Kathryn E. May Kathryn E. May is completing her twenty-sixth year as Choral Director and Advanced Placement Music Theory teacher at Greeneville High School and is in her thirty-first year in teaching. She received her BSME and Master of Education Administration degrees from East TN State University and was selected as the 1995 Alumna of the Year by the ETSU Music Department. In 1996, she was the Greeneville City Schools Teacher of the Year and the Smoky Mountain Music Teachers Association Teacher of the Year. Under Mrs. May's direction, Greeneville High School Choirs have performed many places, notably the 1996, 2000, and 2006 American Choral Directors Southern Conventions, the 2000 SD-ACDA Women's Choir Festival and the 2003 TN ACDA Convention. Her choirs have appeared on several TN Music Educators Convention programs. She is the choir director at Salem Presbyterian Church and resides in Limestone, TN with her husband Mike, a middle school band director. Mike and Kathy have two children, Benjamin, a graduate of Vanderbilt University and Westminster Choir College and Rebekah, at Walter's State Community College in Sevierville majoring in nursing and social work. Her professional affiliations include ACDA, MENC, TMEA, the East TN Vocal Association, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Delta Omicron. She served on the Executive Board of ETVA for six years and as ETVA President from 2002-2004. Mrs. May is the residing TN-ACDA President and her past leadership roles include Repertoire and Standards Chair for Women's Choirs (2 terms) and Men's Choirs (2 terms.) She has served as clinician and adjudicator in TN, VA, and KY and is adjunct faculty in the ETSU Music Department. Mrs. May is available as a clinician specializing in the following areas: rhythmic and melodic teaching strategies for choral directors, and disciplinary, assessment and recruiting strategies for choral directors.
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