The Conductors

Anthony J. DiBartolomeo
Principal Conductor
     Since its first official rehearsal in January 2000, Tony DiBartolomeo has been the Director and Principal Conductor of the Timberlane Community Band. He has been Director of Music for the Timberlane Regional School District since 1987 and   is currently Director of the Timberlane Performing Arts Center, as well.
     Beginning his auspicious musical career as a fifth grade percussionist, Tony discovered his principal instrument, the saxophone, in his sophomore year at Haverhill High School, where he performed in the Haverhill High School Band, Marching Band, Jazz Ensemble and Dixieland Band.
       Tony received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting from
the University of Houston, Texas. He did post graduate work at Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio and studied conducting with William Revelli at the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Craig Kirckkoff, Ohio state University.
In addition to his musical commitments with the Timberlane School District and
greater Timberlane community, Tony is the founder and current Chair of the New
Hampshire Band Directors/New Hampshire Music Educators All State Chamber Music
Festival. He is the past President of the New Hampshire Band Directors
Association and a member of the New Hampshire Music Educators Executive Board
where he serves as Audition Chair.
       Tony also conducts and directs the Manchester Community Music School's New
Hampshire Youth Wind Program. In 2000, he was selected as the Outstanding Band
Director of the Year by the New Hampshire Band Directors Association.
Currently, Tony also performs with the Seacoast Jazz Ensemble and plays
professionally with his 16 piece Tony D's Big Band and Tony D's Dixieland Band.
Past teaching positions include Band Director and Instructor of Saxophone at
Southwest Missouri State University, Chairperson and Instrumental Director at
Ashland University, Ohio, and Band Director at the J. Frank Dobie High School,
Pasadena, Texas.
       He makes his home in Methuen, Massachusetts, with his wife, Eileen, daughter,
Angela, and sons Anthony and Andrew
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John Mainella
Assistant Conductor
     John Mainella is the esteemed co-conductor of the Timberlane Community Band , as well as the Director of the Timberlane Regional Middle School Band.
     He began his career at Timberlane in 1979 as has held several teaching positions in the Middle School in addition to that of Band Director. John received his Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music in 1976 and also has a MM in School Administration.
     John says he really enjoys working with adult musicians in the Community Band because it allows for a change in teaching style after working with Middle School students every day. He maintains that one of the
most rewarding aspects of teaching in the same district for 30 years is that he begins to see Middle School musicians whose parent or parents were his students when they were in Middle School! He thinks it is great to see that musical influence carry through different generations.
     John resides in Plaistow, New Hampshire, with his wife Trisha and their two sons - Nick, who has just received his MM in Jazz Performance on saxophone, and Colin, who is attending Purchase College majoring in Trumpet Performance
Contact John M.