Dr. Glenn L. Hosterman, Professor of Music in the Department of Performing Arts, is completing his seventeenth year as a faculty member at Lock Haven University of PA, Lock Haven, PA (one of the 14 PA State System of Higher Education [PASSHE] institutions).  At LHU, he conducts the Jazz/Rock Ensemble and Combo, the Brass Ensemble, and the Synthesizer Ensemble; he also teaches Applied Brass lessons, an American Music course, a Jazz Studies course, and several general education music offerings.  Prior to this appointment, Dr. Hosterman spent nine years on the music department faculty at Marywood College in Scranton, PA.  From 1973 to 1979, Glenn was Junior High Band Director at Bald Eagle-Nittany High School in Mill Hall, PA.   He received a B.S. in Education from Indiana University of PA in 1970, and M.Ed. and D.Ed. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979 and 1992, respectively.   He is an active guest conductor, having conducted over thirty festival bands in his college career; in addition, he conducts yearly Act 48 jazz band reading workshops at PMEA District 4 Band Festivals where the band directors play new literature and perform a dinner concert for their students.  Dr. Hosterman also serves as a statewide clinician in the areas of computer music education and cooperative learning.  He is the founder and President of the Clinton County Friends of Jazz, an organization which has sponsored concerts at Lock Haven University performed by: the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Artie Shaw Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the One O'Clock Lab Band from University of North Texas, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin, Diva (No Man's Band), guitar artist Gene Bertoncini, and piano artist Dick Hyman.  Glenn maintains an active performance schedule as a jazz and classical trombonist - with the River City Brass Quintet and the Last Resort Dixieland Combo from Lock Haven, the Deacons of Dixieland (where he also serves as Musical Director) from Central PA, the Billtown Brass (British-style brass band) from Williamsport, and the Back Bay Express (little big band) from Linden.  He has served with band programs in the active and reserve components of the Army, having retired from the military in 1992 with over 22 years of service with: the 276th Army Band [PA Army National Guard] in Philadelphia, the 28^th Division Band [PA Army National Guard] in Altoona, and, from 1970 to 1973, active duty Army Bands in Maryland, Virginia, and the Republic of Vietnam.  Glenn additionally sings in the choir at United Lutheran Church in Lock Haven. He lives in rural Lock Haven with his wife Kathleen Malenke (who is a registered music therapist), and their four children: Sarah; Susie; Seth; and Zachery.

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