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Ohio, USA - Michael Maxwell's band director regards him as a talented musician. But when the graduating Dover High School senior contemplates a career among the stars, he's thinking about the sky, not the stage.
"My dream job is to somehow be involved in getting human beings to land on Mars," he said. "NASA predicts that human beings will land on Mars in the 2030s. By the time I'd be getting into the field, that's when they're really going to start pushing. The moon landings are something I'm so passionate about. I love reading about them and watching documentary films about them.
....His high school career included achieving a grade-point average of nearly 4.0 while playing in symphonic band, steel drum band, jazz band, marching band and the pit orchestra for school musicals.
....Retired teacher Joan Wenzel was his middle school band director, percussion director in high school and the creator of the steel drum band. She performs with him — and sometimes instructs him — in the Greco Band.
"She's still my teacher," Maxwell said. "She's had a profound influence on my life."
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