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Nominate your outstanding student musicians to be a part of the
2010 Honor Band
at the Western Illinois University
Showcase of Bands Weekend,
February 256-27, 2009
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HONOR BAND GUEST CONDUCTOR,
Diane Koutsulis,
Director of Bands and Arts Department Chair
Green Valley High School
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Diane Koutsulis is the Director of Bands and Arts Department Chair at Green Valley High School. Originally from
Chicago, Diane has been teaching in the Clark County School District for the past 27 years. She received a Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Music from Western Illinois University. After teaching junior high band in Oswego, Illinois, for three years,
she went on to complete the Masters of Music Education degree at Louisiana State University, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
where she studied with Frank Wickes.
During her tenure in Las Vegas, Diane has built fine band programs and music departments
at both Las Vegas High School (1982-91) and Green Valley High School (1991-present). Her
groups have consistently garnered recognition for fine performances and she has served as
both guest clinician and conductor at various conferences throughout the Southwest. Diane
was named the 1999 Nevada Teacher of the Year and received the 1999 Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award. A member of the Clark County School District Teacher Hall of
Fame, in March of 2003, she was inducted into the Nevada State Education Hall of Fame. In
2004, the Green Valley High School Symphonic Band performed at the Midwest Clinic in
Chicago, IL. In 2005, the Symphonic Band performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. This
past January, the Green Valley HS Marching Band was the State of Nevada representative in the
Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington, DC. Diane is a member of College Band Directors
National Association (CBDNA) as well as holding memberships in Nevada Music Educators
Association (NMEA), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), and National Band
Association (NBA).
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