ANDREA MEYERS

Past-President of CASTA

^{Formal Education:

1976: Bachelor of Music Education; K-12 Instrumental Music, University of
Northern Colorado; Greeley

1992: Master of Arts: Curriculum and Instruction: University of Denver

Professional Employment:

2008: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Rock Canyon H.S.,

Rocky Heights Middle School, Buffalo Ridge, Redstone, Timber Trail, and
Wildcat Elementary Schools

2006: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Rock Canyon H.S.,

Rocky Heights Middle School

2005: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Rock Canyon H.S.,

Rocky Heights Middle, and Redstone Elementary Schools

2004: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Douglas County H.S.

1985 - 2004: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Northeast Elementary

1996 - 2004: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Cougar Run Elementary

1995 - 1996: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Fox Creek, Northeast, and

Acres Green Elementary Schools

1994 – 1998: Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra; Personnel Manager

1983 – 1992: Douglas County School District Re. 1; Ponderosa High School,

Cherry Valley, and Northeast Elementary Schools

1983 – 1992 Douglas County School District Re. 1; Ponderosa H.S.,

Parker Junior, Franktown, Northeast Elementary and Pine Lane Intermediate
Schools

1981 – 1983 The Colorado Ballet; Orchestra Personnel Manager

1976 – 1981 Boulder Valley School District Re. 1; Fairview High School, Bear

Creek, Burke, Paddock, and Mesa Elementary Schools

Awards:

2008: “Outstanding State Chapter Leader” National American String Teachers
Association

2008: Douglas County School Board Recognition, “Outstanding State Chapter
Leader” by the National ASTA

2005: “Outstanding Colorado American String Teacher Association

Teacher of the Year”

2004: Selected with 7 other Recipients from 160 Nominations – Thank a
Teacher; Douglas County School District Champions of Education

1995,2001–2008: Douglas County “Outstanding Teacher” Award

1986, 1994, 1996,

2000, 2004,

2006, 2007: “Who’s Who” in American Teacher Education

Special Accomplishments:

2009: National ASTA Conference Committee

2008: “Outstanding State Chapter Leader” National American String Teachers
Association

2008: Douglas County School Board Recognition, “Outstanding State Chapter
Leader” by the National ASTA

2008: 1st Annual Western: All-Star” Feeder Orchestra Concert: RCHS

2006: “Star-Spangled Banner” Orchestra Performance at Coors Field; 20-6
Rockies vs. San Francisco; Rock Canyon H.S. and Rocky Heights Orchestras;
Coordinator and Conductor

2004, 2006

2007, 2008: Douglas County Federation of Teachers Scholarship

2006 – Present Tri-M Chapter Induction #5103 Rock Canyon H.S.; Music
Educators National Conference, Advisor

2006: Zonta International: Advancing Studies of Women Worldwide

2005: Douglas County School Board Recognition; “ Outstanding Colorado ASTA
“String Teacher of the Year”

2005: “Outstanding Colorado American String Teacher Association

Teacher of the Year”

2004 – Present: Douglas County Music Curriculum Committee

2004: Selected with 7 other Recipients from 160 Nominations – Thank a
Teacher; Douglas County School district Champions of Education

1995,2001–2008: Douglas County “Outstanding Teacher” Award

2006 - 2008: Rocky Heights Group Incentive Plan Award

1986, 1994, 1996,

2000, 2004,

2006, 2007: “Who’s Who” in American Teacher Education

2002: Douglas County Music Group Incentive Plan Award

1993: “Star Spangled Banner” Orchestra Performance at Mile High

Stadium: Rockies vs. San Diego Padres Douglas County, Highlands Ranch &
Ponderosa High Schools: Coordinator and Conductor

1993: Cherry Creek Colorado Pops Orchestra; Advocate

1990: Created Front Range Junior Youth Orchestra; Director

1976: Created “String Fling, Boulder Valley School District Re. 1

1954 – Present: Colorado Native

1976 – Present: Colorado Music Educators National Conference; Participant,
Presider, Advocate

1986 – Present: Private Cello Studio

Work Related Experiences:

2008: CHSAA Large Group Performance Festival; Rock Canyon H.S. Orchestra;
All “Superior” Ratings

2006 & 2008: CHSAA Large Group Performance Festival; Rocky Heights M.S. 7th
& 8th Grade Orchestra; All “Superior” Ratings

2008: National ASTA Conference; Albuquerque, NM – State Leadership

Workshop Committee and Presider for Mark Wood

2008: National ASTA Conference; Albuquerque, NM

2006, 2007,

& 2008: Mark Wood–“Electrify Your Strings” Colorado Tour; Co-Coordinator

2007 & 2008: “Trills & Thrills” Large Group Performance Festival; Rocky
Heights M.S. 6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Orchestras; “Superior” Ratings

2007: 82nd Annual Colorado West Invitational Music Performance Festival
Tour; Mesa State College and Mesa County Valley School District 51; Grand
Junction, CO – All “Superior” Ratings

2007: National ASTA Conference; Detroit, MI

2007: Continental League Orchestra, Band, Choir Honor Festival; Hosts

2007 & 2008: CMEA/CASTA; CASTA President Conference Coordinator

2006: Rocky Heights M.S> Music Tour; Band, Choir, and Orchestra

2006: ASTAWITHNSOA Leadership Summit; 2006 National String Forum & Festival;
60th Birthday Celebration; Kansas City, MO

2006: ASTAWITHNSOA “Arranging for Cellos: Sure, We Can Play That!”

Douglas Moore, Williams College; Kansas City; Presider

2006: National ASTAWITHNSOA Conference; Kansas City, MO

2006 – 2008: “Poet’s Tea” and “Tied to the Arts;” Rocky Heights M.S.

1995,2006–2008: Continental League Honor Orchestra, Band, & Choir Festival

2005, 2007: Florida Tour: Highlands Ranch H.S. Orchestra at Disney World;

Assistant Director

2005 – 2008: Summer CASTA/CBA “Colorado Bandmasters Association”

Conference Coordinator/Advisor

2004 – 2006: Douglas County Music Curriculum Council Committee

1983 – 2008: All-District Douglas County Elementary Orchestra Festival;

Coordinator/Participant/Advisor

2004: ASTAWITHNSOA Leadership Summit; 2004 National String Forum & Festival;
Dallas, Texas – Southern Methodist University

2003: ASTAWITHNSOA; Celebrating Strings: All Together Now!” The Ohio State
University, Cincinnati, Ohio; Presider

2003 & 2004: D.C.E.F. Silent Auction “Wildlife Experience;” Band & Orchestra
Performance

2002: “String Fling 2002” – All Elementary Schools Invited in Douglas with
Ponderosa and Douglas County High School Musicians; featuring Rick Molzer;
Luthier

2001: Cresthill M.S. Orchestra: Performance at 58th Annual Colorado Music
Educators National Association Conference; Presider

2001: Colorado Music Educators Association 58th Annual Conference “Survivor”
for String Instruments: Doing Your Own Repair and Maintenance; Colorado
Springs, CO

2000 – 2004: String Enrichment Program; Northeast Elementary

2000: “String Fling 2000” – Northeast and Cougar Run Elementary with
Ponderosa and Douglas County High Schools; Director

1999: “Jazzin’ Strings” – D.C.E.F. Grant; Elementary Mentor Musician
Program; Coordinator

1998: National Music Educators Conference; Phoenix, AZ

1996 & 1997: Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic; Chicago, IL

1983 – 1995: Ponderosa High School Baccalaureate & Honors Convocation

1983 – 1994: Skyline League Orchestra Festivals; Director

1983 – 1995: All-District Douglas County High School Orchestra Festival;
Coordinator

1983 – 1994: All-District Douglas County Junior School Festival; Coordinator

1994: Florida Tour; Combined Douglas County, Highlands Ranch & Ponderosa
H.S. Orchestras at Epcot, Busch Gardens, & Magic Kingdom

1986 & 1994: Hotel Colorado Orchestra Performances; Glenwood Springs, CO

1985 & 1993: Supervision of Two Student Teachers at Ponderosa H.S.

1983 – 1995: Ponderosa H.S.; Senior Sponsor

1989: 47th Annual Colorado Music Educators Clinic & Conference; Combined
Parker Junior High and Ponderosa High School Orchestras; Colorado Springs,
CO

1978: European Tour with Fairview H.S. Musicians

1976: Fairview High School Orchestra, “National Forum for The Arts and The
Gifted,” sponsored by the “United States Department of Education,” Aspen, CO

Conductor/Clinician:

2008: All-City Festival Orchestra (7 M.S., 3 H.S.); Aurora Public Schools

2008: “String Stars” District Orchestra Festival, St. Vrain School District

2008: Eldorado, Angevine, Louisville M.S. Combined Festival Orchestra;

Monarch H.S.

2007: Mesa County Solo & Ensemble Contest: Grand Junction, CO

2006: 2nd Annual “Core Enrichment” Academy Music Festival

2005: 2nd Annual Honors Chamber Orchestra Festival; Fort Lewis College;
Durango, CO

2003: “Celebrate Strings!” Adams County High School Orchestra Festival

2003: Colorado Springs District 11 East Side Combined Middle & High School
Orchestra Festival

2003: Saint Vrain Valley Multi-Level Orchestra Festival; 7th & 8th Grade
String Orchestra

2003: Boulder Valley Middle School Middle Level Orchestra Festival

2003: Colorado Springs District 11 Middle School Orchestra Festival

2002: Central, Fruita Monument & Grand Junction High Schools Combined
Orchestra Festival Orchestras; District 51; Grand Junction, CO

2002: Jefferson County Schools Instrumental Festival: All County Elementary
Honor Strings; Clinician/Conductor

2002: Douglas County School District Re. 1 East Side Middle School Orchestra
Festival

2001 – 2002: Colorado Youth Chamber Orchestra; Substitute Conductor:
University of Denver

2001: Louisville Middle & H.S. Orchestra Festival; Broomfield, CO

2001: Douglas County Westside Middle School Orchestra Festival

1989- 1999: Pike’s Peak Honor Combined Orchestras – Widefield School

District #3 and El Paso County School District #11

1996- 2000: Adams County School District #50 – Secondary Orchestra Festival

1996: CASTAWITHNSOA Camp; Guest Conductor

1995: Pueblo District #60 All-City Middle School Orchestra Festival

1994: Longmont/Thompson Valley High School Festival

1993: Boulder Valley Middle School Orchestra Festival; “Spring String Fling”

1988 – 1991: Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra; Assistant Conductor

1979: Pueblo District #60 All-City High School Orchestra

Musical Director:

2007: “Fiddler on the Roof” at Rock Canyon H.S.

2005: “My Fair Lady” at Douglas County H.S.

1992: “Carousel” at Ponderosa H.S.

1981: “West Side Story” at The Aladdin Theatre, Denver, CO

1980: “West Side Story” at Fairview H.S.

1979: “Once Upon a Mattress” at Fairview H.S.

1978: “Oklahoma” at Fairview H.S.

1977: “Carousel” at Fairview H.S.

1976: “Fiddler on the Roof” at Fairview H.S.

Adjudicator:

2007: Solo & Ensemble Contest; Mesa State College; Grand Junction

2002 & 2006: 77th & 81st Annual Colorado West Invitational Music Performance

Festival; Grand Junction, CO

1989 – Present: CHSAA Middle School Solo & Ensemble Contest; Colorado
Springs, CO

1990, 1991, 1994,

1989,2004: CHSAA State Solo & Ensemble Contest; Mesa State College:

Grand Junction, CO

2003, 2004: CHSAA Denver Suburban II Solo & Ensemble Festival: Westlake

Middle School

2004: Multi-Level Solo & Ensemble Contest; Douglas County School District;
Thunder Ridge High School

2004: CHSAA High School Solo & Ensemble Contest; Mesa County

Valley School District No. 51, Grand Junction, CO

1991, 2000, 2001: CHSAA – “Large Group Orchestra” Contest; Colorado Springs
and Longmont, CO

1992: Elementary Solo & Ensemble Contest; District 1 Colorado Springs, CO

1992: Front Range District Solo & Ensemble Contest; Fort Collins, CO

Professional Associations:

2006 – 2008: Colorado American String Teachers Association; President

2004 – 2005: CASTAWITHNSOA – President Elect

1976 – Present: National and Colorado American String Teachers Association

1983 – Present: Douglas County American Federation of Teachers

1993 – 2001: CASTAWITHNSOA Board Member Denver Representative

1983 – 2003: DCFT Union Steward

1983 – Present: National American Federation of Teachers

1993: CASTAWITHNSOA; Colorado Membership Chairperson

1990 – 1995: Colorado All-State Orchestra Advisory Board, Secretary

1987 – 1989: Colorado All-State Orchestra Advisory Board

1976 – 1981: National Education Association

Cellist:

2008: RCTV/DC5151 Spotlight Program “Ms. Meyers Special”

2008: John Tesh: “PBS Special” Alive Music & Dance Orchestra

1994 – Present: Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra

2004: 50th Anniversary “Jubilee A.P.O. Committee Member

1986 – Present: “Eclectic Duets” & “Canon” Quartet

2003: Mozart Requiem; St. Andrew United Methodist Church

2002: Peter Mayer Ensemble (Jimmy Buffet’s Lead Guitarist

2001: Lamont School of Music – Cello Extravaganza

2000: World Cello Congress III Towson University, Baltimore, MD

1998 – 2000: Westminster Symphony Orchestra; Principal Cellist

1988 – 1991: Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra; Principal Cellist

1988: First World Cello Conference, Washington, DC

1981 – 1983: The Colorado Ballet Orchestra; Cellist and Personnel Director

1979 – 1981: Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra; Assistant Principal Cellist

1974 – 1980: Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra

Knowledge Advancement Coursework:

Adams State College

Spring 2001: “Why We Communicate The Way We Do” - Ennegrams: The Study of
Personality Types

Colorado State University

Summer 2007: Conducting Workshop

Summer 2006: Conducting Workshop

Summer 2005: Group Study: Conducting

Fall 2001: Group Study: Conducting

Spring 2001: Humanities Workshop: Music Instruction

Fall 2000: Group Study: Conducting

Summer 2000: Humanities Workshop for Instrumental Music Education

Music Education Workshop

Summer 1999: Suzuki Institute and Colorado American String Teachers

Association in Breckenridge; Conducting – Marvin Rabin

Fall 1999: Group Studies in Music Education

Summer 1998: Humanities Workshop II; Music Education

Summer 1996: Music into the 21st Century

Summer 1995: Band Masters: Teaching Standards of Music Education

Summer 1994: Workshop for Music Instruction

Colorado School of Mines

Spring 2001: Music Technology Computer

Douglas County Schools: Inservice Programs

Fall 2007: Orchestra “Tried & True Literature Session, Clinician

Winter 2004: 4 Roles of Leadership; Skill Block Development Sponsored by
DCFT

Fall 2002: ER&D; Educational Research & Development; Sponsored by DCFT

Spring 2001: Principals of Literacy Study Group: “Mosaic of Thought”

Spring 1999: Developing Resiliency in Youth

Spring 1999: Six-Trait Writing

Winter 1999: Honoring Diversity

Winter 1999: First Aid/CPR

Summer 1997: Experiential Education; Jack Kronser

University of Colorado at Denver

Summer 1998: Conducting Music in the 21st Century

Spring 1997: Conflict Management Skills for Women

University of Northern Colorado

Fall 1999: Intermediate String Pedagogy

University of Phoenix

Fall 1999: “Survival Tactics – Humor in the Classroom

Fall 1999: “The Malignant Media”

Fall 1997: Teaching Elementary Curriculum

At various times and locations listed above, my teaching experience has
included chamber orchestra, band, music theory, enrichment, performance
programs, and guitar. I have also assisted in the evaluation of language
arts curriculum, music curriculum council and assisted as a member of the
North Central Certification Committee. Additionally, due to the nature of
string education, my employment has afforded incredible opportunities of
varied procedures, policies, expectations, staff and administration.

Additional Associations:

Denver Art Museum and Colorado Historical Society; Member

University of Northern Colorado Foundations Scholarships,

Howard Skinner Endowment Performing Arts Scholarships

United Veterans of Colorado and Allied Jewish Federation, Sponsor}

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