John Mayer

Thank you, Mr. Kirkpatrick, for being my inspiration to make teaching music my career.  He, along with Mr. Baressi, made marching band the highlight of my 4 years at PVHS.  Since band was always first period of the school day, I was never late for school.  When I was in 11th grade I was selected for the NJ All State band, and that was when I decided to major in music in college.  As I started to inquire around to which were the best music colleges, I chose to attend Mr. Kirkpatrick's alma mater, West Chester University in West Chester, PA.  My career goal was to be a HS marching band director, but alas, that never happened.  I recently retired after teaching 45 year of middle school band and chorus, and elementary general music.