Jim Bawden Jim Bawden has been on the North Scott staff for 26 years, teaching 8th grade band, jazz band, and woodwind and percussion lessons at North Scott Junior High School. He also serves as the district's music liaison. Under his direction, bands have performed for IBA conferences in 1981(J.B. Young Junior High) and in 1994 (North Scott Junior High), at the IMEA state conference in 1985, in 1989 and in 1993, and for the ASBDA national convention in 1997. The 8th Grade Percussion Ensemble has appeared twice for the IBA conference. Jim has been guest conductor for a variety of groups such as the Orpheus Festival at Simpson College, both NCIBA and NEIBA honor bands, 11 times at International Music Camp, and twice for All-State Music Camp. Prior to his position at North Scott, Jim taught at Davenport J.B.
Young Junior High School and its 4 elementary schools from 1976
to 1981. He also served as assistant director at Davenport
West High School from 1976-1978. His first teaching assignment
was at Nishna Valley, Hastings, Iowa, from 1974-1976. He has taught
He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1973 and Master of Arts in percussion performance in 1978, both from The University of Iowa. He also is an MENC Nationally Certified Music Educator and winner of Scott County's Golden Apple award. He served 14 years as principal percussionist with the Quad City Wind Ensemble and 4 years as percussionist with the Quad City Symphony . Jim is Past-President of the Iowa Bandmasters Association. He has held positions on IMEA and ASBDA boards as well. His professional memberships are SEIBA (past president), IBA, MENC, IMEA (middle school music state chair and district representative), PAS, NEA, ASBDA (national convention steering committee), and IAAE.
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Jennie McKenna Jennie McKenna is in her 18th year of directing Seventh Grade Band and instrumental lessons at North Scott Junior High in Eldridge, Iowa. She taught for 9 years in Erie, Illinois prior to teaching at North Scott. She received her BME from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois and has earned graduate hours from Drake and University of Iowa. She is a member of IBA, SEIBA, ASBDA, NSEA and plays horn professionally in the Classique Quintette, an all-women woodwind quintet. She also enjoys playing professionally in various other Quad-City area performing groups. She has directed honor bands at Simpson College and Des Moines Metro area as well as the Davenport schools Sixth Grade Honor Band. She recently received a “Favorite Teacher” award from WQAD, a Quad-City area television station. Jennie and her husband, Mike, are the parents of Abbey, who works at the Guitar Center in Davenport, Iowa and Melissa, a sophomore at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois. |
