Brian Covey
Director of Bands / Visual and Performing Arts Chairman
Brian Covey is the Visual and Performing Arts Chairman, in addition to serving as Director of Bands at Lockport Township High School. Mr. Covey was appointed Director in 2003 after serving two years as Associate Director of Bands. While maintaining the Department, he conducts the Wind Symphony and one of two Freshman concert ensembles in addition to overseeing the athletic performance ensembles.
Prior to joining Lockport High School, Mr. Covey attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he earned his Bachelors of Music Education degree, a Masters of Music Education degree at VanderCook College of Music, and an additional Masters in Educational Administration from The University of St. Francis. Under his direction, the concert ensembles at Lockport Township High School have performed at numerous competitions and festivals throughout the state and country, consistently receiving Superior ratings. The Wind Symphony has become a nationally respected ensemble with performance highlights including the Illinois Superstate Festival at the University of Illinois (every year since 2004), the National Association for Music Education National Conference, the Illinois Music Educators Association State Conference, five performances at The Music for All National Concert Band Festival, The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conference, recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Flag of Honor, and three performances at The Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic.
Mr. Covey has served as an adjudicator for many regional and Illinois High School Association Solo and Ensemble Contests, Ensemble Adjudicator for both the Illinois High School Association and the Illinois Grade School Music Association, and clinician to area schools in Illinois, Iowa, and Virginia. He holds over two dozen Citations of Excellence from the National Band Association where he serves as a High School Representative on the Board of Directors, been awarded the “Chicagoland Educator of the Year” from Quinlan and Fabish Music, the “Mildred Jackson Lockport Township High School Teacher of the Year Award”, and was highlighted in School Band and Orchestra Magazine. He is a member of the prestigious American Bandmaster's Association, Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmaster's Fraternity, American School Band Directors Association, and is the Illinois Music Education Association’s Band Division Immediate Past President.
Anna Mudroch
Associate Director of Bands
Anna Mudroch is the Associate Director of Bands at Lockport Township High School, a post she held previously from 2007-2012. Ms. Mudroch has also served as Director of Bands and Department Chair at Batavia High School and a fine arts administrator and Instructional Coach in Arizona. She conducts the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Freshman Band and assists with Marching Band, Jazz Band and Pep Band.
Prior to teaching, Ms. Mudroch received her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music Education from VanderCook College of Music and a Master of Educational Leadership from Concordia University. During her time at the University of Illinois, she performed in the Wind Symphony under the direction of James F. Keene, the Symphony Orchestra under Donald Schleicher and studied flute with Dr. Jonathan Keeble.
Ms. Mudroch's ensembles have earned consistent Superior ratings at contests and festivals and have performed at prestigious concert halls such as The Symphony Center in Chicago, the Dallas Meyerson Hall and Carnegie Hall. In addition to acting as a guest clinician and woodwind specialist to several area schools, she has enjoyed presenting at the Illinois Music Educators Conference and the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic to name a few. Ms. Mudroch is an active performer and enjoys maintaining a private flute studio. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, cooking, and hiking with her rescue puppy Dizzy.