Faculty Adviser: Dr. Katherine Strand Dottie Sink Sykes Distinguished Professor of Music Education Bio: Dr. Strand is the Dottie Sink Sykes Distinguished Endowed Professor of Music Education. Katy taught K12 music in rural and urban settings in Virginia and Chicago Public Schools. She served as the vocal/choir faculty for the Virginia Governor's School for the Humanities and Visual and Performing Arts. She coordinated and developed curricula for a new elementary guitar curriculum in partnership with Templeton Elementary School, Bloomington Indiana. Her research interests include teaching for musical creativity, curriculum analysis and critique, and preservice teacher preparation. In addition to authoring several pedagogical and research-based book chapters, co-editing and writing chapters for Musicianship: Composing in Choir, Katy has teaching articles in the Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, General Music Today, and research articles in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Philosophy of Music Education Review, and Music Education Researcher.
Financial Adviser: Lauren Collier 3rd Grade Teacher - Parkway Elementary School Bio: I have been teaching for ten years and love what I do! I have teaching experience in third, fourth, and fifth grades, as well as being a Reading Specialist. I graduated from Appalachian StateUniversity with an Elementary Education degree and a Masters in Reading Education. My husband and I met at ASU, fell in love with the small-town feel, and never left Boone. We have one son and a dog named Fawkes. I couldn't ask for a better place to live and work.Boone is what I like to call "God's Country" and Parkway School is the BESTplace to be! I'm honored to work with an excellent faculty and staff, teach wonderful students, and interact with the Parkway community.
Our Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Jay Jackson - Associate Dean of the Hayes School of Music
Dr. Lisa Runner - Associate Professor of Music Education
Dr. Nancy Schneeloch-Bingham - Professor of Flute
Dr. Melody Schwantes (Reid), MT-BC - Assistant Professor of Music Therapy
Dr. James Stokes Jr. - Professor of Trumpet
Dr. Meg Stohlmann - Assistant Professor, Glee Club, Music Education, Voice Class
Dr. Nicole Sonbert - Instructor of Voice
Dr. Diana Loomer - Director of Steely Pan Band
Dr. Jason Gardner - Associate Director of Bands, Music Education, Marching Band