Founders & Directors
Erin Keeton-HowardErin Keeton-Howard is a Seattle-based music educator, conductor, author, and composer currently serving as Director of Bands at The Northwest School and as a composer for Randall Standridge Music Publications, Inc. Erin has been teaching secondary instrumental music since 2009 in Missouri and Washington. In addition to teaching young musicians, Erin maintains an active role in community music. Previously Erin served on the artistic staff of Rainbow City Performing Arts and founded the Give Back Brass Band (a Seattle-based community outreach project committed to bringing people together through music and making music accessible for all populations) before founding FORMATION Wind Band with the lovely Anne Kreider-Hughes.
Erin holds a B.S. in Music Education from the University of Missouri and a M.A. in Music Education with emphasis in conducting from the University of Washington. Erin resides in Mountlake Terrace, WA with her wife Felicia and two lovable pups, Tucker and Edna Boone. When not doing music, she enjoys traveling, family, sudoku, large bodies of water, and pour painting. Learn more at www.ekhmusic.com. Managing Director
Elizabeth McDanielBorn and raised in southern California, Elizabeth attended UC Santa Barbara for a degree in Trombone performance and moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at University of Washington in 2014. Since graduating with her Masters degree in Trombone Performance, she has formed a successful private lessons studio, established a freelance career with local performing groups, and teaches with Bellevue Youth Symphony and in public and private schools. She is the Managing Director and a member of Puget Brass and performs regularly with Seattle-area orchestras, bands, and chamber groups. When not playing trombone, teaching, or attending to arts admin duties, Elizabeth can be found with a book and a cup of coffee. Elizabeth lives in Lynnwood with her husband, two kids, and dog named Xena.
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Anne Kreider-HughesAnne is a musician and educator based in Seattle, WA. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Anne received her Masters in Teaching from the University of Puget Sound, with an emphasis in secondary instrumental music.
For sixteen years, Anne has enjoyed teaching middle school band and orchestra and is currently the Director of Instrumental Music at Voyager Middle School in the Mukilteo School District. As the former Artistic Director and Music Director of Seattle's Rainbow City Band, Anne has a passion for working with and empowering adult musicians within her community. She balances her time between her love for music and spending time with her wife, daughter and fur babies in the Lake City Neighborhood. |