Clinicians

Kathleen Turner Week I

• Artistic director of the Austin Children’s Choir
• Director of music, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
• Active as a performer &clinician
• Graduate of Eastman with the prestigious performer’s certificate in both organ &oboe
• Master’s in music from Westminster Choir College
• 1988 winner of national MTNA-Wurlitzer Collegiate Artist Competition

John Horman week II

• Director of music at Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Md. and clinician at over 50 children’s choir festivals through the last 15 years
• Former public school music teacher in the Montgomery County (Md.) Public School System (26 yrs.) and past board member of both Choristers Guild (president) and the Presbyterian Association of Musicians
• Co-author of numerous publications including: "Something Old, Something New-Hymns" to "Sing and Things to Do" (Vol. 1, Who is Jesus & Vol. 2, Exploring the Christian Year), "Come Away with Me," Time Now to Gather" and "The Song Lingers On"

Fran Underwood handbell clinician weeks I & II

• Associate director of music ministries at Messiah United Methodist Church in Springfield, Va.
• Master’s in church music from Shenandoah University
• B.S. in elementary education from Shenandoah University
• Twelve years of experience in church music
• Member of Choristers Guild, FUMMWA & AGEHR

Steven Cooksey

• Chair of organ & church music department of Shenandoah University
• 35 years of experience teaching college music
• 50 years of experience in church music
• Organist and choirmaster at St. James Episcopal Church, Leesburg, Va.
• Founder and director of CMI