Tony Kading

Anthony Kading is a Music Educator for the Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School District. Beginning his career in Music Education in 2004 after studying Tuba, Composition, and Arts Management at the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, Tony actively composed and presented clinics and workshops on his music and composing with student ensembles for High School and, Middle School Concert Ensembles, as well as Marching, and Jazz Ensembles. This passion for how students are shaped by music and the compositional process lead the way for Mr. Kading to pursue a formal career in Music Education in 2007. He has since taught a variety of Beginning Bands, Middle School Bands, and High School Bands, in Sun Prairie, Fort Atkinson, Oregon Wisconsin; been an Artistic Director for the Longmont Youth Symphony, and Longmont Youth Wind Ensemble in Longmont Colorado. Tony earned his Masters Degree in Music Education with cognates in Jazz Studies, Literature and Conducting, and Music Education Research. His research focuses on cultivating conducive environments for curiosity and creativity. Tony Currently resides in Trempealeau Wisconsin with his daughter Eleanor and wife Abigail Kading who is an amazing music educator in Onalaska Wisconsin.