committee of school directors

 

The  Committee of School Directors is an advisory arm of the Guild's Board of Trustees.  It is responsible for identifying, considering and advising the Board about issues that are of importance to the field and all Institutional Members.  Committee members promote communication and provide support to other members, attend and encourage others to attend regional meetings and serve as advocates for the community arts movement. The School Directors Committee consists of no more than thirty-three Guild school directors, including the chair of each regional chapter.

chair

Kirsten Morgan

Representative, New York Metro Chapter
Executive Director, The Diller-Quaile School of Music

New York, NY

Directors

Eric Bachrach
Representative at Large
Executive Director, Community Music School of Springfield

Springfield, MA

 

Susanne Baker

Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter

Director, DePaul Community Music Division

Chicago, IL

 

Kathy Bestwick

Chair, Mid-Atlantic Chapter

Founding Executive Director, Phoenix Village Art Center

Phoenixville, PA

 

Peggy Bruns
Chair, Mountain Chapter
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts

Lafayette, CO

 

William Budai
Chair, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, IUPUI Music Academy

Indianapolis, IN

 

Elizabeth Christensen
Representative, Northeast Chapter
Director, Division of Preparatory and Continuing Education, New England Conservatory of Music

Boston, MA

 

Carol Commerford

Chair, Western Great Lakes Chapter

Director, Community Music School of Webster University

St. Louis, MO

 

Janine Day

Representative, West Coast Chapter

President, Bass Clef Method Association

Los Angeles, CA

 

Eric Delli Bovi

Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter

Director of External Affairs, Old Town School of Folk Music

Chicago, IL

 

Amy Dennison
Representative, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, College Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

 

Karen Deschere

Chair, Western Great Lakes Chapter

President, Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

Milwaukee, WI

 

Richard A. Dickson
Chair, Southern Chapter
Executive Director, Amelia Arts Academy

Fernandina Beach, FL

 

Aaron Flagg

Chair, New York Metro Chapter

Executive Director, Music Conservatory of Westchester

White Plains, NY

 

Catherine Fletcher

Chair, Southwest Chapter

Director, Herberger College for Kids, Arizona State University

Tempe, AZ

 

Leslie Jones

Representative, New York Metro Chapter

Director, Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School at Lighthouse International

New York, NY


John McCarthy

Chair, West Coast Chapter

Director, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Preparatory & Extension Divisions

San Francisco, CA

 

Paula Morgan

Representative, Southern Chapter

Director, Alia Lawson Pre-College Program

Spartanburg, NC

 

Kristen Murphy

Chair, Northwest Chapter

Director, University of Puget Sound Community Music Department

Tacoma, WA

 

Valerie Nelson
Co-Chair, Northeast Chapter
Executive Director, Brookline Music School

Brookline, MA

 

Carla Pastore

Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter

Executive Director, Center for the Creative Arts, Inc.

Yorklyn, DE

 

Howard Potter

Chair, Eastern Great Lakes Chapter

Associate Dean, Eastman Community Music School

Rochester, NY

 

Steven Rock
Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Executive Director, Community Conservatory of Music

Doylestown, PA

 

Laurie Russell
Co-Chair, Northeast Chapter
Executive Director, Winchester Community Music School

Winchester, MA

 

Alana Seddon
Representative, Northeast Chapter
Associate Director, Hartt School Community Division, University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

 

Fred Snyder
Representative, Western Great Lakes Chapter
Director, Lawrence Academy of Music, Lawrence University

Appleton, WI

 

Cheryl Stephenson
Representative, Southern Chapter
Executive Director, Music Academy of Eastern Carolina

Greenville, NC

 

Kathleen Suss

Representative, New York Metro Chapter

Director, Concordia Conservatory

Bronxville, NY

 

Andrew Sussman
Representative, Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Executive Director, Cumberland Valley Music School

Chambersburg, PA

 

Nina Tishkevich
Representative, Southwest Chapter
Director, Music Academy of Tucson

Tuscon, AZ

 

Davin Torre
Representative, Central Great Lakes Chapter
Director, Flint School of Performing Arts, Flint Institute of Music

Flint, MI

 

Jason Trotta

Representative, Northeast Chapter

Executive Director, Northampton Community Music Center, Inc.

Northampton, MA

 

Joyce Wehner

Representative, Southern Chapter

Director of Education, Hoffman Performing Arts Institute
Clearwater, FL

 

 

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