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Lorrie S. Crochet
Assistant Professor of Music, M.M., University of Miami,
Ph.D. University of Miami
Assistant Director of Bands, Symphonic Band,
Instrumental Conducting, Music Education
121 Conservatory of Music
803 323-4610
crochetl@winthrop.edu
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Dr. Lorrie S. Crochet is currently assistant director of bands and assistant professor of music at Winthrop University. Dr. Crochet is the conductor of the Wind Symphony and the Symphonic Band, and director of the Screamin' Eagles Basketball Band. Other responsibilities include chair of music education and instructor for instrumental music education courses. Dr. Crochet earned her bachelor's degree in music education from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and her master's degree in wind conducting and doctorate in music education from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, where she studied with Gary Green.
Bands under Dr. Crochet's direction have consistently earned superior ratings at concert and marching festivals and competitions throughout Florida, Kansas, and Missouri. Prior to moving to south Florida, she taught instrumental music in grades 4 through 12 in the Olathe School District in Olathe, Kansas. While attaining her master's degree at the University of Miami, Dr. Crochet served as assistant conductor of the wind ensemble, symphonic winds, and chamber winds. From 1996 to 2000, she was the director of bands at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
Dr. Crochet has served as a clinician, guest conductor, and adjudicator in Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, and Virginia. She has been selected for Who's Who Among America's Teachers for 1992, 1995, 1999, 2002, and 2004, and currently holds memberships in the American School Band Directors Association, MENC: The National Association for Music Education, College Band Directors National Association, South Carolina Music Educators Association, South Carolina Bandmasters Association, North Carolina Bandmasters Association, The College Music Society, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
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