2010 Election: Candidates for President of the MENC History SRIG
Dr. Shelly Cooper
Dr. Shelly Cooper has been a music educator for 27 years. At the University of
Arizona, she teaches music education courses, is the area coordinator, and
the Desert Skies Symposium director. Cooper is the book review editor for
the JHRME, a General Music Today editorial board member and serves as the
History SRIG Western Division Chair. She served as Arizona CMENC Collegiate
Chair, Secretary/Treasurer of the Arizona Collegiate Music Educators and
co-webmaster for the Arizona State University MENC Founders Project and
President's Project. She is published in the JRME, the JHRME, General Music
Today and The New Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed.
Dr. Patti Tolbert
Dr. Patti Tolbert started her career as a middle school/high school band director before moving into higher education. She is the music education coordinator at Georgia College where she teaches courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Additionally, she is an active percussionist, performing in orchestras throughout the Southeast. Dr. Tolbert holds the DMA in music education from the University of Georgia. She has presented several sessions at the Georgia Music Educators association conference as well as at MENC national conferences. She continues to do extensive research on the certification of music teachers. She was awarded a Teaching Excellence Award at Georgia College in 2006-2007. Patti is the webmaster for the MENC History SRIG.