Band - Windy Fullagar
Windy Fullagar attended Winthrop University and graduated with a bachelors’ degree in Music Education. She began teaching for Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools in 1993 and earned her master’s of education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2005. Mrs. Fullagar served proudly in the 108th Army Reserve Band based in Charlotte, NC where she performed in both concert and jazz ensembles. She is currently a member of Winthrop’s Carolina Wind Orchestra.
Her accomplishments include being elected Teacher of the Year at Piedmont Open/IB School (2005) and at Lake Norman Charter School (2008). She earned her national board certification in 2001. She is district-nine president-elect for NCMEA, serves on the music curriculum writing team for NC, and served on the executive board for the South Central Bandmasters Association. During her tenure as a teacher leader, she has assisted in developing, managing, and leading the “Performing Arts Alliance” group, co-facilitated new teacher induction at the opening of school, has served on numerous scheduling and curriculum committees (state-wide and local), has been a mentor trainer and is currently on the mentoring committee for NC bandmasters.
Mrs. Fullagar currently teaches Alexander Graham Middle School where she is privileged to teach bands in grades 6-8 as including jazz, pep and percussion ensembles. She serves as elective team leader and on the school leadership team.
Chorus - Alexa Doebele
Dr. Alexa Doebele is Assistant Professor of Music at Concordia University Wisconsin, where she conducts Kammerchor and the Concordia Chorale and teaches courses in music education, conducting, and choral literature. She has taught previously at the University of Wyoming, the University of Colorado, and Front Range Community College. She is a ten-year veteran of K-12 music education, most recently at Iver C. Ranum High School in Denver, Colorado. She is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor, is active as an editor of choral music, and is published by Alliance Music Press. Dr. Doebele recently served as the Director of Music at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. She is also active as both a solo and choral singer, having appeared with the Milwaukee Choral Artists, the Colorado Conductors’ Chorus, the Ars Nova Singers, St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, the Boulder Chorale, the Littleton Chorale, and the CSO Chorus. She completed a bachelor’s degree (double major in vocal performance and German language and literature) at Washington University in St. Louis and her Master of Music Education and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees at the University of Colorado.
General Music - Karen Williams
Karen Williams teaches PreK - Grade 5 music at Oveta Culp Hobby Elementary School on Fort Hood, Texas and serves as accompanist for the First United Methodist Church of Florence, Texas. She earned her Bachelors degree in music education from Duquesne University in 1983, and a Master of Music from Baylor University in 2002. Karen received her Certificate in Dalcroze Eurhythmics from Carnegie Mellon University in 1993. In addition, she is also certified in Orff Level III and has had Kodaly training. In her 25 years in education, Mrs. Williams has taught middle school band, fourth grade, remedial writing to grades 2-5, and elementary school music.
Guitar - Michael Durig
Jazz - Dave Snider
Orchestra - Jennifer Lyne
Dr. Jennifer Lyne has an extensive background in strings teaching and in the Orff-Schulwerk. After having taught orchestra for 19 years in the Flagstaff, AZ Public Schools, and then in the Federal Way School District, Jennifer has been teaching in the North Thurston School District since 1997.
She received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1973. Three years later, she received the Master of Education degree from Florida State University, where she wrote a curriculum for teaching beginning strings class. In 1980, she began private viola study with Dr. William Magers at Arizona State University which led to the Doctorate of Education in music from ASU in 1991. Her dissertation is titled “Beginning Strings Class Instruction: Practice and Theory.” In it, she identified a theory of the sequence involved in teaching music. Her study with Dr. Magers also introduced her to Paul Rolland’s string pedagogy.
She completed Level III certification in the Orff-Schulwerk with Grace Nash at Northern Arizona University in 1983, and independent study in Orff regarding the teaching of improvisation with Liz Gilpatrick and Judith Cole at Northern Colorado University.
Jennifer presents workshops for music teachers throughout the country covering topics such as the Rolland Action Studies, the use of Orff techniques to teach playing technique in strings class, and how to make maximum use of time in beginning strings class. She has published articles in state and national journals on such themes as the sequence involved in teaching and the synthesis of the philosophies of Orff, Kodaly, Rolland, and Suzuki.