Mr. Redford has performed in or has conducted over 56 Broadway shows.

In 1999 Mr. Redford took on the responsibility of producing the first major Broadway musical and Lemont High School in many years and continues to do so today.  From the very first attempt at a musical the Lemont Musical program has been par equal to any high school that has ever produced a musical.

Mr. Redford is the recipient of the Lemont High School Extra Mile Award, and the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator Award.  Be it in the area of concert music, jazz, marching band, drum corps, chamber music or Broadway Musicals, 

Mr. Redford implemented the unique Music Survey General Music Class at Lemont High School, where students learned how to read music, learned about commercial music technology, learned how to play the piano, and learned enough about music history so as to be able to pass a college Music 101 humanities course.

Mr. Redford took a parents organization that grossed fundraising was $3,500.00 for a year to one that now is a 501C3 tax exempt organization that has a federally listed budget of over $74,000.00 per year.

Mr. Redford has over 150 students playing in college bands throughout the United States.  Approximately 2% of his student have gone on to be music educators or professional musicians, or composer, or  technical professionals.

Mr. Redford’s student have consistently placed as ALL STATE musicians in the Illinois Music Educators Association’s All State music conference.  For 18 consecutive years the students have placed in the HONORS bands and orchestras, with 6 students reaching the position of 1st/ Principal Chair in the Honors programs.  This means that they were the absolute number one player in the entire state of Illinois.

Mr. Redford’s Marching bands have placed in the top three positions in the Illinois State Marching Band Competition for 14 years, and took 1st Place in their class 8 of those years.

Mr. Redford’s Concert bands have placed in the top of their class in concert band State contests for 16 years and have taken 1st in their class for 12 of those years.  One year the concert band under his instruction took 1st for the entire state.

Mr. Redford’s Jazz band programs have provided Jazz entertainment for 18 years.  This is no more evident than by the Annual Dinner Dance that Mr. Redford instituted.  This event has become one of Lemont’s social events of the year boasting attendance of about 450 and has had almost every person who has run for local office in attendance.  His students have worked as paid professionals with the jazz band and jazz combos.

Mr. Redford has provided performance opportunities for student of Lemont High School throughout the Nation and abroad, having traveled to 8 of the United States and traveled to 6 foreign countries.

Mr. Redford is constantly sought after as a placement source for student teachers from three different universities.  Each student and each university has indicated that the instruction they received for their student teachers was exceptional.

Mr. Redford has designed and implemented a course entitled Music Unlimited that has instructed student in the basics of professional multi track recording.  This course has provided a musical outlet for many non band or choir student to compose and record their own original compositions.  Often these student have gone on to produce their own demo records and produce their own original music.

Mr. Redford has implemented a introduction to theater technology class teaching student the technique for lighting and sound reinforcement necessary to run the plays and pep assemblies for the school. Student that have been under his instruction for the operation of sound equipment are now working sound systems professionally and even own their own sound support companies.

Mr. Redford has been the guest conductor/ clinician for the SICA Conference Band, and is currently sought as a guest adjudicator and clinician by many of his former students and peers to help their programs.

Mr. Redford has had the resources and connections to procure assistance and support for the students in his program, be it the procurement of staff, or evaluators, or clinicians.

Mr. Redford as added more that 800 % of the current programs equipment inventory since the start of his tenure at Lemont.

EDUCATION PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT

My life’s ambition has always to be a good teacher providing a great service to all I encounter.  I achieve great satisfaction working with young people.  A well-known and highly revered band director in our area once said, “The most influential person that a student will ever have other than their parents is their band director.  No one else will have that student five days a week in class for four years, evenings and weekends for performances, and travel and live with them during the most developmental period of their lives”.  This is why I have tried to administer my program in a Christian manner, providing an atmosphere that would allow the students to feel comfortable, so that they could let their talents grow and be expressed freely. 

The exposure to the beauty and expression of music, and the involvement in the activities that are congruent to a students involvement in the fine arts, are what will forever enhance that student’s life.  The memories of wonderful moments will always perpetuate their appreciation and continued support of the arts.

I have been instrumental in developing comprehensive, well structured programs such as the Lemont High School: Symphonic, Concert and Marching Band, Jazz Band, Lab Jazz Band, Bakers Dozen Jazz Band, Jazz Combo, Beginning Guitar Classes, Music Theory and Composition, General Music Survey, Computerized and Electronic Music, Recording Technology, Theater Technology, Jazz Improvisation, the implementation of Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced Chorus.  I have developed program schedules, and curriculum to assist each student in integrating the music program into their total school experience so as to eliminate, or placate, issues that may distract students from accomplishing what was needed in their classroom program. 

I have worked with my fellow faculty members, and tried to integrate the music program with all of the other programs and activities that are presented in the school.  When I enjoy my work I feel very comfortable giving 100% to those I am serving, and I am responsible for.  To embrace and express all of the beauty and glory we have to share with each other and to support each other in all that we do is the best example of education that I can exemplify.   I feel that this is the example that Christ asks me to present to those I encounter.  This is why I became an educator this is why I teach.

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