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Mrs. Evelyn Champion graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education, and holds her Master of Music Education and Education Specialist degrees from the University of Georgia as well. Mrs. Champion taught at Daniell Middle School for nine years before transferring to Sprayberry High School in 2003, where she now serves as Orchestra Director, Advanced Placement Music Theory teacher, and Fine Arts Department Chair.

Mrs. Champion has been a member of the Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA) since 1990. An active clinician in the North Georgia area in middle school and high school, Mrs. Champion has judged performance evaluations and conducted honor orchestras in Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Henry, Gwinnett, and Richmond Counties, and is also a GMEA Certified Head Adjudicator. Mrs. Champion was elected Vice-President of the Georgia Music Educators Association and is in the second year of a two year term. She was also elected as the next GMEA State Orchestra Chair, and will begin that office next year.

A freelance violinist, Mrs. Champion performs with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Alexander, and lives in Marietta with her husband J. Champion, sons David and Charlie, and dog Mahlie.