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For President Elect... |
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Damion
Womack
currently serves as Director of Choral Music at The Montgomery
Academy in Montgomery, Alabama. Prior to this position he served as
Choral Director at Minor Jr. High School of The Jefferson County
School System. Mr. Womack also is Director of Music Ministries at
Memorial Presbyterian Church in Montgomery. Choirs under Mr.
Womack’s direction have been invited to perform at The Alabama Music
Educator’s Association Convention in 2005 and 2006 and The Orff-
Schulwerk Association National Convention in 2006. His choir has
toured nationally in South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee,
Texas, New York, California and Florida. In 2009 his choir attended
the Heritage National Choral Invitational of Gold in New York,
scoring 4th among 20 choirs across the country. His choir has also
been invited to be the featured guest honor choir at The University
of Alabama (2008), and at The University of Southern Mississippi
Southern Invitational Choral Conference.( 2009) His choirs
consistently receive “Superior Ratings” at District, State, and
National Performance Evaluations. Mr. Womack is the recipient of the
2005 Award for Excellence in Teaching at The Montgomery Academy. As
a choral clinician and adjudicator, Mr. Womack has adjudicated and
conducted honor choirs in Alabama, Chicago, and Mississippi. He is
currently listed in “Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2004-2008 .”
Mr. Womack is a member of The Voice Care Network. He currently holds
the position as President of The Alabama Vocal Association and also
serves as R&S Chair for Children’s Choir for The Alabama Chapter of
the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Mr. Womack holds a
B.S in Music Education from Alabama A&M University and a M.M.E.D. in
Music Education from Alabama State University. Mr. Womack is
currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of South Carolina
in Columbia, SC pursuing a DMA in Choral Conducting.
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Dr. Sara Womack,
NBCT/EMC-Music, is the music specialist at Greystone Elementary
School in Hoover and has taught music in Mountain Brook, Jefferson
County, and Talladega. She graduated magna cum laude with University
Honors from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she also
received her master’s degree. She received her doctorate in music
education from the University of Georgia in 2008 with her
dissertation,
A Comparison of the Effects of Orff-Schulwerk
and Traditional Music Instruction on Selected Elements of Music
Achievement in Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Students.
In 2007, Sara was certified by the
National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards in the area of music in early and
middle childhood. She completed Level I Orff-Schulwerk Teacher
Training at the Eastman School of Music, Level II Training at the
University of Memphis, and Level III Training at Samford University.
Sara serves as Vice President and Festival Director of the
Elementary/General Music Division of AMEA and has served as
Secretary of the
Alabama Chapter of the American-Orff Schulwerk Association. As
President of the Elementary/General Division, she instituted the
annual Elementary Music Festival and led an overhaul of the
Division’s bylaws. She is a member of
MENC: The National Association for Music Education, the
American Orff-Schulwerk Association,
and the College Music Society. Dr. Womack has presented sessions and
research for the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards,
College Music Society, Georgia Music Educators Association, American
Orff-Schulwerk Association, and American Educational Research
Association and has works published in
The Orff Echo and
Music Education Research.
She has been awarded grants from the Alabama “Support the Arts”
License Tag Program, Hoover City Schools Foundation, American Orff-Schulwerk
Association, Jefferson County Schools Foundation, and Pi Lambda
Theta, as well as receiving the ING Unsung Heroes Award. Sara enjoys
relaxing with her family at the lake and reading crime
novels. She and her husband, Sean, co-founder of
DoubleStop Percussion, an educational percussion company,
have two sons, Will, who is six-years old, and Mason, who is
two-years old.
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For Recording Secretary... |
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Carla Gallahan
is Assistant Professor of Music Education at Troy University in
Troy, Alabama. She received the Bachelor of Music Education Degree
and the Master of Education in Music at Auburn University and is
currently pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Education. As a
member of the faculty at Troy University, her responsibilities
include teaching music education courses, instructing the horn
studio, supervising student interns, and serving as an Associate
Conductor with the university bands. Her teaching background
includes eighteen years experience in the Alabama public schools.
From 1989-2005, Ms. Gallahan served as band director in the Auburn
City Schools in Auburn, Alabama. Under her direction, the bands at
Auburn Junior High School and J.F. Drake Middle School consistently
received superior ratings at contests and festivals. The band also
performed as the clinic band for composer Frank Erickson, performed
at the Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic, and performed
at the Alabama Music Educators Association In-service Conference.
Ms. Gallahan was selected to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and
Outstanding Young Women of America, has been chosen as Auburn Junior
High School Teacher of the Year, Auburn City Schools Secondary
Teacher of the Year, and has served as a clinician and adjudicator
throughout the Southeast. She currently serves as Executive Director
for the High School Southeastern United States Concert Band Clinic
and Honor Bands. Her professional affiliations include the Music
Educators National Conference, Alabama Music Educators Association,
Alabama Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Phi
Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Mu.
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Cherith Parrish
is the choral director at Homewood Middle School where her teaching
responsibilities include general music, music technology, concert
choir, show choir and musical theater. She has spent the last ten
years teaching in the Homewood and Jefferson County School systems
as a middle and high school choral director and drama teacher. Her
choirs have earned superior ratings at district evaluations and have
participated in many local and national choral festivals. Mrs.
Parrish’s choirs have a strong commitment to using their talents in
community service, in spring 2007 earning the Share the Hope award,
recognition for outstanding student volunteer service. Mrs. Parrish
is the children’s musical theater director at South City Theatre in
Alabaster, AL where she directs the children’s musical and teaches
summer music camp. She received her Bachelor of Music Education from
the University of Montevallo and is an active member of the Alabama
Music Educators Association and the American Choral Directors
Association. She lives in Birmingham with her husband Andy and their
six year old son Matthew. |
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For Treasurer... |
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Karen Hickok
is an elementary music teacher in Opelika, Alabama. She has taught
at Northside Intermediate School since 1997 where she has developed
a vibrant and integrated music program. Her music program includes
keyboard classes, guitar instruction, recorder instruction, an Orff
Ensemble, a chorus of 100+ students and an exploratory violin unit
in which all 3rd grade students participate for nine weeks. She was
the 2000-01 and 2008-09 Northside Teacher of the Year and the
2008-09 Opelika City Schools Elementary Teacher of the Year. She
sponsors the yearbook, spelling bee and student council at her
school. Mrs. Hickok is a private piano teacher and is active as a
member of MTNA. She has been the past president and is the current
treasurer of the local MTNA chapter. She is also the organist and
bell choir director for First Presbyterian Church in Auburn. Mrs.
Hickok has a Masters of Music Education degree from Auburn
University. She is married (30 years) to Dr. Stephen Hickok and they
have two children Melissa and William. All of the Hickok’s are (or
are training to be!) music educators. |
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Mary Jo
Peinhardt Lakin graduated from
Hanceville High School and received her B.S. and Master’s Degrees in
Music Education from Auburn University. She served as a middle
school and high school band director in Duluth, Georgia and a middle
school band director/music teacher in Haleyville, Alabama. She has
taught elementary music at Hanceville Elementary School in Cullman
County for the past 9 years. For several years, she helped at the
registration desk at the annual AMEA In-service Conference and
served as registrar at this year’s conference. Mary Jo is currently
serving as Interim Treasurer of AMEA. |
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