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Mr.
Kershaw is a graduate of Delsea Regional High School.
He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rowan University
with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. He has been blessed to have
studied trumpet with Mr. Robert Earley of the Philadelphia Orchestra and Mr.
John Thyhsen of the Philly Pops Orchestra.
Mr. Kershaw is a
professional trumpet player, playing throughout the area in many venues. In
1995, Mr. Kershaw had the privilege to tour and perform as a member of the
Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps from Rockford, Illinois playing
soprano bugle. Mr. Kershaw is also an accomplished composer and arranger,
writing arrangements for many area marching bands and performance ensembles.
Mr. Kershaw has written arrangements for over twenty high school bands
including WDHS. Bands Mr. Kershaw has written and arranged for have won
every type of marching band championship available in the North Eastern
United States. He has also had the privilege to write arrangements for other
venues including TV commercials and senior drum and bugle corps.
Mr.
Kershaw has been the director of the West Deptford High School marching band
since 2002. In 2003, Mr. Kershaw came to West Deptford High
School full time where he also became the director of the
WDHS Symphonic Band. Mr. Kershaw also
assists Mr. James Atkinson with the outstanding
WDHS Jazz Lab.
Since Mr.
Kershaw's arrival, the band took a new direction which brought the marching
band through a tremendous renaissance as the band has continuously grown in
competitive strength and performance quality. Since 2002, the West Deptford marching band has become a perennial competitive
finalist in the Tournament of Bands (TOB) marching band circuit. In
2003, the marching band won the USSBA Group IIA All States Championship.
In 2006, the band won the TOB South Jersey, Chapter I Group III Championship
for the first time since 1978. The band continued to finish
second overall and first in brass at the 2006 TOB Group III Atlantic Coast
Championships. In 2007, the WDHS band won its second consecutive
Chapter I Championship and finished 3rd overall and won the special award
for best woodwinds at the TOB Group III Atlantic Coast Championships.
In 2006,
Mr. Kershaw was the West Deptford High School recipient of the New Jersey
Governor's Teacher Recognition Award. He was also recognized as an
outstanding teacher in Gloucester County. Mr. Kershaw's professional
memberships include the Music Educators National Conference, International
Trumpet Guild, New Jersey Music Educators Association and the South Jersey
Band and Orchestra Directors Association.
When he is not
working, Mr. Kershaw enjoys spending time with his awesome wife, Kimberly, his
darling little girl, Kaitlyn Skye, and his son Ryan Thomas.. |
