performance experiences, including joint concerts with other middle school bands; service-based performances such as Veterans Day ceremonies; and sharing the stage with outstanding community and brass bands, such as Northshore Concert Band and Chicago Brass Band. Scapillato initiated the biennial NBJH Bands Alumni Concert to connect current NBJH band students to the life-long love of music performance. This special event regularly hosts graduates from the past 30+ years and was recognized in 2019 as a recipient of a Music for All Advocacy in Action Award.
Scapillato is a member of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Music Education Association, and has been inducted into the American School Band Directors Association. In 2017, Scapillato received the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator award. He has taught graduate coursework through the MECA program at VanderCook College of Music.
With the support of voters in Arlington Heights School District 25, Scapillato was re-elected to a second term on the Board of Education in April 2025. He currently serves as Board President.
Scapillato is a Festival Coordinator for the Prairie State Middle School Concert Band Festival, a Music for All Affiliate Regional Music Festival designed specifically for middle school bands. He is one of the Concert Band Division Coordinators for the Bands of America Summer Camp. He has previously served Music for All as a member and coordinator of the SWAG Team and as a full-time staff member.
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