Debbie Shelton is the director of bands at Morton Middle School in Lexington, Kentucky.  Ms. Shelton is in her 29th year of teaching and after teaching in Oldham and Trimble counties has taught the last 23 years in Fayette County. Ms. Shelton has instructed elementary, middle, and high school instrumental, choral, and music theory students.   Ms. Shelton holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Kentucky and a Masters degree from Georgetown College.

Ms. Shelton’s middle school bands have consistently received straight Superior and distinguished ratings during her teaching career.  Her Morton Advanced Band performed at the Kentucky Music Educators Convention in 1990, 2000 and  2007.

        Ms. Shelton is a past president of District 7-11 and at Morton is the Music Department chair and has been a member of the SBDM Council.  She holds memberships in the National Band Association, KMEA, MENC, and Phi Beta Mu.  She was named Middle School Teacher of the Year by the Central Kentucky Music Educators in District 7-11 in 2000 and is currently the President of Phi Beta Mu. At the 2008 Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference Ms. Shelton received the distinction of being named the Kentucky Band Master of the Year by Phi Beta Mu.

        Ms. Shelton is a frequent adjudicator and guest conductor for various regional clinics and assessment events.

        Dr. Terry Magee assists with the 7th and 8th grade advanced band.  Dr. Terry Magee is the Associate Director of Bands at Lafayette High School, a position he has held for eighteen years. Dr. Magee has served as a graduate teaching associate at the University of South Carolina and for nine years was Professor of Low Brass and Marching Band director at Newberry College in South Carolina.

His education includes a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Morehead State University, a Master of Music degree from Michigan State University and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in euphonium performance from the University of South Carolina. While attending these institutions, he studied euphonium with Leonard Falcone, Earle Louder, Bob Jorgenson, and Ronald Davis.

Dr. Magee has been a featured soloist at the KMEA in-service Conference and the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic. He was selected as the 2002 High School Music Teacher of the Year for his district and was awarded the National Band Association Certificate of Merit for Marching Excellence.
 

Mr. Jason Gibson is the assistant band director at Morton Middle School.  He is also the band director at Mary Todd Elementary, James Lane Allen Elementary and Squires Elementary.  Mr. Gibson is in his first year of teaching.  He received his Bachelors of Music Education degree from Western Kentucky University in 2006 and recently completed  his Masters in Music Education at WKU.  Mr. Gibson is a Euphonium player and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity.  He lives in Lexington with his wife Jessica.

Mr. Todd Chamberlain assists with the 6th Grade intermediate class.  Mr. Chamberlain is the Associate Director of Bands at Henry Clay High School.  Mr. Chamberlain is entering his 14th year as a band director. A 1991 graduate of Henderson Co. HS, he studied horn at the University of Kentucky with David Elliott while earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Instrumental Music Education in 1995. Mr. Chamberlain earned a MS in Music Education from Southern Oregon University in 2002 as part of the American Band College. He is the principal horn player for the Central Kentucky Concert Band, an adult community band in Lexington. Mr. Chamberlain most recently spent five years as band director at East Jessamine High and Middle Schools. He previously held positions as band director at Harrodsburg High School and Louisville Southern High School. He lives in Lexington with his wife, Cindy (a reading teacher at Landsdowne Elementary), and their 2 year old son, Bratcher.