Michael Mucci
Director, Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble
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Michael Mucci is the Chairman for the Longmeadow High School Music Department in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, New York, where he was awarded the Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Departmental Scholar Award, and the Crane-McMenamin Scholarship. He also holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Mr. Mucci's Longmeadow ensembles have performed at the National Band and Orchestra Festival at Carnegie Hall and Boston Symphony Hall, the National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana, and the International Association of Jazz Educators Convention. The Longmeadow High School Music Department was recently awarded the 2006 Grammy Signature Award by the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Mr. Mucci is currently in his ninth season as Director of the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble at the New England Conservatory of Music, in Boston, Massachusetts. Under his leadership MYWE has performed in the National Band Festival at Carnegie Hall, toured Central Europe with performances in Budapest, Vienna, and Prague, and was featured as part of "Winds Across the Century", a nationwide wind symposium at the New England Conservatory of Music. MYWE has also shared the stage with the Metropolitan Winds and the Boston College Wind Ensemble at the Metropolitan Wind's Music Festival, performed at the National Music Educators All Eastern Conference in Providence, Rhode Island, and toured Italy, performing concerts in Florence, Naples, Rome, and the Vatican City, where they played for Pope John Paul II. More recently, MYWE performed for enthusiastic audiences in England, Wales, and Scotland, on their 2006 summer tour.
Mr. Mucci serves as an adjudicator for the Massachusetts Instrumental and Choral Conductors Association and often appears as a guest conductor with festivals throughout New York and New England. He recently received the Citation of Excellence from the National Band Association and is a member of the Music Educators National Conference. He resides in Longmeadow, MA, with his wife Daryl, and their two sons, Stephen and Christopher, and was recently named the 2006 Town of Longmeadow Citizen of the Year.
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