Band Director at East Clinton High School. Arts education professional with history of effective teaching experience and program building. Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and ongoing doctoral work in music education. Research interests include rural and small school music education, urbannormativity and its effect of rural music students and sociological elements of the music classroom. Conference presenter at multiple state music education conferences and The Midwest Clinic. Teaching experience from early childhood through high school, concert and marching band and drum and bugle corps. Performance experience up to the highest professional level. Skilled in instrumental music education, program management, music education research, music arranging, contest adjudication and clinic presentations.