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. Gordon R. Brock, Guest Clinician
  

  Dr. Gordon R. Brock is Professor Emeritus of Music and former Director of Bands at the University of North Florida’s School of Music in Jacksonville, Florida, where he conducted the Wind Symphony, instructed courses in conducting and woodwind performance and coordinated the UNF Conducting Symposium. Earning his B.S.E. from Dickinson State University, M.M. from Michigan State University, and D.M.A. from the University of Colorado-Boulder, Dr. Brock’s career as a music educator encompasses elementary through university levels.
  
  Under Dr. Brock’s leadership as chair (2002-12), the Department of Music was awarded an elite flagship designation (Music Flagship Program) and emerged as a program of prominence recognized throughout the region for its renowned faculty, dedication to student learning, and engagement with the community as it continues to garner recognition as one of the fastest growing and leading performance-based programs in the country. Under Dr. Brock’s direction, the UNF Wind Symphony has performed at prestigious events and venues including the annual Upbeat Pink: A Musical Tribute to Breast Cancer Survivorship concert series in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, the Florida Music Educators Association State Conference, Carnegie Hall, and Alice Tully Hall-Lincoln Center. 
  
  Before joining UNF, Dr. Brock was Director of Bands at the University of North Dakota, conductor of the Greater Grand Forks Youth Symphony, and the Grand Forks Chamber Ensemble. Under his direction, the UND Wind Ensemble performed at two North Dakota Music Educators Conferences, the Ohio Music Education Association/North Central MENC Professional Conference, and a joint concert series in Great Britain with the Central Band of the White Russian Army. In addition to an annual CD project dedicated to recording the best in traditional and contemporary wind literature, Dr. Brock instituted an annual Conducting Symposium, which attracted both regional and international participants. Having been twice honored by the Alberta Provincial Government for his nationally recognized ensembles and contributions to music education throughout Canada, Dr. Brock was also included in the fifth edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.” He has served as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States and Canada, including Japan and Israel. In 2006, he was acknowledged as a Distinguished Alumnus of Dickinson State University and as the UNF Gerson Yessin Professor (2010-12). 
  
  Dr. Brock has performed with a broad spectrum of internationally recognized organizations within the mediums of chamber music, jazz, wind band, theater, dance, and orchestra. He is a member of the College Band Directors National Association (state chair, 2003-2005), Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Beta Mu, National Association for Music Education, Florida Bandmasters Association, National Band Association, and the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles. A chapter contributor to the GIA publication, The Art of Interpretation of Band Music, Dr. Brock continues to serve as a Research Associate and author for the instrumental music education series Teaching Music through Performance in Band, a series that now serves as a primary text in more than 300 universities in the United States and 20 countries.

• 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.