State Officers
President
Debbie Bullock
mfmcpresident@msfedmusic.org
Debbie Bullock has been a member of Fortnightly Musicale in Tupelo, Ms. for over 30 years where she served as program chairman, Vice-President, and President. For the last two years, she served as the chamber music chairman for MFMC. She is retired from teaching music in the Lee County Schools and at Tupelo High School. She continues to teach piano and has entered students in the festival for many years. She also continues to be the pianist/organist at St. Luke UMC.
Vice-president
Sara Christy
Born in 1951 near Bloomington IN, where my mother (church organist/choir director, soprano vocalist) received her PhD. in Music Education from Indiana University. As a result, I was immersed in music and having started piano lessons at 5 and flute instruction at 10, it is not surprising that I chose a music career. I attended Oklahoma University, University of Georgia, Northern Michigan University and Indiana University for undergraduate studies. I did post-graduate studies at Indiana/Purdue University, Texas Woman's University and Orff-Schulwerk Institute. I received my Master's Degree from TWU in Early Childhood Education/Fine Arts Emphasis in 1989. I have taught private piano, voice and flute for many years. Having lived in Indiana, Dallas, Texas, Bloomfield Hills/Birmingham, Michigan, I think I have had a varied and wonderful opportunity to teach music to an amazing number of students.
I have been a member of many music organizations and groups. A few are NFMC, MENC, NATS, Orff-Schulwerk Association and the National Flute Association. I have performed with the Detroit Flute Choir for five years, directed various adult Recorder Ensembles and Handbell Choirs, and have sung in various church choirs where I've lived. I have also played piano pieces at student recitals, sung with St. Michaels, All Angels Church Choir in Carnegie Hall, the MS Chorus for the past 25 years, the MS Symphony, and the Jackson Choral Society.
I currently sing and play flute with the St. James Episcopal Church Choir, the MS Chorus and the Jackson Choral Society, both of whom will perform in Carnegie Hall, New York City, this coming performance year. I have been very blessed to have touched so many student experiences with music in its many forms. I hope to continue doing so with my involvement in the National Federation of Music Clubs.
Recording Secretary
Missy Epps
Treasurer
Gracie Swartzengruder
At three years of age, Gracie began formal violin lessons and has been playing longer than she can remember. While her training is classically-based, she enjoys many different genres of music. Gracie participated in the Belhaven University All State String Orchestra for five years, and was a member of both the Lafayette Oxford University Symphony and Starkville Symphony for several years (her favorite performances being Handel's Messiah and H.M.S. Pinafore operetta).
Gracie grew up participating in music festival with Mississippi District I, and received 12 consecutive superior ratings from the National Federation of Music Clubs. Currently, she also serves as Festival Cup Chairman for the Mississippi Federation of Music Clubs organization.
Parliamentarian
William McMullin
wmlmcmullin@gmail.com
Mr. McMullin has been participating in church music since the age of 14 and is currently the pianist for Waldron Street Christian Church. William serves as Corinth Music Club president and has been for the past five years. William has been the MFMC Parliamentarian for the past year and has another year to go. He is active in local organizations such as the Corinth - Alcorn Literacy Council and the Crossroads Poetry Project. Mr. McMullin, an avid concert-goer, supports and attends the Corinth Symphony and the Memphis Symphony, plus piano recitals wherever he can find them.