Kay Yager, Music Admissions Coordinator, received a Bachelor of Music in Theory and a Bachelor of Music in Education (Piano/Voice) from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. As a Rotary International Foundation Graduate Fellow to the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, she was choral conducting apprentice to Ian Parrot. Mrs.Yager was a music teacher in public schools in PA and NC and music director of churches in NC, AL and GA. She was Publicist for the Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA for 2 years before becoming the Assistant Director for the Creative Arts Guild, a position she tenured for 10 years. She is a Leadership Dalton graduate. She served as Panelist for the GA Council for the Arts, board member and officer of the GA Assembly of Community Arts Agencies and the AL Assembly of Community Arts Agencies. She was the first Arts Director for the city of Cullman, AL and was the first president of the Cullman Community Arts Council. Immediately prior to joining the U of M Department of Music in 1997, she was Business Manager of the Memphis Youth Symphony Orchestra program.