BOC & General Music Staff

Michael White

PMA Symphonic Band Director

Mr. White is a graduate from the University of South Carolina with a bachelors in Music Education. He has taught all ages throughout his eleven years in public education, from pre-K to high school. Though a focus as a band director, he taught general music, music appreciation, strings, class piano, and music history.

Now, Mr. White serves as the facility supervisor at Westminster Presbyterian Church and as an elder, Sunday School teacher, Men’s group leader, and on the audio team at his church, Ebenezer Presbyterian church.

Mr. White lives in Rock Hill with his wife, Amy, and their two young girls, Molly and Megan. Being involved in PMA has been a wonderful experience and he enjoys serving the students who put so much effort into the music each and every week.

Tracy Humphries

Music Educator/Bassoonist

Tracy L. Humphries, a native of Spartanburg, SC, received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from UNCG and her Master of Music Education degree from The Florida State University. She became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2003.

Zoe Maxwell

Guitar, Ukulele, Bassoon

Zoe Maxwell is from Rock Hill, SC and joined PMA in 2014 as a bassoon student in the PMA bands and a vocalist with VOC. In middle and high school she also performed with the Youth Orchestra of the Carolinas and studied bassoon extensively with Hilary Yost and Lori Tiberio. Upon graduation she attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA to study Music Therapy, graduating with her Bachelor of Science degree in Music Therapy in 2023. During her time at Duquesne she continued her bassoon instruction with Phillip Pandolfi and guitar instruction with Phillip Mauskapf.

While in Pittsburgh, Zoe worked at Vincentian Nursing Home as a musician providing many different styles of vocal & guitar music to the residents in a therapeutic capacity, helping to improve their quality of life. Since relocating back to South Carolina, she has been the guitar, bassoon, & ukulele instructor, runs bassoon sectionals at various public schools, and has her own teaching studio at home. Zoe sings & plays in a praise & worship band for her church and plans to continue sharing the gift of music with the students in PMA and others in the community.

David Hodges

Trumpet

David Hodges is a teacher and performer on trumpet in the greater Charlotte area. A South Carolina native, he also has over 20 years teaching brass students of all ages, elementary, middle/high school, college, as well as adults. He is the trumpet professor at Wingate University and has several students in his own studio in the Rock Hill area. David performs regularly with the Union Symphony in Monroe, NC, as well as The King’s Brass at the NC Renaissance Festival. Additionally, he performs regularly at his church, where he is also a staff member. David holds music degrees from USC-Columbia (BM) and Winthrop University (MM). David loves sharing the joy and fun of music-making with his students. He seeks to first understand their goals, then develop an individual curriculum suited to each student. David is at home with a variety of styles, whether it be jazz, pop, classical or sacred, and he is happy and willing to work with students no matter what their musical tastes.

Carrie Hodges

Flute (Summer Lessons)

Carrie Hodges has been a musician for many years! Her first musical experience was children’s choir at her church. She began piano lessons in 3rd grade and began to play the Flute in middle school.

Carrie graduated from Winthrop University in 2008 with a Bachelors Degree in Music Education. During her time there she played in the Wind Symphony and Flute Choir. She currently teaches music at Indian Land Elementary School where she has been for the last 17 years.

Carrie currently performs on flute in churches and has recently played for an alumni event at Winthrop University this past April.

Rebecca Jensen

Piano

Rebecca recently moved to Rock Hill and loves working for PMA. She started taking piano lessons when she was six years old, and started regularly accompanying choirs when she was 10. Rebecca went on to receive a Bachelor’s of Music in piano performance from Brigham Young University. Eventually she started directing choirs in church and she had a desire to study more about conducting, so she went back to school to get a teaching credential in Music Education.

She taught for a few years in the public schools, and eventually decided to go back home and take her kids with her. She is in her 18th year of homeschooling, and has continued to teach piano lessons as well as a number of music classes at co-ops.

Rebecca is so excited to be at PMA to teach piano and accompany the elementary choir. She believes God has created all his children to be musical. Some people might have a harder time finding that music inside them, but it is inside of everyone. Rebecca has 5 children and 2 grandchildren and likes to cook, read to her kids, talk to her sisters, listen to audio books, garden and sing at church.

Annesha Dib

General Music w/Recorder & Garage Band Theory

My formal music education began at the age of five in Yamaha piano class. My earliest informal training was under my own mother who often taught voice lessons and directed children and adult choirs and sang constantly in our home and in the car. From an early age, my musical instruction included an emphasis on music theory, sight singing and ear training. I studied piano through elementary, high school and college (as a secondary instrument). I learned to sing harmony (by ear) with my family and learned to read an alto line in school choirs and singing traditional hymns in church. As a 6th grader, I chose oboe as my primary instrument in school band. I was a middle school drum major and played “Pit” percussion during marching band season.

I have a Bachelors of Musical Arts in oboe performance from Oklahoma Baptist University. I’ve also attended teacher training under the tutelage of Michiko Yurko in Units 1 and 2 of Music Mind Games (also created by Michiko Yurko with approval from Dr. Suzuki). For the past 14 years, I have continued my commitment to music education as home educator and Suzuki parent to 3 young talented musicians. In recent years, although I am grateful that I received extensive training in music reading, I’ve discovered the joy of playing piano by ear and regret that this was de-emphasized throughout my many years of traditional piano instruction.

My family and I serve regularly on our church’s worship team where we read from chord charts and collaborate with other musicians. I have a heart for equipping young people to use their musical gifts, talents and education in ministry, small ensembles, worship teams and youth orchestras locally. My family and I have been blessed to develop an extensive local network in music education and I enjoy connecting families to local private teachers, music ensembles, groups and classes.