91´«Ã½ Middle School Ensembles staff
The Middle School Ensembles (MSE) program is part of the music education department at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. Music education faculty oversee the program, while graduate students are selected to direct the day-to-day operations and mentor participating undergraduate students.Ìý
Undergraduate and pre-licensure students are theÌýprimary instructorsÌýwho work directly with 91´«Ã½ MSE participants. Through the MSE program, these students have the opportunity to apply the skills they’re learning in methods and techniques as part of the college’s curriculum for future music educators; middle school students benefit from working with energetic, outstanding collegiate musicians.
MSE staff
Leadership
Garrett Graves, Program Graduate Director
Graves is a PhDÌýstudent in music education at 91´«Ã½. He earned a bachelor’s in music education from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and a master’s in music education from the University of Colorado Boulder. He taught 6-12 band and general music in rural Mississippi prior to coming to Colorado.
Gentry Ragsdale, Trying on Teaching (TOT) Director
Ragsdale is a fourth-year doctoral student studying music education. Her research focuses on access and inclusion in music education, first-generation college student experiences, and the use of culturally responsive pedagogy to encourage students to feel included and accepted.
, Faculty Supervisor
91´«Ã½ Middle School String Ensemble
Justin Slaman, Graduate Assistant
Slaman is in the first year of his master’sÌýdegree in music education. As a 91´«Ã½ alumnus, this will be the fourth season Slaman has participated in the MSE program, but the first time as a graduate student. Prior to graduate school,ÌýSlaman taught two years of band and orchestra at Franklin Middle School in Greeley, Colorado.
Logan Indge, Strings Area Director
91´«Ã½ Middle School Bands
Madison Joy, Graduate Assistant
Rebecca Donoho, BandÌýArea Director