Tag: music teacher

California Teacher of the Year: ‘I Don’t Teach Music. I Teach Students.’

November 28, 2022
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It’s lunch period at Irvine’s Northwood High School, and the roar of student chatter is punctuated by the sound of woodwind instruments’ fluttering scales. Music teacher Ben Case—who was recently recognized as one of five California Teachers of the Year—was overseeing some students as they rehearse for their Dec. 1 winter performance. “My philosophy is…

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Costa Mesa Music Teacher Accused of Molesting 2 Girls

March 2, 2022
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Orange County prosecutors asked for the public’s help Wednesday in identifying possible additional victims of a music teacher charged with molesting two girls in Costa Mesa. Anthony Philip Bruccoliere of Costa Mesa, 49, was charged Feb. 15 with sexually assaulting the two girls between December 2008 and 2019, according to the criminal complaint….

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