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Mr. Tom KeiserBand Director & Woodwind InstructorMr. Tom Keiser is the new band director here at Cardinal O'Hara High School! He graduated from West Chester University with a degree in music education and a minor in jazz. Since graduating, he has held several long-term substitute positions for instrumental and general music and has also been working with marching bands in the area. In the fall of 2021, Mr. Keiser came on board the O'Hara instrumental music team as the woodwind instructor. Mr. Keiser is excited to uphold O'Hara's tradition of excellence in its instrumental music program!
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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. 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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