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-Later 20th Century Music for Today’s Choral Classroom Charles E. Claiborne taught high school choral music at Druid Hills High School in DeKalb County, at Campbell High School and finally, at North Cobb High School in Cobb County until his retirement from the school system in 2002. His groups consistently received Superior ratings at district choral festivals. In 2003, he and his wife moved to Knoxville Tennessee where, for 4 years, he served as director of choirs for the Knoxville Area Home School Co-op. He has also served as director of music at Cumberland United Methodist Church in Smyrna, Kirkwood Presbyterian Church in Kennesaw, and Kodak United Methodist Church in Kodak, Tennessee. He has previously been conductor of the Smyrna Community Chorus and assistant conductor of the Choral Guild Of Atlanta. He has served two terms as Georgia Music Educators Association State Choral Chair, and edited the festival sight reading book for many years. He is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association and has served as President of the Georgia chapter. He presently serves as head adjudicator for GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations. He holds degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University. He presently lives in Woodstock, Georgia with his wife, Nancy.
Susana M. Lalama -Finally, It’s Here! Making the Most Out of Your Student Teaching Experience Susana M. Lalama is Assistant Professor of Music Education and Conductor of the Wind Ensemble at Converse College. She received her degrees from the University of Miami and serves as an active band clinician, adjudicator, and mentor to new teachers.
Jessica Lawson -WebQuests: A Differentiation Strategy for the Music Classroom Jessica Lawson is a music instructor at Norton Park Elementary, a Title I school in the Cobb County School District. She earned her B. Mus in Music Education and M. Ed in Educational Psychology from the University of Georgia. While working on her Masters, Jessica began to focus on gifted education in the music classroom and obtained the Gifted In-Field Endorsement. Her music lessons and research incorporate intervention and enrichment methods that can be effectively used in the music classroom.
Dr. Jennifer Morgan Flory -To Theme or Not to Theme: Choral Concert Programming Guidelines Dr. Jennifer Morgan Flory has been Director of Choral Activities at Georgia College in Milledgeville since August 2005. She conducts the University Chorus, Women’s Ensemble, and the auditioned Max Noah Singers and teaches choral and vocal music education and conducting courses. In December 2009, she was appointed Graduate Coordinator for the MME program. In August 2010, Flory was promoted to Associate Professor and tenured. Since August 2006, Flory has served as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Milledgeville. She also performs as a mezzo-soprano soloist, in such works as Handel’s Messiah, Haydn’s Paukenmesse, Mendelssohn’s Hymne, Corigliano’s Fern Hill, Schubert’s Ständchen, and Purcell’s “When I am laid in earth.” Flory has commissioned a number of new choral works from composers such as Emma Lou Diemer, David Hamilton, David Johnson, and John Hennecken, and premiered them with Georgia College ensembles. In November 2013, Flory published her dissertation as a book, A Conductor’s Guide to the Choral-Orchestral Word of Emma Lou Diemer. Flory’s most recent articles index the choral music of prolific New Zealand composer, David Hamilton, and are featured in the Research Memorandum Series, a Journal of The American Choral Foundation, published by Chorus America. “David Hamilton’s Music for Unaccompanied Choir” is the No. 204 Winter 2013/14 issue, “David Hamilton’s Music for Choir and Keyboard or Solo Instruments” is the No. 203 Summer 2013 issue, and “David Hamilton’s Music for Choir and Instrumental Ensemble” is the No. 202 Winter 2012/13 issue. Flory was also compiler for the Spring 2008 and 2009 issues of RMS; the first article details the choral-orchestral music and the latter article indexes the choral music of Emma Lou Diemer. She has presented four day-long workshops for the Georgia RESA (Regional Educational Service Agency) organizations in Pelham and Lenox. Flory has presented technology sessions for the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) and the North Carolina Music Educators Association and a Sight-Singing Session for GMEA. Flory also serves as an adjudicator for GMEA LGPE, GMEA Solo & Ensemble, and GHSA Literary. She also conducted the GMEA District 11 High School Mixed Honor Choir in January 2008 and conducted the Newton County Fifth Grade Honors Choir in March 2012. Flory holds both a Bachelors of Arts and a Bachelor of Music Education Degrees from Otterbein College; and both a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Flory is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, Georgia Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Georgia Music Educators Association, and The College Music Society; in fall 2011, she was inducted as an Honorary Life Member of Tri-M Music Society. In spring 2014, Flory was initiated into Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Flory was chosen as a Fellow for the Summer 2014 Symposium of the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program.