Director: Natalia Tomasello
Natalia Tomasello is the band director at Alder Creek Middle School. She is in her 7th year as a music
educator. She was previously employed as the Director of Bands at Robert E. McQueen High School in
Reno, Nevada (from 2018-2020) and the middle school band director in Firebaugh-Las Deltas
Unified School District (from 2016-2018). Natalia serves as the President of the Board for Donner
Mine Music Camp. She works every summer for the camp as the musical assistant and librarian. She
has been a part of DMMC for over 16 years. This year, she will serve as the Concert Band conductor
for DMMC.
Natalia Tomasello currently teaches 6th, 7th and 8th grade band classes and Jazz Band at Alder Creek
Middle School. She is an active member of the site council for the school as well. Natalia is an active
member in the Truckee Community where she serves for the local P.E.O. organization. She also
dedicates her time as a member in the Tahoe Truckee Community Chorus.
Natalia attended Fresno State University from 2010-2014, where she graduated with her Bachelor
Arts Degree in Music Education. Natalia worked on her Masters in Instrumental Performance and her
Single Subject teaching credential in Music from 2014-2016. During her graduate and credential
studies, Natalia worked as a Teachers Associate teaching introductory music classes to non-music
majors, and she gave saxophone lessons to first year college students. In her last year of her graduate
work, Natalia served as a Graduate Assistant for the Fresno State Bulldog Marching Band and
Scholarship Bulldog Beat groups under the direction of Steve McKeithen. When Natalia graduated in
2016, she was awarded the Dean’s Medal for the Arts and Humanities Department at Fresno State.
Natalia Tomasello is a versatile musician who has been playing and studying saxophone for over half
of her life. Throughout her schooling, Natalia has participated in several ensembles including Fresno
State’s top wind ensemble, the Fresno State Wind Orchestra. Natalia also became a member of Fresno
State’s top jazz ensemble, the Fresno State Jazz Orchestra, where she performed on both tenor
saxophone and alto saxophone. Throughout her jazz practice, Natalia focused on woodwind doubling
including performing on the flute, piccolo and clarinet. She also spent three years in the Fresno State
Scholarship Band “Bulldog Beat.” Natalia was an active member in marching band for 10 years of her
life. Through this practice, Natalia has become a leader in both her high school marching band and
her college marching band. She has had the honor of serving as the Drum Major for two years each in
both her high school and college careers.
Natalia Tomasello also enjoyed performing in The Fresno State Saxophone Quartet. She performs as a
singer for the Resisting a Rest Acapella group. From 2011-2013 Natalia taught for the Clovis East
Marching Band as a Visual and Music coach. She also spent her time giving saxophone lessons to
college, high school and middle school students.
educator. She was previously employed as the Director of Bands at Robert E. McQueen High School in
Reno, Nevada (from 2018-2020) and the middle school band director in Firebaugh-Las Deltas
Unified School District (from 2016-2018). Natalia serves as the President of the Board for Donner
Mine Music Camp. She works every summer for the camp as the musical assistant and librarian. She
has been a part of DMMC for over 16 years. This year, she will serve as the Concert Band conductor
for DMMC.
Natalia Tomasello currently teaches 6th, 7th and 8th grade band classes and Jazz Band at Alder Creek
Middle School. She is an active member of the site council for the school as well. Natalia is an active
member in the Truckee Community where she serves for the local P.E.O. organization. She also
dedicates her time as a member in the Tahoe Truckee Community Chorus.
Natalia attended Fresno State University from 2010-2014, where she graduated with her Bachelor
Arts Degree in Music Education. Natalia worked on her Masters in Instrumental Performance and her
Single Subject teaching credential in Music from 2014-2016. During her graduate and credential
studies, Natalia worked as a Teachers Associate teaching introductory music classes to non-music
majors, and she gave saxophone lessons to first year college students. In her last year of her graduate
work, Natalia served as a Graduate Assistant for the Fresno State Bulldog Marching Band and
Scholarship Bulldog Beat groups under the direction of Steve McKeithen. When Natalia graduated in
2016, she was awarded the Dean’s Medal for the Arts and Humanities Department at Fresno State.
Natalia Tomasello is a versatile musician who has been playing and studying saxophone for over half
of her life. Throughout her schooling, Natalia has participated in several ensembles including Fresno
State’s top wind ensemble, the Fresno State Wind Orchestra. Natalia also became a member of Fresno
State’s top jazz ensemble, the Fresno State Jazz Orchestra, where she performed on both tenor
saxophone and alto saxophone. Throughout her jazz practice, Natalia focused on woodwind doubling
including performing on the flute, piccolo and clarinet. She also spent three years in the Fresno State
Scholarship Band “Bulldog Beat.” Natalia was an active member in marching band for 10 years of her
life. Through this practice, Natalia has become a leader in both her high school marching band and
her college marching band. She has had the honor of serving as the Drum Major for two years each in
both her high school and college careers.
Natalia Tomasello also enjoyed performing in The Fresno State Saxophone Quartet. She performs as a
singer for the Resisting a Rest Acapella group. From 2011-2013 Natalia taught for the Clovis East
Marching Band as a Visual and Music coach. She also spent her time giving saxophone lessons to
college, high school and middle school students.