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DR. BERNADETTE SCRUGGS
• A LESSON IN TEAM WORK - PRHS PRESENTS: THE LITTLE MERMAID
Dr. Bernadette Scruggs received her Bachelor of Music in Education and her Master of Music in Education from Columbus State University. She earned both an Ed.S. and a Ph.D. in music education from Georgia State University. Prior to teaching in the Gwinnett County School System, Dr. Scruggs taught for both the Floyd County and the Clayton County School Systems. While teaching in Clayton County, Dr. Scruggs was a director of the Clayton County Honor Orchestra. Under her direction, this middle school string ensemble performed at the Southern Division Music Educator’s National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Scruggs has also been a director for the Clayton County Youth Symphony, which was invited to perform for the Georgia Music Association Educators Conference. At Pointe South Middle School, where she taught for eleven years, the orchestra performed at several festivals, receiving First Place Awards as well as consistently receiving superior ratings at yearly performance ensemble events. Over her career, five of Dr. Scruggs’s groups have been invited to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association annual In-Service Convention. Dr. Scruggs was voted the 1995 Pointe South Teacher of the Year and the 1999 Hull Middle School Teacher of the Year. Currently, she is an orchestra director at Peachtree Ridge High School. Dr. Scruggs has served as state secretary for the Georgia chapter of the American String Teachers Association and as both the Performance Evaluation Vice President and President for the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA). She currently serves on the GMEA Executive Board as the Past Presidents’ Representative.
RICHARD SELPH
• HOW MANY CANDY BARS DO WE HAVE TO SELL TO PAY OFF OUR $50,000 DEBT?! Rick Selph is a proud five-year band program parent and volunteer, currently serving his fourth year as the President of the Collins Hill Band Booster Program after serving as the treasurer for one year. His son Jesse graduated from Collins Hill after four years in the band program and his daughter Maggie, will be a sophomore in the program this year. As president, Rick’s primary focus has been to bring the Collins Hill Band Booster organization into alignment with the guidelines and laws that govern non-profits both at a county and federal level. He has worked to establish practices and guidelines that manage cash flow, expenses, fundraising and tax reporting requirements. In the past five years, the Collins Hill Band Boosters have been able to move from reactionary, to a proactive planning mode that affords the opportunity to forecast income, plan expenses, and streamline fundraising activity. Rick is a Finance Manager for RICOH Corporation, where he has been involved in financial analysis and reporting for the past 16 years. Prior to this, Rick worked with FedEx Corporation as a project manager for new location development. After graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1988, Rick started his professional career by working with the YMCA of Greater Richmond. He spent 10 years as Executive Director of a year round recreation facility that served 1000 students each year. This marked the beginning of his lifelong work and volunteering with non-profit organizations.
PATRICK SHERIDAN
• BEGINNING BAND BASICS-DAILY WORKOUTS AND TECHNIQUES DESIGNED TO ENERGIZE AND MOTIVATE THE YOUNG BAND STUDENT Patrick Sheridan is one of the most celebrated tuba soloists in his instrument’s history. He has performed more than 3,000 concerts in over 50 countries in venues ranging from the White House to NBA half-time shows to the Hollywood Bowl. Mr. Sheridan has served on the music faculties at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University, The Rotterdam Conservatory, The Royal Northern College of Music and The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He most recently served on the music faculty at the UCLA where he conducted the Wind Ensemble and Brass Ensemble and taught tuba/ euphonium. He is the co-author of the world’s best selling method for instrumental improvement, The Breathing Gym, and is the Chief Design Consultant for Jupiter Band Instruments, XO Brass and Hercules Stands. He is also the Founder of The Band Director Academy, a continuing education program for music educators.
RACHAEL SMITH
• READING, WRITING OR ROTE-TEACHING? BEGINNING INSTRUMENTAL CLASSROOM IDEAS BORROWED FROM THE ELEMENTARY MUSIC TEACHER Originally from northwest Ohio, Ms. Smith currently teaches orchestra and general music at Howard Middle School in Bibb County, Macon, Georgia. Currently in her eighth year of teaching, her students regularly receive superior ratings at Large Group Performance Evaluation. Ms. Smith received her bachelor’s degree in music education from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, and master’s in music education from Georgia College and State University. Ms. Smith’s primary instrument is violin, but she also plays piano largely due to the fact that her own parents would not allow her quit in middle school. Ms. Smith began observing music classrooms at an early age in her mother’s elementary music and later middle school chorus classroom. Ms. Smith regularly plays violin at her local church and in her spare time also enjoys hiking and camping.
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