1st Place Designs Team
Jeff Bolduc - 1st Place Designs Founder, Arranger, and Educator
Jeff Bolduc has been a freelance composer and arranger since graduating from the Berklee College of Music with a Bachelors Degree in Composition in 1982. He also holds a Masters Degree in Music Education from Boston University. Jeff is well known throughout the northeast US for his work with some of the most successful Drum Corps to come out of that region, and has been a regular arranger for Drum Corps in the UK dating back to 1986. Most recently he was the arranger and brass caption head for the DCI Div. II World Champion East Coast Jazz in 2005, and the arranger for the 2008 DCI Open Class Bronze Medalist Jersey Surf. He has arranged for many marching bands and drum corps, and has written commissioned pieces for concert bands, jazz bands, and several regional honors bands.
Jeff is the owner of Jeffrey Alan Media Music, a music production company that specializes in soundtrack, commercial, and industrial video productions. He was the music composer/producer for Home Improvement Magazine, which aired on independent stations across the country in the mid-90’s, and has scored and produced music for television pilot shows as well as a number of independent and documentary films.
In his 23rd year as a public school band director, Jeff is the Director of Symphonic and Stage Bands at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, MA. He has also served as the Director of the University of New Hampshire Wildcat Marching Band, the Wakefield HS Warrior Marching Band, and the Norwood HS Mustang Marching Band.
Jeff has presented clinics at state and regional teacher conferences, and is presently the Music Caption Head for the Massachusetts Judges Association. He has served as a music judge for every marching band association in the northeast, Drum Corps International, and for many district and all-state auditions around New England. He has also served as a guest conductor for numerous concert and jazz bands at district festivals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire since 1992.
As a trumpet and trombone player, Jeff has been a sought after private lesson instructor for many years. His band methods book, 1st Place Band Bulders, is now available. He is presently working on 1st Place Etudes, due out May, 2009.
