Lindsey Smeenk plays first clarinet in the Great Lakes Wind Symphony. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in music education and performance from Mansfield University and a Master’s degree in education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Lindsey teaches 5th-12th grade instrumental music for the Northern Potter School District in Ulysses, PA. Lindsey is from Conneautville, Pennsylvania and resides in Rexville, New York with her husband, Jason.
Tim Walck completed a music performance degree at Mansfield University in 2007 and immediately began working for Celebrity Cruise Lines. In 2009, Walck returned to Mansfield University and completed a Master’s degree in Education, as well as a certification in Music Education. In 2014, Walck opened a retail wedding and portrait photography storefront in Coudersport, PA. His work has been featured in the PA Wilds publications, The Cleveland Paper, The Potter County Visitor’s Association; and he has also provided service for corporations such as Chevrolet, The Colonial Media Group, Citizens & Northern Bank, and the Pennsylvania Wilds Association. Tim still performs as the leader of a jazz trio, a rhythm & blues group, as a soloist, and now with the Great Lake’s Wind Symphony.
Gabriel Wagaman is a founding member and performs on B-flat and E-flat soprano clarinet in the Great Lakes Wind Symphony. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and Music Performance from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania and recently completed a Master’s of Science in Music Technology from Indiana University-Purdue University, Indiana. Gabriel currently works for the Sayre Area School District as a substitute teacher, percussion instructor, and musical director in Sayre, PA. Gabriel is from Hamburg, PA.
Mary Pulanco performs in the Great Lakes Wind Symphony as a member of the Bb Clarinet section. A talented young performer, Mary is a junior clarinet major at Mansfield University. She is a member of the Mansfield University Wind Ensemble and plays in a number of other ensembles. While pursuing her degree in Music Technology, she has taken interest in arranging and composing. After completing her undergraduate work, she plans to pursue a career in sound design.
Julia Federico is the Assistant Band Director at William James Middle School, and Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Julia was born and raised in Florence, New Jersey, and received her bachelor’s degree in Music Education, Clarinet Concentration in 2012 from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. She later received her graduate degree of a Master of Arts in Instrumental Conducting in 2014 from the same institution. Ms. Federico has previously taught for the Philadelphia School District as well as the Southern Tioga School District. Some of her accomplishments and achievements include being selected to the Juilliard Conducting Workshop for Music Educators in the summer of 2013, and being selected as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Music Educators Award in 2013. Ms. Federico has studied the clarinet professionally with Ms. Gia Walton, Mr. David Wetzel, and Mr. Ivan Petruzziello.
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