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Biography — Anthony R. Reimer
Updated 2013-04-23
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.
Anthony has been very active in the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE). He became involved with their web site in 2000 and became the Web Site Publisher in 2002, a position he held until he helped the organization transition to a modern web management system in 2010. He also spent four years as the desktop publisher for the WASBE Newsletter (2004–07). For these contributions, he was awarded Honorary Life Membership in WASBE in 2011. He has had articles published in the WASBE Newsletter (now WASBE World) 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 Mac computers and other digital technology in Music, Art, Drama and Dance. Anthony is an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator (10.8) and has presented technology-centric sessions at the Midwest Clinic (Band and Orchestra conference, Chicago), Music Conference Alberta, the Penn State MacAdmins Conference, the MacIT Conference (San Francisco), and the University of Calgary.
Earlier in his career, he also worked as a Junior High and High School teacher, 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 transferred his primary sporting activity to the curling rink in 2004, changing his long time interest in the sport to an active role at a recreational level.