OUR CONDUCTOR

Lem Hardy is a native of South River, N.C. He has taught high school band in North Carolina for six years. His bands have won myriad competitions and accolades. They were the featured band in the Midwest Clinic Presentation entitled Excellence In Small Bands and performed for State Superintendent June Atkinson. Mr. Hardy received a Master of Arts in Teaching with Music Emphasis, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor's of Music in Saxophone Performance. While at Chapel Hill he performed with the UNC Saxophone Quartet, and participated in the 2004 Cours International de Musique in Morges, Switzerland. He has served as the North Carolina President for the Collegiate Music Educator's National Conference and completed two Undergraduate Research Symposium Projects: "Enhancing Sight-reading Techniques" (2004) "Wagnerian Practices in Modern Film Music" (2005). and published an article for the North Carolina Music Educator's Journal article entitled "The State of C-MENC" (2006).