ASSOCIATION FOR BODY MAPPING EDUCATION BOARD

Mezzo Soprano Melissa Malde has performed throughout the United States and abroad, including with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Prague Radio Orchestra, Vancouver Opera, the Bangor Symphony, Kentucky Opera, the Cheyenne Symphony, and the Colorado Music Festival. She holds degrees from Oberlin, Northwestern, CCM, and the Hochschule fur Musik in Munich. She teaches at the University on Northern Colorado and is a co-author of What Every Singer Needs to Know about the Body. In her spare time she enjoys working in her organic garden, hiking, and cycling

In 2022, Timothy Myers finished his career as Principal Trombone of the St. Louis Symphony. He developed an interest in the structure and function of the human body during a period of study with the legendary teacher and Chicago Symphony tubist Arnold Jacobs. After discovering the existence of Body Mapping, Tim realized that it was a direct path toward achieving the knowledge and understanding that he had been looking for. He became a Licensed Body Mapping Educator in 2020, making him the first member of a Group 1 (major) US symphony orchestra to do so.

Soprano, director, and educator Bonita Bunt is comfortable on stage in the operatic or musical theatre genres, as well as behind the scenes as director and stage manager. Bonita is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she earned her Doctorate and Master of Music in vocal performance and served as performer, director, assistant director, stage manager, and administrator with many of the valley's local opera and theatre companies. Currently she can be found at the University of Mississippi where she is the Director of Opera.

Anita King is Professor of Music Emeritus at Willamette University, a certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and a Licensed Body Mapping Educator. Anita has performed as pianist and chamber musician throughout the US, Europe, and South America. She has given numerous presentations, workshops, and guest residencies for music teachers’ organizations, at colleges and universities, and at conferences focusing on music performance and musicians’ wellness. Intensely interested in the connections between coordinate movement and musical structure, Anita’s groundbreaking presentation, “Understanding Music’s Multiple Layers: Translating the Layered Organization of Music Into Movement,” explores how a complete marriage between the structure and emotion of the music and the movements needed to express it can be developed right from the beginning of the preparation process. Anita lives in Salem, Oregon.

Mezzo soprano Quinn Patrick Ankrum is an active performer, teacher, and scholar. She takes an avid interest in Musicians’ Health and Wellness; not only is she a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, but she has also been a student of the Alexander Technique since 1998. She has presented short Body Mapping workshops for various instrumental studios, voice studios, and choral ensembles over the years, and in 2017 presented “Body Mapping in the Choral Classroom” for the Texas Music Educators Association annual conference. She currently serves as Assistant Professor on the Voice Faculty at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, where she teaches both classical and musical theatre students, coaches vocal chamber music, teaches courses in graduate diction, is a trained facilitator for CCM’s Mind-
Body Medicine course, and is an active participant in the Center for Integrative Health and Wellness for Musicians. A member of the Cincinnati Fusion Ensemble, she also teaches at the Cincinnati Voice Institute (a summer training program for young singers and collaborative pianists).

Dr. Spencer Hartman is an active pedagogue and performer in the West Texas and Eastern New Mexico communities. He currently serves as Instructor of Flute at Texas Tech University and Lecturer of Music at Eastern New Mexico University.

Dr. Hartman earned the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Flute Performance at Texas Tech University, where he served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the flute studio of Dr. Lisa Garner Santa. While attending TTU, He performed regularly with the Lubbock Symphony Educational Outreach Woodwind Quintet and the Texas Tech Graduate Woodwind Quintet. He earned the Master of Music degree in Flute Performance and Pedagogy from Memorial University of Newfoundland under the tutelage of Dr. Michelle Cheramy, and the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance from Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he studied with Dr. Therese Wacker. In addition, he has received influential mentorship from Carol Wincenc and Gretchen Pusch.

A dynamic performer, teacher, and scholar, Dr. Stephanie Lupo, author of The Piccolo Intonation Book (ALRY Publications), is the flute professor at Olivet Nazarene University. She teaches individual and group flute and Body Mapping lessons, Flute Choir, Flute Literature and Pedagogy, Music History, Class Piano, and a five-day Body Mapping course at the ONU Summer Camp. As a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, she serves on the Education Committee, and she has offered presentations for ABME via webinar and the biennial conference.

Dr. Lupo is principal flute of the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, and she currently serves on the piccolo and Performance Health Care Committees for the National Flute Association. Dr. Lupo has performed, presented, and adjudicated at festivals around the country, including for the NFA, the NY Flute Club, the Upper Midwest Flute Association, Northeastern Ohio Flute Association, and Atlanta Flute Club. She also served on the Chicago Flute Club’s Board of Directors for four seasons. www.stephanielupo.com

Dr. Amanda (Mandy) Moreno has been a music educator for over 20 years. She currently serves as the Choral Music Education specialist at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Prior to her appointment at Ball State, she served as a teacher and choral director in Oregon, California, Washington, North Dakota, and Germany. In addition to classroom teaching, Mandy has maintained a private voice and piano studio, worked with church and community choirs, adjudicated for local and state festivals, and music directed for musical theatre productions at all age levels.

Mandy holds a BA in Music Education from California Baptist University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from George Fox University. She also holds a PhD in Music Education from the University of North Dakota, where she completed a fully quantitative research study on the use of Body Mapping instruction for singers.
Besides her work with ABME, Mandy is a member of NAfME, CMS, NATS, and ACDA.

Barbara Witham McCargar is a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based voice instructor, church cantor, medieval chant performer, and presenter to church choirs and public speaking classes. Retiring from full-time teaching at Aquinas College in Dec. 2023, she holds the title of Associate Professor Emerita of Music, teaching voice lessons and classes while creating residencies for musicians’ health professionals on campus. She is an engaged member on committees of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians and the Michigan Board of Education, as well as a current member and a past board member of both Michigan NATS and NPM-GR.

She began her Alexander Technique studies as a student of Barbara Conable in 1989 and became a Body Mapping trainee in 2005. At that time, the first WEM courses were being taught by Barbara. Ms. McCargar is grateful for the opportunities that she has had to perform with and learn from many colleagues and students throughout her career, to facilitate the singing and teaching careers of many artists, and to serve this organization and further develop as a trainee and future LBME over the next few years.

In 1998, Bridget Jankowski was the first person to become a Licensed Body Mapping Educator after logging more than 150 hours of training with noted Alexander Technique teacher and Body Mapping pioneer Barbara Conable. Bridget is an original member of the Association for Body Mapping Education’s Board of Directors and currently serves the organization as co-chair of the Image Committee, as a member of the Training Committee and Sponsoring Teacher, and most recently was hired to serve as their Executive Director.

Amy Likar is a California-based performing and teaching artist. She is a member of the Oakland Symphony and adjunct flute faculty at St. Mary’s College of California. For over twenty years she has been an innovator and educator for musicians’ and artists' wellness as a teacher of Body Mapping and the Alexander Technique. She is the Director of Training for ABME. She is the editor and narrator for the video, Move Well, Avoid Injury and the author of the Breathing Book for Flute. Amy Likar is pleased to be a Powell Performing Artist. Visit www.amylikar.com