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AMEA 2012 Clinicians Chester B. Phillips


is the associate director of bands and director of athletic bands at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. His primary responsibilities include conducting the Wind Orchestra, establishing and directing the Marching Band and directing the Basketball Pep Band. Before receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in wind conducting at the University of Georgia, he taught public school in Georgia for nine years. He regularly serves as a clinician and guest conductor for bands across North America and is a visual designer and adjudicator for marching bands throughout the Southeast and Midwest. He serves as an adjudicator for Festivals of Music, Music for All, Bands of America, and Drum Corps International.


Alabama Honor Choir Clinician - Dr. Rosephanye Dunn Powell serves as Professor of Voice at Auburn University. She holds degrees from The Florida State University (D.M. in vocal performance, University Fellow), Westminster Choir College (M.M. in vocal performance and pedagogy, with distinction), and Alabama State University (B.M.E., summa cum laude). Prior to her tenure at AU, Dr. Powell served on the faculties of Philander Smith College and Georgia Southern University. Dr. Powell has been hailed as one of America's premier women composers of choral music. She has an impressive catalogue of works published by some of the nation's leading publishers. Additionally, Dr. Powell is commissioned yearly to compose for university choruses, professional, community and church choirs, as well as secondary school choruses. Dr. Powell was a recipient of the “Living Legend Award” presented by


California State University African Diaspora Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles. She was listed in the first edition of the international publication Who Is Who in Choral Music . And, she has been included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers and Outstanding Young Women in America in recent years. Dr. Powell is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), the College Music Society (CMS), the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and the Music Educators National Conference (NAfME).


Jim Tinter


is a composer, clinician, publisher and retired public school music educator from Medina, Ohio. He has presented dozens of workshops for MENC, AOSA, The American Recorder Society and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. His five publications have received rave reviews from American Recorder, and the Jazz Education Journal as well as from teachers and students in the U.S., Canada and Taiwan. Jim’s dynamic and interactive presentations incorporate moving, singing, and playing instruments, in addition to an inspiring and entertaining multi-media presentation with audio and video clips of his students in action.


Rebecca Warren is in her 32st year of teaching. She is the associate Band Director at Mandan Middle School.


During her career Mrs. Warren has served as the Director of Bands at 3 high schools in Alabama with her final position being at Ft. Payne High School. She served two terms on the Board of the ABA and served as Vice-President and President-elect of that organization. She also served as President of the Alabama Music Educators Association. While serving as President she founded the FAME-Future Alabama Music Educators program. In addition to her teaching duties Mrs. Warren serves as a clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator, and in-service leader. She has served on the summer faculties of Troy University, Auburn University, and Wallace College. She has presented clinics in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Dakota, and at the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic.


Dr. Matthew Wood


is Assistant Professor of Low Brass at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He received both a BM and MM from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a DMA from the University of Texas-Austin. Before moving to Auburn, Dr. Wood was an active performer, educator, and clinician in both the Austin and San Antonio areas. He performed with San Antonio-based BrassFX and the Austin City Brass as well as with the Austinbones trombone quartet. During his time in Austin, Dr. Wood served on the faculty of the Austin Chamber Music Center and the Texas Brass Camp. His principal teachers are Nathaniel Brickens, Professor of Trombone, University of Texas-Austin and Timothy Myers, Principal Trombone, St. Louis Symphony.


Husband and wife team, Joseph and Andrea Coleman, have been teaching music for the past 20 years. He is the music specialist at St. Anthony Catholic School in Madison, MS and she is the Artistic Director and Founder for Cantabile Youth Chorale. Andrea is the current president of the Mississippi Music Educators Association and Joey is the president of the Mississippi Orff Chapter.


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