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If you haven’t heard this jazz catz mad beats, you’re missing out big. Whether it be at the spring concert, the Christmas concert, or just sitting in study hall you’ll be hearing the mesmerizing suavity of music. But who really runs the show? Who really teaches our musically challenged and/or insane brethren to play like Bach and Beethoven? He’s the third “B” in that group of talented composers; he has a fashionable mustache, and he gots himself a cool music wand thing! It’s none other than the all so great, Mr. Bowser.

          Mr. Bowser always wanted to be a music teacher. His past music teachers and band directors in junior high were very influential to his eventual career choice. They inspired him to pursue his dreams in the music department. And of course, he did. In junior high he decided that he wanted to be a band teacher. Mr. Bowser has been teaching at North Cumberland Middle School for about twenty years, bringing music into the lives of a slew of children. Before coming to North Cumberland, he worked in Barrington filling the same position. He uses small instrumental music classes and full bands to reinforce and build on his student’s knowledge. He also runs special ensembles such as the hip jazz band that meets every Tuesday morning. But what he loves most about his career is hearing improvement from his students and getting to know them throughout their middle school life.

          This man has done many music related things in his lifetime. He has played professionally in classical, jazz, and rock groups. He has also composed musical ensembles for various different orchestras and even our own NCMS band. He teaches students how to play their instrument and picks out songs for them to play at concerts. The two things that he loves most about his career are the rewarding experience he gets from teaching children and getting to be around music all the time. One thing that Mr. Bowser is really proud of is being a professional musician. His most valued accomplishment in life is “having two wonderful, intelligent, imaginative, talented, children that take after their mother.”

During his time at NCMS he has worked with Ms. Shannon Soares. They have performed duets together on many occasions. On September 11, 2002 they organized a musical performance outside the school to remember the lives that were lost during the terrorist attacks in New York City. Another achievement Mr. Bowser has done was making an orchestral piece in ode to Rachel Carson, one of the first to recognize the harms in pollution. Also, most recently he has performed music titled “Voices of Nativity” which was perfect for the holiday mood.