Fine Arts Department
 

Elementary Music 

Elementary General Music is offered in each of our elementary schools and this program provides a background for students in singing, instruments and movement (involving dancing). Students are also a part of several performances (often with acting and staging) throughout their elementary years. Honor choirs and regional and state honor groups are also available to students who audition. The All-City 5th Grade Choral Concert is an event that features all 5th grade students in the Norman Public Schools.


Adams
Elementary
 

Sandy Knudson

School Phone: 405-366-5972
School Fax: 405-366-5975
Email: sknudson@norman.k12.ok.us
or sknudson3@cox.net

Sandy Knudson teaches music at Adams Elementary School in Norman, Oklahoma and was nominated as Teacher of the Year at her site in 1997. Her education preparation includes a B.M.E. from Oral Roberts  University, and a M.M.E. and Kodály certification from The University of Oklahoma. Master teaching is a priority for Sandy; she often has student teachers, field experience students, doctoral students, and methods’ classes coming to work with or observe her elementary students. In November of 2003, she received National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music. 

Sandy is the Artistic Director of Norman Children’s Chorus which appeared as an Honor Group at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association conference in January 2003 and again in 2005.  She has been guest conductor for honor choirs in  Louisiana and  Missouri and has served as a guest conductor throughout Oklahoma at Circle the State with Song festivals in Guymon, Jenks,  Altus, Tahlequah, Enid, Durant, Byng, Norman,  Putnam City, and this year in Owasso.  Sandy served OMEA as State Chair of Circle the State with Song and the All-OMEA Children’s Chorus for two years and continues to serve as Repertoire Chair for CTSWS. She has completed two summers of study with Doreen Rao in the Choral Music Experience Institute. 

Often requested as clinician, Sandy has presented workshops on local, state, and national levels.   Sandy has served as President of the Oklahoma Kodály Educators and is currently serving OAKE as a Southern Regional Representative. Since 1990,  Sandy has enjoyed teaching Solfege I and II in The University of Oklahoma Kodály summer certification programs in Norman and in Tulsa.  

 

Beverly Garner

School Phone: 405-366-5972
School Fax: 405-366-5975
Email: bgarner@norman.k12.ok.us

Beverly Garner currently teaches music at Adams Elementary in Norman and has a total of 30 years of teaching experience in Oklahoma, Texas and Missouri.  She received her B.M.E. from the University of Tulsa and her Kodaly Certification from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Ms. Garner completed her Orff Certification Level I at Oklahoma Baptist University. 
 
She is a member of MENC and OAKE, and is a past president of the Oklahoma Kodaly Educators.

Cleveland Elementary  


Linda Bibb

School Phone: 366-5875
School Fax:  405-366-5877
Email: lbibb@norman.k12.ok.us

Linda Bibb teaches music and assists with the direction of the school chorus at Cleveland Elementary. This is her tenth year at Cleveland.

Ms. Bibb earned her B.M.E. Degree from Oklahoma Baptist University, and has completed Kodaly Certification at the University of Oklahoma and Orff Certification Level II at Oklahoma Baptist University.   She has additional hours of study from Howard Payne University, the University of Central Oklahoma and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY.

Ms. Bibb served as Music Librarian at Northeastern Oklahoma A. & M Junior College, Miami, Oklahoma for three years and taught music in the public schools of San Antonio and Houston, Texas for five years.   She and her husband lived in Ghana and Nigeria for ten years and were involved in music teaching in mission schools and churches.  She taught one year in the rural communities of Middleburg and Dibble, Oklahoma before joining the Norman Public Schools in 1993-94.  Ms. Bibb was at Jefferson Elementary for five years before moving to Cleveland. Ms. Bibb is currently the regional chair for Circle the State with Song and is a member of the Oklahoma Orff Chapter, MENC, OAKE, and NEA.




Regina Bell

School Phone:  366-5875
School Fax:  405-366-5877
Email: rbell@norman.k12.ok.us
Visit Ms. Bell's homepage

Regina Bell, a 20-year veteran music teacher, is a 1985 Shawnee High School graduate and completed her degree in Music education at the University of Oklahoma. While in college, she was active in the Pride of Oklahoma marching band, the Pride of Oklahoma Student Staff, the University Wind Ensemble, honors chamber group and the University Orchestra. After graduating from OU, Ms. Bell taught for 11 years in Arlington, Texas and for one year in McKinney, Texas. Ms. Bell also taught 4 years at Madison Elementary school in Norman and was on the grant writing team that awarded the school the 2003 OETT Technology Trust Grant for $75,000. She has also presented at several state wide technology conferences on the integration of technology into the music classroom. Ms. Bell is a member of MENC, OMEA, NEA, OTA, PTA, Tau Beta Sigma, Mu Phi Epsilon, The Pride of Oklahoma Alumni Band and is the Scholarship Chairwomen for the OU Club of Norman which awards scholarships to incoming freshman at OU who graduate from a Norman High School and Norman North High School.

This marks her third year at Cleveland Elementary School. As a Cleveland Teacher she is responsible for the music education of students in grades K through 5th grades. She is also the Public Relations Liaison for the Norman Transcript and NPS Cable Channel 18. Ms. Bell also serves on the Technology planning committee and is an advocate for the use of technology in the music classroom. She is also the coordinator of the OU Athletic Volunteer/Mentor program. She has been instrumental in working with the University of Oklahoma's Football and Men's Gymnastic teams to create student mentors for Cleveland. The OU Student Athletes participate in many school events, fundraisers, and daily classroom activities.

Ms. Bell has been recognized with several teaching awards including the 1999 AWARE award for Excellence in Teaching as teacher of the year for the Arlington, Texas Independent School District, Inductee to the Arlington Education Wall of Fame, Texas PTA Life Membership and is listed in the 2000, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Edition of Who's Who Among American Classroom Teachers. Ms. Bell was named the Association of Professional Oklahoma Educators Elementary Teacher of the Year in 2007. She has also received over $4000.00 in grants from the Norman Public Schools Foundation. Her motto is "Whatever it takes" to make her students find love and appreciation in MUSIC. She is thrilled to be a Cleveland Cub.

Ms. Bell is married to Mike Bell and they have two sons Brooks and Brady. They also have two "daughters" Blossom and Baylee Dog Bell.

 

Eisenhower Elementary  

Robert Kidd, III

School Phone: 405-366-5879
School Fax: 405-573-3503
Email: rkiddiii@norman.k12.ok.us  

Robert Lee Kidd III teaches music at Eisenhower Elementary School in Norman, Oklahoma. He is director of the Eisenhower Concert Chorus, an elective ensemble of seventy 4th and 5th grade students. His educational preparation includes the Choral Music Experience artist-teacher diploma, bachelor and master of music education degrees (B.M.E.; M.M.E.) from The University of Oklahoma, and the doctor of education in music education degree (Ed.D.) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before his current teaching position, Dr. Kidd was an instructor of instrumental music, secondary choral music, and supervisor of music in the Norman Public Schools; assistant director of bands and instructor of music at the University of Pittsburgh; assistant professor of music and education at Murray (KY) State University; and JDR3rd Fund Administrative Fellow in Arts in Education with the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Named as Norman Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 1988, Dr. Kidd was chosen to participate in the Metropolitan Opera Guild Creating Original Opera Teacher Workshop Series on two occasions. He served as a member of the advisory committee of the National Endowment for the Arts which published Toward Civilization (1988), a report on arts education in America, and was chosen to travel with several other Norman teachers to Japan to participate in a cultural exchange sponsored by Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. In April 1997, he received the Oklahoma Medal for Excellence in Teaching at the Elementary Level from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence. Dr. Kidd has served as elementary division vice president of the Oklahoma Music Educators Association and founding chair of OMEA’s Circle The State With Song, a statewide children’s choral festival, and the All-OMEA Children’s Chorus. In 1999, he was inducted into the OMEA Hall Of Fame. He has been elementary representative on the executive board of the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association and is a past president and member of the board of Children’s Arts Network. In November 2001, Dr. Kidd received a Governor’s Arts Award for Arts and Education from the Oklahoma Arts Council, and in August 2002, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall Of Fame. In June 2003, he was named the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association Director of Distinction. He has memberships with Phi Delta Kappa (professional education organization), National Education Association, Oklahoma Education Association, The National Association for Music Education, American Choral Directors Association, Oklahoma Choral Directors Association, International Trombone Association, College Music Society, Organization of American Kodály Educators, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, and Dance and the Child International.


Kim McElroy

School Phone: 405-366-5879
School Fax: 405-573-3503
Email: kimberly@norman.k12.ok.us

Kimberly McElroy, a Norman native, has taught in the Norman Public Schools for fifteen years, and currently teaches at Eisenhower. She spent her first three years of teaching in New Mexico where she primarily taught Native American and Latin American children. For several years Ms. McElroy toured with a classic rock band, performing at many community events as well as state wide festivals and concerts including the State Fair of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Arts Festival, Paseo Arts Festival, May Fair, and the Oklahoma Community College Arts Festival. She frequently performs at Norman Public Schools district events including last year's retirement banquet.

Ms. McElroy is currently pursuing a graduate degree in music education at the University of Oklahoma. She plays piano and guitar and is a member of Spirit Quest, a contemporary music group in Norman.

Jackson Elementary   Libby Waldenville

School Phone: 405-366-5884
School Fax: 405-447-6563
Email:efw@norman.k12.ok.us

Libby Waldenville, music specialist at Jackson since 1987, completed her Bachelor's Degree in Music education (Instrumental/Vocal/General) at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. Her Master's degree is also from OU with Kodaly emphasis. Prior to her current teaching position she was employed with Moore Public Schools.

Ms. Waldenville has served as Treasurer, Vice-President, and President of the state Kodaly Educators Association. She was All-OMEA Children's Chorus Chair and Circle the State with Song Chair. She has also served as regional Chair for CTSWS and chaired the 1995 Orff Festival. She has presented clinics at state and national conferences of OMEA and OAMKE. She is currently serving a 2 year term as the OMEA Elementary Vice-President. Ms. Waldenville was selected as Site Teacher of the Year in both 1991 and 1995.

Diana Austin

School Phone: 405-366-5884
School Fax: 405-447-6563
Email: dianaa@norman.k12.ok.us

Diana Austin is currently in her second year of teaching music and assisting with the school choir at Jackson Elementary. She has taught elementary and secondary music in Oklahoma for 27 years. She received her Bachelor of Music Educaton degree from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee. She is a member of MEMC.


Jefferson Elementary  



Carol Webb


School Phone: 405-366-5889
School Fax: 405-366-5892
Email: cwebb@norman.k12.ok.us

Carol Webb teaches Kindergarten-5th grade and Pre-School music at Jefferson Elementary and also teaches at day-care programs in the Norman area.  She has taught at Jefferson since 1993. Ms. Webb received her B.M.E from the University of Oklahoma. She is a Kodaly Certified Instructor and is currently a board member for the Oklahoma Kodaly Educators. Ms. Webb also serves as Kdg-2nd grade choir director at her church in Noble.

Kennedy Elementary  


Sherri Logan

School Phone: 405-366-5894
School Fax: 405-366-5896
Email:  slogan@norman.k12.ok.us

Sherri Logan currently teaches Kdg-5th grade students at Kennedy Elementary School. Prior to teaching at Kennedy, she  taught 6th, 7th and 8th grade choral music at Longfellow Middle School. She has been with Norman Public Schools since 1989.  Prior to teaching at Longfellow, she was choral director at Whittier Middle School. 

Ms. Logan earned her Bachelor of Music Education degree at Oklahoma City University and a Master of Music Education degree at the University of Oklahoma.  She is a member of MENC, OMEA, ACDA, OCDA, COCDA and has served as adjudicator around the state of Oklahoma. She is active with her church music department and also teaches private voice students.


Sarah Stubblefield-Janco

School Phone: 405-366-5894
School Fax: 405-366-5896
Email: sselchow@norman.k12.ok.us

Lakeview Elementary  

Lani Garner

School Phone: 405-366-5899
School Fax: 405-366-5901
Email: lgarner@norman.k12.ok.us

Lani Aloha Garner  is in her third year of teaching at Lakeview in 2009-2010, having taught for several years at Monroe Elementary School. She has been teaching in the Norman Public School District for 17 years. She received her B.M.E, Kodaly I and II certifications as well as Orff Certification I, from the University of Oklahoma. Mrs. Garner recently was a recipient of the Intenational Rotary Group Study Exchange program that traveled to Norway in the Summer of 2001. She brings much of her travels and excitement for multi-culturalism to her classes.

Ms. Garner was co-founder of the exciting group called "Manyawi!" at Monroe Elementary, which consists of 4th and 5th grade students. This non-auditioned world music ensemble explores many different countries through singing and dancing traditional songs, while also learning about geography, social studies, and language arts.

Lincoln Elementary  


M'Lynn Emanuel

School Phone: 405-366-5904
School Fax: 405-366-5906
Email: memanuel@norman.k12.ok.us

M'Lynn Emanuel is the music specialist at Lincoln Elementary School where she teaches preschool through 5th grade students.  She received a Bachelor of Music Education, Masters of Elementary Education and Kodaly training from the University of Oklahoma.  She has taught in the Norman Public Schools since 1973.

Ms. Emanuel served as the 1999 and 2000 regional chair for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association's choral festival, Circle the State with Song.  She served on the Oklahoma State Department of Education committee for core curriculum tests.  She was Lincoln's Teacher of the Year in 1996.  Ms. Emanuel is a member of MENC, OAKE AND OKE.

Madison Elementary  


Tara Light

School Phone: 405-366-5910
School Fax: 405-366-5912
Email: taral@norman.k12.ok.us

Tara Light is beginning her second year of teaching in Norman Public Schools with the 2009-2010 school year.

 

 

Beth Mattingly

School Phone: 405-366-5910
School Fax: 405-366-5912
Email: bmattingly@norman.k12.ok.us

McKinley Elementary  
Leah Nellis

School Phone:405-366-5914
School Fax: 405-366-5916
Email: lnellis@norman.k12.ok.us

This is Leah Nellis' sixteenth year in the Norman Public Schools where she continues to teach at McKinley Elementary. She previously taught music in grades K-12 for the Navajo School District near Altus (for eleven years) where she directed an elementary honor choir, and junior high and high school choirs. She received her Kodaly Certification in 1987 and a Masters Degree in Music Education in 1993 from Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She is active in MENC, ACDA, and OAKE and has served as a local officer in the latter two organizations' state chapters. She has served as President of the Oklahoma Kodaly Educators and as co-editor of their newsletter. She has sung with the Cimarron Circuit Opera Company and a local chancel choir where she is a frequent soloist.

Monroe Elementary  

 

Micci Underwood

School Phone: 366-5927
School Fax: 366-5930
Email: miccig@norman.k12.ok.us

       


Cindy Scarberry

School Phone: 366-5927
School Fax: 366-5930
Email: cindys@norman.k12.ok.us
Visit Ms. Scarberry's web page

Cindy Scarberry is a national board certified music teacher at Monroe Elementary School where she co-founded “Manyawi!”, the state’s first children’s World Music and Marimba Ensemble. Her passion for multicultural arts integration has led to many collaborations and grant opportunities. In October of 2002, Cindy was awarded the Fulbright Memorial Fund Fellowship to Japan. In 2006, she was awarded the Fund for Teachers and Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence fellowship enabling her and two colleagues to work with the non-profit organization, Ancient Ways, while studying culture and music in Zimbabwe, Africa. Upon return, Fund for teachers awarded her team the 2006 National Raymond Plank Fellowship Award for Teaching Excellence.    

Cindy received her Bachelor of Music Education and additional Kodaly training from the University of Oklahoma. She has been an Oklahoma A+ Schools fellow since 2003 where she has developed and facilitated many workshops including music integration, multiple intelligences, curriculum mapping and collaboration. She has also facilitated arts integration workshops for the Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain.

In addition to teaching, Cindy Scarberry is a professional singer, songwriter and studio vocalist. In 1997, she was inducted into Grant Leftwich’s Opry Hall of Fame and recognized by the State of Oklahoma for her contributions to the Oklahoma Department of Tourism. Cindy currently works with the non-profit organization, Opry Heritage Foundation of Oklahoma and is the Program Director for their weekly show, the Centennial Rodeo Opry.


Roosevelt Elementary  

 

Erin Faulkner

School Phone: 405-447-6581
School Fax: 405-447-6583
Email: erinf@norman.k12.ok.us

Erin Faulkner is in her third year of teaching at Roosevelt Elementary where she teaches pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. In 2006, she received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Oklahoma City University. She was also awarded the OCU Department of Education’s Outstanding Future Elementary/Secondary (K-12) Teacher Award for the 2006-2007 school year. Miss Faulkner is a member of MENC, NEA, Green Country Oklahoma Orff Chapter, and Sigma Alpha Iota.

 

 

Sharon Wayne

School Phone: 405-447-6581
School Fax: 405-447-6583
Email: swayne@norman.k12.ok.us

Sharon Wayne received her Bachelor's Degree at the University of Central Oklahoma, a Master's Degree in Music Education at the University of Oklahoma, along with additional Kodaly and Orff training. She is certified in general music, early childhood, and elementary education. Sharon is an a ctive member of te Music Educators National Conference (MENC), Oklahoma Music Educators Association (OMEA), and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association (AOSA).

Prior to teaching at Roosevelt, she has taught music in the community for several years to students Pre-K through 8th grade. Sharon performs for various organizations, special occasions, has a piano studio, and enjoys composing and arranging music. She currently serves on the Board for the Children's Arts Network.

Truman Elementary  



LuAnne T
une


School Phone: 405-366-5980
School Fax: 405-366-5988
Email: llasley@norman.k12.ok.us

LuAnne Tune received her Bachelor's Degree in Music Education and Master's Degree in Music at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma.
She is certified in Kodaly and Orff/Schulwerk levels. She earned her National Board Certification in 2003 and was a trainer for the National Board Music session for 3 years. Ms. Tune taught one year in Owasso at Hodson Elementary before moving to Norman. She currently teaches pre-kindergarten through 5th grade at Truman Elementary, in addition to teaching privately. Ms. Tune was selected as the 2000-2001 Norman Public Schools Teacher of the Year.  

 

 



Sarah Gee

School Phone: 405-366-5980
School Fax: 405-366-5988
Email: sarahr@norman.k12.ok.us

Sarah Gee is in her fourth year of teaching at Truman Elementary. Her first two years she taught K-2nd grade and she is now responsible for teaching Kindergarten – 5th grade alongside her music team at Truman. Mrs. Gee received her Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Arts and Vocal Performance at Oklahoma Baptist University. She is very involved in her church music department and enjoys teaching piano and voice lessons on the side. Mrs. Gee is married to Jon Gee who is also a Norman Public Schools educator.

 

 

Hillery Bruner

School Phone: 405-366-5980
School Fax: 405-366-5988
Email: hbruner@norman.k12.ok.us

Washington Elementary  

 

Mark Lenington

School Phone: 405-366-5984
School Fax: 405-366-5960
Email: markl@norman.k12.ok.us

Mark Lenington received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1996. At OU he sang in the choir and select choir ensemble, sang lead roles in six different opera productions, played saxophone in the marching band, and worked during the summers with children’s musical camps. In 1995 he studied and sang opera for four months in Graz, Austria through the American Institute of Musical Studies. Mark was the assistant choral director at Norman High School in 1997-98, and has taught at Washington Elementary from 1998 to the present.

Mark is frequently a guest presenter during the summer for master level classes in music education at OU, and music classes from OU visit his classroom regularly during the school year. Mark is an active member of several music organizations including the Music Educators National Conference, Oklahoma Music Educators Association, and Oklahoma Kodaly Educators Association.

After school Mark conducts a 100 voice choir of 4th and 5th graders called the "Washington Honor Choir" and teaches electric guitar lessons to 15 Washington students in a group called the "Electric Eagles". Mark’s wife Becky is a Norman 2nd Grade Teacher, and their daughter Amy was born in 2001.

 

 

Tammy Arce

School Phone: 405-366-5984
School Fax: 405-366-5960
Email: tstephen@norman.k12.ok.us

Wilson Elementary  

 

Sarah Bishop
School Phone: 405-366-5932
School Fax: 405-366-5934
Email: sbishop@norman.k12.ok.us

Sarah Bishop teaches music to Kindergarten through fifth grade students at Wilson Elementary School. She also conducts the Wilson Wildcats Honor Choir, an elective enrichment group of fourth and fifth graders. A graduate of Norman North High School, Mrs. Bishop received a bachelors degree in Elementary Education from the University of Oklahoma in 2006. She is certified in both elementary education and general vocal music education. After teaching 5th grade for one year, Mrs. Bishop began teaching music in the fall of 2008.

 

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