Director of Bands
Phone: 410-485-5000
Email: [email protected]
As a college professor, he most recently served as the Director of Bands and Music Education at the University of West Florida, where he directed all concert and athletic bands, taught courses in music education and conducting, and coordinated all student-teacher placements and field observations. He also taught at Colby College as the Director of Bands and Saxophone Instructor and served as an Associate Instructor at Indiana University for three years.
Having began his teaching career as a middle school band director, Osarczuk has been heavily involved in professional music education organizations and nonprofits. He has served as an adjudicator, clinician, board member, honor band chair, and event planner with organizations such as the Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association, Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Camp, International Double Reed Society, and the California Music Educators Association – Central Coast Section, where he served as President Elect and Chairperson of the Middle School Honor Band. He is currently a member of the National Association for Music Education and the Maryland Music Educators Association.
Osarczuk was awarded a full-tuition scholarship from Indiana University to pursue a Doctor of Music in Wind Conducting from the renowned Jacobs School of Music. Similarly, he was awarded a full-tuition scholarship from the University of Redlands, where he earned a Master of Music in Conducting. He also holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia. He has been an honorary member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society since 2013.
Outside of music, some of Dr. O’s interests and hobbies include exercise, nutrition, reading, outdoor recreation, finance, and photography.