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About the Board
About the Board
Board offices are elected volunteers from the membership. Nominations are sent in the spring or summer of every year for open positions. The board meets about once every other month to vote on workshop seasons, the budget, and more.
Every year we hold an election for the president elect. That member serves as the president elect for one year. Subsequently that member becomes the president and then the past president (as a non-voting member of the board), each for one year, or a total of three years.
MUSIK elects a new treasurer in odd calendar years and a new secretary in even calendar years, both for a two year term.
The board has two member at large positions, each held for two years. One is elected every calendar year.
President-Elect
President-Elect
(2025-2026)
(2025-2026)
Katie Bohannon,
Katie Bohannon,
Charles County Public Schools
Charles County Public Schools
Treasurer
Treasurer
(2025-2027)
(2025-2027)
Amy Hughes,
Amy Hughes,
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Amy Hughes graduated from West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a B.M. in Music Education with a concentration in percussion. In Summer 2019, she completed her Masters of Education in Kodály Music Education at Loyola University Maryland and obtained all three levels of Kodály certification. She has taught Elementary General and Choral Music in Montgomery County since 2012, specializing in grades K-2 since 2015. Amy presented multiple times at Maryland United Specialists in Kodály workshops and Maryland Music Educators Association Fall Conferences. She has performed percussion at Strathmore Children's Chorus and Montgomery County Southeast Honors Chorus concerts. Amy has been the Treasurer of the MUSIK chapter since 2020 and previously President for school year 2024-2025.
Member at Large
(2025-2027)
Member at Large
(2025-2027)
Kelsey Webb,
Kelsey Webb,
Alleghany County Public Schools
Alleghany County Public Schools
President
President
(2025-2026)
(2025-2026)
Ashley Kirkpatrick,
Ashley Kirkpatrick,
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Ashley Kirkpatrick is the General Music Teacher and Choral Director at Rosemont Elementary School in Gaithersburg, MD. She also served as conductor of the Northwest MCPS Elementary Honors Chorus in Spring 2024. She is in her 11th year of teaching with 8 of those years spent in MCPS. She began her career in Colonial Beach, VA where she taught elementary general music, chorus and band. She started her chapter in MCPS at Redland MS where she taught chorus and theater and co-taught band and orchestra. Ms. Kirkpatrick holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA, and is currently pursuing her master’s degree in Kodály music education from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland. She also served as Director of the Children’s Choir at The Lutheran Church of St. Andrew in Silver Spring from 2017 - 2022.
Secretary
Secretary
(2024-2026)
(2024-2026)
Emily Weiser,
Emily Weiser,
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Emily Weiser, Secretary, is a General Music Teacher at Dr. Sally K. Ride Elementary School in Germantown, MD, as well as Choral Director for Fourth and Fifth Grade Choruses. She received a Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of Maryland, College Park. She completed all Kodály levels and earned a Master’s in Kodály Music Education from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland. Emily served as Musical and Artistic Director at the Mandell Jewish Community Center Theater Camp, a day camp for Grades 3-9 located in West Hartford, CT, from 2015 through 2019. Emily directs a musical theater club for Fourth and Fifth Grade students, teaches private piano lessons, and works as an accompanist in Montgomery and Howard Counties, most recently as the piano accompanist for Northwest Montgomery County Honors Chorus.
Member-at-Large
(2024-2026)
Member-at-Large
(2024-2026)
Bethany Pasierb,
Bethany Pasierb,
Montgomery County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools
Bethany Pasierb is an elementary general music/chorus teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, where she has been teaching since 2017. Bethany is an enthusiastic educator who is dedicated to teaching music through creative and engaging lessons. She received her Bachelor's in Music Education & Vocal Performance from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, her Master's of Education in Kodály from the American Kodály Institute at Loyola University Maryland, and is currently pursuing her National Board Certification. Additionally, she studied opera at the Accademia Vocale Lorenzo Malfatti in Lucca, Italy. Bethany also teaches private voice and piano lessons and has presented at multiple workshops for the Maryland United Specialists in Kodály (MUSIK). Bethany was the previous President of MUSIK 2022-2024.
View our chapter bylaws below. This is the document that governs our organization. All updates to the bylaws are viewed and voted on by the general membership of MUSIK.
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