Kay Pace At Alabama State University (ASU), her post of longest tenure, Dr. Pace served as music professor and Interim Dean of the School of Music where she received many recognitions and awards for her numerous contributions to the School of Music and for her work as director of the ASU Choir. In 2013 her former choral students established The Kay Pace Choral Excellence Scholarship in her honor—to be given annually to an outstanding choral music major at ASU. In her work in Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS), Dr. Pace has served as high school Choral Lead Teacher and presently serves as Head of Vocal/Choral music at Stilwell where she also teaches chorus and music theory classes. She has been recognized by the CCPS Board of Education on several occasions for her outstanding work with students and she was selected as “Star Teacher” in 2008 & 2015 and Stilwell’s first “Teacher of the Year” in 2014. In 2017-18 the CCPS Board voted unanimously to name the newest fine arts school after Dr. Pace—The Kay R. Pace School of the Arts—which opened in the Fall of 2018 for elementary children in the arts. Dr. Pace has had award-winning choruses perform in venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Apollo Theater (New York), the International Beethoven Festival (Bonn, Germany), Spivey Hall, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore, Md) and at the 2014 and 2019 GMEA In-Service Conventions in Savannah and Athens. She is also well recognized as a versatile concert pianist who works as both a collaborative artist as well as a solo pianist. Dr. Pace holds degrees from Xavier University, Southern Illinois University, the Peabody Conservatory of Music and Pacific Western University. In recognition of Dr. Pace’s life-long dedication and service to music education, the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum (Atlanta) presented her with a framed letter from President Jimmy Carter on December 11, 2018 congratulating her on her many years of service to the educational and musical communities and for the excellence of her work.
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