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Contact the Carnegie about employment opportunities. All of
our instructors hold degrees or have a significant number of years of
study in their field. Internships are available!
Contact us at (913) 651-0765, or
cacdirector@sbcglobal.net
Staff
Executive Director
Carolyn Singleton
Administrative Assistant
Marti Yorgovan
Press Coordinator
Betty Coleman
Other Office Staff
Mindy Cantu - Grant Writer
Stephanie Chychota - Finances
Elizabeth Hill - Website Coordinator; Assistant Gallery
Manager
Lauren Judy - Office Assistant; Teacher's Aide
Volunteers
Hal Berke
Pat Bode
Mieken Greenamyre
Patty Hammond
Vicky Hill
JoAnne Jones
Terry Stevens
Jane Vandersteen
Faculty
Roxanne Adrian - MME, Southwest Missouri State University
Bill Alexander- BA, Pittsburg State University
Jesan Barnes - BA, University of Saint Mary
Lisa Barrymore - Professional Guitarist
Pat Ann Black- BA, Indiana State University
Shelli Baughman- BA, College of the Ozarks
Mindy Cantu - BA Liberal Studies (Art and English),
University of Saint Mary
Betty Coleman - BA, Saint Mary College
Amber DiGiovanni - Middle Eastern Belly Dance with
Zaina Ali; Actors Craft Studio with Richard Alan Nichols
Frank Geib - Studios: Murray, Astaire, Pace, Others
Anna Glenn- BA, Morningside College
Amy Gowans- MM, University of Kansas; BM University of
Utah
Jim Gubar - BS, UMKC; BFA, KCAI
Ryan Harris-Hernandez - MBA, University of Saint Mary
(expected 2008); BA, University of Saint Mary
Tom Helm- 2 years UMKC Conservatory of Music
Kay Huddleston - certified music therapist; BM, Univ.
of Kansas
Kay Hunter - BA, Kent St., BA Saint Mary College
Rebecca Johnson - MA, BFA, BA, University of Kansas
Debbie Leavitt - 25 years private study
Angela Lexow- BA, Baker University
Barbara Mathis - MM, MLS, Emporia St. Univ; BME, KU;
National Piano Guild
Gary Mushlin - MME, University of Kansas; BME,
Northwestern University
Mary Jane Norman - MLA, Baker University; BSE, Kansas
State Teachers College
Polly Plain - MFA, Univ. of Oklahoma; BS, Pittsburg
State Univ.; AA Ft. Scott Community College
Tracy Porter - MS, Northwest Missouri State Univ.; BSE,
Northwest Missouri State Univ.
Carolyn Singleton - BFA, Oklahoma State University
Cathy Smith - MA, San Francisco State Univ; BA, Iowa State
Univ
Andrea Staples-BS, University of Saint Mary; AA, JCCC;
Kindermusik© Certification
Betty Strand - BA, Univ of Kansas
Everett Ward - BA, UMKC
J. J. Williams - MA, Webster University; BA, College
of Charleston
Rebecca Wilson - BA, UMKC; Kindermusik © Certification
Lesley Woodruff - Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies - Early Childhood
Education, University of Texas
Anna Zeck - BFA, Univ. of Oklahoma
Gretchen Zinno - BA, Univ. of West Florida; TOEFL
Teaching Certificate
About the National Guild of Community Schools of the
Arts
- Founded in 1937 and incorporated
in 1954
- A professional and service
association for non-profit, non-degree granting schools
in the United States and Canada
- Purpose is to foster, nurture and
encourage high quality arts education
- Guild schools are diverse, ranging
in enrollment from 100 to 4,000 and in operating budget
from a few thousand to over $2 million
- Guild membership assumes
compliance with certain basic standards and values,
thereby lending credibility and good standing to
affiliated schools in their own communities
- Before certification, applicant
schools are required to go through a process of
evaluation which includes a site visit, peer review and
election by the Board
- Qualification for membership is
determined by the credentials of each institution: its
management structure, age, size, admissions policies,
instructional standard, scholarship programs and the
effectiveness of its outreach programs.
Some Guild School Distinguished Alumni:
Jose Feliciano (Lighthouse
Music School, NY)
Benny Goodman (Hull House
Music School, Chicago)
Helen Hayes (Henry Street
Settlement, NY)
Martha Graham (Henry Street
Settlement, NY)
Johnnie Mathis (Community
Music School, San Francisco)
Murray Sidlin (Peabody
Institute, Baltimore)
Mitch Miller (Hochstein
Music School, Rochester, NY)
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