Mr. Ray

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About The Teacher Label:


About The Teacher
Mr. Ray is one of the original teachers on the North Campus, now serving the Goshen/Prospect community for his 16th year where he has served as the NOMS Band Director. In addition, Mr. Ray also lead the NOHS Concert and Marching Band. During his 6 year tenure at NOHS he lead the band to 2 state simifinals in Marching Band, 4 Distingushed Ratings in Concert Bands, 2 invitations to the State Concert Band Festival, and 3 performances in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center. He is a graduate of Bowling Green High School, the University of Louisville School of Music, and Western Kentucky University. Mr. Ray has been serving the Louisville communtiy as a professional musician since 1989 performing in groups such as The SimpleTones - a 1950's Rock-A-Billy review, Caribe' - A Carribbean Steel Drum ensemble covering the likes of Jimmy Buffett, Bob Marley, and Harry Belefonte, Caribou - serving Rock 'N Roll Oldies to the Louisville area since the time when these songs weren't considered "oldies", Brassounds - providing ceremonial music for weddings and special events, and as a solo guitarist and vocalist at Bahama Breeze from 1999 to 2003. For the past two years Mr. Ray has been performing regularly as part of the Contemporary Praise Band at St. John UMC in Prospect.

Mission Label:


Mission
My mission as a Music and Humanities teacher is to produce adults who are advocates for and patrons of the performing arts. In a society where 3 1/2 minute songs, 30 minute TV shows, and 90 minute movies that are written to sell to the masses dominate the young persons' time, it takes a special kind of education to get them to be able to understand, appreciate and want to attend a Louisville Orchestra Concert, a play at Actors Theater of Louisville, or a Broadway show at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. My goal is not to close their eyes or turn their backs to pop culture, but to help them realize that it only scratches the surface of what is possible in music, dance, and theater. I try to use their knowledge of popular music and movies as a bridge to connect what they already know to what they cannot yet understand and hopefully convince them that if they take the time to learn how to appreciate the fine arts, they will enjoy them as much as or more than the "flavor of the month" arts that they already enjoy.