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Michael Buckles is Associate Professor of Upper Strings and Music Education at McNeese State University. Previous positions include Dillard University, Xavier University, and the preparatory division at the University of New Orleans. Performance credits include a tenured position with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, principal second of the Rapides Symphony, and his current appointment as concertmaster of the Lake Charles Symphony.
As an educator, Dr. Buckles has successfully developed string programs in the New Orleans and Lake Charles areas. As director of the Lake Charles area youth orchestra, he successfully brought the group to the Louisiana Music Educators’ Association state large ensemble festival, the first time in the orchestra’s history to do so. Since that time, the organization has doubled in size and has been awarded the City of Lake Charles' Mayor's Award for Cultural Group of the Year.
Dr. Buckles serves in a variety of administrative roles which include the past string chair of the Louisiana Music Teachers’ Association, the orchestra division chair of the Louisiana Music Educators’ Association, as well as president, past president, and treasurer of the American String Teachers’ Association of Louisiana.
Awards and honors include the Mayor's Award previously mentioned; Gambit Publications-Best Chamber Music Performance Award; numerous Who's Who listings; and various professorships at the university, including the Henry Alexander Professorship in Music, the JP Morgan Chase Professorship in Music, and the Shearman Professorship in Liberal Arts.
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