AMEA 2017 Clinicians
Diane Orlofsky is Professor of Music and Director of Choirs at Troy University. Orlofsky was named the 2016 Lacey Powell Outstanding Music Educator by AMEA and was the 2014 recipient of the Wallace D. Malone Distinguished Faculty award that recognizes scholarship, teaching, leadership and service. She is also the recipient of the Ingalls Award for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, the Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Scholar award, and the A.A.T.E. Outstanding Teacher Educator Award.
Orlofsky writes a quarterly choral review column for the Ala Breve frequency
and is the Vocal Jazz Repertoire and Standards chair for Alabama ACDA. Orlofsky is the author of Redefining Teacher Education: The Theories of Jerome Bruner and the Practice of Training Teachers (2002) and her latest multi-media project, The Joyous Exchange: Meditations on the Choral Arts explores the mystery and power of the choral arts. The American Association of University Women named Orlofsky an American Fellow in 1997. The Troy University Vocal Jazz Ensemble, frequency, will serve as the session demonstration musicians.
Travis Perry has been a music teacher for 32 years and he is the inventor of the ChordBuddy. Travis knows that keeping his students excited and interested in playing is key to their success. Today, guided by the motto “you make the music, ChordBuddy makes it easy,” Perry continues his mission to bring the joys and benefits of playing music to millions of potential musicians around the world through his ChordBuddy products.
Dr. William Petersen was appointed to the faculty of the University of South Alabama in 2012. Petersen serves as Director of Bands and is in charge of all facets of the university's band program. He conducts the USA Wind Ensemble, the premiere instrumental ensemble at USA, and the 250-member, nationally recognized Jaguar Marching
Band.Petersen received his BME in Instrumental Music (2002), MM in Wind Conducting (2005) and DM in Wind Conducting (2013) from Indiana University. He has taught in the public schools of Texas and remains an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator of concert and marching bands in several states. Since 2006, he has served on the faculty of the Indiana University Summer Music Clinic teaching tuba, euphonium and brass pedagogy. He holds memberships in the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Band Association (NBA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA), the Alabama Bandmasters Association, the International Tuba and Euphonium Association (ITEA), Kappa Kappa Psi, and honorary membership in Tau Beta Sigma and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
Dr. William C. Powell, professor and director of choral activities at Auburn University, holds degrees from Alabama State University, Westminster Choir College, and Florida State University. At Auburn, he teaches choral-related courses and conducts the Chamber Choir, Concert Choir, Men's Chorus, and Gospel Choir. His guest-conducting engagements include performances in Italy, Australia, at Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney World, and for various regional and state choral festivals. Powell is a frequent adjudicator, and he has presented sessions for American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Educators, Intercollegiate Male Choruses, College Music Society, etc. His choral arrangements are published by Hal Leonard, Oxford University Press, and Gentry Publications, which will release “The William Powell Choral Series” in 2017.
Dr. Blake Richardson is director of orchestral studies at the University of Alabama and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra. Dr. Richardson has held positions with the Barcelona Symphony and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, and worked extensively with Lorin Maazel as associate conductor of Maazel’s Castleton Festival. As assistant conductor for the 2013 tour of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the USA, he spent three weeks touring Russia and the UK with conductor Valery Gergiev and violinist Joshua Bell. Dr. Richardson holds graduate degrees in conducting from Indiana University and the Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music.
Dr. Megan Rudolph is in her 22nd year of teaching choral music and her teaching experience includes teaching all levels of choir and collegiate method classes. Currently she is the choral director at Vestavia Hills High School where there are eight choirs. Her choirs consistently receive superior ratings at state, regional, and national festivals. Choirs under her direction have performed at the Alabama State Music Educators’ conference, as well as the 2015 Choir Nationals for Top Choirs in Carnegie Hall. Dr. Rudolph is an active presenter, adjudicator, and mentor to young teachers. She is Nationally Board Certified (2003, 2013) and Orff Level I Certified. Currently she serves as the President for Alabama ACDA. Additionally she is a dedicated wife and mother of four children (Alexis-8; Austin-6; Zach-4; and Max-1).
Randy Sage is a freelance choreographer, show designer, and teacher, residing in Los Angeles, CA. Originally from Buffalo Grove, IL, Randy graduated from Millikin University, studying dance and earning his bachelors in Choral Music Education. Since 2002, he has been choreographing for many award-winning high school and junior high show choirs around the Midwest, South, and West Coast. Some of his schools include Marysville High School in Marysville, OH, Fairfield High School in Fairfield, OH, and Buffalo Grove High School in Buffalo Grove, IL. Throughout the year he is hired as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest choreographer at numerous competitions and workshops. Randy is also a 3 time Visual Vanguard nominee for the Fame Aspire Awards. In addition, he is the assistant choral director at Burbank High School, in Burbank, CA where he co-directs and choreographs the four curricular show choirs and serves as lead coordinator for their regional competition, Burbank Blast.
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