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DR. ALISON FARLEY
• STUDENT DIRECTED APPROACHES TO TEACHING MUSIC • AN EXPLORATION OF TIMEKEEPING ABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF WRITTEN NOTATION
Dr. Alison Farley is an Assistant Professor of Music Education at the University of Georgia where she teaches courses in instrumental music education, psychology of music and advises graduate students. Prior to her appointment at UGA, Dr. Farley was a Lecturer of Music Education at the University of Washington and a Research Coordinator at the Institute for Learning and Brain Sciences (I-LABS) at UW. Her research interests include psychology of music, student directed learning, teacher education and perception and performance of written notation. Dr. Farley has presented her research at international, national and state conferences. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Dr. Farley taught public school in Steelville, MO (near St. Louis) where she taught middle and high school band, jazz band and chorus. Dr. Farley holds a BME from the University of Kansas, an MM in Wind Conducting from the University of Louisville and a PhD from the University of Washington.
LILLIE FEIERABEND
• INTENTIONAL MOVEMENT IN THE MUSIC CLASSROOM • VOCAL DEVELOPMENT IN YOUNG CHILDREN • BRIDGES TO THE COMMUNITY: PLANTING SEEDS FOR A LIFETIME OF MUSICAL GROWTH • MANAGEMENT: THE KEY TO SUCCESSFUL TEACHING Lillie is known for her work with young children and for instilling a love of music within them. This is her fifteenth year at the University of Hartford Magnet School and seventeenth as a director for the Connecticut Children’s Chorus. In 1998 she received the Teacher of the Year Award from Canton Schools for her innovative and inclusive music programs. In 2008, she again received her district’s Teacher of the Year Award and the Outstanding Elementary Music Educator Award from the Connecticut Music Educators Association. Lillie is a frequent clinician at local, state and national conferences and a guest conductor for regional honors choirs. She also teaches at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Gordon College in Boston, Anderson University in Indiana, and The Hartt School at the University of Hartford. She is Past President of KESNE, and a member of NAfME, OAKE, CMEA and ACDA, for which she served as National Children’s Honor Choir Chair for the 2010 Conference.
DR. JENNIFER FLORY
• MYTH, MAGIC, AND MUSCALS: HEALTHY SINGING FOR DEVELOPING VOICES Dr. Jennifer Flory is Professor of Music and has been Director of Choral Activities at Georgia College in Milledgeville since August 2005. Flory has a great interest in commissioning new works from composers such as Emma Lou Diemer and David Hamilton. She has written five articles for the Research Memorandum Series, a Journal of The American Choral Foundation, published by Chorus America. Flory also serves as an adjudicator for GMEA LGPE, GMEA Solo & Ensemble, and GHSA Literary. 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 was also selected as a Governor’s Teaching Fellow for the 2014 Summer Symposium Program after a highly competitive application and selection process.
D. ALAN FOWLER
• “ALL NINE, ALL THE TIME” ... RESEARCH-BASED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN REHEARSAL
D. Alan Fowler is Director of Bands at Eastside High School and Secondary Fine Arts Specialist for the Newton County Schools. He is the Key Club sponsor and Fine Arts Chairperson at Eastside and the Music Director of the Newton County Community Band. A native of Riverdale, Georgia, Mr. Fowler is a 1987 graduate of North Clayton High School and holds a Bachelor of Music degree from UGA, a Master of Music in Conducting from Ball State, and a Specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Georgia State. Prior to taking the helm of The Pride of Eastside Eagle Bands in 1996, Fowler taught at Stephens County Middle School in Toccoa, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and Salem High School in Conyers. Having accumulated vast experience working with bands in Indiana, Kentucky, New York, South Carolina, and throughout Georgia, he is respected throughout the South as a band consultant, instructor, and adjudicator. He is also co-founder of Tuba Christmas Porterdale. Active as a low brass artist, Mr. Fowler has performed with Tara Winds since 1995. Inducted in 2016 as a member of Phi Beta Mu, Fowler is also a recipient of the NBA Citation of Excellence. A member of GMEA, NAfME, NBA, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and the Covington Kiwanis Club, Fowler has served GMEA in numerous capacities including All-State Organizer, District Band Chair and Treasurer, and is currently the chairperson for GMEA’s 4th District. Mr. Fowler is married to the former Susan Hoit of Norcross, and they are the proud parents of two wonderful daughters, Katie Beth and Grace.
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