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Keith Ozsvath (Batavia, IL) is a music educator at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia, Illinois, where he directs the 7th and 8th Grade Bands, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Small Ensemble Club. He also serves as the school’s Fine Arts Coordinator and Activities Director, supporting more than thirty student clubs and organizations. Rotolo and the Batavia community have been recognized multiple times as a NAMM Best Community for Music Education.
Ozsvath teaches graduate and continuing education courses at VanderCook College of Music, where he serves as a course designer and instructor focused on practical, high-impact professional development. He is a frequent clinician and conductor, working primarily with middle school groups across the Midwest.
Ozsvath is a frequent presenter on topics including integrating technology in music education, middle school band repertoire, and trombone pedagogy. He has presented sessions at The Midwest Clinic, the Virginia Music Educators Association Professional Development Conference, Iowa Bandmasters Association Annual Conference, the Oklahoma Bandmasters Association Convention, and the Illinois Music Educators Conference.
He is recognized as a Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator, VFW Distinguished Educator, Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, and inducted into the Nazareth Academy High School Fine Arts Hall of Fame.
Ozsvath also maintains the Teaching Music & More website and is the founder of the Middle School Band Newsletter, a monthly resource dedicated to supporting and inspiring band directors nationwide.
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