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Biography — Anthony R. Reimer
Updated 2009-05-31
If you are seeking my bio for to include in a programme or listing related to a music and/or technology session I am doing, look no further:
- Long Bio (220 words): Microsoft Word (97–2004 format), RTF, HTML (zipped)
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Anthony Reimer holds a Masters of Music in Wind Conducting from the University of Calgary as well as BMus and BEd degrees. He currently lives in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and has focussed his musical energies on the thriving community band scene there. He has been music director of Foothills Concert Band since 1999, and co-founded Metropolitan Winds, a community wind ensemble for which he was the inaugural Artistic Director, in 2006. He is also the co-chair of the Calgary Community Band Facility Association, a group whose purpose is to develop a central community band rehearsal and performance facility for Calgary.
Anthony is very active in the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE). He has been involved with their web site since 2000 and currently serves as the Web Site Publisher. He also spent four years as the desktop publisher for the WASBE Newsletter (2004–07). He has had articles published in the WASBE Newsletter and WASBE Journal.
Anthony has been the Head Technician of the Integrated Arts Media Labs at the University of Calgary since 1996, supporting work with computers and other digital technology in Music, Art, Drama and Dance. Anthony is a Macintosh platform specialist and has presented music technology sessions at the Midwest Clinic (Chicago), Music Conference Alberta, and the University of Calgary.
Earlier in his career, he also worked as a Junior High and High School Band / Choir director, as well as a Band print music specialist in the music industry. His business, Anthony's Creative Enterprises, let him exercise his talents in desktop publishing and other computer services through the 1990s.
Anthony also spent nearly a quarter century as an amateur basketball referee and minor official. He served on the Executive of the Calgary Basketball Officials Association (including 2 years as President), the Alberta Basketball Officials Association, and Basketball Alberta. He also created the first web sites for both Officials groups. While injury shortened his officiating career, he has transferred his primary sporting activity to the curling rink, changing his long time interest in the sport to an active role at a recreational level.