CU MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR BAND

We are pleased to announce that Michael Stone, Visual and Performing Arts Department Coordinator in the Bakersfield City School District, California, will be the 2010 Middle School Honor Band Guest Conductor.

Michael D. Stone earned the B.A. in Music Education/Performance and the M.Ed. in Education from UCLA. In January of 2004, Mr. Stone was appointed to the position of Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator for the Bakersfield City School District. As the arts administrator for the district, he oversees arts programs at 31 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, and 2 junior high schools. Instruction in the arts is offered at all schools in the district. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Stone served for over 14 years as instrumental music teacher at Chipman Junior High School, also in the Bakersfield City School District. Under his leadership, Chipman bands and orchestras consistently earned Unanimous Superior Ratings at CMEA (California Association for Music Education) adjudicated ratings festivals.

As a mentor teacher, Mr. Stone developed a "point award system" which was used to motivate students in the instrumental music program. Chipman bands and orchestras performed at the state conferences of CMEA and CBDA during his tenure. Mr. Stone was featured in the January 1999 issue of The Instrumentalist Magazine, and has written several articles for the magazine since that time. During the summer of 1998, he was awarded the prestigious "Fellowship in Music Education" at Northwestern University. During March of 2009, Mr. Stone served as an Online Mentor for the MENC National Council of Supervisors of Music Education (NCSME).