Eady, Amon
Assistant Professor, Director of Choral Activities
FACULTY
Biography
Amon Eady presently serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Central Michigan University, where he conducts four ensembles and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and choral literature. Before arriving at CMU, Dr. Eady taught at both middle school and high school level over the course of nine years in the White Station community of Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Eady’s choirs have performed at state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors’ Association, including performances by the Central Michigan University Chamber Singers at the 2020 Michigan state ACDA Conference, and the White Station High School Men’s Choir at the 2014 Southern Division ACDA Convention in Jacksonville, FL.
Recognized by the Tennessee Music Educators Association as Music Educator of the Year in the Spring of 2014, Dr. Eady presently serves as President-elect of the Michigan state chapter of the American Choral Directors’ Association. He has presented at state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education on developing the male chorus, the building of a comprehensive choral program, and new and diverse methods of teacher training.
Dr. Eady’s research interests also include the comprehensive development of the teacher/conductor, the history of the terminal conducting degree, building resilience in pre-service and novice music educators, and the rehabilitative impact of choral singing on incarcerated individuals. Dr. Eady holds the bachelor of music education degree and master of music degree from the University of Southern Mississippi, as well as the doctor of philosophy degree in choral conducting and music education from Florida State University.
More about Amon Eady
Education
PhD: Florida State University
MM: University of Southern Mississippi
BME: University of Southern Mississippi
MM: University of Southern Mississippi
BME: University of Southern Mississippi
Research Interests
Dr. Eady’s research interests include the comprehensive development of the teacher/conductor, the history of the terminal conducting degree, and the rehabilitative impact of choral singing on incarcerated individuals.
Courses Taught
• Chamber Singers• Choral Conduct Materials
• Advanced Choral Conducting
• Concert Choir