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| Dana Rothlisberger |
 Dana J. Rothlisberger is Director of Bands and Professor of Music at Towson University. He conducts the Symphonic Band and oversees all aspects of the band program. His teaching assignment in the Music Department at Towson includes methods courses in instrumental music, instrumental conducting, and graduate music education research. He also supervises student teachers.
Prior to his appointment in 1983 to the faculty of Towson University, he served as Assistant Director of Bands at The University of Arizona. He also was Director of Bands at Davis High School in Kaysville, Utah from 1976 to 1980. Bands under his direction have received high acclaim and superior ratings in numerous festivals and have performed at state and divisional conventions. His professional memberships include the Maryland Band Directors Association, Maryland Music Educators Association, College Band Directors National Association, and the National Band Association. He is the chapter sponsor of Iota Delta chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M-Commerce), and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from The University of Maryland. He is in demand as an adjudicator and clinician. His biography is included in the 1989-90 volume of Who's Who in American Education and the 48th edition (1993) of Who's Who in America. He received a Faculty Excellence Award from Towson University in 1997 and 1998. He and his wife, Ann, live with one of their six children in Reisterstown, MD. Their oldest son, John, is a Ph.D. student at the University of Notre Dame studying aquatic ecology. (He and his wife Emily are the parents of 3 year old Matthew, and are expecting another child in September, 2005.) Mark, their second son, is a Ph.D. student in mathematics at The University of Texas, Austin. He is also a coach for the women's crew team at UT. Heidi graduated from Brigham Young University in 2005 and will be teaching second grade at North Star Elementary School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Leisa graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts in June 2005 and is preparing for graduate school. Laura will be a sophomore at Swarthmore College majoring in literature. Luke, the only child still at home, will be a sophomore at Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Towson, MD in the theatre design and production prime. Office: CA 3089 |