Glenn Giles:
CLASS OF 1967
Milton High SchoolClass of 1967
Milton, MA
Castleton State CollegeClass of 1973
Castleton, VT
Cunningham Junior High SchoolClass of 1964
Milton, MA
Belcher Elementary SchoolClass of 1961
Milton, MA
Whittemore Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Waltham, MA
Glenn's Story
Life
I am now retired from both public school and university teaching; in 2007 I accepted a full time position at my Alma mater Castleton University, where I served as professor of Music, Director of Instrumental Music and Department Chair. I will continue to do some adjunct teaching, but I'm looking forward to the lighter load, I still really enjoy teaching. I won my first election in November 2020 and second in 2022 for Justice of the Peace. A wonderful little duty in retirement, I have performed four weddings to date and looking forward to more. I live in Vermont with my wife Gloria, we have two sons, Dana who was a Lieutenant in the US Air Force and now is a security processor at Portsmouth Navel Shipyard and Greg who graduated from Castleton University in 2006 and is treasurer for the Rutland County Solid Waste District in Vermont. Greg has three sons Carter, Camden and Corbin who are a wonderful joy to Gloria and I. Our family enjoys relaxing at "Horny Haven" The Giles Family Summer Camp on the lake in Maine, and now also at our new log cabin (2017) "The View" which we built on a hill just up the road from the lake camp.
Professional biography: Glenn E. Giles
Glenn is currently a retired Music Professor and Director of Instrumental Music from his Alma mater Castleton University. Presently he does some adjunct music instruction at the university. He retired as Fine Arts Supervisor for the Rutland City Schools in 2007, Glenn's teaching assignments there included: Middle School Concert Band Director, High School Jazz Ense...Expand for more
mble Director and brass instructor. Under his direction the Rutland School's music program was named one of the "Top 100" music programs in the country in 2002 and was selected in 2006 by the National Association for Music Education and the National Department of Education as one of twelve "Model Music" programs in the country.
He has taught in the Rutland area for 50 years. He is the Bass Trombonist/Personnel manager in the EnerJazz Big Band. In 2017 Glenn retired after 43 years of service from his position as choir director at Union Church of Proctor,
Glenn received a Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from Castleton University in Vermont. He received his Master of Music Degree in instrumental conducting at the University of Maine, Orono where he studied conducting with Curvin Farnham, Dennis Cox, Arnald Gabriel, Anthony Maiello, and John Williamson.
Glenn has been a guest conductor/clinician in the three Northern New England States. As an active member of the Vermont Music Educators Association, he has adjudicated for the Vermont All-State Music Festival and Green Mountain District Festival and is a past president of both associations. Glenn is co-director of the Highnote Music Festival at the Great Escape in Glens Falls, NY. Other professional organizations and honors fraternities include the National Association for Music Education, College Band Directors National Association, American Choral Directors Assoc. National Federation Interscholastic Music Association and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society.
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