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.

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.

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 studied guitar throughout her time 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. In 2022 & 2023 she was guitar instructor for PMA’s Summer Music Camp. Since relocating back to South Carolina, she has continued to provide music for seniors in need and has begun working in youth ministry at her church. Zoe plans to continue sharing the gift of music with the students in PMA and with others in the community.

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.