Charles (Chad) Lenig- Primarily a percussionist Chad studied music education (percussion) with Dr. Kay Stonefelt and composition with Dr. Donald Bohlen at SUNY Fredonia then later completed a masters degree in music technology from the college of St. Rose in Albany. He began playing guitar and singing in his high school years and honed his instrumental skills later as a instrumental music teacher. Lenig's Musical interests range from the music of Stravinsky, Stockhausen and Varase to Jewel and then to Coltrane and Chick Corea. His compositions are often eclectic usually including some signature twist that may be apparent to all or sometimes require digging to find. He performs as a drummer with many groups throughout upstate NY. Mr. Lenig has also been the 7-12 Band Director at Fonda-Fultonville Central Schools since 2002. He and his colleague Mr. Greg Kowalczyk are also the founders of The Fonda-Fultonville Jazz Festival. The Festival is a large academic Jazz Festival for Middle School and High School Jazz Ensembles. Chad is also an active recording engineer with a fairly large client list. He lives with his wife Kristen and sons Jasper and Zander in Amsterdam NY.

Hopefully this FAWM will produce a couple of songs for my indie rock project “New Stonewalls”.