Mr. Warren Bowery,
Band/Music/Choir Director
Mr. Bowery has been the band, choir, and
general music teacher for grades
1-12 at Ottoville Local since 1985 (as of 2000, grades 4-12.) He has
also directed the
spring high school musical since 1985. He was a member of the first
graduating class from
Wheeling
Park High School in Wheeling, WV
(1977).
Mr. Bowery earned a bachelor of arts degree with honors at
West
Liberty State University in West
Virginia, and his masters degree
from
Indiana
Wesleyan University
He has additional
graduate credits through
North Dakota
State University,
Findlay
University and
Walsh University.
Since coming to Ottoville, Mr.
Bowery has written the score for two original musicals - "The Bloody
Bridge" in
1994 and "You Can't Get There From Here!" in 1996. He performed on
guitar and
saxophone with the bands "Just Us" and "Secrets" for 10 years, and has
played guitar in the Immaculate Conception Church's folk
group.
Warren plays guitar in the LPE at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Van
Wert.. He is a
licensed amateur radio operator (Amateur Extra) with the callsign
KC8YKQ. Mr. Bowery is retiring at the end of the school year after 30
years at Ottoville Local Schools.
Mrs. Kimberly Birt, Assistant
Band Director/Music and Art Teacher
Mrs. Kimberly Birt is the General Music
and Art teacher for grades K-3.
She also serves as the Assistant Band Director. Mrs. Birt is a 1997
graduate of Coldwater
High School, where she performed in the marching band, concert band,
pep band, jazz band,
and all three choirs. She was also a member of the Thespians
at
Coldwater.
Kimberly received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from
Ohio Northern University
University and
her masters degree
from
Ashford
University. At
ONU, Mrs. Birt
performed in the two college large-group choirs, sang in the
children's opera,
served as the associate director of the University/Community Chorus her
junior year, and
as associate director of the Chapel Choir during her junior and senior
years. She
also played horn in the ONU Brass Ensemble. In her spare
time,
she enjoys music,
loves to cook, and has fun taking care of her daughters and her
pets. Kim sings at weddings in Mercer County and surrounding
counties, and also is a
member of her church's choir.
Mrs. Sherri Edelbrock, Band
Camp Assistant
Mrs. Edelbrock is a 1989 graduate of
Ottoville High School, and is a
"Big Green Pride" alumnus. Sherri was a multi-year member of the
All-Putnam
County Band, and received first chair trumpet and soloist honors in
1988. After graduating
from
Heidelberg
College in
1993, Mrs. Edelbrock
taught in the Ottawa Hills School District for the 1993-94 year. She
returned home to
serve the Ottoville Local School District in 1994, and currently
teaches third grade.
Sherri stays active musically by playing with the Brass Notes, a band
comprised of
Ottoville residents. Sherri's instrument of choice is a Bach
Strad. She sits in
often with the OHS Pep Band.