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Staff
Members
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 Mark Spreen - Director of
Music
 Mr.
Spreen received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from the
University
of
Florida
and his Masters of Arts from
Grand Canyon
University
. He has also completed
graduate courses at
Florida
State
University
and the
University
of
Miami
. Mr. Spreen has served as
District Secretary and District Chairman for the Florida Bandmasters
Association and is currently the President of FBA.
He is a graduate of
Riverview
High School
and is a former Kiltie. Prior to returning to
Sarasota
, he directed the
Lake
Wales
,
Keystone
Heights
and
Fernandina
High School
bands. His bands have consistently earned
Superior
ratings at the FBA festivals and have performed in the National Cherry
Blossom Parade, the pre-game and half-time shows at the Sugar Bowl and
many other popular events. Mr. Spreen is a member of the Florida
Bandmasters Association, Florida Music Educators Association, Music
Education National Conference, and Phi Beta Mu. He is currently the
Director of Bands at Riverview High.
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Norm
Vagn - Director of Bands
 Mr.
Vagn received his Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Northern
Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois. He received his Masters
Degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Kansas. Mr.
Vagn’s first 10 years of teaching experience was in McHenry County,
which is an hour west of Chicago. He taught for 5 years at Marengo
High School, and for 5 years at Huntley High School. Mr. Vagn is a
bass trombonist, piano player, and has had church experience as a
keyboardist/vocalist. At
Riverview High School Mr. Vagn is the Associate Director of Bands, teaches
band, jazz ensemble, orchestra, IB Music, advises the RHS Chapter
of Tri M and is a NeXt Generation teacher.
He is a member of the Florida Music Educators Association, Florida
Bandmasters Association, and the International Association of Jazz
Educators.
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MaryAnn Naumann - Guard Sponsor
 MaryAnn Naumann has served the Kilties as
Guard Sponsor for several years. She is
a graduate of
S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo and
S.U.N.Y College at Genesco
with a masters degree in Elementary Education, Advanced Teaching.
Mrs. Naumann
is a former Color Guard
of Iroquois Central School in Elma, New York. She is also a former guard
instructor and choreographer for the Wayland Eagles Marching Band in
Wayland, New York.
In addition to being Guard
Sponsor, Mrs. Naumann
teaches
fifth grade at
Gulf Gate Elementary School.
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Chuck Evans - Percussion Instructor
Mr. Evans began teaching physics
at Riverview High School in 1998 and also assumed the role of the
Highlander Drum Corps
arranger and percussion director. In addition to teaching
Instrumental Techniques I - IV, he also teaches AP Physics with
Calculus and Honors Physics, serves as the Science Curriculum
Coordinator and was previously the Chairman of Riverview's School
Advisory Council. In addition, Mr. Evans is responsible for
the creation and implementation of the schools' master schedule of
teachers / courses. He previously coached the Boys' Junior Varsity
soccer team for 5 years (1998 - 2003) to a combined record of 55 - 17 -
5.
Prior to coming to Riverview,
Mr. Evans taught math and percussion for two years at Wolfson High
School in Jacksonville, Florida, and math and science for one
year at Griffin Middle School in Tallahassee. Throughout
the past sixteen years, he has also worked as the percussion instructor,
percussion arranger, and marching instructor for 18 different high
schools from Florida, Alabama, and Illinois.
Mr. Evans graduated from Fletcher High School
in Neptune Beach, Florida and is a 1995 graduate of
Florida State University,
where he majored in Math and Interdisciplinary Science / Physics
Education, minored in English, and received his AA degree with honors.
In June of 2003, he received his Masters Degree in Teaching and Learning
from
Nova
Southeastern University. and
graduated with a 4.0.
While at Florida State, he served as the percussion arranger and section
leader for "Big 8", the Marching Chiefs' drumline, and was a
member of the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and the
Tallahassee Winds. Mr. Evans is also an alumni member and past
officer of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Music
Fraternity. He is currently a member of and an adjudicator for the
Florida Bandmasters' Association, and a member of the Florida
Music Educator's Association. In addition, Mr. Evans has previously
served as the principal percussionist of the Sarasota Pops, and
is a past principal of the Sarasota Concert Band.
Finally, we are proud to say that Mr. Evans was selected by his peers as
the Riverview High School Teacher of the Year for 2003 - 2004, and he
recently passed the rigorous National Board for Professional Teaching
Standards portfolio and examination. Congratulations!
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Alison Dietz - Highland
Dancer Instructor
 Alison
Dietz is a graduate of the
University of Florida, where she majored in
psychology and minored in dance. She is a graduate of Riverview High
School and is a former Kiltie Color Guard and Highland
Dancer. As
principal dancer, she was the first person under Kay Criner's direction
to perform the sword dance on the drum.
Alison
has been modeling and acting professionally since graduating from the
University of Florida.
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Becky Holahan - Highland
Dancer Instructor
Becky Holahan is a part time instructor for the Highland Dancers and has been teaching at Riverview for four years.
Mrs.
Holahan is also a choreographer, actor and director at
Venice Little
Theatre, and teaches creative drama for young people at the theatre.
Another position she holds is as a puppeteer for F.A.C.E., an organization
which teaches 2nd grade children about disabilities through plays. Mrs.
Holahan's daughter Angela, who graduated in 1993, was a Highland
Dancer.
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Kevin
Wiegand - Bagpipe teacher
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 Kevin
Wiegand of Sarasota, FL began teaching for
the Kiltie Band February 2008.He
began playing the bagpipes the age of 13 at Sarasota Middle School. While
attending Riverview High School starting in 1998, he began regular tuition
with Roddy MacDonald. Mr. Wiegand was the first bagpiper inducted into the
National Music Honor Society.
Mr.
Wiegand has competed all over the Eastern United States, Canada, and Scotland.
As a member of the Southern United States Pipe Band Association (SUSPBA) he
has successfully competed in all amateur levels and for three consecutive
seasons was awarded overall SUSPBA Champion in Grade 1. He is currently a
professionally ranked bagpiper and member of the EUSPBA (Eastern United States
Pipe Band Association),and the SUSPBA
He
has won two awards for “Best new musical composition”; and as for some of
his solo accomplishment include, successfully competing at the U.S. Piping
Foundation in Newark Delaware, Sandy Jones Invitational in Charleston South
Carolina, and the Metro Cup Invitational in Newark New Jersey.
Mr.
Wiegand played with the Grade One pipe band, City of Washington for the 2004
season. During this time he competed at the North American Championships in
Maxville Canada. He also traveled to Scotland to compete with the City of
Washington Pipe Band.
He
is currently a member of the Grandfather Mountain Highlanders Pipe Band, based
out of Linville, NC. Where they successfully competed at the North American
Pipe Band Championships, as well as in 2007 they won the EUSPBA Northern
Championships for Grade Three.
As
of April 2008 Mr. Wiegand became the founding President and Pipe-Major of the
City of Sarasota Pipe Band, a competitive and performance based pipe band.
They are preparing now for there first competition season.
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We thank the
staff for their dedication and unending support of the RHS music program.¯
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