Holly Michalke (2025 to current)
Holly was born, raised and lived in North Royalton for most of her life. She went to St Albert’s for elementary school and North Royalton High School after that. She got her Bachelors in Music Education from Baldwin Wallace and her Masters from Ithaca College. She taught in Berea for 32 years as a band and orchestra director for grades 5-12 most of her career. Currently, she is teaching at St. Albert’s as an adjunct instrumental music teacher. Holly has always kept a private studio and has played professionally in local bands and ensembles over the years.
Her family owns Royalton Music and she has been playing with Rhythm IN BLUE (the Bluecoats Drum Corp alumni group) during the summers.
Mark Wozniak (2009-2025)
Mark is a 1997 graduate of Padua Franciscan High School and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Kent State University, and his Ohio State Teaching Licensure from Cleveland State University. Mark has performed with such groups as the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brass Band of the Western Reserve, the Cleveland Winds, and community bands in North Royalton, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, and Independence. He frequently freelances on percussion, trumpet, trombone, French Horn, and tuba. Mark is currently Director of Instrumental Music at Padua Franciscan High School.
Bill Park (1998-2009)
Following his career as a band director in the North Royalton City Schools, he continued his passion for music all through his “retirement” years. Most recently, Bill founded the North Royalton Community Band in 1998 and directed it for 11 years. He brought TubaChristmas to Cleveland in 2002, and beginning in 2006, founded the non-profit BandMusic PDF Library, the free online library featuring vintage sheet music that’s been viewed and downloaded by thousands across the globe.
He had an intense passion for music, a passion he vowed to share with others. It was the teacher in him.
This well-known and beloved father, grandfather, teacher, director and composer died from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013 at the age of 77 after a long battle with the illness.
His concert here on earth may have come to a close, but the music he made echoes on in the lives of his children, his grandson, his students, his band, his community and the world. Yes, his conductor’s baton was far reaching and has helped direct the lives of many for the better.