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Sari O'Bryan
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Sari O’Bryan is an educator, conductor and violinist originally from Helena, Montana. Mrs. O’Bryan graduated from the College of Music at Loyola University, New Orleans, earning a Bachelor of Music. She also holds a Masters of Music Education from Boston University.
Mrs. O’Bryan is the Director of Orchestras at Centennial Lane Elementary School and Burleigh Manor Middle School in Howard County. As a string specialist for Baltimore County, Mrs. O’Bryan taught at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School where her string orchestras received consistent superior ratings at county and state festivals. She was also the co-director of the Baltimore County Summer String Camp. Mrs. O’Bryan has been an adjudicator for violin, viola, cello, and bass for the Baltimore County Junior and Senior All-Honors Orchestras as well as for the Maryland Junior All-State Orchestra and Senior All-State Orchestras. She has also served as an adjudicator for multiple Maryland county Solo and Ensemble festivals. Mrs. O’Bryan began her teaching career as an Artist in Residence in the state of South Carolina at the Charleston County School for the Arts in Charleston, SC where she taught middle school strings. She also served as a clinician for the South Carolina Regional Orchestra, as a violin adjudicator for the South Carolina Junior All-State Orchestra and as the cello section coach for the Charleston Youth Symphony Orchestra. Mrs. O’Bryan has also been an elementary general music teacher in Miami, FL working primarily with ESOL and ED children. Mrs. O’Bryan is a classically trained violinist studying primarily with Valerie Poulette. She is also a proficient violist and cellist under the tutelage of Suzanne Lefevre and Allen Nisbet. She is married to another Howard County Orchestra Director, Mr. Colin O’Bryan of Reservoir High School, and the mother of two beautiful children, Eamonn and Fiona. |
Rebecca Elpus
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The 2017-2018 school year marks Rebecca Elpus’ sixteenth year of teaching, her seventh year as a Howard County music educator, and her first year of teaching at Burleigh Manor Middle School. Prior to coming to Burleigh Manor Middle School, Mrs. Elpus taught for six years in middle schools (Timberlane Middle School in Hopewell, NJ) and nine years in high schools (Lyons Township High School in LaGrange, Illinois and Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, MD) in addition to directing a training ensemble for the professional children's choir, The Princeton Girlchoir, based out of Princeton, NJ. During her tenure with the Princeton Girlchoir, Elpus appeared with the Girlchoir Semi-Tones at the Eastern Division ACDA Conference in Hartford, CT. Elpus is a proud alumna of The College of New Jersey where she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree and Northwestern University where she received her Master of Music Degree. She has served as the guest conductor for the Howard County Middle School Sixth Grade Honors Chorus, the coordinator of the Howard County High School GT Choir and as the High School Vocal Music representative on the Howard County Music Leadership Team. She currently serves as the coordinator of the Howard County Middle School GT Choir and is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Maryland Music Educators Association, and the American Choral Directors Association. |
Mr. Nicholas Marini
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Nicholas has been an Instrumental Music teacher in the Howard County Public School System for the past 5 years. Currently, he is the Director of the Symphonic Band and teaches General Music at Burleigh Manor Middle School. He has held teaching positions as Assistant Director of Bands at Calvert Hall College High School, Director of Bands at Oakland Mills High School, Elkridge Elementary School Elementary School, and was conductor of the Symphonia and Wind Ensemble with the Frederick Regional Youth Orchestra. Mr. Marini holds a Bachelor's Degree in Orchestral Performance (Trombone) from the Peabody Conservatory, a Master's Degree in Music Education from Towson University, and a post-graduate Master Certificate in Arranging and Composition from Berklee College of Music. |
