eighth grade chorus

faculty SPOTLIGHT

Deborah has served as middle school choral director for 25 years. She is in her thirteenth year at Lovett. Her middle school choral teaching experience includes public schools on Long Island (NY), Cobb County, and Marietta City Schools. She is a recipient of the Georgia STAR Teacher Award (2011), and The Beth and Ray Chenault Fine Arts Award (2019). She has served in organist and organist/choirmaster positions in Texas, Ohio, New York, and Georgia. She is currently organist at Roswell Presbyterian Church, and served as adjunct organ instructor and University Organist at Ashland University (OH), as well as an adjunct faculty member at Long Island University. Deborah received a Bachelor of Music in organ performance from Wesleyan College, and a Master of Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University, with further organ study at the University of Cincinnati-Conservatory of Music. She is a consecrated Diaconal Minister, and has served in various leadership positions in the United Methodist Church at the conference, state, regional, and national levels.

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faculty SPOTLIGHT

SAMANTHA PUCKETT

Samantha Puckett is a mezzo-soprano originally from Katy, Texas. She attended West Texas A&M University for her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music. Samantha pursued her Artist Diploma at Georgia State University. In addition to her role at Lovett, she is currently an alto staff singer at the Cathedral of St. Philip. Samantha’s operatic roles include Magda Sorel (The Consul), Charlotte (Werther), and Rebecca Nurse (The Crucible). She continues her vocal study and often performs as a guest soloist in Atlanta and its surrounding areas.

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Lower School General Music

The goal of the Lower School General Music program is to build a strong foundation of musical literacy. Children are exposed to a diverse curriculum designed for active and fun music learning through singing, playing instruments, listening, moving, and creating.

Children gain skills in improvising, reading, and composing their own music and learn to use music vocabulary to describe what they feel, see, and hear. Music elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and form are sequenced age appropriately throughout the music curriculum. Children experience a well-rounded repertoire of music representing different genres and cultures.

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JAN BONER

Jan Boner is the Kindergarten through second grade music teacher in the Lower School. She completed a Master’s in Education through Lesley University in Curriculum and Instruction: Integrated Teaching through the Arts. She has a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Ohio University, as well as a Bachelor of Theology with an emphasis in Christian leadership from The Way College of Biblical Research. Janet is a Board Certified Music Therapist, working with young children with developmental delays and autism. Janet served as president of Early Childhood Music & Movement Association and on the board for several more years. She brings to Lovett her passion for music, young children, and many years of teaching experience.

Marianne Beverly

Marianne Beverly, Lovett’s Lower School choral director and general music teacher in Grades 3–5, has been a music teacher for many years. She received her bachelor’s degree in music education and performance at Converse College. While teaching in the DeKalb County school system in Georgia, she earned her master’s degree in music education at Georgia State University. She has been teaching at Lovett for 30 years.