AYPO Welcomes an AYPO Staff Member to a New Administrative Position - Brian Seemann, Production Manager

Brian Seemann lives in Falls Church, VA, where he is the Director of Handbell Ensembles at the Landon School in Bethesda, MD. Brian previously served as Director of Special Events for Inspire Arts and Music in Boston and as the summer Tour Manager for the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps. He is a production lead for Under the Sun Productions, producing large scale pageantry events and parades such as DC's National Cherry Blossom, Memorial Day, and Independence Day Parades, the Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Chicago Magnificent Mile of Lights Parade. He is also heavily involved in the handbell community having served as an Event Chair for Handbell Musicians of America managing their yearly Distinctly Bronze events, and was on the planning committee for the 2022 International Handbell Symposium in Nashville, TN. Brian is a published composer, and has served as faculty, clinician, and conductor for handbell events around the US.

Brian has served as a production assistant for several years with AYPO, but is now paving his way in our organization as Production Manager. He will oversee all of the production assistants and manage rehearsal and concert spaces to ensure a quality experience for our AYPO events.