GAMAC's Leaders
won several Outstanding Performance Achievement Awards in addition to placing students in Region and All-State bands on a regular basis. He has been an adjunct faculty member at Anderson University and Southern Wesleyan University teaching woodwinds. In addition to teaching, Alan still enjoys performing as a clarinetist with the GAMAC Orchestra as well as a free lance player in various venues. Some notables he's had an opportunity to perform with include Sandi Patti, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Chris Vadala, Jon Faddis, the Sammy Kaye Band, The Guy Lombardo Orchestra and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. But his greatest gig has been his family. He met his wife Bonnie in 1983. They were married in Anderson in 1986, and have four outstanding children, Brandi, Kacie, Nathan and Nicholas. Jane Dill Accompanist, GAMAC Chorale Jane Palmer Dill
Donna Robertson at Mars Hill College. Professor Dill has a broad keyboard background in accompanying as well as solo playing. She has served as organist at several churches including First United Methodist Church in Athens, Georgia; Boulevard Baptist Church in Anderson, South Carolina; Briarcliff United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia; and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Clemson, South Carolina. She currently serves as organist at First Baptist Church, Clemson. She was the rehearsal accompanist for the Augusta Regional Opera Company from 1976-1980, and has played for numerous vocal recitals. Choral accompanying has been a highlight of Professor Dill’s career. She has accompanied all-state and regional high school and collegiate groups as well as community groups in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Professor Dill currently serves as accompanist for the GAMAC Chorale and Concert of Hope Choir in Anderson, South Carolina. Dana Orchoff Gencarelli Executive Director A South Carolina native, Dana joined the GAMAC staff as executive director in 2007. Prior to coming to Anderson, she served as the Executive Director of The Music Foundation of Spartanburg from 2002-2007, having previously served the organization as the Director of Operations for the Spartanburg Philharmonic from 1995-2002. Dana received a BA in Arts Administration with a concentration in both marketing and technical theater production from the Shuford School of Performing Arts at Catawba College in Salisbury, NC. Her early work in the performing arts was in professional theatre and included work with the Old Schoolhouse Theatre (Sanibel Island, Fl), the former Blowing Rock Stage Company (Blowing Rock, NC), and Central Piedmont Summer Theatre (Charlotte, NC). She is a former member
recently retired as Professor of Music Emerita after a thirty six-year career at Southern Wesleyan University. She served as Chair of the Fine Arts Division for twenty seven of
those years. During her tenure as chair, the division received accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music, and the Newton Hobson Chapel and Fine Arts Center became the new home for the division. Mrs. Dill received her Associate of Arts degree from Anderson University, the Bachelor of Music degree from Mars Hill College, and the Master of Fine Arts degree in piano performance from the University of Georgia. Some of her piano teachers include Despy Karlas and Martha Thomas at the University of Georgia and the late Max Camp from the University of South Carolina. She studied organ with
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