Band Support Positions
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Donna Osborne, HSCB photographer
Raised in Virginia, 40 years in Texas and retired to Arkansas sums up her residences. Donna has been shooting Canon since the first EOS 650 came on the market in 1987. Married 56 years, Donna and her husband have one daughter (and son-in-law) who live in Dallas, and a son who passed away in 2008. Her working career was in education—math and computer science, from grades 7 through Senior High, corporate training for Texas Instruments/Raytheon and Adjunct at Collin College in Plano, Texas. Photography is a journey Donna continues to pursue. In addition to two formal classes, her training takes the form of workshops, seminars, webinars and club speakers. She earned three photographic distinctions though participation in Photographic Society of America sponsored International Exhibitions: QPSA, PPSA and AFIAP. Opportunities abound. Having garnered much pleasure and satisfaction from photography, Donna hopes to give something back by volunteering her enthusiasm and skills. One of the ways Donna gives back is by serving as the photographer for the Hot Springs Concert Band since 2017. Her skills in photography and her creativity in capturing the essence of artists making music together serve to enhance the band’s mission and its portrayal to the public. |
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Greg Matthews, HSCB webmaster
Greg has been the Hot Springs Concert Band's webmaster since 2018. He works behind the scenes to make sure this website provides as much updated information as possible for the HSCB community. In his "day job," Greg leads a local staff of professional digital journalists for one of the country's largest television station groups. He enjoys shooting photos and videos as much as he loves to code an HTML webpage from scratch. Greg played cello and piano in his elementary school years before finding his lifelong instrument, the tuba, at the start of sixth grade. He played through high school, where he reached first chair and section leader for the Westwood H.S. (Austin, TX) marching band and received top ratings at UIL District, Region and Solo & Ensemble contests. Greg continued on sousaphone at the University of Missouri. While pursuing a journalism degree, he performed with Marching Mizzou and with Mini Mizzou, the basketball pep band. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, the band service fraternity. Greg's mom is a past member of the Hot Springs Concert Band. His three kids all have performed in high school band, with two continuing into college band. His son is studying to become a music educator. Greg has returned to Columbia, Mo., on many occasions to march on the field at Homecoming with the Marching Mizzou Alumni Band. He also regularly performs with his son at Tuba Christmas events. |