We have an experienced and dedicated group of directors and support staff that strives to create a supportive and challenging atmosphere.  We would like to introduce you to our directors and staff.

Lynn Ann Feroli has been the Director of Bands at Memorial High School since 2001.  She directs the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble and the Marching Band as well as assisting with eighth grade band and sixth grade beginning band classes at Cimarron Middle School.  Ms. Feroli is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, receiving her Bachelor in Music Education and Master in Music.

 

Ms. Feroli has served in various offices as a Central Oklahoma Directors' Associaton (C.O.D.A.) member.  She has also served as a clinician and adjudicator.  Other professional affiliations include MENC, OMEA, IAJE, and OBA.  She resides in Edmond with her husband, Sean, and their dog, Hailee.

John Smith 

John Smith has taught in the Edmond School District for 25 years.  He is an Assistant Director at Edmond Memorial where his duties include assisting Marching Band and serving as Co-Director of the Symphonic Band.  He is also Director of the seventh grade band at Cimarron Middle School, teaches the sixth grade beginner classes and assists with the eighth grade band.  His education includes a Bachelor in Music Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and Master in Music Education from Indiana University.

 

Mr. Smith plays the trumpet for the Henderson Hills Baptist Church Orchestra and the Southern Nazarene Univeristy Metropolitan Orchestra.  He lives in Edmond with his wife, Grace, also a teacher and musician.  They have one daughter, Andrea.

Andrew Brooks is in his eleventh year of teaching and his second in Edmond.  He has taught in Choctaw, Guthrie, and at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City.  He continues to play drumset for several jazz groups in and around the Oklahoma City area and is the director for the 145th Army National Guard Band Jazz Ensemble.  His new book, Beginning Drumset for the Intermediate Snare Drummer, will be published in the fall.  Andrew resides in Edmond with his wife, Amy.

Kevynn Sanford is in her fourth year of teaching and her second year in the Edmond Public School System.  She directs the Concert Band at Edmond Memorial, assists with the Bulldog Marching Band, assists at all five Edmond Middle Schools, and teaches beginning trumpet and flute at Central Middle School.  Prior to teaching in Edmond, Ms. Sanford taught at Noble Middle School in Noble, Oklahoma.

 

A native of Edmond, Ms. Sanford is a graduate of Edmond Santa Fe High School where she was valedictorian, a member of the All-OMEA Band and recipient of the State Superintendent's Award for Arts Excellence.  She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from Oklahoma City University where she graduated Summa Cum Laude, was named "Outstanding Student in Music Education", and "Most Outstanding Senior Woman" from the Bass School of Music.  She is a member of OMEA, MENC, Sigma Alpha Iota, and the honor societies Pi Kappa Lamba, Alpha Chi and Phi Kappa Phi.