Susan D. Creasap is Professor Emeritus of Bands and Music Education at Morehead State University. She earned her Doctor of Arts in Wind Band Conducting/Horn Performance from Ball State University, Master of Arts in Music Education/Music History from the University of Minnesota, and Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Creasap’s varied career includes 18 years of experience as a band director in the public schools of Pennsylvania and Tennessee; and more than 20 years as a university marching and concert band director (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Ball State University, Morehead State University). She is a Research Associate for the acclaimed Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series and her numerous clinics include presentations for The Midwest Clinic, Kentucky Music Educators Association Conferences, Kansas State Honor Band Clinic, Women Band Directors International Summer Conferences, College Band Directors National Association Athletic Bands Symposium, and teacher in-service sessions. Dr. Creasap has been honored with the Women Band Directors International Silver Baton, Kentucky Music Educators Association University Teacher of the Year, and the Kentucky Chapter of Phi Beta Mu named her Bandmaster of the Year (2017). She was named the first recipient of the Women Band Directors International Al and Gladys Wright Lifetime Achievement Award (2021). Creasap is the “Need a Mentor” coordinator for the National Band Association, chair of the National Band Association Foundation, treasurer of the Women Band Directors International Foundation, past-president of Women Band Directors International, and has held numerous other national, regional, state, and district leadership positions during her career. She is an active guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician. Creasap and her husband, John Hennen, live in scenic Craig County with their two Bernese Mountain Dogs, Crash and Roxie, and rescue kitty, Juliet!