Alyssa Comeau is the music director of the Turners Falls Music Department where she has been teaching high school and middle school since the fall of 2020. In May of 2020, she earned a Master of Music in wind conducting at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY where she was a graduate assistant to the director of bands, assistant conductor of the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, and conductor of the Ithaca College Campus Band. She graduated in 2013 with her Bachelors degree in Music Education K-12 from Keene State College in Keene, NH. Currently, Comeau performs professionally with the Winchendon Winds, The Keene State College Concert Band, and the JaDuke Center of the Performing Arts. Comeau’s professional affiliations include Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the College Band Directors National Association.   

 

Alyssa has been the principal reed player for the Weathervane Theater Company, a professional theater in Whitefield, NH, for 10 years. While in Keene, Alyssa auditioned for and was accepted into the All New England Intercollegiate Honors Band all four years of her undergraduate degree on the clarinet. Alyssa studied clarinet under Dr. Michael Galván, Dr. Craig Sylvern and Stephanie Jenkins, and she studied conducting under Dr. James Chesebrough and Don Baldini. Currently, she performs with the Winchendon Winds and the JaDuke Center for the Performing Arts.  Comeau’s professional affiliations include Massachusetts Music Educators Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the College Band Directors National Association. She is also a proud alumni member and music director of the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota.