Meet the Director!!
Tam Trutwin is in her tenth year of teaching and beginning her second year as Director of Bands at Hobart High School. A native of Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ms. Trutwin started her college career at Western Michigan University and finished her Bachelor of Music Education Degree at VanderCook College of Music in Chicago. Ms. Trutwin's main instruments were Saxophone and Voice. She also holds two other degrees: a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Music Business/Management from Columbia College and a Master's Degree in Music Education from VanderCook College of Music.
In addition to teaching, Ms. Trutwin has also worked in other various areas of music, including performing professionally and the music business industry. Along with a partnership in a small recording studio where she not only composed much of her own music, but engineered and produced music for others, Ms. Trutwin was an intern with Warner Brothers Music Marketing division and worked in public relations for an entertainment and public relations firm in Toronto, Canada. While in Canada, she even had a short stint working craft services for the movie and television industry!!
Ms. Trutwin has taught in Illinois and Oregon in addition to her work here in Indiana. Many of her past bands have risen to the highest levels of accomplishment and recognition and have received many awards for their musical excellence. Ms Trutwin believes that "music education provides the perfect platform with which to nurture a young generation that is disenfranchised. Band provides students with the opportunity to belong, contribute, excel, and succeed. Through participation in a successful band program, self-esteem is enhanced and commitment to personal as well as group excellence is raised."