Empowering Young Women Through Music

Artist Faculty

The Athena Camp faculty consists of highly successful, professional women who teach band, orchestra, and private music lessons at the elementary, middle & high school, and college levels. Many faculty members have been with us since the camp's inception in 2008. Explore our talented faculty members who have taught master classes and chamber music at Athena Camps throughout the country:

STRINGS

NIVEK ANDERSON - Orchestra Director, Atlanta Public Schools (GA); Performer and Founder, East West Strings

JENNIFER FLOYD - Freelance Musician and Clinician, Los Angeles, CA

DR. PAULA KRUPICZEWICZ - Orchestra Director, Cobb County Schools (GA); Performer, Georgia Symphony, Macon Symphony, and Rome Symphony

EMILIA METTENBRINK - Performer, Minnesota Opera Orchestra and Sphinx Virtuosi

WOODWINDS

SARAH BATES-KENNARD - Freelance Musician, Miami, FL

NICOLE CHAMBERLAIN - Freelance Flutist and Composer (GA)

MICHELLE RICKARD - Ret. Band Director, Cobb County Schools (GA); Adjunct Professor, Reinhardt University

LISA SAYRE - Adjunct Professor, Reinhardt University (GA); Former Performer, US Air Force Band of Flight

ROSE WILMOT - Band Director, Walton County Schools (GA)

BRASS

KAYLYNN BROWN - Band Director, Hudson Schools (WI)

DR. ELLIE JENKINS - Associate Professor of Music, Dalton State College; Artist Affiliate, Berry College (GA)

HOLLIE PRITCHARD; Adjunct Professor, Mercer University and Reinhardt University (GA); Performer, Midtown Brass Quintet, Georgia Brass Band, and Savannah Philharmonic

PERCUSSION

PAULA WILLIAMS - Percussion Director, Pope High School; Music Director, High Meadows School (GA)

JENNY KLUKKEN - Co-Founder of MATRA, a percussion-based ensemble performing jazz, world, and folk music (MN)

THEORY

DR. ZANDRA BELL-MCROY - Band Director, Clarke County Schools (GA)

MICHELLE GIBSON - Band Director, DeKalb County Schools (GA)

Guest Conductors and Clinicians

Past Guest Athena Camp Conductors Include:

Juana Alzaga, Emory Junior Chamber Orchestra
Debbie Baker, Opelika, AL
Dr. Zandra Bell-McRoy, Cedar Shoals High School, GA
Dr. Melanie Brooks, Winona State University, MN
Dr. Andrea Brown, University of Maryland
Kim Bain, Pizitz Middle School, AL
Cecilia Clark, Allatoona High School, GA
Georgia Ekonomou, Atlanta, GA
Jennifer Floyd, Former Program Director, YOLA at HOLA, CA
Diane Koutsulis, Green Valley High School (ret.), NV
Dr. Paula Krupiczewicz, North Cobb High School, GA
Dr. Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin, Pennsylvania State University
Betsy McCann, University of Minnesota
Dr. Dawn Price, Wingate University, NC
Dr. Myra Rhoden, Fayette Co. High School, GA
Elizabeth Taylor, University of Southern Mississippi

Past Athena Camp Clinicians Include:

Dr. Paula Crider, Director Emerita, University of Texas
Dr. Nola Jones, Conn-Selmer Director of Educational Programs, Tennessee
Erin Cole Steele, Conn-Selmer Educational Consultant, Arizona
SGM Ginger Turner, Principal Trumpet (ret.), US Army Field Band, Washington D. C.
Dr. Shelly Jagow, Professor of Music, Wright State University, Ohio
Dr. Catharine Bushman, Director of Bands, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota
Cheri Bunker, Founder, Drum It Up!; Remo Performing Artist, Minnesota
Laura Estes, Composer, Georgia
Katharine Lowry - Schmitt Music/Katie’s Flute Shop, Minnesota
Mandarin Strings, Georgia
Joy Roberts and Katy Hunt, Wm. S. Haynes Flutes, Massachusetts

Guest Performing Artists

Past Special Guest Performers Include:

Gloria Jones Allgood, bass, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Anastasia Agapova, violin, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Yinyin Li, viola, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Emilia Mettenbrink, violin, Minnesota Opera Orchestra
Kim Scott, flute, #1 Billboard Jazz Performing Artist
Celli
Georgia Brass Band
Midtown Brass Quintet
St. Cloud Municipal Band
Tufton Tet
116th US Army Band
Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble

Athena Faculty and Guest Artists