NTSU Notes, December 1976 Page: 11
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Stansberry is new assistant director of bands
John Clayton Stansberry, assistant
director of bands, holds degrees from
Drake University and Michigan State
University. While attending Drake he
received the Hazel B. Looney
Scholarship, the Monroe Band
Scholarship, and the Drake
University Music Scholarship. At
Michigan State he held a teaching
assistantship in band and was
awarded a university band
scholarship.
In addition to experience with the
Michigan State bands, Stansberry has
also taught in public schools. From
1972 to 1974 he was the music teacher
at Kogorah High School in New
South Wales, Australia. In 1974-75
he was director of the concert band
and assistant director of the marching
band at East Lansing (Michigan)
High School. Other experience has
included work for the Des Moines,
Iowa, public schools and private
teaching in the East Lansing area. In
1975 Stansberry served as assistant
director and recital coordinator for
Michigan State University's Summer
Youth Music Program.
Stansberry has had experience as
an oboist. In addition to playing in
university bands, orchestras and
ensembles, he has been a member ofJOHN C. STANSBERRY
the Clinton (Iowa) Symphony
Orchestra.
While in Australia Stansberry
served as adjudicator for the New
South Wales Band Association's
Championship Solo Competition,
conductor and music director of the
Sydney Concert Band, and guest
conductor with the BlacktownSymphony Orchestra. As conductor
of the Sydney Concert Band he was
the first American to conduct in
Sydney's new Opera House on
August 1 and 5, 1973. Also in
Australia Stansberry wrote and
narrated a 90 minute radio program
for the Australian Broadcasting
Commission's "New Music" series
entitled "American Contemporary
Music." His article, "The Concert
Band's Survival Kit," was published
in the New South Wales School Band
Championship Magazine, July, 1974.
Stansberry is a member of Pi
Kappa Lambda, the International
Double Reed Society, the Michigan
School Band and Orchestra
Association, the National Band
Association, Texas Music Educators
Association, Texas Band Directors
Association, and Music Educators
National Conference. In 1972 he was
nominated to Who's Who in
American Colleges and Universities.
Stansberry's wife, Peggy
(Marquardt), holds a Bachelor of
Liberal Arts degree in sociology from
Drake University. While they were in
Australia, she was an adoption
officer for the New South Wales
Department of Welfare. They have
one son, J. Clayton, who is one and a
half years old.Warner stresses CMP approach in instrumental music education
Dr. Roger Warner, a specialist in
the comprehensive musicianship ap-
proach to public school music, has
been appointed to the music educa-
tion faculty as supervisor for in-
strumental music student teachers
and teacher of music education
methods. Dr. Warner received the
Bachelor of Science degree in music
from Minot State College in North
Dakota, his master's degree from the
University of Illinois, Urbana, and
the Doctor of Education degree in
music from Washington University in
St. Louis in 1975
Warner has taught at Highland
Junior and Senior High Schools in
Anderson, Indiana, at University
City Senior High School in Missouri,
and served as supervisor of music
for the University City Public
Schools. While in University City he
was director of the community band
for eight seasons. From 1973 to 1976he was director of bands and assistant
professor of music education at
Adams State College in Alamosa,
Colorado.
The music department of the
University City High School, under
his direction, received "A" ratings in
10 years of county music festival
competition and was selected for a
Ford Foundation Composer in
Residence Grant. While teaching in
University City, Dr. Warner also was
awarded a grant by the Contem-
porary Music Project to design and
implement a comprehensive
musicianship program in senior high
school band. This pilot program was
implemented in the school from 1970
to 1972. The curriculum resulted in
re-structuring of the before- and
after-school sectional/ensemble
program to include composition
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