David L. Smith, Director of Bands

David L. Smith, Director of Bands- Mr. Smith is in his seventh year as Director of Bands at Colerain High School. His responsibilities include Concert Band, Band Sectionals, Wind Symphony, Jazz Lab, Cardinal Marching Band, Jazz Bands.  The bands at Colerain Have performed twice in the Walt Disney World Resorts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and in 2005 New York City winning the National High School Jazz Festival.  Prior to beginning his duties in the Northwest School District, Mr. Smith taught in the Kenton County School System at Simon Kenton High School and Twenhofel Middle School for 6 years where his ensembles received Distinguished ratings each year at the KMEA Performance Assessment Events as well as performing in Orlando, Florida and Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Mr. Smith is a member of OMEA, MENC, OEA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and the International Trumpet Guild and has received the Nobel Prize for Distinguished Educators and has been featured as a member of the Who’s Who of American Teachers 10 times, and was named Colerain High School Teacher of the Year in 2007-08. Mr. Smith resides in Hebron, KY with his wife Melody and daughter Madison

Mr. Greenwood has recently completed his sixth year as Assistant Director at Colerain High School. His responsibilities include band sectionals, wind symphony, marching band, pep band, and brass choir as well as serving as the director at Colerain Middle School. Prior to beginning his duties in the Northwest School District, Mr. Greenwood taught both in the Kenton County School District as assistant band director at Simon Kenton High School, and at Beechwood High School as assistant and head director where his ensembles received Distinguished rating each year at the KMEA Performance Assessment Events. Mr. Greenwood is a member of OMEA, MENC, OEA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and has been named Who's Who Among American Teachers and an Ashland Oil "Teachers Who Make A Difference.". Mr. Greenwood lives in Hebron, KY with his wife Stacie and daughters Quincy, Montgomery, and Jolie.

John M. Boys, Associate Director of Bands

John M. Boys, Associate Director of Bands- Mr. Boys is in his fourth year as Associate Director of Bands at Colerain High School. His responsibilities include Cardinal Marching Band, Pep Band, as well as assisting Mr. Smith and Mr. Greenwood with the other various ensembles. For the majority of the school day, Mr. Boys is the orchestra director at White Oak Middle School. However, he also travels to Struble Elementary to teach beginning band and orchestra and third grade general music. A 2004 graduate of Miami University, Mr. Boys has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and a minor in Music Theory/Composition. He is a member of OMEA, MENC, OEA, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Mr. Boys lives in Colerain with his wife Sarah, who also teaches band in the district.

Adam C. Nurre, Director of Percussion

Adam Nurre is entering his 6th season as Percussion Director for Colerain High School. He has performed with many award-winning ensembles including the Amelia High School drumline/winter percussion (95-99), Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps (99-00), Apex Winter Percussion (02), Eklipse Percussion Ensemble (03), and Moxie Audio Theatre (04). His teaching experience includes Dayton High School (99-00), Conner High School (00-03), Southwind Drum & Bugle Corps (03), Spirit of JSU Drum & Bugle Corps (04), Apex Winter Percussion (04-06), and Moxie Audio Theatre (05). Adam is in his 3rd year as a music education major at Northern Kentucky University, and has also played and recorded with many Cincinnati local bands. He is 25 years old and resides in the Clifton/University Heights area, where, in his spare time, he teaches breakdancing lessons, searching for Bigfoot, and music composition. He is currently working on the scores to various independent films including Übergewichtiger Aufschlaglehrer.

Cory Kimball, Assistant Director of Percussion

Cory Kimball is entering his 3rd year as assistant director of percussion with the Colerain marching activities.  He has performed with the Watkins Memorial High School drumline (94-98), Limited Edition Drum & Bugle Corps (96), Golden Lancers Drum & Bugle Corps (97), Kewanis Kavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps (98), and Capital Regiment Indoor Percussion Ensemble (97-98) –receiving a WGI Bronze medal in the 98 Independent World class championships.  His teaching experience includes the Newark High School marching band where he was the assistant percussion instructor for the 2001 season.  Cory has a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati and works at Ethicon Endo-Surgery in the Blue Ash area.  He resides in Colerain with his wife Melissa and their puppy Roxy.

Nicholas Sebastian, Assistant Director of Percussion

Nick Sebastian is beginning his first season with the Colerain Marching Band. He spent last season with the Boone County High School Marching Band and has assisted at pre-camps and band camps for several other local schools. Originally from Georgetown, OH, Nick is a recent graduate of Northern Kentucky University, where he received a Bachelor of Music Degree in Percussion Performance. He was a member of several on campus ensembles including: NKU Symphonic Winds, NKU Philharmonic, Percussion Ensemble and the NKU Steel Drum Band. He has performed with the Hamilton-Fairfield Symphony Orchestra, the Clermont Philharmonic and in pit-orchestras of local, awarding-winning theatre productions. Nick also plays with two rock bands and his steel drum quartet, The SoCalyptics. Nick lives in Highland Heights, KY and is employed by both the Musical Arts Center and the NKU Music Preparatory Department, where he teaches drumset and classical percussion lessons.

Elizabeth Cheesman , Director of Guard Activities

Elizabeth Glass is in her first season as Director of Guard Activities at Colerain. Her marching experiences include Grant County Marching band 1998-2001 -medaling in KMEA 3 of the 4 years, in 1998 winning the gold medal, Grant County Winter Guard 1999-2002 - medaling 3 of the 4 years highest placement being silver in Scholastic A in 2002, and Phantom Regiment Drum Corps- 2002 through 2005, receiving a bronze medal in 2005. Her teaching experiences include Campbell County Fall of 2002-Winter 2006 winning many awards in kmea as well as midstates shows, winter guard medaling in scholastic A 2 of the 4 years including the bronze in 2004 and silver in 2006, Simon Kenton fall 2006-present - receiving a bronze in Scholastic A2 in 2007. Elizabeth has also signed on to help out with Southwind this summer as the flag technician. She also helped out at North Hardin, Madison Central, and other schools around the tri-state area. Elizabeth is currently a senior at Northern Kentucky University studying Information Systems with an emphasis in Web Design. She lives in Dry Ridge, Kentucky with several pet and plans to marry her fiancé this September.

Edwin Asuncion, Assistant Director of Guard Activities

A native of Kentucky, Ed has served as band director, co-director and staff at Dixie Heights High School and Beechwood High School from the late 80's through early spring of 2000. Each program reached successful multi-year finalists results at the Ky. State and Bands of America Nationals arenas. Since then, he has collaborated as a designer with programs in the Ky, Ohio and Indiana areas including: North Hardin, Taylor Co., S. Oldham, Colerain and Ballard programs respectively. He holds bachelors degrees in Psychology and Music Education from the University of Kentucky and Northern Kentucky University and has also served as adjudicator for the Tri-State Circuit, Midwest Colorguard Circuit, Kentucky and Illinois Music Educator's Association. He has continued to work with winterguard programs including: North Hardin, Campbell Co., Simon Kenton and Norwood High School who each medalled at their respective Tri-State Championships during his tenure. He currently resides in Chicago and serves as music consultant for the Lake Central Band program in St. John, Indiana in addition to working as a human resources consultant for a financial investment firm.

Brian Huhtala, Director of Brass

Brian Huhtala is currently working on his Master's of Music Education as a graduate student at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.  Prior to that, he taught band and choir at Williamsburg High School and Middle School for four years.  Brian graduated Magna Cum Laude from Miami University in 2003.  In his spare time, he plays solo cornet in the Cincinnati Brass Band and trumpet in the Polished Brass Quintet.  Brian and his wife Emily reside in Cincinnati.

Clay B. Cremeans, Director of Woodwinds

Clay B. Cremeans, Assistant Director, Woodwindsa and Jazz - Mr. Cremeans is in his fifth year at Colerain High School Marching Band as a woodwind instructor and this year will be the director of Jazz Band II. Clay currently attends Northern Kentucky University for Music Education and is scheduled to graduate in the fall of 2006. While attending NKU, Clay participated in the pep band, jazz band, symphonic wind ensemble, all-collegiate jazz band, and *concert band (*on clarinet), and is currently a member of CMENC and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. Clay lives in Independence, Kentucky.

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