Division Coordinator, Bands of America Summer Camp Director Academy; Bands of America Chief Judge Team; Director of Visual and Performing Arts, Metro Nashville Public Schools; Tennessee Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame
March 17, 1937-June 15, 1986
Band Director, Chesterton H.S., IN; BOA Advisory Board Member
Band Director, Mountain Crest H.S. and Sky View High School, UT; BOA Advisory Board Member
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Music for All; Founder Quadrant Arts Education Research

Music for All Educational Consultant and coordinator of the Sandy Feldstein National Percussion Festival

Past member of Music for All Advisory Board, 2013 Bands of America Honor Band Staff Member

Founding Coordinator of the Music for All National Choir Festival, Educational Consultant for Music for All Choral Programming

Artistic Director, Music for All’s Honor Orchestra of America, Dean of the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music

Immediate Past President and CEO
Music for All


(1942-2019) Executive Administrator for the National Band Association

Director of Bands, Broken Arrow H.S., OK

Director of Bands (ret.), Westfield H.S., TX

Retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Brooks Drug, Inc., IN

Composer and Conductor, AL

Director of Athletic Bands – Western Carolina University, NC

Found and Director of the Leadership Conservatory for the Arts at Tarpon Springs H.S., FL

Educational Support Manager – Conn-Selmer, IN

Director of Performing Arts – Lawrence Central H.S., IN

Director of Orchestras – Avon H.S., IN

Bands of America Adjudicator, NY

Uniform Designer – Fred J. Miller, Inc., OH

Retired Director of Bands – American Fork H.S., UT

Bands of America Adjudicator, IL

Retired Director of Bands – Cypress-Fairbanks H.S., TX

Founder & CEO – Remo Percussion, CA

Music for All Educational Consultant and Bands of America Chief Judge, IN

Founder of Jolesch Enterprises photography, IA

Former Executive Director and Director of Education for Marching Bands of America, IL

Regents Professor of Music – University of North Texas, TX

Founder & CEO – FJM, Inc, OH

Director of Participant Relations & Special Projects – Music for All, IN

Director of Percussion Studies – University of Kentucky, KY

Retired Band Director – James Bowie H.S., SC

Founder – Vic Firth, Inc., MA


“Voice of Bands of America”, FL

Long time Bands of America Volunteers, OH

Executive Vice President – Music for All, IN

President – Midwest Band & Orchestra Clinic, IL

Bands of America Adjudicator, CA

Previous President & CEO – Music for All, IN

Director of Instrumental Studies – George Mason University, VA

Principal Conductor – USC Thornton Wind Ensemble, CA

Retired – University of Illinois School of Music, IL

Camp Director – Music for All Summer Symposium,

Co-Founder – Winter Guard International

Conductor Emeritus – United States Air Force Band, VA

Retired Director of Bands – Lassiter H.S., GA

Director of Bands – Frost School of Music, FL

Executive Director – Duquesne University, PA

Retired Director of Bands – Centerville H.S., OH


Retired Supervisor of Music for the Cobb County School District, GA


Director of Bands, Marian Catholic High School, IL

Retired Director of Athletic Bands at Western Carolina University

National Festival Coordinators

Music for All Senior Educational Advisor

Former Dean of Continuing Education, Extension – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, WI

Retired Director of Bands, Lake Park High School, IL

Former Director of Bands – University of Michigan

Former Director of Bands and Professor of Conducting at Northwestern University

Internationally acclaimed conductor and first conductor of the Honor Band of America

Creator and Founder of Bands of America

Former Commander of the Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps

Former Director of Bands – Norwin Senior H.S., PA