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July 11, 2019: We are delighted to welcome back Mr. Robert Hackett. He received his B.A. in Music Education and his Credential from California State University, Northridge. He is currently the Music Director at Agoura High School where he is the Director of the Concert and Jazz Bands. He spent the previous two years doubling the music program at Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, California. Before that he taught in Colorado, where his bands were top five in state finals two years in a row. His Colorado wind ensemble was selected to the State Concert Band Festival, and the jazz program more than doubled in size. Mr. Hackett was the Director of Bands at Moorpark High School for fifteen years, where the band program tripled in size and his bands consistently received superior ratings. Mr. Hackett was recognized in 2005 as Director of the Year in Ventura County. As a performer, Mr. Hackett plays clarinet and saxophone with the Gold Coast Wind Ensemble, the Clyde Reisinger Big Band, and Equinox Tentet. He is a member of the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA), California Band Directors Association (CBDA), California Music Educators Association (CMEA), and California Teachers Association (CTA). He is an active clinician and judge in SCSBOA and in jazz festivals. Mr. Hackett also directs the Conejo Valley Community Concert and Jazz Bands. -- Citizens Journal

SÁBADO 29/06/19 – na Battataria (Av. Albino J. B. de Oliveira, 2297. Barão Geraldo)*entrada R$15,00 21h30 – BRUNO MANGUEIRA convida KIM PENSYL (USA)Bruno Mangueira, guitarrista, viveu em Campinas onde concluiu os cursos de bacharelado, mestrado e doutorado em Música pela Unicamp. Residiu também nas cidades de São Paulo, Nova Iorque e Cincinnati (EUA), onde desenvolveu parte de seu doutorado como pesquisador visitante na University of Cincinnati. Participou de shows e gravações no Brasil, Estados Unidos e França, ao lado de artistas como Zizi Possi, Leila Pinheiro, Toninho Horta, Nelson Ayres, Gilson Peranzzetta, Paulo Jobim, Alaíde Costa, Jamelão, Filó Machado, Mauro Senise, Vinícius Dorin, Sizão Machado, Helio Alves, Phil DeGreg, Rick DellaRatta, Mandy Gaines, Kim Pensyl, Paul Keller, Leonardo Montana, Bruno Schorp e Fred Pasqua. Apresentou-se como solista junto a orquestras sinfônicas e big bands brasileiras e norte-americanas. Realizou trabalhos de arranjo e direção musical para CDs, DVD e espetáculos, além de ter composições e arranjos executados por orquestras e big bands em diversas cidades brasileiras e norte-americanas. Atualmente Bruno acompanha a cantora Zizi Possi. Neste show, Bruno convida o norte-americano Kim Pensy. Pianista de jazz e new age, estudou na Ohio State University e a University of California, Northridge, para a pós-graduação e teve vários CDs produzidos pela Shanachie Records. Trabalhou em bandas com Al Hirt, Don Ellis, Hubert Laws, Gerald Wilson e Guy Lombardo. -- Z1Portal - Brazil (in Portuguese)

All Elite Wrestling star Luchasaurus might stand out in the ring with his physical gifts and dinosaur/reptile mask, but behind the mask is Austin Matelson, a CSUN student who earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree in medieval history. -- Fightful

The avid reader and history buff began his career in the United States Navy working on a nuclear submarine. He then attended the University of Colorado and graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in Mathematics. Computer science preceded his real estate career. -- The Coast News