Northern Colorado Concert Band Conductor

Bert Aguirre's passion for music began before he could talk--beginning with playing washboard to his grandfather's fiddle Many years of musical study followed in both piano and a wide variety of bands and choirs. 

In 1999 he graduated with honors from the University of Northern Colorado with a BA in music education with piano as his primary instrument of study. While at UNC, Mr. Aguirre completed an undergraduate thesis entitled The Effects of Musical Study: A Synthesis of the Philosophy of Music with the Psychology of Emotion and Intelligence. Afterwards he taught music in the public schools for six years. He discovered that his interests were too diverse to devote all of his time to one art form. So Bert  began teaching English at South Valley Middle School in Platteville ... and conducting the Northern Colorado Concert Band.

With all of this, along with his wife Lacy, and his two children, Naomi and Asher, Bert Aguirre has plenty to keep him busy. He is thrilled to have all of the joys and challenges of music, writing, teaching and, of course, fatherhood before him.