{"id":5504,"date":"2024-08-23T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/?page_id=5504"},"modified":"2024-08-28T09:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T14:44:37","slug":"melissa-reeves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/faculty\/melissa-reeves\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Reeves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5502\" style=\"width:303px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/www.muw.edu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2024\/08\/Melissa-Reeves-Headshot-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructor of Music Education, Director of Bands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EMAIL:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:mmreeves@muw.edu\">mmreeves@muw.edu<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PHONE: <\/strong>(662) 329-7430<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B.M. University of Mississippi<br>M.M. University of Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melissa Reeves serves as the Instructor of Music Education and Director of Bands at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS. Having strong creative skills and a desire to always better herself and to help her students improve and become better, drives her daily.\u00a0 She has a passion for teaching, connecting with, and sharing music with students whether they are music majors or in some other field of study; and her goal is to inspire them to become well-rounded individuals and have a life-long appreciation of music.\u00a0 Throughout her years of teaching, she has taught at every level from pre-kindergarten through college and hopes to impart her experience and knowledge on those who are aspiring to be music educators as well.\u00a0 Some of the schools in which she has worked in the past include East Amory Elementary School where she taught 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-5<sup>th<\/sup> grade music and was hired to choreograph for the Amory High School Colorguard.\u00a0 She also taught and consulted on design elements for the Amory High School marching show and for the Amory Middle School Winterguard.\u00a0 In addition to this, she served as the Head Band Director and Colorguard Instructor at North Pontotoc High School teaching 6<sup>th<\/sup>-12<sup>th<\/sup> grades.\u00a0 In the South Panola School District, she served as an Assistant Band Director and Colorguard Instructor; and in the Grenada School District, she served as an Assistant Band Director.\u00a0 While at Grenada, she began a flute choir and they were able to perform throughout the community.\u00a0 Other related work for Mrs. Reeves includes being an Adjunct Instructor of Music Appreciation at Northwest Community College &#8212; Lafayette-Yalobusha Center and working as a Graduate Assistant and Colorguard Instructor for \u201cThe Pride of the South\u201d Marching Band and The University of Mississippi Band Program while in graduate school.\u00a0 Mrs. Reeves is excited to share her love for music with the students at The Mississippi University for Women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructor of Music Education, Director of Bands EMAIL: mmreeves@muw.edu PHONE: (662) 329-7430 B.M. University of MississippiM.M. 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