Marie Graham, DMA
Area(s) of Expertise: Vocal/Choral Music Education, Kodaly Specialist, International Baccalaureate (MYP), sight-reading pedagogy, Voice; Oren Brown's vocal ease approach
Overview
Marie Graham is a thirty-year veteran choral music educator at K-college levels at public and private institutions. She is a Kodaly specialist in music education and taught Kodaly Methodology courses for Denise Bacon, founder of the Kodaly movement in America. She held positions as a cantor/conductor of youth and adult choirs in churches in Boston, MA, and Charlotte, NC. Marie Graham has taught applied voice in her home studio for high school students and adults for over nine years. She has directed large-scale musical productions in North Carolina.
She joined the University of North Georgia in the Fall of 2019 and serves as the Coordinator of Music Education. During her tenure, the Music Education program has risen to a level 4 rating for the state of Georgia; the highest rating for Music Educator Preparation Programs. She was a guest clinician at the Georgia Music Educators Conference in Athens, GA, in January 2022 presenting Contra Flow: Culture bearers in community, contra dance, and Appalachian folk music traditions.
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She joined the University of North Georgia in the Fall of 2019 and serves as the Coordinator of Music Education. During her tenure, the Music Education program has risen to a level 4 rating for the state of Georgia; the highest rating for Music Educator Preparation Programs. She was a guest clinician at the Georgia Music Educators Conference in Athens, GA, in January 2022 presenting Contra Flow: Culture bearers in community, contra dance, and Appalachian folk music traditions.
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