Pam Bushouse is the Director of Choristers, the preparatory choir for Lawrence Children’s Choir.  A native of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Pam received her BME from Oklahoma State University and her MME from the University of Kansas.  Pam retired in 2006 from teaching choral music at Lawrence Free State High School. In her 31 years of teaching, she taught vocal music in grades K-12 in Jenks, Oklahoma, and in Lawrence.

 

During her nine years of teaching at LFSHS, her choirs received straight superior ratings at state festival.  The Chamber Choir received top honors for its performances at Musicfest Orlando in 2000 and 2003 and at Festival Disney in 2006.  Chamber Choir was a featured choir on the 2002 and 2006 KMEA State In-Service Workshops, while the LFSHS Combined Men’s Choir performed for KMEA in 2005.

 

During her 19 years at Lawrence West Junior High, the choirs performed five times for KMEA, once for the Southwest Division of ACDA, and once for the MENC National Convention. 

 

Pam has conducted middle-level district, regional, and state festivals and has presented numerous workshops for vocal music educators. In the spring of 2001, she was named the Secondary Teacher of the Year for Lawrence Public Schools and received the Bobs Award for Excellence in Teaching.  In December of 2001, she was named the Outstanding High School Choral Director for the Northeast District of KMEA.  In 2006 Pam received the Harry Robert Wilson Award for outstanding contribution to the choral art in Kansas from the Kansas Choral Directors Association. She maintains a private voice studio and is a member of the 2009 Leadership Lawrence Class. 

 

Since her retirement, Pam has begun a new career in real estate through her association with McGrew Real Estate.