Ma
rgaret Brown, President
Margaret Brown is the Upper School Choral Director at Grace Christian School in Anchorage, where she has been on the Music Department faculty since 2008.
In her tenure there, Margaret has taught band and choir for grades 6 through 12. Since her arrival in Alaska Margaret has also served as a state Adjudicator for ASAA events and currently serves as the President of the Alaska Chapter of the American Choral Directors’ Association through January 2013.
Mrs. Brown began her career in music education at the High School and Middle School level in Atlanta, Georgia, after receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Southern Mississippi.
She served as a High School and church Choir Director while completing her Master’s degree at Georgia State University in Atlanta. Margaret served on Georgia’s MENC State Board, and has been a Georgia Choral Adjudicator for over 23 years.
She is a tireless advocate for the teaching of sight-reading skills, and is a contributing author to a classroom choral sight-reading series.
She has been a guest director for many Elementary and Middle School Honor Choruses throughout Georgia and Alaska, and has served a total of nine years as a member of two different private school boards.
Margaret has resided in Anchorage since 2004, relocating from Atlanta, GA with her husband, Chris, and son, Matthew.
Laura Blackwood, President-Elect
Richard Moore - Vice-President
schools; the last 7 have been at Juneau-Douglas HS in Juneau, AK. The
previous 7 years he taught in Duncanville, TX at Reed MS. He
currently teaches 3 graded choirs and a string orchestra. Rich is
personally active in the Juneau Bach Society (Choral), Juneau Student
Symphony and Juneau Symphony (viola).
Thane Thomas, Treasurer
Janet Stotts -R & S Chair