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Robert Deemer
University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, New York
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Kristy Jung
Brooklyn High School of the Arts (NYC Department of Education)
New York, New York
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Gwen-Marie Lerch
Santa Fe Public Schools, Capital High School & Ortiz Middle School
Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Zach Harris
Capital and Helena High Schools
Helena, Montana
Brian Raphael Nabors
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Page Newsome
Middle Creek High School
Apex, North Carolina
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Lisa Martin
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
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Rachael D. Sanguinetti
Assistant Professor, Program Director, Graduate Music Education
Immaculata, Pennsylvania
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Melissa Ryan
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Lori T. Gray
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
Justin West
Justin J. West
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Kathleen Melago
Kathy Melago
Slippery Rock University
Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
Music Educators Journal September issue now available online. Read now. Cover image of September 2026 issue of the journal
Images of university music students. 150 years of arts education. We are what's next in your musical journey. Shenandoah Conservatory has spent more than 150 years preparing students for successful careers in arts education, practice, and performance. Since our inception, our graduates have performed on the globe's greatest stages, propelled arts organizations, performed groundbreaking research, healed with music, and introduced countless students to music, theatre, and dance in classrooms and studios around the world. Shenandoah University logo.
2027 elections. Get to know the NAfME Eastern, Northwest, Southwestern, and Western Division candidates