Interview with Matthew Radspinner, Williamsport Area High School, PA

Our inaugural episode features an interview with Mr. Matthew
Radspinner, orchestra director at Williamsport Area High School
in Pennsylvania.


Matthew Radspinner was appointed to the position of Orchestra
Director at Williamsport Area High School in 2011 but has served
in the district since 2005. Previously he directed Williamsport
Area Middle School and Elementary orchestras. Mr. Radspinner has
had the honor of having four of his Williamsport Area School
District Orchestras selected to perform at PMEA (Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association) State Conferences in 2008, 2010,
2014 and 2017.   At the high school, Mr. Radspinner
directs three curricular orchestras as well as the, Millionaire
Strolling Strings.  The Millionaire Strolling Strings
performed at the opening general session of the 2019 NAfME Easter
Conference in Pittsburgh, PA.


Outside of his duties with the Williamsport Area School District,
Mr. Radspinner has served as a member of the music education
faculties at Susquehanna and Bucknell Universities and has been
teaching at the Ohio State University String Teacher Workshop
since 2011.  Currently, Mr. Radspinner  is the music
director for the Williamsport Symphony Youth Orchestra and is the
founder of the Williamsport Symphony Junior Strings program.
  Mr. Radspinner has been invited to guest conduct
orchestras throughout the east coast and enjoys an activate
schedule as a clinician, including presenting at the 2012 and
2017 PMEA (Pennsylvania Music Educators Association) State
Conference and the 2015 ASTA (American String Teacher
Association) conference in Tampa Fla. In 2017, Mr. Radspinner was
honored to receive the Pennsylvania String Teacher of the Year
award as given by the Pennsylvania/Delaware chapter of ASTA.


Mr. Radspinner studied undergraduate music education and
performance at The Pennsylvania State University and Mansfield
University.  Radspinner completed masters in music education
at Shenandoah University.  On double bass, Mr. Radspinner is
a member of the Williamsport Symphony and has performed with the
Nittany Valley, and Altoona Symphonies as well as the Penns Woods
Festival Orchestra.  Also, Mr. Radspinner is a founding
member of The Williamsport City Jazz Orchestra.


Mr. Radspinner resides in the city of Williamsport with his wife
Anna (also a string teacher) and their daughters Megan, Elizabeth
(Libby), and Nina.