UNF Wind Band Workshop

Meet Our Clinicians

• Dr. Margaret Flood, Guest Clinician
  

  Dr. Margaret Flood is an Assistant Professor of Music at Florida Southern College and Coordinator of Music Education, where she teaches elementary and secondary music methods, foundations of education, instrumental pedagogy classes, and is the intern supervisor. She has recently been recognized for her service and research of women conductors with a Theodore Presser Graduate Award, a National Band Association Project Grant, and the Women Band Directors International Gladys Stone Wright Award. Dr. Flood is a veteran teacher of New York and Florida and is an avid adjudicator for the Florida Bandmasters Association, woodwind clinician, and clarinet studio instructor. She has published in the Florida Music Director, National Band Association Journal, and has a forthcoming chapter included in The Routledge Companion to Women and Musical Leadership: The Nineteenth Century and Beyond. She holds degrees from the University of Miami (Ph.D. ’21), The Florida State University (M.M.E.’07, Graduate Certificate of World Music), and Syracuse University (B.M.’04).

• Dr. Anna Scott, Guest Clinician
  

   Dr. Anna Scott is the Assistant Director of University Bands at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she directs the Symphony Band, assists the Marching Tar Heels, directs the women’s basketball band, and will direct the University Band in Spring 2026. She is an active guest conductor, saxophonist, clinician, and adjudicator. Prior to UNC-CH, Anna was the saxophone instructor at Morningside University and the instrument methods instructor at Western Iowa Tech Community College.

  A native of Chester, South Dakota, Anna has served in the South Dakota Army National Guard since 2007. A soldier in the “Governor’s Own 147th Army Band,” Anna is currently the principal saxophonist in the concert band and tenor saxophonist in the music performance team, SGT Rock. Increasingly in demand as an adjudicator, Anna has extensive experience as a public school music educator, having taught beginner through high school band. A versatile educator, Anna has worked with bands in marching, concert, and jazz settings, and adjudicated multiple solo/ensemble festivals. Guest conducting engagements have included AMEA All-Region Festival Bands in Prescott and Mesa, AZ, and the Middle School All-City Honor Band in Sioux City, IA.

  As a saxophonist, Anna has toured throughout the United States, performed in Suriname, South America, and was selected to perform in the “Neue Eutiner Festspiele” summer Opera Festival in Eutin, Germany. She has shared the stage with The Temptations, was part of a world premiere performance in Carnegie Hall with the University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, and directed show choir band at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, TN.

  Anna earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts in Conducting from Arizona State University, Master of Music with an emphasis in Saxophone Performance from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of Music Education from South Dakota State University.

  Outside of music, Anna enjoys powerlifting, building Lego sets, and spending time with her mini goldendoodle, Rey.

• Dr. Timothy Groulx
  

  Dr. Timothy J. Groulx is Associate Professor of Music Education (since 2014) and is the area coordinator and graduate program coordinator for music education. A native of Punta Gorda, Florida, he earned his Ph.D. in music education from the University of South Florida in 2010 where he was recipient of the Presidential Fellowship, and earned his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Teaching from Oberlin Conservatory in 1999. He is also active as a band adjudicator, guest conductor, and clinician. He has published research in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Music Education Research International, and Update!, and serves on the advisory committee for the International Journal of Music Education, Music Educators Journal, and Research Perspectives in Music Education. He has presented at research and in-service conferences throughout the United States as well as in Austria, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. His research interests include history and sociology of music education, particularly issues regarding race and school segregation, cultural representation in band literature, and has developed a method for instrumental music education that focuses on student creativity and expression prior to music reading. Dr. Groulx was a recipient of the UNF Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in fall, 2022.  

• Dr. Kristen Zelenak
  

  Dr. Kristen Zelenak is a Visiting Professor and Interim Director of Bands at the University of North Florida (UNF). She conducts the UNF Wind Symphony and the "Sound of the Sky" Osprey Pep Band and teaches Advanced Conducting and Applied Conducting. An accomplished educator, conductor, and chamber musician originally from New Baltimore, Michigan, Dr. Zelenak maintains an active national presence as a concert and marching band clinician and adjudicator.

  In addition to her work on the podium, she performs with ZelenArch, a saxophone and piano duo, and presents saxophone recitals and masterclasses across the country. She is a regular presenter at major conferences including the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) National Conferences and the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Athletic Band Symposium. 

  A passionate advocate for music education, Dr. Zelenak has served as a clinician for honor bands such as the Four States Bandmasters Association Conference in Texarkana, Texas, and the ASBOA Arkansas Region 3 Concert Band. She also coordinates key educational events at UNF, including the UNF Conducting Symposium and Wind Band Workshop. As Director of the UNF Summer Music Camps, she leads a program that brings over 120 students to campus annually. 

  Before joining UNF, Dr. Zelenak was Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Saxophone at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. She earned a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in Saxophone Performance and a Master of Music (MM) in Wind Band Conducting from Arizona State University. She also holds an MM in Saxophone Performance from Michigan State University and a Bachelor of Music Education (BME) from Central Michigan University. Her principal teachers include Jason Caslor, Christopher Creviston, Joseph Lulloff, and John Nichol. Prior to her graduate studies, she began her teaching career as a middle school band director in Huntsville, Texas.