Matthew Newman

Dynamic Band Director with a proven track record at Beaver Local Schools, Ohio, enhancing ensemble collaboration and student musicianship. Excelled in event planning and ensemble management, growing program participation by over 200 students. Demonstrates exceptional professionalism and reliability, with a focus on achieving high-performance standards and promoting music education.

* Successfully hosted 21 band shows with the assistance of band staff, boosters, and band council. Brought in local bands to the events yearly and sometimes college bands.

* Took six marching bands to OMEA sanctioned marching band contests and qualified for state marching band finals 4 times.

* A four time SHINE award recipient in Columbiana County due to student nomination.

* My bands served as guest jazz and concert bands at Geneva and Westminster College. Hosted and conducted at two county band concert band festivals.

* Many of the Beaver Local band middle school students perform at OMEA Solo and Ensemble Contest yearly without private training, and high school students as well. Concert bands have performed biyearly at local concert band festivals and OMEA Large Group Contest.

* Currently serve as Vice-President of the Beaver Local Education Association, and have hosted the yearly spelling bee the past 15 years.

I am a fan of all sports.  My son Zach is an 8th grader at Blackhawk and runs cross country, basketball, track, and plays tuba and marches with the Blackhawk Marching Band.  Zach is an avid golfer, and as the pandemic hit we began spending our extra time golfing together. As he developed, I entered Zach into US Kids Golf Tournaments at age 9 and he still plays in those tournaments.  I coached Zach's Jr PGA golf team the past two springs and in the past have coached Zach's Little Cougars basketball teams in his youth as well, helping our connection together and also assisting other youth in something other than music.

My wife (choir director at a local school district) and I have sung at multiple weddings, and she has taken over as the temporary substitute music organizer at our church in the past.  I took the lead as the cantor singer during that time, and my son and I have led the services together before as well.  Music is a great way I can give back to God and the church.  In the past, I used to sing in choirs, take voice lessons, and perform in musicals.  I enjoy playing in orchestras for musicals, and have done so as a clarinetist and saxophonist in the past.  I also had a trombone experience in a musical pit.  I have conducted a couple musical orchestras at Beaver Local as well.