Michael Reese Emily Wall
Michael Reese is in his fourteenth year of teaching and his sixth year as Director of Choral Activities at Central High School in Davenport, IA. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Music Education and a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Northern Iowa, and has completed his course work for the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Iowa. Prior to his doctoral studies, Reese was Director of Choral Activities at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School (1998 – 2004) and Cedar Rapids Prairie High School (1996 – 1998). Reese is a past winner of the American Choral Director’s Association Conducting Competition and has served as guest clinician and adjudicator for over 40 choral events across the Midwest. His choirs have been invited to sing at both National and Regional ACDA Conventions. He has also been honored in various “Who’s Who” publications, and been named multiple times as the Teacher of the Month at Central High School. Show Choirs under Reese’s direction have received numerous caption awards, as well as 1st runner-up or Grand Champion awards in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. He continues to be in demand as both a show choir clinician/adjudicator, and has been music arranger for show choirs in Iowa, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.Reese has served on the boards of the Iowa Choral Director’s Association and the Central American Choral Director’s Association in eight different capacities. He serves the Davenport Community School District as a member of the Music Advocacy Committee, the Music Curriculum Council, and as the Chair of the Department of Music. Reese serves his community by being a member of the North Scott Superintendent’s Advisory Council and being the Praise Team Music Director at Asbury United Methodist Church in Bettendorf, IA.He resides in Park View, Iowa, with his wife, Angela, their ten year old daughter, Peyton, and their three year old son, Nolan.
| Emily Wall is the Associate Director of Vocal Music at Davenport Central High School in Davenport, Iowa. Currently in her sixth year at Davenport Central. She directs the women’s choir and a mixed concert choir during the school day and also directs the preparatory show choir, Blue Vibrations. She has also directed or co-directed Central’s musicals during her tenure there, including "The Wizard of Oz", "The Secret Garden" “The Music Man,” “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” “Godspell,” and “Guys and Dolls,” She holds a Bachelors Degree in K-12 Music Education from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA where she studied with Richard P. Hoffman and Margie V. Marrs during her undergraduate course work. At Coe, Emily was the recipient of the Marshall Full Tuition Scholarship for the Arts in vocal music and also an active member in the Delta Delta Delta sorority. She holds professional memberships in Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music Fraternity, MENC- National Association for Music Educators, and American Choral Directors’ Association. In her free time, Emily enjoys traveling, reading, cooking, cycling, and spending time with her friends and family.
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