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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Heston McCranie teaches orchestra at Beacon Hill Middle School and Decatur High School.. Heston holds a Ph.D. in Music Education from Georgia State University, a Master of Music in cello performance from the University of Florida, and Bachelor of Music in cello performance from Colorado State University. Heston is published in the Journal of Research
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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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Kate McNeil is a graduate from the University of Alabama, where she studied Communications and Theatre. In college, is where Ms. McNeil found her passion for theatre. She hit the ground running and immediately began auditioning for plays on campus and off campus. Her first show was “All My Sons” by Arthur Miller, which holds
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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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