Richard Giddens
Project Director, Latin JazzFresno Big Band
Richard Lloyd Giddens, Jr. is the Director of Jazz Studies at Fresno State. As a bassist and percussionist, he has…
Brenda Myers
Project Director, We Got the Beat
Brenda Myers, a Music Performance degree holder from CSU Fresno (1981), became a skilled percussionist and teacher. Her career included…
Steve Alcalá
Project Director, Latin JazzFresno Big Band & Rumba 32
Steve Alcalá has been a music educator and Latin Jazz enthusiast for over 40 years. He has been a Latin…
Jack Landseadel
Board Member
Jack Landseadel is the sales manager at Patrick’s Music and has been a trombonist for the past 20 years.
Les Nunes
Board Member
Les Nunes has been teaching for 30 years and has directed both the Fresno -Madera County and the Tulare-Kings County…
Sandy Headrick
Secretary
Sandy Headrick taught music for 40 years throughout California at the high school through elementary level. She retired in June…
Bill Reeve
Vice President
Bill Reeve is an Architect and Accessibility Consultant who loves problem solving with creative solutions. Also a guitarist, Bill also…
Joe Lizama
President
Joe Lizama was the principal percussionist with the Symphony Orchestra of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro from 1976 - 1978,…