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Lynne
Gackle is an active clinician, conductor, and adjudicator for various
choral clinics, honor choirs, workshops, and festivals throughout the
United States. She has
conducted All-State Choirs in 19 states and has served as conductor for
several Divisional ACDA Honor Choirs and one National Junior High Honor
Choir. In 2002, she
served as conductor of the Australian National Choral Association's High
School Women's Choir in Brisbane, Australia and the Alberta Choral
Federation's High School Honour Choir in Calgary, Canada.
In 2004, she will conduct various workshops, honor choirs and
All-State Choirs in Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Minnesota, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Dr. Gackle has taught at all
levels, elementary through college in Louisiana, Florida, and
Mississippi. She is
also the Founder/Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Youth Choirs, Inc.,
a community choral arts organization in Tampa, Florida where she also
serves as the conductor of the advanced touring ensemble, Le
Petit Choeur. Previously,
she served as the Vocal/Choral Coordinator at the New World School of
the Arts in Miami, FL, Assistant Professor of Music at the University of
Mississippi and Adjunct Professor, Music Education at the University of
Miami in Coral Gables, FL.
She received her Bachelor of
Music Education degree from Louisiana State University and her Master of
Music Education as well as her Doctorate of Music Education from the
University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.
Her choirs have performed at
the State and Divisional Conventions of the American Choral Directors
Association as well as the Music Educators National Conference Bi-ennial
Convention. She served as
President of the ACDA Southern Division as well as ACDA - Florida.
Lynne received the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award
from the Florida ACDA Chapter for dedicated service, leadership, and
excellence in choral music in Florida.
In addition to ACDA, she holds memberships in the Florida Music
Educators Association, MENC, the Florida Vocal Association, and NATS.
Dr.
Gackle was a contributing author to the MENC publication, Music at the Middle Level: Building Strong Programs, and has had
several articles published in the Choral Journal.
Additionally, she is the editor of the Lynne
Gackle Choral Series for Colla Voce Music, Inc. and of Choral
Artistry for the Singer with Walton Music.
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