Heather D. Waters completed her Ph.D. in music education at Temple University. She holds National Board Certification in Music: Early and Middle Childhood, as well as certifications in Orff, Kodály, and Music Learning Theory....

Gold’n’Blues is the most select choral group at Tamanend Middle School in Warrington, PA, in suburban Bucks County, about 20 miles north of Philadelphia. Comprised of about 25 students in grades 7 through 9, they perform a variety of musical styles throughout the year, including choral, world, broadway, jazz, and pop music....

The OJR MS Concert Band is made up of 7th and 8th grade students. Most are in their third or fourth year of instruction. The band rehearses in classes of mixed instrumentation. These classes, of about twenty students, meet every other day....

Jason Vodicka is Assistant Professor of Music at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA where he teaches undergraduate courses in music education, conducts two choirs, and is Coordinator of the Music Education program....

Jason Worzbyt is professor of Bassoon and associate director of Bands at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He holds a BS in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Music in wind conducting from the University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in bassoon performance from the University of North Texas....

Jay Stoltzfus is an instrumental and general music teacher for the Horseheads Central School District in Horseheads, NY. He received the Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degrees from Mansfield University and a Ph.D....