WINDHAM – The Windham Community Bands have selected Dr. Spencer Aston as concert band music director and Rob Scagnelli as assistant director.

Aston is an accomplished freelance trumpet player, soloist, conductor, clinician and teacher. He holds faculty positions at Bridgewater State University, the University of Massachusetts Boston and the Powers School of Music.

Scagnelli, a Nashua native who lives in Windham, teaches band, jazz band and general music at Hudson Memorial School and is assistant director of the Alvirne High School marching band.

Scagnelli joined the Windham Concert Band as a trumpet player in January. He was the 2009 recipient of the New Hampshire Band Directors Association Outstanding Young Band Director Award.

Scagnelli holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire. He is working toward his Master of Education in Music Education with a concentration in instrumental music from Plymouth State University. He has served on the New Hampshire Music Educators Association executive board since 2007.

For more information, visit www.windhamcommunity
bands.org or contact David Howard at 965-3842 or music
andcats@comcast.net.