Dr. Glenn C. Hayes - Director
Dr. Glenn C. Hayes is the Director of Bands at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. His responsibilities include conducting the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, the Warhawk Marching Band, Marching Band Techniques, Instrumental Conducting, and several Music Education courses. Dr. Hayes is a frequent guest conductor and heavily involved with College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA). He is also a frequent presenter at the WSMA State Conference and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference held in Chicago, IL.
Office: CA 2008
Email: hayesg@uww.edu
Phone: (262) 472-1337
Office: CA 2008
Email: hayesg@uww.edu
Phone: (262) 472-1337
Mr. Tobie L. Wilkinson - Associate Director
Senior Lecturer of Music/Percussion,Tobie Wilkinson, is the Associate Director of the Warhawk Marching Band and is the Percussion Instructor/Arranger for the ensemble. Mr. Wilkinson teaches Applied Percussion, Percussion Techniques, Percussion Literature and Pedagogy, and directs the UWW Percussion Ensemble. Mr. Wilkinson is active as a performer in various ensembles throughout Wisconsin and serves as an adjudicator for the Mid-American Competing Band Directors Association (MACBDA) and the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) marching competitions. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS), and is the Immediate Past-President of the Wisconsin Chapter of PAS. Mr. Wilkinson is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team, and is endorsed by Mike Balter Mallets.
Office: CA 2003
Email: wilkinst@uww.edu
Phone: (262) 472-5703
Office: CA 2003
Email: wilkinst@uww.edu
Phone: (262) 472-5703
Mr. Alex Thode - Composer/Arranger
Alex Thode (b. 1994) is currently an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee pursuing a B.F.A. in Music Composition and Technology, and will be completing his degree in the Fall of 2017. He has studied composition with Dr. William Heinrichs, and is currently studying with Dr. Jonathan Monhardt. Alex is most known for his marching band and drum corps arrangements. His clients have been State Class Champions and Runners-Up, semi-finalists and finalists and Grand Champions at many local competitions, and have performed at the Bands of America Grand National Championships and various Bands of America Regionals. His arrangements have also been performed in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Alex currently helps instruct the Greendale High School Marching Band serving as a music instructor and their music arranger. While attending Greendale High School, Alex was an avid student leader and participant in all areas of their music program, including marching band, concert band, jazz band, choir, and honors choir. He was also the recipient of the John Philip Sousa award in 2012. Along with composing works for marching band, Alex also has been commissioned to write middle school and high school concert band works. In his spare time he enjoys playing the piano, thinking about what hair products Eric Whitacre puts in his luscious mane, spending too much money things he doesn't actually need, and being with good friends and company. Alex is a member of ASCAP.
Be sure to check out Alex's Website for further information!
Be sure to check out Alex's Website for further information!
MR. Chad Quamme - Drill Writer/Visual
Chad Quamme has been an active instructor in drum corps, marching band and winter guard for over twenty years. Through his years of teaching he has worked with finalist groups in Drum Corps International and Winter Guard International as well as many Wisconsin and Michigan State Marching Band Championships. Currently he writes drills for marching bands in Wisconsin, Michigan and Texas and adjudicates all over the country. He is a history teacher at Beloit Memorial High School in Beloit, Wisconsin and resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Be sure to check out Chad's Website for further information!
Be sure to check out Chad's Website for further information!
