Michele Winter, Orchestra Director of Lowell High School, has developed one of the finest string programs in California, has given many years of service to CMEA and has graced our podium once before as Director of the Winter Conference Orchestra. She holds a B.Mus.Ed. degree from San Francisco State University and an M.Mus.Ed. degree in the Kodaly Approach from Holy Names College.

Michele has conducted festival orchestras in Northern California and presented sessions at regional and state CMEA conferences and at OAKE national conferences. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Teaching Music Through Performance, Strings Magazine and the Music Educators Journal. She has a special interest in researching the words and music of folk songs, art songs and sacred songs found in famous orchestral masterworks.