Bill Tiberio is in his 40th year as a music educator and has degrees from Ithaca College and SUNY Fredonia. He has been a band director at Fairport (NY) High School for 36 years where he directs two concert bands and three jazz ensembles. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Eastman Community Music School, and directs the Educator Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble as well as a high school wind ensemble camp. He leads ensembles at Ithaca College, University of Rochester, and SUNY Geneseo. Bill is an active saxophonist and clarinetist in the Rochester, NY music scene and has recorded four albums with his own contemporary jazz quintet, the Bill Tiberio Band. He was recently honored as one of 100 recipients of the Eastman School of Music Centennial Award, and has been given the Rochester Philharmonic Educator Award, University of Rochester Excellence in Secondary Teaching Award, and selected for the Fairport Educator Wall of Distinction, and Fairport Alumni Wall of Fame. He is a frequent guest conductor of concert bands and jazz ensembles around New York State, and has participated in festivals at Ohio University and University of South Carolina. His ensembles have been invited to perform at the NYSSMA Conference, NYSBDA Symposium and the Nafme All-Eastern Conference.