georgia music news / fall 2015
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AROUND THE STATE DISTRICT NEWS • The Ebenezer Middle School Eagle Winds Honor Band has been selected to perform for the GMEA In-Service Conference in January 2016. The ensemble has also been selected to perform for the 2nd Annual Music for All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival at Georgia State University in March 2016. The Eagle Winds Honor Band is comprised of 7th and 8th grade musicians and is under the direction of Kenza Murray. • The Effingham County High School Wind Ensemble has been selected to perform for the 2016 Kennesaw State University Concert Invitational. The group, under the direction of Matthew Leff, will perform on Friday, February 26, 2016 at KSU’s Bailey Performance Center. • The Savannah Children’s Choir is pleased to announce their 2015-2016 Fellows, Morgan Luttig and Rene Johnson. Fellowships are awarded as part of a competitively-selected process open to all Savannah area music teachers. • Select students from the Langston Chapel Middle School choir have been chosen to perform for the National Youth at Risk Conference in Savannah. Lawanda Allen is the choral director at LCMS.
New and Transfering Teachers: • Josh Watford, Band Director, Screven County Middle School • Lisa Mason, Assistant Band Director, Ebenezer Middle School • Lindsay Sandberg, Assistant Band Director, Effingham County Middle School • Regan West, Assistant Band Director, South Effingham Middle School • Stacie Long, Band Director, Walker Middle School • Tim Pounds, Band Director, Long County High School • Michael Loredo, Choral Director/ Assistant Band Director, Long County High School • John McMullan, Band Director, Pooler/West Chatham Elementary School • Ann Marie Struble, Band Director, Jacob G Smith/Heard Elementary School • Kinsey Mannion, Band Director, STEM Academy • Justin Davis, Band/Choral Director, Woodville Tompkins High School • Federico Foster, Choral Director, Beach High School • Katrina Scoggins, Choral Director, Isle of Hope K8 School • Annastascia Pallero, Choral Director, Groves High School
• Danny Jones, Choral Director, Georgetown K8 School • Tressa Woodard, Choral Director, South Effingham Middle School • Krystin Kicklighter, Choral Director, Effingham County Middle School • Janice Haus, Music Teacher, Bloomingdale Elementary School • Iris Littrell, Music Teacher, May Howard Elementary School • Jodie Austin, Music Teacher, Thunderbolt Elementary School • Elizabeth Castro, Music Teacher, White Bluff Elementary School • Jyminia Tiller, Music Teacher, Spencer Elementary School • Janet Wooten, Music Teacher, Hesse K8 School • Brent Lamkin, Music Teacher, Garden City Elementary School
• Robert Truan the Director of Band at Decatur High School presented a session entitled Filling in the Gaps: Secondary Music Education and 21st Century Learners at the Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference in June. • Jeffrey Rowser, Director of Bands at Morgan County High School, served as clinician at the Drum Major Leadership Academy held at Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA (July 12-17). • Mevonnie Biggins, from DeKalb County, will be presenting a session at the 2015 Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago entitled Don’t go Claricrazy! - Teaching clarinet fundamentals through performance of wind band literature. • The Eastside Symphonic Band was selected to perform at the Music For All Southeastern Regional Concert Festival which will be held next March. • Morgan County High School Marching Band will perform at the Waikiki Holiday Parade 2016 in Honolulu, Hawaii. • The Pride of Eastside Marching Band has accepted an invitation to perform in The Hollywood Christmas Parade in November, 2016.
New and Transferring Teachers: • R. Kevin Brown, Band Director, Rockdale County High School • Karen Mullins, Band Director/Music Theory Teacher, Peachtree Academy • Matt Haynor, Band Director, Henderson Middle School • Colleen Fleming, Band Director, Chamblee High School • John Edwards, Chorus Director, Newton High School • Scott Daniel, Chorus Director, Liberty Middle School • Devon Kitchens, Chorus Director, Clements Middle School • Tom FitzStephens, Choral Director, Lakeside High School • Ciara Edge, Elementary Music Teacher, Newton County Theme School • Colleen Casanove, General Music Teacher, Woodward Elementary School