Meet Our Directors

Director
Kristen Reagh is from White House, TN, has played the horn since 1994. Her high school accomplishments include selection to All-State Band, participating in the Governor's School for the Arts, and the 2001 winner of the Young Artist Solo Competition.  Mrs. Reagh received her Bachelor of Music Education degree, magna cum laude, from Tennessee Tech University.  She taught band in Warren County from 2005-2007 and was named Teacher of the Week in May of 2007.  Mrs. Reagh began teaching in Dekalb County in the summer of 2007.  She remains an active performer as a member of the Tennessee Valley Winds.  She currently resides with her husband, Ben, in Murfreesboro.

Assistant Director
Rebecca Purdue I'm  a transplanted Kentuckian... born in Lexington, KY. I was/still am crazy about my high school band - Lafayette Band (www.lafayetteband.org)  - very proud of the two plaques I helped win at the Contest of Champions at MTSU. I was in the drum line for the University of Kentucky Wildcat Marching Band.  I am primarily a Soprano (not the kind with guns) and sang in the KY All-State SATB Chorus my Jr. and Sr. years, my Sr. year I was a soloist. I've sung with Stephen Foster the Musical, KY Opera and Nashville Symphony Chorus to name a few professional jobs. I studied mostly with Edith Davis Tidwell of the University of Louisville. In 1997, I graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from Campbellsville University. I began teaching music first in Texas, later in Tennessee and completed a Masters of Vocal Performance with Dr. Sharon Mabry at Austin Peay State University in 2003.

I'm married to a really cute Methodist minister guy and have two children - my son, Richard and my daughter Samantha. I have one bad dog, one good but stinky dog and one kitty.