Lynne Lauderdale ---------------- Since joining the music faculty at the University of Western Florida (UWF) in 1980, Dr. Lauderdale has taught a wide range of courses, including Music in Western Civilization, Freshman and Sophomore Theory and Ear Training, Music History, Structure and Style, Counterpoint, UWF Singers and Madrigals, Graduate Seminars, piano, and organ. She served as Coordinator for the Department of Music from 1993 through 1999 during which time she was also responsible for the Music Hall Artists Series, the department's reaccredidation with the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accreditation renewals, and the Florida Board of Regents Self-Study Reports. Dr. Lauderdale is responsible for inaugurating the UWF Arts Camps, the UWF Gospel Choir, and the UWF Show Choir. She currently serves as Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities and Advising, with teaching responsibilities in Music History, Class Piano, Piano Pedagogy, Applied Piano and Organ, The UWF Singers, and The UWF Madrigal Singers. Dr. Lauderdale received the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance from Louisiana State University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance, with Organ and Musicology as related fields from the University of North Texas. Her piano teachers have included Lelande Lacoste, Guy Bernard, Janet Martin, Daniel Sher, Jack Guerry, Martin Canin, and Joseph Banowetz; organ teachers include Richard Heschke and Charles Brown. She has performed as soloist with the New Orleans Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the New Orleans Summer Pops Orchestra, the Louisiana State University Symphony Orchestra, the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, and the Okaloosa Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Lauderdale was a semi-finalist in the Murray Dranoff International Two-Piano Competition and the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. She maintains an active private studio both in piano and organ, with many of her students receiving top honors in local, state, regional, and national competitions. Several of her students have been accepted at such prestigious musical institutions as Brevard, Interlochen, and Aspen. Dr. Lauderdale has served as organist at First Baptist Church (FBC), Pensacola, since 1981, where she produced a recording of music for organ to benefit Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. She also started the Cherub Choir and the Acappella Singers as additions to the Music Ministry of FBC. She and her husband, Mark York, oboist and band / music teacher at Brown Barge Middle School, reside in Pensacola with their two sons, Nathaniel and Charles.