Profiles of MAAE Officers
Profiles of MAAE Officers
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Jeff Sandquist currently serves as the Chair of MAAE. He served for a number of years as the secretary and vice-chair of MAAE. His history with the Alliance goes back over 20 years to the beginnings of what is now the MAAE. In addition to his work for MAAE he is a past-president of; Southwestern Division of the American Choral Directors Association, Missouri Choral Directors Association, Missouri Music Educators Association, Central District MMEA, and Arts Rolla!. He continues to serve SWACDA as the Honor Choir Coordinator. In real life he is recently retired from the music department chair and choral director position for the Rolla Public Schools, a position he has held for twenty-five years.
Tom Tobias, Tom Tobias, born 1954 in Decatur Illinois, spent his early, formative years in Quincy Illinois and St. Louis Missouri. He graduated from Lindbergh High School in 1972. In 1976 he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Southwest Missouri State University (Missouri State University) with an emphasis in printmaking and drawing. In 1982, he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts Degree and teaching certification from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
His 33 years as a teacher were spent teaching art, K-12 at various schools in the Saint Louis Public Schools, the last ten at Metro High School. Throughout his teaching years, at various times he taught part time as an adjunct instructor for Meramec Community College and Washington University. In December of 2014, he retired from teaching, and accepted a position as Arts Education Director for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. He retired from his position as Arts Education Director in June of 2019 and is currently a long-term substitute teacher for the Mehlville School District.
In between substitute teaching opportunities he spends his time making art, completing house repairs, traveling and spending time with family and grandchildren.
Michael Dove , PhD currently serves as the secretary for MAAE. He is the vice-president elementary music for the South Central Missouri Music Educators Association and is the treasurer for Kodaly of the Ozarks. He has been a full-time music educator since 1989 and earned his doctorate from the University of Kansas in 2008. Dr. Dove has completed Kodaly certifications in Levels 1-3 and Orff certification Level 1. He has served as the chairman of the music department, professor of music education and director of bands at Baptist Bible College, Springfield. Currently he is teaching in the Marshfield R-I school district.
Bruce Dickerson, Master of Science with a Specialization in Choral Music Education from The Univeristy of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 1982 and a Bachelor of Science with a Specialization in Music Education: Choral/Vocal Emphasis from the U of I Dec 1978. Retired Choral Director from Truman High School 2006 and as Director of Middle & Upper School Music at The Barstow School in 2018. Previous teaching was at LaSalle-Peru Twp. High School in Illinois. Bruce was President of the Missouri Choral Director's Association 2005-2007, President of KC Metro MMEA District #3, serves on the Board of Directors at Music/Arts Institute in Independence MO where he founded The Young MAIsterSingers Children's Choir in 1985 which performed with KC Symphony, Independence Symphony and Northland Symphony Orchestras as well as recording new children's choir music for Belwin Mills Music Co. Bruce has served as a building rep for the Independence NEA and as District Department Chair. Retirement includes assisting MCDA when needed, teaching piano to 4 of his 7 grandchildren and serving as Finance Chair for LifeConnection Church: Independence.
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