AMEA 2017 Clinicians
Andrea Coleman is a graduate of Delta State University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music Education with a vocal emphasis.
She is the Artistic Director and Founder of Grace Notes, a Jackson based choir for girls in grades
3-12. She has completed Level I - III Orff Certification with a Master Class Certificate and Level 1 Kodaly training. Mrs. Coleman is the 1999 recipient of the Outstanding Young Music Educator and the 2015 Outstanding Music Educator given by the Mississippi Music Educators Association. She is currently serving as the Executive Director of the MS Music Educators Association.
Joseph Coleman is a graduate of Delta State University where he earned his Bachelor of Music Education with a vocal emphasis. Mr. Coleman has been teaching general music for the elementary classroom and or choral music for 25 years. with elementary children teaching singing, recorder, dancing, and playing of barred instruments.
His expertise is in working He is the music specialist at St.
Anthony Catholic School in Madison, MS. Mr. Coleman has completed Level I - III Orff Certification with a Master Class Certificate and has Level I of Kodaly. He serves as the principal accompanist for Cantabile Youth Chorale, and has also served as the accompanist for the Elementary All-State Honor Choir. He is currently the president of the MS Orff Chapter and immediate past president of the Jackson Choral Society. Recently, the MS Music Educators Association honored Mr. Coleman for his outstanding service to the state of MS by awarding him with the “2013 Music Educator of the Year”, during their annual in-service conference.
Ginny Coleman is the choral director at Tuscaloosa County High School.
Previously, Ginny taught elementary music and middle
school choral music in the Tuscaloosa area. Ginny earned both her bachelors and masters degrees in Music Education from the University of Alabama, and was awarded the Outstanding Graduate Student in Music Education Award. An advocate for giving every child the opportunity to be involved with music making, she has recently partnered with the Music Therapy department at the University of Alabama to create an adaptive ensemble for students with disabilities. She also serves as the President of the Alabama Vocal Association.
Dr. Patricia Corbin has been the JSU Director of Choral Activities since 1999. Prior to her joining the JSU music faculty Dr. Corbin worked as a music teacher in the Irvington Public School System, in Irvington, New Jersey for 19 years. As the Director of Choral Activities at Jacksonville State University, Dr. Corbin directs the A Cappella Choir, Chamber Singers, Calhoun County Civic Chorale and teaches applied voice, conducting, choral literature and Recorder Techniques. She is also the Organist/ Choirmaster of St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Anniston, Alabama.
Andrew H. Dabczynski is Emeritus Professor of Music Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he founded the BYU “New Horizons Orchestra,” a beginning string orchestra for adults and a laboratory for string teacher training. In recognition of that work, he was awarded BYU’s Joseph E. White Fellowship for Teaching and Learning. Dr. Dabczynski has held teaching and administrative positions at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, and in the public schools of Penfield and Mamaroneck, New York. In addition, he was the Supervisor of Fine Arts Education in the Waterford, Michigan, School District. Dr. Dabczynski received a B.M. degree in applied viola performance from the Eastman School, and a M.A. from the University of Connecticut. He also holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from the University of Michigan. Dr. Dabczynski has held a variety of national committee positions with the American String Teachers Association, and is past-president of the Utah chapter of that organization. Utah ASTA named Dr. Dabczynski their “Higher Education Teacher of the Year” in 2005, and in 2014 awarded him for his “Outstanding Contributions to Music Education.”
Donald Dowdy has taught both in Georgia and Alabama and has directed the Monrovia Middle School Bands since the school’s inception in 1998. He holds music education degrees from Berry College, VanderCook College of Music, and Troy University and earned National Board Teacher Certification in 2005. He has served as clinician in both Georgia and Alabama and is a member of NAfME, AMEA, and Phi Beta Mu.
Ellary Draper is Assistant Professor of Music Therapy at The University of Alabama. Dr. Draper has worked as a music therapist with a variety of ages and populations and as an elementary general music teacher. Currently she serves as the Chair of Multicultural and Special Education Committee for the Alabama Music Educators Association. Her research is published in the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Research in Music Education, General Music Today, and Ala Breve. She holds degrees in music education and music therapy from Westminster Choir College, Florida State University, and The University of Texas at Austin.
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