John K. Southall, PhD currently serves as the Chair of the Performing & Visual Arts Department, Director of Bands and Coordinator of Music Education at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida. Dr. Southall is the Conference Chair for the Florida Music Education Association and music director of the Port St. Lucie Community Band. He serves on the advisory board of the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Conference and is also the sponsor of the Treasure Coast Honor Band & Orchestra Festival (FL). Dr. Southall has served as President of the Florida Music Education Association, Chairman of the FMEA Finance committee, an editorial board member for the Research Perspectives in Music Education Journal (FL) and is a contributing author for the Florida Music Director magazine. He has served as the Music Curriculum Specialist, K-12 for the Broward County School District (FL), and as President of the Broward County Music Educators Association (FL). He has also served as the director of bands at Western High School, Piper High School and Ely high School in Broward County Florida. He has served on the Southern Division Board of Directors for the National Association for Music Education. He has served as an editorial board member for the Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education. He has served as the Chairman of the Affective Response Research Interest Group for the National Association for Music Education. He has served as President of the Broward County Music Educators Association, and the Broward County Band Directors Association (FL). He has served as a board member, district chairman, and district secretary for the Florida Bandmasters Association. He has served on numerous committees for the Florida Bandmasters Association including the All-State Selections Committee, the FBA Ethics Committee, and the FBA Adjudication Committee. He has served as the Associate Director of the Florida State University Summer Music Camps and as conductor and coordinator of the FSU Honors Chamber Winds Camp.

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