20 CLINICIANS 17 in-service conference
KEVIN LANE
• THE LESSON ISN’T FINAL UNTIL YOU BRING OUT THE VINYL! • TURN YOUR STUDENTS INTO RECORDING ARTISTS USING GARAGEBAND FOR IOS: YOUR POWERFUL PORTABLE RECORDING STUDIO! As a musician, educator, songwriter, and recording artist, Kevin Lane brings to his work a wide variety of experiences all fueled by a passion for creativity in music and music education. His teaching experiences include elementary instrumental and general music, high school choral music, and college general music. He was a graduate teaching assistant under the tutelage of Pierce Arant at the University of Georgia, where he was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award. For eight years he directed choral music at LaFayette High School in Walker County, Georgia, where his choruses consistently earned superior ratings. Currently Dr. Lane is the music teacher at Woodstation Elementary School in Catoosa County, Georgia. His integration of music technology and creativity was given as one of the reasons he was named as Woodstation Teacher of the Year in 2006. He has degrees from Tennessee Technological University, Atlanta Christian College, Georgia State University, and a D.M.A. from the University of Georgia. His first album of original songs, Autumn Sky, was released on CD in October 2009. He is currently working on his second album, which he hopes to release sometime in 2016.
DAVE LAWSON
• INSTRUMENT REPAIR: I CAN DO ALL THAT BY MYSELF? Dave Lawson is currently the Band Director at Cherokee Christian School in Woodstock, GA. Dave has been repairing for over 12 years and currently teaches and repairs at River Ridge High School in Woodstock, GA. He services local schools in and around the Cherokee county area.
DR. ROY LEGETTE
• EDTPA: WHAT DO TEACHERS REALLY THINK? • NAVIGATING PROMOTION AND TENURE
Roy Legette is Associate Professor of Music Education in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia where he specializes in Elementary Music Education, grades K-5. Dr. Legette is an active researcher and some of his work can be found in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Education Research, and Contributions to Music Education. He is past state chair of the research division of the Georgia Music Educators Association, past chair of the Research Advisory Review Panel of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, a past member of the editorial committee for Update: Applications of research in Music Education, and a current member of the editorial board for Southern Music Education Research. Dr. Legette has presented his work at professional conferences and symposia in the United States, Europe, and Canada. His research interests include music instruction and student self-concept, student motivation and achievement, and factors that influence teaching effectiveness. Dr. Legette is a member of the National Association for Music Education, the Georgia Music Educators Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the International Society for Music Education.
TRACY LESLIE
• EXPLORE PLAY THROUGH THE MUSIC OF AFRICA
Tracy Leslie is the elementary music teacher at North Calloway Elementary in Murray, Ky. where she teaches general music K thru 5, manages an extracurricular violin program, percussion ensemble and choir. She received her Orff certification from the University of Kentucky and is always looking for novel ways to teach music to her students. She was Kentucky Elementary Music Teacher of the Year in 2013. She is a very active musician on piano and cello in the western Kentucky region. She received her BME and MME from Murray State University and she is a National Board Certified Teacher.
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georgia music news // winter 2016