East Bay musician and popular teacher Bob Athayde has busy plans even though he’s officially stepping down.
After 45 years in the classroom, including a perpetual-motion run as Stanley Middle School’s band director since 1986, he’s way overdue for a little rest and relaxation. There are fish to catch, books to read, and a cushy easy chair to provide respite from gravity.“When I wake up in the morning I practice for a couple of hours and normally would go to school,” Athayde said about his impending schedule change. “That’s been my life’s work.
A gifted improviser and composer who leads the talent-packed big band Kyle Athayde Dance Party, he came through the Stanley Middle School music program and got to witness his father at work up close. For many middle schoolers the idea of attending the same campus as a faculty parent, let alone sharing a classroom, would induce an epic cringe.
the Stanley PTA, the Lafayette Partners in Education, the Generations in Jazz Foundation, and the Julia Burke Foundation, which has also paved the way for one of his primary post-Stanley endeavors. Athayde has a gift for attracting people with something to give and a shrewd eye for identifying stellar musicians who are also effective educators. When he launched the Lafayette Summer Music Jazz Workshop his first move was to recruit veteran saxophonist Mary Fettig, a universally esteemed player who provided the program with instant gravitas and made it easy to attract other talented teachers.
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