20 CLINICIANS 17 in-service conference
JOHN MLYNCZAK
• DESIGNING A MUSIC TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM • BRING MUSIC TO LIFE
John Mlynczak offers an extensive range of experiences in music education. Mr. Mlynczak is the Adjunct Professor of Music Technology at LSU and is President-Elect of the Technology Institute for Music Educators. John is also currently VP of Sales and Marketing at Noteflight, a Hal Leonard company. He is an active performer, maintains a steady clinician schedule in music technology, and is John is also a passionate advocate for music education, serving on the NAMM Support Music and State Advocacy Coalitions, as well as the NAfME Advocacy Leadership Force. Mr. Mlynczak holds degrees in music education, music performance, and educational leadership.
BARRY E. MORGAN
• LAW 101, A LEGAL PRIMER FOR MUSIC TEACHERS Barry E. Morgan is a native of Cobb County Georgia, and received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Georgia State University in 1976. In 1987, Barry graduated Summa Cum Laude from the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. From 1988 until 1992, Barry served as an Assistant District Attorney. Barry was the Chief Assistant Solicitor General for Cobb State Court from 1992 until 1998. On March 4, 1998, Governor Zell Miller appointed Barry as the Solicitor General for Cobb County, and he has been elected to that position five times. Barry was a high school band director for the Cobb County Georgia School District serving Wills, North Cobb and Sprayberry High Schools. Barry presents a Legal Seminar for Teachers for various colleges and music conventions including GMEA, the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and Music for All.
GLENN MOORE
• RIPS, RUNS, AND REALITIES - BUILDING AND MAINTAINING HORN PLAYERS AT ALL LEVELS!
Glenn Moore is an active musician who performs as both a Horn Player and Conductor with local metro Atlanta community orchestras and churches. Mr. Moore has decades of performing experience with professional and community bands and orchestras, and has led several church orchestras and choirs. He has also numerous musical arrangements and compositions to his credit. Mr. Moore retired from active military service in 1998 after completing nearly 22 years in the United States Army, serving in progressive music leadership positions in six Army Bands and on the staff and faculty at the Armed Forces School of Music. His last assignment was with the Army Ground Forces Band (Forces Command Band) at Fort McPherson, (Atlanta) GA where he served as First Sergeant and senior Horn player. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree (Cum Laude) from Saint Leo College (now University), a Master of Information Systems Management degree (with Distinction) from Keller Graduate School of Management, and has completed post-graduate doctoral course work at Capella University. In his professional civilian career, Mr. Moore serves as the Associate Director for Informatics and Information Resources for the Center for Global Health employed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. He resides with his wife of 38 years in south metro Atlanta.
MARTIN NORGAARD
• DOES MUSIC MAKE YOU SMARTER? - DEPENDS ON THE MUSIC
Martin Norgaard is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Georgia State University in Atlanta where he is collaborating with faculty in mathematics, computer science, linguistics, and physics to investigate the cognitive processes underlying improvisation. He received the Dean’s Early Career Award in recognition of “outstanding work” as a faculty member of Georgia State University and was just appointed associate faculty of the Neuroscience Institute. He was the guest editor of a recent theme issue of Psychomusicology, Music, Mind, and Brain based on papers from the Improvising Brain Symposium. His research appears in the Journal of Research in Music Education, The International Journal of Music Education (in press), and the interdisciplinary journal Music Perception. He is the author of ten jazz string method books for Mel Bay Publications and the composer of several string orchestra pieces for The FJH Music Company and Alfred Music Publishing.
17 in-service conference General Session with
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dr. tim lautzenheiser
january 26th // 10:30am georgia music news // winter 2016
the classic center theatre