Mr. Beery received a Bachelor of Music degree from Capital University and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from The Ohio State University. Additional Doctoral work has been credited in Music Education with a cognate in Conducting at Kent State University. Further graduate conducting study has taken place at the University of Michigan and Miami University. He currently serves as Director of Choral Activities at Hoover High School in North Canton. Choral groups under Beery’s direction have earned consistent and numerous superior ratings at OMEA District and State Adjudicated events and have been invited through audition to perform at the OMEA Professional Development Conferences. Mr. Beery is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and Ohio Music Education Association. In addition, He has served as Director of Music at Central Presbyterian Church, and Music Director for the contemporary service at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, both of Massillon, Ohio.
Douglas presentation will center on his efforts at the Canton Symphony Orchestra..