The Pedagogics Project
the art and science of teaching from Buffet Crampon USA
Meet our Buffet Crampon USA Educational Advisory Board
Elva Kaye Lance is Director of Bands at Mississippi State University. Her current responsibilities include conducting the Wind Ensemble, providing leadership for the Famous Maroon Band, and administering all aspects of the band program. Ms. Lance also teaches music methods classes and assists with student teacher supervision. Ms. Lance has guided the band program through the completion of a multimillion-dollar rehearsal facility and construction of a new synthetic turf practice field. Under her leadership, the band program has seen the expansion of the band staff and a student enrollment that now includes four concert bands, jazz band, two basketball pep bands, and a marching band with an enrollment of more than 400 students.
Elva Kaye Lance
Director of Bands - Mississippi State University and past President -
Phi Beta Mu International
Andy Sealy is in his nineteenth year as Director of Bands at Hebron High School in Carrollton, Texas. He maintains professional affiliations with the American Bandmasters Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, and the International Clarinet Association. He is a Past-President of the Texas Music Educators Association and was awarded the University Scholastic League Sponsor of Excellence Award in 2016.
Andy Sealy
Director of Bands - Hebron High School
Lewisville, Texas, ISD
Jasmine Britt is a music educator based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Florida State University and a Master’s Degree in Music Education from Ithaca College. Jasmine led the JHS 50 band program to Gold medal ratings at evaluations including their first-ever Gold medal rating in 2009. She also directed the Grand Street Campus High Schools Symphonic Band and Jazz Band B. She is currently the band director at IS 318. In addition to her work as an educator, Jasmine is an active conductor and clinician. She is a CBDNA Mike Moss Conducting Study Fellow and serves as the conductor for the Columbia University Wind Ensemble, the Kings County Concert Band, and as Artistic Director of the Metropolitan Music Community.
Jasmine Britt
New York City Public Schools
Brooklyn, NY
An award-winning and frequently commissioned composer, Dr. Watson has more than 100 published works at all levels. Watson’s music has been performed around the world and in the U.S. at such prestigious venues as Philadelphia’s Academy of Music, the White House, and the Midwest Clinic. He taught music for 35 years in the Parkland School District (Allentown, Pennsylvania) where he coordinated a large, vibrant elementary band/strings program and taught several high school music electives. Watson was recognized by the Parkland School District in 2015 with a Parkland Pride Award for outstanding achievement, and in 2020 he was awarded the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association District 10 Citation of Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Scott Watson
Composer, Alfred Music
Cairn University
Paula Corley is the Education Advisor for Buffet Crampon North America. She has 33+ years of teaching experience from middle school to university level. She is a chamber music judge for Music for All's National Chamber Music Festival and served as the Pedagogy Chair for the International Clarinet Association from 2018-2020. Her articles have appeared in THE CLARINET, Vandoren WAVE, The Texas Bandmasters Review, and The Instrumentalist. Author of So You Want to Play the Clarinet and The Break (Southern/Hal Leonard), Paula has performed and presented at music conferences throughout the USA since 1998. She is a performing artist for Vandoren and Buffet Crampon. Most know her as the ‘mayor’ of Clarinet City, a teaching website for all ages and stages of clarinet playing.
Paula Corley
Education Advisor
Buffet Crampon North America
