AMEA 2014 Clinicians
Rob Lyda currently teaches K-12 band and general music at Notasulga High School. He earned music education degrees from Troy and Auburn University. He has been the Teacher of the Year at Notasulga High School and has served as Macon County Schools Teacher of the Year. In addition to his academic degrees, he has earned certification in Kodaly, World Music Drumming, TI:ME, and is an Orff-Schulwerk certified teacher. Mr. Lyda has presented sessions and research on technology integration and general music education at state, regional, and national conferences. He holds memberships in AMEA, NAfME, AOSA, and NBA.
Theresa McKibben is in her 31st year of teaching, and her 24th year at Edgewood Elementary School in Homewood. She is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Ms., where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. Theresa was selected as Teacher of the Year at Edgewood in 1993-94 and 2001-2002 and received her National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2004. She is a Level III Orff certified teacher, and has served as Past President of both the Alabama Orff Schulwerk Association and the Elementary Division of AMEA. Theresa has been selected this year as one of 217 Quarter-finalists from across the country for the first ever GRAMMY Music Educator Award. During her spare time, she enjoys performing around the state with the bluegrass group, “The Dill Pickers”.
Quaver Team member Chris Murphy lives and breaths music. Impacted by this art form he has performed on stage and screen as a singer/songwriter and actor for over 20 years. With a degree in Theatre from Los Angeles’ EL Camino College he continued his studies in improvisation with the Groundling and other comedic troops in LA and Nashville. Join Chris as he shares his love for music and this exciting general music program.
All-State Show Choir Vocal Clinician - Mark Myers is a graduate of North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, where he earned his degree in Choral Music Education with honors and was the recipient of the Clarence Juhnke Award for the Outstanding Major in Music and the Jeanene Yule Teacher Excellence Award. He is in his eighth year teaching vocal music at Waubonsie Valley High School, serving the western suburbs of Aurora and Naperville, Illinois. Mark has been recognized by his students and the Indian Prairie Educational Foundation as a District 204 "Most Influential Educator". His duties at WVHS include directing five curricular concert choirs, the 135-voice “Mosaic” unity chorus, Mosaic Chamber Ensemble, the award-winning show choir “Sound Check”, and the Spring Musical. Mark has been a conductor on the staff at both of Chicagoland's internationally-acclaimed children's choirs, the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus and the Chicago Children’s Choir and has frequently been called upon as an adjudicator, choreographer, and vocal clinician for several school and community choirs in the Midwest. He has also served in various capacities on the staff of Showchoir Camps of America for the past 13 years. Mark is currently serving the Illinois Music Educators' Association as District IX Choral Division Co-Chair and the Illinois chapter of the American Choral Directors’ Association as the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Show Choir.
2014 Conference Hotels
The following hotels have offered blocks of rooms for the AMEA conference at discounted rates. The cutoff date is December 20, 2013.
Renaissance Montgomery Hotel at the Convention Center Conference Hotel (334) 481-5000
201 Tallapoosa St., Montgomery, AL $121.00 - half off parking ($6.00 per day) 20% spa discount
Hampton Inn Downtown Montgomery (334) 265-1010
100 Commerce St., Montgomery, AL Across the street from the Renaissance
$119.00 - Complimentary hot breakfast buffet, valet parking, free wifi
Fairfield Inn and Suites (334) 260-8650
8970 EastChase Parkway, Montgomery, AL $84.00 - Complimentary hot breakfast, free parking, free wifi
DoubleTree by Hilton (334) 245-2320
120 Madison Ave., Montgomery, AL $99.00 Complimentary breakfast and parking ala breve
Homewood Suites by Hilton (334) 272-3010
1800 Interstate Park Drive, Montgomery, AL $104.00 - Complimentary breakfast
Country Inn & Suites (334) 277-4142
10095 Chantilly Parkway, Montgomery, AL
King bed for $69.00, two Queen beds for $79.00 Complimentary breakfast
Comfort Inn & Suites (334) 532-4444
10015 Chantilly Parkway, Montgomery, AL
King bed for $69.00, two Queen beds for $79.00 Complimentary Breakfast
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Hilton Garden Inn (334) 272-2225
4600 Interstate Park Drive, Montgomery, AL $94.00 - Complimentary breakfast
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