The Iola High School band can rest easy knowing a new band director has been hired.
Matt Kleopfer, 27, was hired the same day band members went on their trip to New York City in late May. Kleopfer said he had heard about the job from his former high school band director and jumped at the chance to become the new IHS band director.
It was his former band director at Ottawa High School who encouraged him to push forward with a career in music even though Kleopfer was happy working on the farm, he said. His band director became his…
