AVA All-State 2006 Clinicians Peter Bagley, High School SATB


Peter Bagley, Professor Emeritus of Music at The University of Connecticut, received his B.S. in Music Education at the Crane School of Music, State University of New York at Potsdam, and his D.M. in Choral Conducting under Julius Herford at Indiana University. He taught public school music in Greenwich, Connecticut, and prior to his appointment as Director of Choral Activities at UConn, was Professor of Music at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz. Dr. Bagley has been invited as guest conductor and choral clinician for numerous festivals and all-state choirs through- out the country. Among many engagements, he recently conducted the M.E.N.C. All- Eastern Division Chorus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and launched his international career as choral clinician for various choirs in a ten-city tour of New Zealand sponsored by the New Zealand Choral Federation. Other engagements include an appointment to the faculty of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, an appointment for the Artist-in Residency Program in Portland, Maine, and an invitation to conduct at the International Honor Band and Choir Festival hosted by the International School at The Hague and an appoint- ment to the faculty of master conductors for the Dennis Keene Choral Festival in Kent, CT., and Artist in Residence at the University of Missouri Kansas City Conservatory of Music. Together with the University of Connecticut Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Dr. Bagley made his Carnegie Hall debut June, 1997 conducting Maurice Duruflé's Requiem. For the millennium celebration he conducted the Men's Honor Choir at the ACDA Eastern Division Conference, Baltimore, 2000. Dr. Bagley is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, and was honored in October, 1990 by the Connecticut chapter as "... the Connecticut Choral Educator of the Year ". He was an active member of the Boards of Chorus America and the Hall Johnson Institute, and his professional achievements are recognized in Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who Among Black Americans.


Judy Bowers, Middle School Girls


Judy Bowers, Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University, holds music degrees from Louisiana State University (Ph.D) and Texas Tech University (B.M.E.). As a choral educator, she is an active conductor of all-state and honor choirs across the United States, and in 2005 was awarded the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from Florida ACDA Chapter. Bowers frequently presents workshops and clinics for teachers, and her research interests include learning partnerships, devel- opmental choral groups, the adolescent voice change, and at-risk music students. She has published in the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Bulletin for the Council of Research in Music Education, was a contributing author to the MENC pub- lication Music at the Middle School Level, and was co-editor of another MENC publication, Strategies for Teaching Elementary and Middle-Level Choir. Dr. Bowers received a University Award for Excellence in Teaching at FSU, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music and music education, as well as conducting the Women's Glee Club, a performing group that also provides Adopt-A-Choir and Study- Buddy partnerships with area secondary public school choirs. From 1990-2000, Bowers led the Capital Children's Choir program at FSU and more recently has developed a community service partnership with an inner city middle school. Since 2000, this collaboration has provided additional music ensembles for the mid- dle school students (a jazz band, steel drum ensembles, and a world music choir) while also enriching the teacher preparation experiences for Florida State University students.


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