PCBA Festival History
From 1948 to the present, our history of hosting schools, their directors, and the guest conductor’s of the ICB read like a Who’s Who of the greats in Band Conducting.
Year - Host School
Host Director
Guest Conductor
1948 - Lock Haven State College
W. Valgene Routch
Erik Leidzen
1949 - Indiana State College
C. David McHaughton
Morton Gould
1950 - Carnegie Institute of Technology
William A. Schaefer
Mark H Hindsley
1951 - Lehigh University
William H. Schempf
William D. Revelli
1952 - Penn State University
James W. Dunlop
William D. Revelli
1953 - Franklin & Marshall College
John H. Peifer, Jr.
Leonard B. Smith
1954 - Bucknell University
Allen W. Flock
Erik Leidzen
1955 - Westminster College
Donald 0. Cameron
Frederick Fennell
1956 - Mansfield State College
Bertram W. Francis
Lee Chrisman
1957 - Indiana State College
C . David McNaughton
Mark H. Hindsley
1958 - Moravian College
Ray Huston
Walter Beeler
1959 - Penn State University
James W. Dunlop
Lt. Col. William Santelmann
1960 - Drexel Institute of Technology
Clyde S. Shive, Jr.
Richard Franko Goldman
1961 - Albright College
Lester R. Yeager
Keith Wilson
1962 - Slippery Rock State College
Dwight B. Baker
Leonard Falcone
1963 - Bloomsburg State College
Nelson A. Miller
William D. Revelli
1964 - Wilkes College
Donald E. Marcase
Ronald D. Gregory
1965 Lock Haven State College
John Schwarz, Jr.
Walter Beeler
1966 - Elizabethtown College
David Willoughby
Harry Begian
1967 - Grove City College
Edgar B. Cole
Frederick C. Ebbs
1968 - Susquehanna University
James Steffy
Keith Wilson
1969 - Franklin & Marshall College
John H. Peifer, Jr,
Edward L. Masters
1970 - Wilkes College
William Gasbarro
Donald E. McGinnis
1971 - Edinboro State College
Donald L. Panhorst
John P. Paynter
1972 - West Chester State College
Paul Carson
Donald W. Stauffer
1973 - Mansfield State College
Donald A. Stanley
Donald Hunsberger
1974 - Temple University
James Herbert
David Whitwell
1975 - Westminster College
Richard Bancroft
Frank Bencriscutto
1976 - Lebanon Valley College
James Thurmond
Richard Strange
1977 - University of Pittsburgh/Duquesne
Donald Hower/John Wilson
Edward Gobrecht
1978 - Millersville State College
Paul Fisher
Donald McGinnis
1979 - Slippery Rock University
Blase S. Scarnati
H. Robert Reynolds
1980 - Susquehanna University
James Steffy/Donald Beckei
Frank Battisti
1981 - Lebannon Valley College
Leonard Geissel
Frank Piersall
1982 - Bloomsburg University
Stephen Wallace/Nelson Miller
Lt. Lewis J. Buckley
1983 - Clarion University
Stanley F. Michalski, Jr.
Martin Boundy
1984 - Westminster College
Grover Pitman
Col. Arnald Gabriel
1985 - Shippensburg University
Bennie S. Truax
Robert E. Foster
1986 - Elizabethtown College
Otis Kitchen
Ronald Theilman
1987 - California University
Max Gonano
Richard Strange
1988 - Wilkes College
Jerome Campbell
Lawrence Rachleff
1989 - Slippery Rock University
Blase Scarnati / Michael Formeck
Stanley F. Michalski, Jr.
1990 - University of Scranton
Cheryl Y. Boga / Nicholas Catalano
T. Terry James
1991 - Clarion University
Stanley F. Michalski Jr.
Robert C. Fleming
1992 - Kutztown University
Willis Rapp / John Metcalf
Joseph Z. Christensen
1993 - Lock Haven University
Florentino Caimi
Jerome Summers
1994 - Grove City College
Edwin P. Arnold
Robert E. Foster
1995 - Lebanon Valley College
Robert H. Hearson
Anthony J. Maiello
1996 - Allegheny College
Lowell E. Hepler
H. Robert Reynolds
1997 - Bloomsburg University
Terry A. Oxley
Allan McMurray
1998 Penn State
Dennis Glocke / O. Richard Bundy
John Whitwell
1999 - Mansfield University
Adam Brennan
William Wakefield
2000 - University of Scranton
Cheryl Y. Boga / Frank Torquato
Robert S. Kapilow
2001 - Bucknell University
William Kenny
Eric Rombach-Kendall
2002 - Westminster College
R. Tad Greig
Eugene Corporan
2003 - Mansfield University
Adam Brennan
Jon Dugle
2004 - Carnegie Mellon University
Paul Gerlach
Richard Strange
2005 - Susquehanna University
Valerie G. Martin
Geoffrey Brand
2006 - Shippensburg University
Trever R. Famulare
Mary Ann Craig
2007 - Lock Haven University
Jack Schmidt
Stanley F. Michalski, Jr.
2008 - West Chester University
John Villella / Andrew Yozviak
Peter Loel Boonshaft
2009 - Allegheny College
Lowell E. Hepler
Col. Timothy Foley
2010 - West Chester University
Andrew Yozviak / John Villella
Dennis Fisher
2011 - Juniata College
James Latten
Mark Scatterday
2012 - California University
Max Gonano / Marty Sharer
Frank Wickes
2013 - Mansfield University
Adam Brennan / Nathan Rinnert
Lt. Col. Alan Bonner
2014 - Shippensburg University
Trever R. Famulare
John Lynch
2015 - Bloomsburg University
Stephen D. Clickard
Timothy Salzman
2016 - Elizabethtown College
Robert Spence
Michael Golemo
2017 - Grove City College
Joseph M. Pisano
Col. Thomas H. Palmatier
2018 - Mansfield Univ. /Keystone College
Adam F. Brennan / Jeffrey A. Tylutki
Mark D. Camphouse
2019 - Wilkes University
Phillip G. Simon
Maj. Michelle A. Rakers
2020 - California University of PA
Frank Stetar
Dennis Fisher
2021 PANDEMIC
2022 Shippensburg University
Trever R. Famulare
Richard Mark Heidel
2023 - Comm. U–Mansfield / Keystone
Adam F. Brennan / Jeffrey A. Tylutki
Gary Green
2024 - Grove City College
Andrew S. Erb / Mark A. Godwin
Onsby Rose
2025 - Kutztown University
Daniel Neuenschwander
Mary K. Schneider
2026 - Bucknell University
William Kenny
Frank Ticheli