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The Yankton Area Summer Band will feature Meghan Powell, conducting on Sunday, December 7 at 4 PM in the Summit Center Theater at Yankton High School. Interested musicians are invited to join us for rehearsal at 2:30 PM.Meghan Powell is in her seventeenth year of teaching instrumental music and currently serves as the high school band director in the Sioux Center Community School District. Under her direction, the Sioux Center band program has continued its strong tradition of excellence, with the high school marching band, concert band, and jazz band consistently earning superior ratings at state contests. She also teaches Music Appreciation through Northwest Iowa Community College, Music Theory, and directs the 7th Grade Jazz Ensemble. Prior to her time in Sioux Center, Ms. Powell taught band and choir in the Gayville-Volin School District in Gayville, South Dakota.
Originally from Yankton, South Dakota, Ms. Powell is proud to be a fourth-generation public school band director. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of South Dakota, where she studied with Dr. Lawrence Mitchell, and her Master of Music degree from the American Band College of Sam Houston State University. She is an active member of the Northwest Iowa Bandmasters Association (serving as President from 2023–2025), the Iowa Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, Sioux Center Education Association, Iowa State Education Association, Jazz Educators of Iowa, and the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education.
Outside of teaching, Ms. Powell enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading, listening to podcasts, and traveling.
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Summit Activities Center, 1801 Summit Street,Yankton, South Dakota, United States
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