Conductor: Brian Cardany
Dr. Brian Cardany has been the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Rhode Island since 2002, where he conducts the Concert Band and the Alumni Wind Ensemble, directs the athletic bands, and teaches courses in music education. He is also the Conductor of the South County Chamber Orchestra (Narragansett, RI) and Conductor for the American Band of Providence.
Dr. Cardany’s scholarly work includes presentations at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and the MENC Eastern Division Conference, and he has contributing author for three volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series published GIA Publications. He is also has been active as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout much of the Northeast.
Dr. Cardany holds a Bachelor’s degree in music education from James Madison University, and both Master’s and Doctor of Music Arts degrees in music education (conducting cognate) from Arizona State University. Before arriving at the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Cardany taught instrumental music in Maryland and Virginia and worked as a four-year graduate teaching assistant in the band program at Arizona State University. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Association for Music Education, and the Rhode Island Music Educators Association, and is a sponsor for the Theta Upsilon chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.

Conductor: Brian Cardany
Dr. Brian Cardany has been the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Rhode Island since 2002, where he conducts the Concert Band and the Alumni Wind Ensemble, directs the athletic bands, and teaches courses in music education. He is also the Conductor of the South County Chamber Orchestra (Narragansett, RI) and Conductor for the American Band of Providence.
Dr. Cardany’s scholarly work includes presentations at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and the MENC Eastern Division Conference, and he has contributing author for three volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series published GIA Publications. He is also has been active as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator throughout much of the Northeast.
Dr. Cardany holds a Bachelor’s degree in music education from James Madison University, and both Master’s and Doctor of Music Arts degrees in music education (conducting cognate) from Arizona State University. Before arriving at the University of Rhode Island, Dr. Cardany taught instrumental music in Maryland and Virginia and worked as a four-year graduate teaching assistant in the band program at Arizona State University. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association, the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the National Association for Music Education, and the Rhode Island Music Educators Association, and is a sponsor for the Theta Upsilon chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi.
Musicians
Conductor
Brian Cardany
Assistant Conductor
Dalen Favali
Piccolo
Emma Hookway
Pamela Harley
Flute
Noveline Beltram
Lucinda Ladd
Elizabeth Beltram
Pamela Harley
Deborah James
Stephanie Garcia
Diana Sykes
Jennifer Wright Sharp
Oboe
Elizabeth Escalera
Matt Butterfield
Bassoon
Mark Thornton
Kayla Lee
Eb Clarinet
Katelain Tavares
Clarinet
Stephen Valk
Bethany Daley
Vincent Mattera
Kathy Vallee
Patricia Marshall
Marc Blanchette
Brandon Winrich
Samantha Hackenson
Sara Fullerton
Adam Stevens
Stephanie Storch
Robert Naparstek
Bass Clarinet
Barbara Audette
Stacey Snow
Contrabass Clarinet
Mark Thornton
Alto Saxophone
Joyce Harrington
Corey Beltram
Justine Carufel
Tenor Saxophone
Nicholas Bradley
Dan Pedro
Baritone Saxophone
Martha Ryan
Mary Larsen
Trumpet
Daniel Healey
Jeffrey Pouliot
Robert Izzo
Ronald Pouliot
Erin Hall
Mary St. Laurent Sheehan
Ed DeArruda
Rianna Dunne
Nicholas Schleyer
Horn
Daniel Bryand
Dylan Marshall
Ami Fields
Trombone
Gary Vallee
Ken Walmsley
Peter Crepeau
Steve Pasetti
Kevin Entwistle
David Marocco
Euphonium
Kevin Kane
Matthew Thompson
Tom Kane
Michael Konnerth
Tuba
Colin Kane
Todd Hassett
Rob McCarty
Scott Senerchia
Percussion
Henry Morel
Eleanor Kogut
Dalen Favali
Stephen Morrison
Miranda Nero
Keyboard
Dalen Favali
Announcer
Scott Fraser