Trussville music program recognized during BOE meeting

From The Trussville Tribune Staff Reports

TRUSSVILLE – At the October 24 Trussville City Schools Board of Education meeting, the music education teachers of Trussville City Schools were honored with a proclamation from Governor Robert Bentley recognizing the City of Trussville as one of the Best Communities for Music Education. The Award is from the NAMM Foundation.

The proclamation further commended the music educators as “truly committed to educating and helping our young people”. Four hundred seventy six school districts in the nation were recognized for the honor with only four of the those recognized in Alabama: Albertville City Schools, Homewood City Schools, Hoover City Schools and Trussville City Schools.

Trussville City Schools is proud of the commitment of our music educators in Trussville and thank them for their dedication and service to the students of Trussville.

TCS Music Educators are: Chris Byars (Magnolia Music), Kay Carter (HTMS Choir), Brian Cocke (Paine Music), Stephanie Ezell (HTHS Band), Tina Fortenberry (Cahaba Music), Allen Gillespie (HTHS Choir), Corinth Lewis (HTMS Band), Natalie Owens (Paine Music), Brandon Peters (HTMS Band), and Scott Waid (HTHS Band)

Additionally HTMS Assistant Band Director Corinth Lewis had an article published in the October edition of Teaching Music. Teaching Music is a magazine/journal distributed to music teachers nationwide from the National Association for Music Education.