Glen Grigel

Glen Grigel, a 1977 Ithaca College graduate in Music Education, is a long time presenter for NYSBDA.  He has been the Musical Instrument Technician at the Crane School at SUNY-Potsdam since 1985.  Prior to his appointment at Crane he was a dealership technician for Goetz Music of Tiffin, Ohio, Dikmar Music of Bowling Green, Ohio and Central Music of Rochester, NY.  Glen is an active clinician for BOCES, the St. Lawrence Music Educators’ Association, and for the Crane School student chapters of MENC and the American String Teachers’ Association.  He serves as a consultant to the National String Project at Crane and to Upper Canada Historical Village in Morrisburg, Ontario.

Clinic: Evaluating Instruments:  How to Avoid “Going Down the Rabbit hole!”

Back by popular demand is our repairman extraordinaire, Glen Grigel.  Glen’s session, Evaluating Instruments:  How to Avoid “Going Down the Rabbit hole!” will focus on assessing the condition of a student-grade Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Trumpet and Trombone.  Participants will need to bring instruments to be instructed on several quick corrections for common deficiencies for this is a hands-on session.  The first six participants to arrive with all five instruments will form our “guinea pig” panel.