OkMEA Retired Music Teacher Directory

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Retired Teacher NameJudith M. (Clingo) Havens
SpouseJohn
ChildrenPatrick and Eleanor
Address4617 Rhode Island
Edmond, OK 73013
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Phone(405) 341-7796
In what year did you retire from teaching?1994
How many years did you teach?22
Degrees Earned (start with most recent)

Southern Methodist University - Dallas, TX - BME: Voice Emphasis - 1960

Other Training Institutions (certifications, etc.)

University of Oklahoma - Norman, OK - Kodály Certificate
Oklahoma Baptist University - Shawnee, OK - Level I Orff
Concordia College - Moorhead, MI - Undergraduate work
Butler University - Indianapolis, IN - Conducting Program/Henry Leck - Level I

Teaching Positions (start with the most recent)

1986-2011 - Canterbury Youth Choruses - Assistant Director, Education; Coordinator, Tour Coordinator; Choral Camp Administrator
1998-1999 - Belle Isle Enterprise MS, OK - General Music and Honor Choir
1974-1994 - Westminster Day School, OK - General Music and Choir grades 3-4
1960-1961 - Plains Elementary, TX - General Music and Choir grades 1-6

Teaching Highlights (ensemble accomplishments, personal accomplishments, etc.)

Choruses sang for many community events including German American Organization Christmas Service. Community Chorus sang for the Governor's Mansion, etc. Oklahoma Children's Chorus sang in Washington National Cathedral & Brutan Parish Church in Williamsburg in 1994. Canterbury Youth Choruses sang in National Cathedral and Walter Reed Hospital in 2011.

Professional Education Associations

MENC/OMEA (Member 1974-present)
ACDA/OCDA (Member 1994-present)
OKE (Secretary)
OAKE (Member)

Personal Honors and Awards

1984 - Faculty Appreciation Award from Westminster Day School

Retirement Years (jobs, accomplishments, travel, etc.)

Canterbury Academy of the Vocal Arts (CAVA) - Assistant Artistic Director
Administrator and conductor CAVA Choral Camp
Canterbury Choral Society - Soprano I - Section Leader
All Soul's Episcopal Adult Choir member
Director of Master Singers - All Souls Episcopal Church
Travel to National Parks
Sang with Canterbury Choral Society 1971-2011
Gardening

Janis Dawson, OkMEA Past President

6721 Stonycreek Dr.
Oklahoma City, OK 73132
(405) 740-9306
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