Beth Chitwood is an instructor of music and accompanist in the music department. She teaches class piano for music majors and non-majors, and accompanies vocal and instrumental students.
Beth received her M.M. in Piano Pedagogy in 2008 from the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, and B.A. in Music in 2006 from Emmanuel College. Beth has operated a private piano studio for the past 11 years in Hull, GA. From 2006-2008, Beth was a member of the piano faculty at the Community Music School at the University of Georgia, where she taught applied piano and group piano for beginning students. She is also a piano instructor with the Emmanuel Fine Arts Academy, a position she has held since 2007. Beth is currently the pianist at Joy Baptist Church in Hull, GA.
Beth is an active member of three music teacher associations: the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), the Georgia Music Teachers Association (GMTA), and the Athens Music Teachers Association (AMTA). In 2008, Beth was chosen by the University of Georgia Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty to receive the StAR award from MTNA and the Directors Award from the School of Music.
Beth lives in Hull, GA with her family.
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Dr. Mark Goodwin earned his B.S.Ed. and M.Ed. from the University of Missouri and Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction (music education) from the University of South Florida. Dr. Goodwin has taught at Evangel College and Central Missouri State University and was Music Department chair at Southeastern College. He came to EC in 1996 as chair of the Department of Fine Arts and serves as coordinator of music education and tennis coach, also teaching in the Emmanuel Arts Academy. He has performed on bassoon and oboe in faculty recitals at EC and is bassist for the Lamplight Trio, an EC faculty jazz ensemble. He has been a member of the Athens Master Chorale and is active in the Grace Episcopal Church choir. His wife, Barbara, chairs the English Department at EC. They have two adult sons, Scott and Tim.
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Dr. Emma Pettyjohn, professor, received her B.A. from Shorter College and M.M. and D.M.A from the University of Georgia. She previously taught at Piedmont College and joined the EC Music Department in January 2003. She teaches piano and organ, keyboard-related classes, music history, and sight singing/ear training. She is also chair of the Cultural Awareness Program Committee. Dr. Pettyjohn currently serves as the organist at Central Presbyterian Church in Athens. She is a member of the Music Teachers National Association and American Guild of Organists. An active promoter of women’s music, Dr. Pettyjohn organized a concert of choral music by women composers for the Athens Choral Society and has published an article on keyboard music by women composers in Georgia Music News.
Dr. Pettyjohn and her husband, Marvin, have two boys, Calvin and Conner. They reside in Winterville, Georgia.
Mickey Rowell holds a B.A. from Lee College and M.M. from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in church music and vocal performance. He has done additional studies at UTC and Florida State University. He joined the EC faculty in 2003. At Emmanuel he teaches music education and music ministry classes and gives private voice lessons. Mr. Rowell previously taught in both private and public schools in Tennessee and Florida, where his bands and choral groups consistently received superior ratings. He has also been active in church music ministry for over 20 years. He has won National Association of Teachers of Singing competitions and has been active in opera, oratorio and musical theater performance as well as an adjudicator and clinician.
Dr. Deborah Stark received her B.M.M. from Ozark Christian College, her M.M. from Pittsburg State and her D.A. from Ball State in vocal performance. She directs Emmanuel Arts Academy and teaches applied voice, vocal pedagogy, history of church music, musical theatre (fall and spring musical productions), and is the sponsor of EC ACTS. Besides teaching and running her private voice studio business, she stays active as a soprano soloist for church, community, Lamplight Trio, and other professional engagements and is the part-time minister of music for Royston Baptist Church. A member of NATS, CMS, MENC, and Phi Kappa Phi, she feels her purpose is to mentor and train musicians for a life of service and excellence. She gardens, reads, runs and loves the outdoors. She enjoys spending time with her two daughters, Hannah and Sierra.
Adjunct Faculty
Brenda Poss joined the Emmanuel College family in 2006 after teaching for 31 years in Georgia’s public schools.