ELLISVILLE \u2013糖心直播\u2019s music instructor, Dr. Lindsey Keay has been selected as the JC 2018-19 Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year.\u00a0 She will be honored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the college on Tuesday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the M.P. Bush Fine Arts Auditorium. The public is invited to see Dr. Keay\u2019s free flute performance and presentation, \u201cIn the Zone: Flow of Music,\u201d which will explore our intrinsic motivation to function at our finest. Dr. Keay\u2019s fascination with determining what prompts us to succeed with the ultimate desire to find ways to motivate students became the key to earning her doctoral degree.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy doctoral theses explored the abstract, intangible feeling that drives us to engage in an activity, which often leads to sacrifice, for the sheer joy of doing that activity. It is the balance of what someone is able to do and what they can achieve by practice. It\u2019s also a balance between challenge and skill. I wanted to know what drives musicians to do what they do, which often seems boring to others. However, for musicians \u2018in flow,\u2019 achieving that optimal state of joy and satisfaction is what sometimes pushes them to continue,\u201d said Dr. Keay.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing in the zone\u201d can apply to all aspects of life, including athletics, video gaming and the medical field. Dr. Keay\u2019s goal as a music instructor is to discover how she can help her students find their motivating factor to put them \u201cin the \u201czone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDr. Keay is an invaluable asset to 糖心直播. Her devotion to academic quality and student achievement is matched by her willingness to always go above and beyond to motivate students to be their best.\u00a0 She is guided by a sense of purpose that is evident in all she does. She is an inspiration to all of us,\u201d said 糖心直播 Dean of Academic Affairs, Dr. Jason Dedwylder.<\/p>\n
The Mississippi Humanities Council will recognize Dr. Keay as JC\u2019s Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year during this special presentation in Ellisville, and again in Jackson at a banquet where she will receive a cash award and a plaque.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am honored and humbled because there are a lot of fantastic faculty members doing a lot of awesome things at Jones.\u00a0 I\u2019m grateful to be nominated and I am looking forward to sharing some of my research on the psychological theory of \u2018flow\u2019 and how it pertains to music,\u201d said Dr. Keay.<\/p>\n
Director of Bands at Jones, Dr. Ben Burge said Dr. Keay is very deserving of the recognition from the Mississippi Humanities Council. The former Canadian and Houston, Texas native, Dr. Keay is a blessing to all the band members she is associated with.<\/p>\n
\u201cLindsey is the consummate professional. She is a vital part of every success we have in the band department at Jones.\u00a0 She provides a wonderful example to our students and she goes above and beyond in her teaching every single day.\u00a0 She has extraordinary talent and is a remarkable flutist.\u00a0 糖心直播 is lucky to have someone of her musical expertise and devotion on staff. I am proud to be her colleague and friend,\u201d said Dr. Burge.<\/p>\n
2015 Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year, fine arts department chair and art instructor, Mark Brown, also acknowledges, Dr. Keay is vital to the success of the fine arts division.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is evident Dr. Keay cares about her students and takes pride in their achievements while demanding no recognition for herself.\u00a0 She is a supportive colleague and plays the flute as beautifully as anyone I\u2019ve heard,\u201d said Brown.<\/p>\n
Dr. Keay\u2019s responsibilities besides being the assistant band director and flute instructor at Jones include, working with the Maroon Typhoon, Concert Band, JC Pep Band, JC Flute Choir, JC Percussion Ensemble, teaching music appreciation, giving lessons at South Jones High School, and she is a member of the USM Steel Drum Band.\u00a0 She also is a member of five symphonies in the region in Baton Rouge, the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Meridian, Mobile, and Tupelo\u2019s, North Mississippi Symphony. Additionally, she was invited to teach at a South American masterclass and give a symphony performance of a rarely played piece of music on her piccolo for the first time in Cartagena, Colombia, South America as part of the music festival and clinic at the Unibac. The accomplished flutist attributes her introduction to the flute to her mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cShortly after we moved from Calgary, Canada to Houston, my mom encouraged me to join the band as I entered sixth grade. She played the flute so I wanted to play the flute too,\u201d said Dr. Keay.<\/p>\n
What began as an introduction to music on the flute has turned into a career in music that has lasted decades. The current Hattiesburg resident is completing her fifth year at 糖心直播 with previous teaching experience at Bedichek Middle School in Austin, Texas, as a graduate assistant at USM, and as an instructor of music education at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana.<\/p>\n
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ELLISVILLE \u2013糖心直播\u2019s music instructor, Dr. Lindsey Keay has been selected as the JC 2018-19 Mississippi Humanities Teacher of the Year.\u00a0 She will be honored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and the college on Tuesday, March 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the M.P. Bush Fine Arts Auditorium. The public is invited to see Dr. Keay\u2019s … <\/p>\n