About Benjamin C.
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Conductor
Feb, 2007 - PresentPittsford Fire Department Band
BJ has conducted the award winning band for a decade. The group performs at dozens of local events annually, and recently recorded their 3rd album.
Conductor
Sep, 2014 - Feb, 2017Greece Concert Band
The Greece Concert Band plays light classics, marches, pops, Broadway, and traditional band literature. The group is part of the Greece Performing Arts Society, which has been in existence for over 40 years.
Owner
Jan, 2006 - PresentUpbeat Music
Upbeat Music was founded in 2006 by Benjamin Comer in Rochester, NY with the purpose of providing quality musical instruction and performance to the greater Rochester area. Students receive individualized lessons in the comfort of their own homes, and are encouraged to provide input, feedback, and their own artistic flair into their personal musical education. Performers and band leaders can purchase custom arrangements and compositions tailored to their specific needs. Event hosts can book a wide range of musicians and ensembles with playlists, lighting, and sound designed to make your special event a unique success.
Education
Bachelor Of Music
Sep, 2001 - May, 2005Texas A&M University at Kingsville
Awards
Texas 4A All State Band
Feb, 1999Texas Music Educators Association
Parade Award
Nov, 2015Pittsford Fire Department Band
Outstanding Freshman
Apr, 2002Music Department- Texas A&M Kingsville
Eagle Scout
Mar, 2001Boy Scouts of America
Texas 4A All-State Band
Feb, 2001Texas Music Educators Association
John Philip Sousa Award
May, 2000Flour Bluff High School
Texas 4A All-State Band
Feb, 2000Texas Music Educators Association
Affiliations
Boy Scouts of America
Sep, 1993The Boy Scouts of America is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness.
National Federation of Music Clubs
Jan, 2007Since its founding in 1898, the NFMC has grown into one of the world’s largest music organizations with club and individual members of all ages. The NFMC is chartered by the Congress of the United States, and is the only music organization member of the United Nations. NFMC provides opportunities for musical study, performance and appreciation to more than 200,000 senior, student and junior members in 6,500 music-related clubs and organizations nationwide. Members are professional and amateur musicians, vocalists, composers, dancers, performing artists, arts and music educators, music students, generous music patrons and benefactors, and music lovers of all ages.
Alpha Lambda Delta
May, 2002Founded in 1924, Alpha Lambda Delta is an honor society for students in their first year at an institution of higher education. (For a brief history of the Society, click here) We recognize those students who have succeeded in maintaining a 3.5 or higher GPA, and are in the top 20% of their class, in their first year. Alpha Lambda Delta's mission is to "encourage superior academic achievement... to promote intelligent living and a continued high standard of learning, and to assist students in recognizing and developing meaningful goals for their unique roles in society."
Kappa Kappa Psi
Sep, 2001Founded on the campus of Oklahoma State University on November 27, 1919, Kappa Kappa Psi is a guiding light with which band students can grow, learn, and develop themselves and their band programs. Kappa Kappa Psi is an organization of opportunity and quality, brimming with historic, well-developed leadership and membership programming that students use to become great leaders, better band members and better adapted young adults prepared for what lies ahead of them.
Languages
Spanish
Limited Proficiency
English
Native Proficiency
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