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Curt Ebersole - Biographical Information

Curt Ebersole has served as the Conductor and Music Director (John P. Paynter Memorial Chair) of the Westchester Symphonic Winds since 2008, fostering its exponential growth and success over the past seventeen years. He led the Westchester Symphonic Winds in their Carnegie Hall debut in 2023, their Lincoln Center debut in 2010 at Avery Fisher Hall, and in convention and exchange performances in Chicago, Poughkeepsie, Stamford, and Syracuse, as well as the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts (Katonah, NY). He retired from Northern Valley Regional High School (Old Tappan, NJ) in 2013 and now serves on the faculty at The Masters School, in Dobbs Ferry, New York. Ebersole has served as a guest conductor and clinician for dozens of county, regional, all-state, university, and adult community ensembles around the world, including the US Army Field Band and the West Point Band, and multiple performances at Carnegie Hall. He is the founder of the Music Educators of Bergen County Wind Conducting Symposium, and has served as a clinician at various state and national conventions. He presented his TED Talk, "Framing Failure," at TEDxOneonta in 2017, and his stand-up comedy routine, "Identity Crisis," at the Comic Strip Live in 2019. He also serves as a volunteer tour guide and docent at the Percy Grainger Home & Studio in White Plains, New York. Ebersole is a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and a current resident of White Plains, New York. In addition to his busy musical life, he enjoys riding America’s fastest and tallest roller coasters.