OkMEA Retired Music Teacher Directory

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Retired Teacher NameMary T. (Todd) Snider
SpouseSteve
Address935 Barker Creek Drive
Sand Springs, OK 74063-6499
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Phone(918) 242-3192
In what year did you retire from teaching?2003
How many years did you teach?31.5
Degrees Earned (start with most recent)

1970 - University of Tulsa; Tulsa, OK - MME - Instrumental Music
1968 - Indiana University; Bloomington, IN - BME - Instrumental Music

Other Training Institutions (certifications, etc.)

Various other colleges, individual courses and workshops

Teaching Positions (start with the most recent)

1980-2003 - Bartlesville Elementary/MS/MH/HS - Orchestra
1976-1980 - Muskogee Elementary/JH/HS, OK - Orchestra
1973-1976 - Oral Roberts Univeristy, OK - Cello and String Methods
1973-1976 - University of Tulsa; Tulsa, OK - Cello and String Methods
1968-1973 - Five Tulsa Elementary Schools, OK - Elementary Instrumental

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

Muskogee Orchestra performed as honor group at OMEA in 1979
Bartlesville MH/HS Orchestra was invited to perform at Disney World in 1992
Madison MS was selected as the Outstanding Orchestra at the Frontier City Festival in 2001

Professional Education Associations

OK-ASTA
- Editor 1975-1995
- President

MENC/OMEA
- Orchestra Chair 1982
- Orchestra Vice President
- Major writer of the Orchestra Rules and Regulations 1982-2003 (3 revisions)

Sigma Alpha Iota

Personal Honors and Awards

2007 - OMEA Hall of Fame
2003 - Builder of Stars from Allied Arts and Humanities Council of Bartlesville
2001 - OK-ASTA Teacher of the Year
1996 - OK-ASTA Teacher of the Year
1996 - Elected member of Pi Kappa Lambda
1993 - Bartlesville HS Orchestra Music Directors Award

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

Teach private cello in Bartlesville, Jenks and Tulsa
Principal Cellist Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra
President of the Washington County Retired Educators
Sail with husband, Steve
Ravel
Judge at contests in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri

Janis Dawson, OkMEA Past President

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