GAMAC's Leaders
Spartanburg, South Carolina’s Palmetto Statesmen Chorus and has been on the international faculty of Harmony University for the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) for twenty-six years and was the Dean of the Directors College of BHS’s Harmony University from 2015 to 2024. He is also a member of American Choral Directors Association, South Carolina American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Barbershop Harmony Society, and a career- long member of Music Educators National Conference. His other affiliations are with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (Professional Music Fraternity), Phi Kappa Phi (Honorary Scholastic Society), and Pi Kappa Lambda (Honorary Music Scholastic Society). As a church musician, Dr. Campbell has directed music at several churches in California and South Carolina including his current position as Director of Music at Trinity United Methodist Church (TUMC) in Anderson, South Carolina. He has also had lead roles in community theatre productions of Man of La Mancha and Fiddler on the Roof. He is recipient of the first Ken Dickens Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2003 at Southern Wesleyan University and SWU’s Faculty Member of the Year for 2003-4. Additional honors include having been president of the South Carolina American Choral Directors Association, being named Dean of the Directing College of Harmony University, posting a conducting video on YouTube called “Directors Stop Talking,” and contributing to the book, Visions of Excellence: A Dialog with the Finest Directors from the Barbershop Harmony Society. In his “re-tread-ment,” Dr. Campbell will continue to serve the cause of choral music and music education through his work with the GAMAC Chorale, BHS, TUMC, school and festival choirs, and private lessons in conducting and voice. His website is www.campbellmusicunlimited. com He will also enjoy having more time to catch up on projects around the house and spending time with his wife since
1975, Karen, who sings soprano in the Chorale. Andrew Pettus Conductor, Anderson Symphony Orchestra Dr. Andrew Pettus is originally from Florence, AL. He received two Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of mathematics, a Master of Music degree from the University of Miami in music education with emphasis in conducting under Professor Gary Green, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Minnesota in conducting under Professor Craig Kirchhoff. During his time at the University of Alabama, he Alabama in music education and pure served as drum major of the Million Dollar Marching Band for four years while arranging and writing drill for the band as well. Dr. Pettus was the Director of Bands at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, AL for six years during which his bands performed at the Alabama Music Educators' Conference, the Music for All National Concert Festival in Indianapolis, IN, the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, IL, the CBDNA & NBA Southern Division Conference in Oxford, MS, and a 2-week tour of China by invitation through the US-China Cultural Exchange. Also during his time in Tuscaloosa, he served as the Director of the Tuscaloosa Youth Orchestra and the Orchestra Director of First Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa. Dr. Pettus currently resides in Anderson, SC where he holds the position of Director of Instrumental Music at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. He also serves as the conductor of the Anderson Symphony Orchestra. When not involved in some musical activity, Dr. Pettus is an avid tennis player. He is married to his amazing wife, Ashli and has an 8-year
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