Teacher of the Year

The MASTA Teacher of the Year and Administrator of the Year honors are awarded annually by nomination and election of the entire MASTA membership.

The 2011 Teacher of the Year for the American String Teachers Association, Michigan Unit, isDavid Reed. The award was presented at the MASTA General Meeting and Luncheon held at the MMC Conference in January 2011.

David Reed has been teaching in the Bloomfield Hills Schools since 1984. He has a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Michigan State University and a Master of Music in Violin Performance from the University of Michigan. He has performed with a number of Detroit area orchestras and continues to perform locally as a soloist and in numerous string quartets. While at U-M, David Reed was chosen to perform as a concerto competition winner in 1983. Mr. Reed has served the Michigan Chapter of the American String Teacher’s Association as Secretary, President and Past President. Mr. Reed serves MSBOA extensively as the current Vice President of Orchestral Activities (and MASTA Liaison), as the Chair of the New Music Reading Session, and is on the Music Selection Committee. He also serves as an adjudicator both for solo and ensemble festivals as well as band and orchestra festivals and serves as an orchestral and violin clinician through out the state. David was voted the 2003 MSBOA Teacher of the Year and has been nominated for the Oakland Schools Teacher of the Year and for Michigan String Teacher of the Year by the American String Teacher’s Association. Dave is also a former Vice President for Festival Workers of the MSBOA District 4. He has presented sessions and performances at the Midwestern Conference on School Vocal and Instrumental Music and the Michigan Music Conference. His orchestras are consistently in demand and have been awarded Division I ratings every year during his tenure at Andover High School. The Andover Orchestra has performed at concerts and festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland; London, England; Chicago, Orlando and most recently at Carnegie Hall in New York City. David has conducted at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp and the Middle Level String Clinics, has taught at the Michigan State Suzuki Program, the Blue Lake Suzuki Family Camp, the Capital University Suzuki Institute and the Kalamazoo Suzuki and Chamber Music programs. He has also served as a guest lecturer at Oakland University teaching a string methods class has given guest lectures at the University of Michigan and Michigan State University Schools of Music and adjudicated at the University of Illinois Orchestra Symposium. Mr. Reed’s latest venture has been into the world of arranging music for string orchestra and both Tempo Press and Alfred Music have published his works. David lives in West Bloomfield with his wife Amy.