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PHOTOGRAPHER
Bob Chadderdon
Bob Chadderdon’s photography journey began
in high school working on yearbook coverage.
In college, he continued his work becoming
photography editor of both the yearbook and
college newspaper. After receiving his engineering
degree, he completed a 35-year career in the
electrical industry. In his spare-time, he received
his certification in photography from New York
Institute of Photography, as well as utilizing
continuing education and on-line seminars to hone his skills. With his love of
photography still fresh, he opened his own studio with his wife, which covered
wedding, event, corporate, and portrait work as well as local sports coverage
for high schools and newspapers. Now semi-retired, he enjoys documenting
their world-wide journeys over all 7 continents and 53 countries. His wife’s
involvement in the York Symphony Chorus led to his work with the Chorus and
ultimately shooting for the York Symphony Orchestra for concerts and events.
PROGRAM NOTES
Provided by Jeffrey Snedeker
Jeffrey Snedeker has been on the music faculty at Central Washington University
in Ellensburg, Washington, since 1991. A Board of Trustees Distinguished
University Professor at CWU, his current teaching duties include horn, music
history, and directing the CWU Horn Ensemble. Jeff is a Past President of the
International Horn Society, and has received several awards for teaching,
research, and service, including the national Artist Award from the Phi Kappa
Phi national honor society, and the Washington state Timm Ormsby Award
for Faculty Citizenship. In 2018, Jeff was selected for the Washington Music
Educators Association Hall of Fame. He is a founding member of the Northwest
Horn Society, currently serving as President, and has also been selected as the
Higher Education Music Educator of the Year by the WMEA and received the 2020
IHS Service Medal of Honor. Jeff has been a featured artist, clinician, lecturer,
and host of regional, national, and international conferences on six continents,
and is recognized as a leading performer and scholar of the horn, especially
solo repertoire, jazz, and historical performance. He has published over 50
articles on a variety of musical topics, including entries in The Encyclopaedia of
Popular Music, journals of the International Horn Society, Historic Brass Society,
American Musical Instrument Society, Music Educators Journal, Jazz Education
in Research and Practice, VOICE Magazine, Composition Today, and the second
edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. He recently
completed two books, one on horn teaching at the Paris Conservatoire 17921903 (published by Routledge), and a commemorative volume celebrating the
50th anniversary of the IHS. He has released five solo recordings featuring the
natural horn and the horn in jazz settings. Jeff has been Principal Horn of the
Yakima (WA) Symphony Orchestra since 1992. He lives in Ellensburg with his
extremely patient wife where they somehow managed to raise two sons who
are also talented musicians.
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