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Mr. Hector RamirezBand DirectorMr. Ramirez first came to O'Hara as the band director in the Fall of 2016. As a musician he has toured Europe conducting choirs and instrumental ensembles. He was a founding member of the Schola Cantorum Angelorum, a semi-professional men's choir in the Steubenville and Pittsburgh area. In the area of instrumental music, he began his teaching career as a marching band instructor in the Central Valley region of California and teaching private saxophone lessons. Additionally, he is the founding member and current president of the Ted Pasternak Memorial Community Band at Cardinal O'Hara. He is a proud graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville.
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Mr. Pat O'SheaPercussion InstructorMr. O'Shea has been the percussion and drumline instructor at Cardinal O'Hara High School since 2007. In 2018, he was the founding director of the Cardinal O'Hara Lions Drumline, a pep drumline modeled after the NFL Eagles Drumline. Mr. O'Shea is an accomplished music educator throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
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Mr. Tom KeiserWoodwind InstructorMr. Keiser will join the O'Hara Instrumental Music staff in the Fall of 2021. We welcome him to the O'Hara Instrumental Music Family!
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Mr. Nick LombardelliBrass and Jazz InstructorMr. Lombardelli is a Philadelphia native and lifelong musician. He graduated from The University of the Arts, obtaining his bachelor’s degree in Jazz Studies in 2015 and his Master of Arts in Teaching degree in 2016. Mr. Lombardelli had the privilege of performing with many great musicians in the Philadelphia area and beyond, including Ben Folds, Jamie Cullum, Cory Wong, Nestor Torres, Orrin Evans, Pablo Batista, The Larry McKenna Jazz Orchestra, The Jack Saint Clair Orchestra, The Philly POPS, and The Chancel Choir of The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. Mr. Lombardelli has also had the privilege of writing for The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Philly POPS Big Band, The Mason Brothers, The University of the Arts, First Presbyterian Church, and more. In 2014, he won the International Trombone Association’s Carl Fontana Jazz Trombone Competition. Mr. Lombardelli has been the brass and jazz instructor at Cardinal O'Hara since the Fall of 2017.
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Mrs. Donna WeidenmillerGuard InstructorMrs. Donna Weidenmiller has been the Color Guard instructor at Cardinal O'Hara since 2006. In January of 2007, she was the founding instructor of the Cardinal O'Hara Winter Guard program. In April of 2017, Mrs. Weidenmiller led the O'Hara Guard to their first gold medal in the Southeastern Pennsylvania region of the Tournament Indoor Association. She is a proud graduate of the Class of 1980 as well as the mother of two O'Hara alumni.
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