Wendy Grasdahl

In addition to conducting the Intermediate and Advanced bands of Festival City Winds, I conduct the Concert Band and teach Brass Techniques at the University of Alberta, and teach trumpet at Concordia University College of Alberta. As a freelance musician I teach trumpet privately in Edmonton, conduct clinics and workshops throughout Alberta, and adjudicate festivals nationally. I perform with the brass quintet Five of a Kind, and have performed with the Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band.

Personal website: www.wgrasdahl.ca

Dr. Eila Peterson

I enjoy conducting the Festival City Winds Novice Band, as well as teaching the Festival City Winds community Music Theory and Aural Skills classes. I teach woodwinds, brass and percussion privately, adjudicate music festivals, and present workshops and clinics regularly. In addition, I teach the Woodwind Techniques class (single reeds) at the University of Alberta. I play trombone with the brass quintet Five of a Kind, and have performed with the Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band, and the Opera Nuova orchestra.

Personal website: www.audigraph.ca

Taina Lorenz Turner

Taina Lorenz Turner has been teaching and conducting music since 1997. Passionate about band music, Taina has been actively performing with GMCC Outreach Jazz, Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band, and Festival City Winds on trumpet, cornet, french horn and euphonium. She has studied trumpet with Dr. Fordyce Pier and Wendy Grasdahl, and has been instructing teens and adults on the trumpet since 1997. Taina is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree in wind band conducting with Dr. Angela Schroeder at the U of A.