Theresa McKibben recently retired from 25 years of teaching Elementary Music in Homewood, Alabama. She is a graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Ms., where she taught for 7 years before moving to Birmingham. Theresa was selected as Teacher of the Year at Edgewood in 1993-94 and 2001-2002 and received her National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in Early and Middle Childhood Music in 2004. She served the state as President of both the Elementary Division of AMEA (1998-2000) and the Alabama Orff Schulwerk Association (2003-2005). In 2013, she was a Quarter Finalist for the first Grammy Award for Music Education. Last year, she received the Teacher Impact Award for Edgewood School from the Homewood City Schools Foundation. Theresa is now teaching Preschool Music to 3, 4, and 5 year olds at Riverchase Day School in Hoover, Alabama. During her spare time, she enjoys performing with the bluegrass group, the Dill Pickers.