Mr. Apple was also selected to be a member of the prestigious Epcot-Walt Disney World All-American College Marching Band for the opening of Epcot Center in October of 1982.
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.
Mr. Apple is  a Life Member of both the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity and the National Eagle Scout Association.
In his spare time, when not teaching music, Mr. Apple teaches SCUBA Diving to all ages and explores our undersea world with Scuba Diving International and the Professional Association of Scuba Diving Instructors.
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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.  

 

Patricia DeOrio (Orchestra Director) Patricia Wyatt, a proud graduate of the Howard County Public School System, attended Waterloo Elementary, Mayfield Middle, and Long Reach High Schools.

A holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education, cum laude, from Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mrs. DeOrio has just completed a Masters degree in Music Education from the  University of Maryland-College Park,   and  graduated in December 2009.

 

 

Mrs. DeOrio has been playing the violin for over 15 years, and is also proficient in the viola and piano.  Her love of music inclined her to learn the trombone during college, where she performed with the Converse College Wind Ensemble for more than one year.  Mrs. DeOrio is also very involved with music education advocacy groups including the Maryland Music Educator’s Association (MMEA), the Music Education National Conference (MENC), and the American String Teacher’s Association (ASTA).  n February 2009, Mrs. DeOrio presented a session at the MMEA state conference in Baltimore on Special Learners in the Instrumental Classroom, and in March 2009 Mrs. DeOrio presented a research poster presentation at the National ASTA conference in Atlanta, GA on the Impact of Instrumental Pull-Out Programs on Academic Achievement.  Mrs. DeOrio has been invited to present her research on Special Learners in the Instrumental Classroom at the February 2010 National ASTA conference in Santa Clara, CA.

 

Mrs. DeOrio has spent her teaching career in Howard County, her first year at Cradlerock School teaching K-5 general music, and the last three years at both Jeffers Hill ES and Swansfield ES teaching strings.  She is very excited to be joining the Glenwood staff and to be working in this wonderful learning community.