2004 Conference Presenter

Renee Westlake
Presenter

Renee Westlake is the Supervisor of Music for the Bozeman Public Schools in Bozeman, Montana. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and a Master of Education in Elementary Music from Montana State University where she is a member of the college’s Centennial Alumni, recognized as one of the 100 top graduates in the history of the college.

Mrs. Westlake is president of the Northwest Division of MENC, the National Association for Music Education. She is a past president of the Montana Music Educators Association and the Montana General Music Teachers Association, has served as the band education sessions chair at the 1999 Northwest MENC Conference, the MENC National Nominating committee, and has served as chair for the Montana task force for Gifted and Talented education.

Renee taught general music, band and AP music theory in Montana. She received the 1998 MMEA Leadership Award, the 2000 NPR Outstanding Educator recognition and the 2001 Outstanding Music Educator Award from the National Federation of Interscholastic Music Associations. Renee is active as a clinician, adjudicator and performer of chamber and symphony music. She also conducts a high school chamber ensemble and is its founder. She is co-founder and education director of a private fine arts studio that teaches all of the arts and specializes in various styles of dance.