Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra

Manager at Pue, Chick, Leibowitz & Blezard, LLC.

Tom Johnston has just retired from being a public school music educator for the past 38 years, 35 of those years as Director of Bands at Farmington High School. Presently, he is teaching saxophone in several area high schools part-time as well as teaching privately and performing in bands and jazz bands all over the area. Next year, Tom will be teaching band and jazz band, part-time at Westminster School in Simsbury. He has been on the Nutmeg Symphony board for the past three months and helps set up side by side concerts with area schools due to his connections with the public school music education community

Brendan Bliss is a resident of West Hartford and has served on the Board for the last 7 years.  He works in Product Management for Gerber Technology in Tolland serving the company’s global customer base in the apparel, automotive, furniture and other industrial segments.  A former trumpet player in high school, he enjoys all genres of music.  Being married to an elementary school teacher he admires both the orchestra’s music as well as its mission to entertain and enlighten the next generation of musicians.

Aylah is a Naturopathic Physician with a biomedical research background, extensive volunteer involvement, and diverse clinical experiences.

Clinical interests include treating metabolic conditions, autoimmune conditions, gastrointestinal conditions, weight management, endocrine conditions, and psychological conditions using a personalized approach using science-based natural treatments with an emphasis on preventative medicine.

John Mastroianni is a passionate operations and supply chain professional at Pratt & Whitney and joined the Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra board in 2021. He first started playing trumpet over 17 years ago and performed throughout high school, college and is now an active player of the Plainville Wind Ensemble. John has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and has recently enrolled in an MBA program at UConn.

Music Director and Conductor Marshall Brown is a faculty member of the Hartt School Community Division and is a trombonist with the Waterbury and Wallingford Symphony Orchestras. His principal conducting teachers include Harold Farberman and Charles Bruck. He has degrees from the Hartt School and the University of Michigan and is the founding conductor of the Montgomery (AL) Symphony Orchestra.