TeachingKatie has served as the Director of Choirs at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School and Miles River Middle School since 2016. She teaches High School Choir and Harmony (Honors Choir), as well as 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Chorus and Chorale (Select Choir). Each year Katie also music directs for the Drama Club musical productions.
Before teaching in Hamilton, Katie taught in the Andover Public Schools as the Middle School Chorus teacher and an Elementary General music teacher. During that time she founded the Andover A Cappella club which she began directing again in 2023. Katie also taught in the Duxbury Public Schools as an Elementary General Music Teacher, Elementary Choir Director and Director of the High School A Cappella Group. It was while studying at Wheaton College that Katie realized she wanted to become a music teacher. As the director of her A Cappella group, the Wheaton Whims, Katie experienced the joy of teaching, arranging songs, performing, bonding and most importantly giving the gift of music. This experience, coupled with her incredible experience in the Germantown Friends School Choir under beloved director Larry Hoenig, gave her the inspiration to follow her dream of teaching choir at the secondary level. |
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Recordings
During the COVID pandemic, Katie created several recordings of her students who were not allowed to sing together in person. These students recorded their parts at home as well as in the classroom. While this was one of the most difficult times for her students to get through, these recordings are a small bit of light in the darkness.
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