AMEA 2017 Clinicians
Becky Halliday is an Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Montevallo, where she teaches music education courses. Prior to this appointment, she spent 15 years teaching elementary general music in Georgia and Mississippi, and has led workshops and clinics throughout the Southeast. In addition, she has presented research findings at regional, national, and international conferences. Halliday earned her Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi, and her BMUS and MMEd from The University of Georgia. She directs the Kodály training program at the University of Montevallo, and serves on the Editorial Committee of the Music Educators Journal.
Lea Hoppe, director of the Huntsville Community Children’s Chorale, is the elementary music specialist at Randolph School in Huntsville, Alabama where she has taught since 1995. At Randolph she is the director of the Randolph Young Voices.
Lea sings in
the Huntsville Community Chorus Symphonic Chorus and the select Chamber Chorale. She also sings in the Sanctuary Choir at First Baptist Church where she directs children’s choir. She was the guest conductor for the 2011 Decatur All-City Elementary Choir and the 2015 Madison All-County Treble Choir. Lea is a graduate of Samford University and holds a Master’s degree from the University of Alabama and Orff and Kodaly certifications from St. Thomas University in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2010 Lea Hoppe was presented the Harold J. Wilson Music Educator of the Year award by the Huntsville Youth Orchestra. She was also named the 2015 Outstanding Music Educator for the state of Alabama by the Alabama Music Educators Association. She and her husband, David, are the parents of two daughters, Katie and Emily, both of whom are music educators.
Kristi Howze has been teaching for the past twenty- two years. Mrs. Howze earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Samford University and her Masters in Education at Auburn University. During Mrs. Howze’s twenty- two years of teaching she has not only taught elementary music, but has also had experience teaching 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades as well as high school chorus. She is currently the Lower School Music teacher at UMS- Wright Preparatory School in Mobile, Alabama.
Jane M. Kuehne, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Music Education in her 12th year at Auburn University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education, music technology, and multimedia development, and supervises undergraduate field and intern experiences as well as graduate research. Dr. Kuehne’s research areas include educator perceptions of at-risk students and effective approaches to teaching sight-singing. She currently serves as the AMEA Research Chair, the Secretary of the Association of Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), and is a Technology in Music Education (TI:ME) certified instructor.
Dr. Mark Laughlin is a 2-time GRAMMY® nominated music educator, and currently serves as Associate Professor of Music at Georgia Southwestern State University where he was the recipient of the 2012-2013 President’s Excellence in University Service Award. His research and teaching strategies on improvisation, and video game music have been featured at over 40 blind peer reviewed confer- ences including the national conferences of the National Association of Schools of Music, the College Music Society, the National Association for Music Education, Humanities Education and Research Association, Music Teachers National Association, National Group Piano and Piano Pedagogy Forum (GP3), and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy. Dr. Laughlin has also pre- sented at the International Conference of the College Music Society in Bangkok and Ayuthaya, Thailand, the International Confer- ence on Multidisciplinary Research in Music Pedagogy at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, and the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association’s National Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Dave Lawson received a bachelor’s in Music Ed from Reinhardt University as well as a Bachelor’s in Clarinet performance. He has worked as a clarinet/sax clinician at many middle and high throughout North Georgia. He is an active performer throughout Georgia and currently performs with cumminty groups Sounds of Sawnee, American Patriot Winds, and Tara Winds. Dave is currently the band director at Cherokee Christian School in Woodstock, GA. In addition to teaching, Dave has been repairing instrument for the past 12 years. He continues to repair on a regular basis and now repairs his own professional instruments.
Dr. Matt Leder is an avid educator and has performed as a guest artist / clinician throughout the US. He has served as Music Director/Instructor at Gadsden State since August 2014. Prior to this appointment, he was Chair of the Music Department at NNMC. He has also held faculty positions at Brown University, CCRI, St. George’s School, SPCC, and the University of Colorado at Denver. Dr. Leder served eight years as an active duty musician in the Navy and served 4 years in the ANG music program. While a member of the Armed Forces, he had the opportunity to perform for five US Presidents.Dr. Leder holds a DA in Music Education / Trumpet Performance & Pedagogy from the University of Northern Colorado, a MM in Jazz Performance from the University of New Orleans, and a BM in Jazz Performance from East Carolina University. Dr. Leder has studied with Ellis Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Irvin Mayfield, Clyde Kerr, Jr., and many others.
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