The biographical information provided on each conductor will be formatted and placed on this page for your perusal. It is our hope that this serves as a resource to help each of us make more informed decisions about the best conductors for our ensembles based on the merits of their of work, not necessarily the popularity of their names.
Dr. Neidlinger is Associate Professor and conductor of the Wind Symphony at DePaul University. Additional responsibilities include teaching conducting and instrumental music education courses. Dr. Neidlinger has conducted performances across the United States and in Europe. She has traveled to Singapore and Canada as an ensemble adjudicator and clinician and has been featured as a guest conductor and clinician in Latvia. Presentations at international conferences include the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles in Killarney, Ireland and the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic. She has also conducted honor bands and presented at many conferences across the United States. Dr. Neidlinger completed her doctoral degree at the University of Minnesota with Professor Craig Kirchhoff.
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Mr. Fox has been employed as a music teacher in the Glassboro Public Schools since 1994. the He began as the General Music teacher at Dorothy Bullock Elementary School and became the band director at Thomas E. Bowe School in 2004. Mr. Fox graduated from the Berklee College of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Music education in 1988 and from The College of NJ with a Master of Arts in Instrumental Conducting in 1998. He has been active with the NJMEA and SJBODA. In 2009, he was one of the conductors for the Elementary Honors Band. From 2011 to 2015, Mr. Fox was one of the coordinators for the Elementary Honors Band Festival. This June, Mr. Fox will be retiring from public school teaching. He is looking forward to new opportunities and new challenges.
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Meghan Cabral is currently serving as the District Director of Music in Carmel, NY, and was a semifinalist for the GRAMMY Foundation 2017 Music Education Awards. She spent the first 14 years of her career teaching elementary, beginner and middle school bands. She has written for many music publications including The Instrumentalist, NAfME’s Teaching Music, Music Educators Journal, NYSBDA’s Band Stand, as well as NYSSMA’s School Music News. Meghan is an active guest conductor as well as clinician for music departments and at state conferences.
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