Parks & Recreation

 Meet the Director of Municipal Band

(Photo courtesy of photographer Jon Britton at The Tribune)

MIKE GOLEMO
Director of the Ames Municipal Band

Occupation: Director of bands and associate professor of music at Iowa State University

Family: Wife, Mary Beth, the coordinator of ISU's Frederiksen Court Student apartments; children, Molly, and Mac.

Background: Golemo grew up in Elk Grove, Illinois. He earned his bachelor's and master's degree in music from Northwestern University and a doctorate from Michigan State University. Prior to coming to ISU, he worked 15 years as the assistant director of bands and director of the marching band at the University of Akron.