Mr. Crosby is in his first year at Beacon Hill teaching the orchestra program. He spent the past twenty years in Cobb County, Georgia, where he taught at Hillgrove High School and Durham Middle School and in Trion, Georgia, where he taught at Trion City Schools. With a passion for music education spanning over 25 years, Mr. Crosby is an experienced and dedicated music educator, holding
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Although my actual job at DHS is teaching Social Studies, I have been the set designer for our theater program for the last ten years. When I first started, it was just me and would have to beg for parent volunteers to help out on Saturdays. Since we started the Tech Theater program a few
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Rosie Riquelme Antunez, Director of Orchestras at Decatur High School, received her Bachelors of Music Education degree from Georgia College and State University where she was a student of Dr. Daniel Kaplunas. Rosie received her Masters of Music Education from the University of West Georgia through their online program and continued her own violin studies with Curtis Institute
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Theater Director Emily Nichols has been performing for as long as she can remember. At the age of nine, she auditioned for a local community theatre production of Annie and found her passion. Originally from Indiana, Emily studied theatre and music at Indiana University and earned her B.F.A. in Musical Theatre Performance from Western Michigan
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David Hirschorn (Dr. H) is in his 8th year as the choral director at Beacon Hill Middle School where he teaches 200 singers in six choirs, and is musical director of Beacon Hill’s Spring Musical. He holds a Ph.D. from Georgia State University and music education degrees from Florida State University and the University of
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Whitley Fowler has worked in the primary/secondary education industry since 2018. She brings with her skills in Theatre, Film Production, Stage Management, Television, and Leadership. Ms. Fowler holds a Masters focused in Theatre Education from Columbus State University. She was awarded Beaverbrook Elementary Teacher of the year 2023-2024.
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Elise Eskew Sparks has been the Choral Director at Decatur High School since 2012. For some of these years, she concurrently served as the Director of Choral Activities at Agnes Scott College (2008-2019). Under her leadership, the Collegiate Chorale performed at the GMEA In-Service Conference in Savannah in 2011 and at Spivey Hall in 2014
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Raven Owen-Beyer attended her first Broadway musical, The Phantom of the Opera, at the age of nine. She started crying during the second act and continued throughout the whole car ride home. She has been a devoted musical theater fan ever since. Originally from Vermont, Raven graduated with a BFA in Acting and Directing from
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