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Cyndee Hawkins taught band and orchestra in grades 5-12 for 33 years prior to her retirement in 2015. For 28 of those years, she served in the Lafayette High School pyramid in Lexington, Kentucky, primarily as band director at Jessie Clark Middle School. Her previous teaching experience included positions in Virginia and Texas, and serving as an adjunct instructor of Instrumental Music Pedagogy at Transylvania University.
Cyndee is currently the Technical Editor for RWS Music Company. She frequently serves as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and instructor/coach at middle schools and high schools. As a part of these activities, she pursues her career-long quest to cultivate young oboists and bassoonists.
In 2010, Mrs. Hawkins joined the staff of Music For All Summer Symposium, where she teaches in the Young Directors/Middle School Directors track. In 2016, she served as Chief Adjudicator at the Victoria School Music Festival for Young Bands in Melbourne, Australia.