NAfME Council for Music Composition seeks to promote and improve the teaching of music composition in school settings.
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Lisa Crawford
Dr. Lisa A. Crawford is an educator, composer, author, and researcher. She began playing the piano at age 3, writing music at age 6, and teaching piano at age 12. She has taught music education in a variety of public and private K-12 and university environments specializing in choral arts, creative music, composition, songwriting, and music production.
Council Members
Lisa Crawford, Chair (2026-2028)
Composition Teacher
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles, California
Robert Deemer, Past Chair
Professor and Head of Composition
University of New York at Fredonia
Dunkirk, New York
Austin Day (2026-2028), Eastern Division Representative
Music Technology/Band Director
Sleepy Hollow Middle/High School
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Maud Hickey, (2025-2027), North Central Division Representative
Retired Associate Professor Emerita
Northwestern University (retired)
Wautoma, Wisconsin
Alex Shapiro (2026-2028), Northwest Division Representative
Composer, publisher
Friday Harbor, Washington
Mara Gibson (2025-2027), Southern Division Representative
Associate Professor and Area Head, Composition
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Tom Davoren (2026-2028), Southwestern Division Representative
Director of Instrumental Music / Associate Professor of Music
Benedictine College
Atchison, Kansas
Amy Lui (2025-2027), Western Division Representative
Music Teacher
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles, California
Hilary Goldblatt (2026-2027), Member-At-Large Representative
Orchestra Director, grades 4-12
Bainbridge-Guilford Central School District
Bainbridge, New York
Alex Adams (2026-2027), Member-At-Large Representative
Area coordinator and Teaching Assistant Professor of Music Education
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Paul Budde (2026-2028) National Executive Board Liaison
