Dr. Craig Aarhus

Dr. Craig Aarhus is Associate Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Mississippi State University. At MSU, he co-directs the Famous Maroon Band and basketball pep bands, conducts Wind Ensemble "B," the Concert Band, and Campus Band, and teaches Conducting and Brass Techniques in the Department of Music.

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Brent Chamberlin

Audio-Technica’s Brent Chamberlin is a multi-faceted engineer and musician. He loves to capture sound from behind an audio console just as much as creating music in front of a microphone.

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Dana Lamb-Schaubroeck

Dana Lamb-Schaubroeck is an award winning music educator, edupreneur, and writer. She has been named Teacher of the Year, Grammy Semifinalist in Music Education, Top 25 Music Educators in the US by Music and Arts, and has been a featured speaker at We Are Hope for PBS with Mark Wood and Jackie Evancho, Georgia Music Educator Association, and Georgia Educational Technology Conference. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Instructional Technology and Fine Arts.

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Kevin Droe, Ph. D.

Kevin Droe, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Music Education at the University of Northern Iowa. He teaches undergraduate music education courses, coordinates the graduate music education degree program and sponsors the UNI Garage Bands.

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LeslieAnne Bird

LeslieAnne Bird teaches middle school general music and chorus at University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, is an adjunct lecturer for preservice music teachers at Akron State and Cleveland State. She has 28 years experience teaching general music to children in pre-k-12th grade in public schools in four states.

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Chris Bacavis

Chris currently teaches elementary music, piano, and music theory at the Colorado Springs Conservatory. Prior to this, he worked for nearly 5 years at Community Prep Charter School, an alternative high school campus in downtown Colorado Springs, where he developed and taught multiple courses related to music performance and theory, studio recording, and song and lyric writing.

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Steve Giddings

Aside from his regular gig as a public school music teacher, Steve is a regular columnist in the Canadian Music Educator Journal where he writes on topics including popular music education and creativity, and is author of the award-winning book, Rock Coach: A Practical Guide for Teaching Rock Bands in Schools, and Creative Musicking: Practical, Real-Life Ideas to Get Your Learners Creating Their Own Music. He also just released his third book called, Technology for Unleashing Creativity, through Oxford University Press.

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Avid Williams

Mr. Williams is a highly energetic self-starter, hard worker, and very dependable; with leadership experience in an array of professional fields.

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Ester Asibuo

Mrs. Asibuo-Ramos holds a Master of Arts in Teaching (Music) from Lehman College, a B.A. in Literature and a B.M. in Music (Summa Cum Laude) from SUNY Purchase,. As an active lyric Soprano and independent music professional, Mrs. Asibuo-Ramos can be heard in numerous solo and ensemble recitals, concerts, operas, galas, and services throughout the Tri State area. She has performed the role of “Despina” in Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte, “Amahl” in Amahl and the Night Visitors, roles in The Dialogues of the Carmelites, Hansel and Gretel, and in Monteverdi's Coronazione di Poppea.

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Krista Hart

Krista Hart is a former music educator with a passion for choral music. She attended Wichita State University and taught middle school music in the public schools. Following her teaching years, she spent nearly a decade assisting directors in choosing literature for their choirs, and curating selections for dozens of choral reading sessions at Senseney Music in Wichita, KS.

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