Rob Hunter - Mesa Community College

Band Staff

Rob Hunter is the Director of the Phoenix Symphony Guild Symphonic Winds; Director of Instrumental Music at Mesa College; conductor of the college concert bands, jazz bands and a conductor to numerous honor bands throughout the U.S and Canada.  He is a well-known clinician at national conferences and festivals and for school and university music programs. Mr. Hunter is a the co-coordinator of the Mesa College Summer Jazz Camps; the Past-President for the International Association for Jazz Education – Arizona Unit; the Vice President for the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association and the Music Education Coordinator for Ottawa University (Phoenix). In 2006 he was appointed the position of Managing Director/ Artist and Relations for Grigorian Entertainment.  Over the past four years, Rob has been working with Music Festivals and Cruise Festivals International and is proud to be on staff with the Macy’s Great American Marching Band. 

Rob’s career spans classical, jazz and commercial music genres. As a trumpet performer he has shared the stage, or opened,  with groups such as: Tears For Fears, The Fixx, Maroon 5, Phoenix Symphony, Boston Symphony, the Empire Brass and the Canadian Brass.  He frequently performs at events for the National Football League, Major League Baseball, and Clear Channel Radio.  Rob has taught jazz bands, jazz fundamentals, and jazz improvisation at Arizona State University where he has completed the course work for the Doctor of Musical Arts. He has also earned a Master of Music degree from ASU, a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario.

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Scott Lang - Scott Lang Leadership Seminars Leadership Seminar     For almost a decade, Scott has been educating and entertaining student and adult audiences of all ages through his workshops and keynote presentations. Large and small venues alike, Scott consistently finds creative ways to ensure laughter in learning as he provides attendees the tools necessary to deal with their own lives, their organizations, or their schools. Attendees consistently rank Scott’s workshops as the top sessions at events. He not only provides an insightful educational presentation, but also provides his audiences direction on how to implement their new-found knowledge into action. Scott’s workshops are a perfect companion to his keynote presentations and can be customized and/or created to meet your organization’s needs. While in Arizona, he was actively involved in Kappa Kappa Psi, MENC, AMEA (AZ Music Educators Association)and ABODA (AZ Band/Orchestra Directors Association) Scott received his Bachelor of Music Education in the Fall of 1988 and completed his Masters Degree in Secondary Educational Administration. Prior to arriving at Marcos de Niza High School in 1999, Mr. Lang was Director of Bands at Tempe High School In Tempe, Arizona, where his bands performed at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, Fiesta Bowl National Band Championship, twice at the Arizona Music Educator’s Convention and M.E.N.C’s Biennial Conference with the CANADIAN BRASS. Mr. Lang’s bands have consistently received Superior and Superior with Distinction ratings in the Concert, Marching and Jazz arenas. Mr. Lang was the 1995 recipient of the Governing Board award of Excellence and 2001 recipient of the Diablo Award for Educational Excellence. In addition, he is listed in "Who's Who in American Education." Mr. Lang is also the founder of the Scott Lang Leadership Seminars, which deals with the development of student leadership in secondary school students. In 2003, Mr. Lang was named as one of "50 Directors Who Care" by SBO magazine.Mr. Lang currently resides in Tempe, Arizona with his beautiful wife and life companion, Leah and their newborn son, Brayden. He can often be found at home sweeping up the tremendous amount of dog hair Samba and Grainger leave behind.