Mr. Apple is an active adjudicator and clinician. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Wind Symphony and is currently active with the Maryland Band Directors’ Association where he served four terms as All-State Junior Band Manager. Mr. Apple is also a member of the Music Educators’ National Conference, The International Trumpet Guild, the American Federation of Musicians, National Band Association, and is an associate member of the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors.
David J. Apple (Director of Bands) is the holder of the degrees Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Towson State University and Master of Music Education from Shenandoah University Conservatory of Music. Mr. Apple also has additional musical studies from Louisiana State University.
In addition to his position at Glenwood, Mr. Apple is a studio trumpet teacher, and has taught elementary and middle school music in public and private schools in Baltimore County. He has performed with various groups in the Baltimore - Washington Area including the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, Central Maryland Wind Ensemble, the Maryland Wind Symphony, Lyric Band of Hanover, PA, (as a conductor and member of the trumpet section) and Carroll Concert Band, and was principal trumpet of the Frederick Symphony Orchestra from 1986 to 1988.
Kay Tilden (Orchestra Director) received her undergraduate degree at Frostburg State
University and has completed a Masters program at McDaniel College (formerly Western
Maryland College).
Ms. Tilden comes to Glenwood from Carroll County where she was most recently the
Instrumental Music Director at Sykesville Middle School. In 1994, she was the instrumental
music teacher at Sudbrook Magnet Middle School in Baltimore County. Ms. Tilden taught
in the Carroll County Schools for over 25 years and served as Director of Bands and
Orchestra at Westminster West Middle from 1978 to 1994. The Symphonic Band had the
honor of performing in a clinic setting for the 1991 MMEA State Music Conference.
Ms. Tilden currently is a very active adjudicator and guest conductor in various
Maryland counties and was the guest conductor for the 1994 Maryland Junior All-State
Band. She received the MMEA Award for Excellence in 1991 as the outstanding music
teacher in the Western Region. Ms. Tilden was an adjunct faculty member at McDaniel
College (formerly Western Maryland College) from 1994 to 2005 where she taught string
pedagogy courses. Ms. Tilden also served as the Artistic Director and Conductor
for the Encore Community Orchestra from 1995 to 2002.
Mrs. Tilden is a member of the Maryland Orchestra Directors Association, Maryland
Band Directors Association the Maryland Music Education Association and the Music
Educators’ National Conference, and the Maryland State Teachers Association.
