Craig and Katie Hurley

Craig Hurley is the conductor of the Spivey Hall Young Artists, the preparatory choir of the nationally renowned Spivey Hall Children’s Choir (www.spiveyhallchildrenschoir.org). Under Mr. Hurley’s direction, the Spivey Hall Young Artists were honored to perform at the 2018 GMEA In-Service Conference. Mr. Hurley has also served as a guest clinician for several honor choirs throughout the state. Mr. Hurley is also the music specialist at Ford Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia. Under his direction, the Ford Elementary Chorus has performed at the 2015 GMEA In-Service Conference. He has presented interest sessions at the Music Educators Association in-service conferences for Georgia, Florida, and Alabama as well as for other various teacher organizations. Mr. Hurley was honored as Teacher of the Year in 2002 and 2016. Katie Hurley is the music specialist at Frey Elementary School in Cobb County, Georgia. She has taught elementary music for 9 years and has been named teacher of the year twice (2003-4 & 2016-7). She spent 10 years as a stay at home mom to her three children. During her hiatus from public education, Ms. Hurley opened a Kindermusik studio in Cartersville where she taught mommy-and-me music classes for babies and toddlers.

We believe all students should experience a high quality music education. Our goal is to make music accessible to all students through step by step experiential instruction. We stress student creativity through composition and student choice.

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Mr. Hurley holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Shorter College and a Master of Early Childhood Education from Berry College and is a music education doctoral student at the University of Georgia (GO DAWGS!). Mr. Hurley lives in Marietta with his wife Katie (also a music teacher) and their three children. Mrs. Hurley holds a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Shorter College and a Master of Music Education from the University of West Georgia.

My wife and I met the first day of undergraduate during breakfast. We were both music education majors. We bounce ideas off of each other all the time. We have 3 kids whom we love.