AMEA 2009 Clinicians and Performers
Dr. Jane M. Kuehne is in her fourth year as Assistant Professor of Music Education atAuburn Uni- versity where she teaches undergraduate and graduate music education students. Prior to Auburn, she worked as the music education faculty member at Hartwick College in upstate NewYork where she taught undergraduate music, music education, and educational technology courses. Her education in- cludes a Bachelor of Music Studies (in music education) and a Master of Music (in music education) from the University of Texas at SanAntonio (UTSA). In 2003, she earned a Ph.D. in music education from Florida State University. Her public school teaching experience includes 8 years in the San Anto- nio area (Texas) where she has taught PK-12 students in general, choral, and instrumental music set- tings. She is an expert in the field of teaching sight-singing (or music reading) to beginning readers and has presented and published in this area for several years, most recently in the Journal of Re- search in Music Education. Her professional interests include sight-singing instruction and improving music education at all levels from preschool to collegiate. She is an active clinician at state, national, and international conferences for music and music education. Her other interests include walking her
dog Macy, playing with her cat Daisy, doing yard work, reading fiction, and swimming.
The AlabamaWind Ensemble is a select group of the finest wind players and percussionists from within theUniversity Band Program and the School of Music. The instrumentation is flexible relative to the composition but allmembers are considered principal players The ensemble has been invited to performat prestigious events such as the World Association
Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Conference,
College Band Directors National Association Convention,
for the the
Southern Division of the Music Educators’National Conference and the Alabama Music Educators’ Association State Conference.
The Alabama Wind Ensemble is committed to adding to the body of wind literature through its own commissioning project and participation in national and international consortiums. The Alabama University Band Program has commissioned and premiered works by notes composers Ira Hearshen,DavidMaslanka,DonaldGranthan,Nigel Clarke and Richard Saucedo. The ensemble has also had the honor of performing under the baton of such distinguished conductors as Frederick Fennell and Karl Husa.
Beth Davis has been the music teacher for 13 years at Somerville Road Elementary School in Decatur. She previously taught in Jefferson County andHomewood inAlabama, and inNatchez,Mississippi. Beth has been an adjunctmusic instructor at theUniversity ofAlabama inHuntsville. She earned an associate’s degree at Jones County Junior College in Ellisville, Mississippi; a bachelor’s degree in music education at the University of SouthernMississippi in Hattiesburg; and a master’s degree in music education at the University of Alabama. Beth also earned National Board Certification in early and middle childhood music in 2006. Professionally, Beth is treasurer of the Alabama Music Educators Association and is a member of theAmericanOrff SchulwerkAssociation; she has attained all three levels ofOrff certification. Beth is married to Dr. Carl Davis, the choral director at Decatur High School; they have two daughters, Emery, 11, and Ellen, 8.
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