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Laura Moates Stanley is Associate Director of Bands at Brookwood High School in Snellville, Georgia. She is a 2001 honor graduate of The University of Georgia where she received her BMUS in Music Education. She also graduated from the same institution in 2003 where she received an MM in Wind Conducting.
During her undergraduate career, Mrs. Stanley was a student conductor with the UGA Concert Bands. She is currently a clarinetist with the Northwinds Community Band and teaches a studio of private clarinet and conducting students. Mrs. Stanley has taught clarinet and conducting clinics for Joycliffe Summer Camp, the University of Georgia Marching Band Camp, the University of Georgia Summer Music Camp, ENCORE! Summer Music Camp, and Jacksonville State University Spirit Camp.
Mrs. Stanley has received the Outstanding Sophomore Music Major Award, the Undergraduate Director's of Excellence Award, the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, and was the first recipient of the Dr. Theodore Jahn Memorial Scholarship from The University of Georgia. She also received the 2004 Class Act Teacher award from Channel 11 Alive and was aired on a live news broadcast in late May of that year. Mrs. Stanley was chosen as Brookwood High School's STAR Teacher in 2007. She was also selected as the Region IIIA STAR Teacher and as a Georgia State Finalist STAR Teacher in 2007.
Mrs. Stanley is a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA), The National Association of Music Educators (MENC), the National Band Association, the Golden Key International Honor Society, National Collegiate Scholars, Delta Epsilon Iota, Sigma Alpha Iota, and the International Clarinet Association. She currently serves as the GMEA District 13 Band Chair and as President on the board of the University of Georgia Redcoat Band Alumni Association.
She is the daughter of Elden and Wanda Moates, retired band directors in Fannin County. She has one sister, Amy, who is a school psychologist in Dalton, Georgia and one brother, John, who is a percussionist and Public Relations Specialist in the Atlanta area. Mrs. Stanley resides in Lawrenceville, Georgia with her husband, Darren, a freelance musician.
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