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DR. JOE BRASHIER
• AROUND THE WORLD IN 60 MINUTES: MULTIPLE STOPS TO EXPLORE INTERNATIONAL BAND MUSIC
Joe H. Brashier has been Director of Bands at Valdosta State University since 1998. Prior to this he was Associate Director of Bands at Rutgers University, Director of the Marching Band and conductor of the Symphonic Band at Appalachian State University. His previous experience includes thirteen years of public school teaching. Brashier is a native of Clinton, Mississippi. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he earned Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degrees. In 1987 Brashier earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of Kansas. At Kansas he studied conducting with Zuohuang Chen and has since studied with Mohiro Okabe of the Toho Gakwen School. Dr. Brashier has served as a clinician or adjudicator throughout the United States, Guam, Canada, Australia, Europe, and China. He has served as a faculty member of the University System of Georgia Asian Studies Program at Zhengzhou University in China. He holds membership in the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association, National Association for Music Educators, Pi Kappa Lambda, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Mu, and the Grainger Library Society. His wife and daughters are all double reeds players, while Brashier’s instrument of choice is a Babolat Pure Drive tennis racket.
DR. KERRY BRYANT
• DON’T TUNE YOUR GROUP, TEACH INTONATION INSTEAD! (AN ENCORE PRESENTATION)
Dr. Kerry Bryant is currently the Director of Bands at Adairsville High School (GA) and adjunct faculty at Reinhardt University. He has been the Director of Bands at Buford HS (GA), Winder-Barrow HS (GA), Jonesboro HS (GA), Forest Park HS (GA), Irmo HS (SC), and Riverdale HS (GA). He has also taught general music at Statham Elementary (GA), and served as Coordinator of Fine Arts for the Barrow County Schools (GA). His music education experience totals 27+ years and spans all grade levels, kindergarten through graduate music education courses. Dr. Bryant’s symphonic bands have been invited to perform at many college band clinics, conventions and symposia, including: the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference, the University of Georgia Band Clinic, the University of South Carolina Band Clinic, the Florida State University Tri-state Band Clinic, the Troy State University Southeastern Band Clinic, and the University of Southern Mississippi All-South Band Clinic. Selected as a 2011 Honoree for the Woodruff Salutes Georgia Arts in Education Leaders, Dr. Bryant was instrumental in fostering many notable fine arts initiatives. He was also awarded Music Educator of the Year in 2016 by the Georgia Music Educators Association. For GMEA, he has served as First Vice President, All-State Jazz Chair, Future Music Educators Colloquium Co-Chair, and Band Division Chair. He has been President, Georgia Chapter of the National Band Association and on the editorial board for the Music Educators Journal. He has been a standards writer and reviewer for the Georgia Department of Education in instrumental music and music theory.
CHRIS BULGREN
• FACILITATING SONGWRITING AND CREATIVITY WITH GUITAR IN THE GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM
Chris Bulgren serves as Temporary Instructor of Music Education at Armstrong State University in Savannah, Georgia. He is currently completing his doctoral work at the University of Michigan. Before coming to Michigan, he taught in Kansas Public Schools for seven years where he taught elementary general music, beginning band, and high school band. During this time, he completed his Orff levels certification and served on the board of the Kansas Orff Chapter. He has served as Adjunct Music Instructor at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music teaching elementary music methods. In addition, he has served as Adjunct Professor of Music at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan as well as Part-Time Lecturer at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. His research interests include popular music, gender issues in music education, and songwriting.
DR. JOSH BYRD
• FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, STING LIKE A BEE: USING IMAGERY TO STRENGTHEN MUSICAL CONNECTIONS • LISTEN WITH YOUR EYES: IDENTIFYING PHYSICAL ROADBLOCKS BEHIND COMMON MUSICAL ISSUES Josh Byrd serves as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at the University of West Georgia. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, teaching music education classes, supervising student teachers, and administrating all aspects of the UWG band program. Prior to his appointment he served as Director of Bands for Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin and Assistant Director of Bands at Lanier Middle School and Norcross High School in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Dr. Byrd received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of Georgia where he studied conducting with John Lynch and minored in Music Theory. He received his Master of Music degree in Conducting while studying with Tom Dvorak at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Georgia where he studied saxophone with Kenneth Fischer. His professional affiliations include Georgia Music Educator’s Association, National Association for Music Education, College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and Kappa Kappa Psi.
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