Board of Directors
Harvey Halpaus
Harvey Halpaus joined the Board of Directors in 2020 and currently serves on the Governance and Nominating Committee, in addition to many program-related ad hoc work groups. He was a full-time educator for 35 years. With degrees from UW-River Falls and the University of Iowa, he studied trumpet with Conrad DeJong and John Beer. Harvey directed concert and jazz ensembles at Ellsworth, WI schools grades 7-12 and is regarded as a pioneer in the jazz education movement in Wisconsin. He is an active clinician, soloist, and adjudicator throughout the Midwest, recognized by the Wisconsin Association of Jazz Educators as Jazz Educator of the year in 2004, and has received numerous awards for supervision, teaching and performance from UW-River Falls, UW-Eau Claire, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, North American Brass Band Association, International Association of Jazz Educators and Minnesota and Wisconsin Music Educators Associations. Mr. Halpaus is currently a professional big band leader, trumpetist and cornetist, with the Sheldon Theatre Brass Band of Red Wing, Mn.