Mr. Bart Evans

Email:   brevans@mpsaz.org 
Phone:  480-472-3217

Prep Period:  3rd Period, 10:22 to 11:14 AM

Biography

BARTLETT R. EVANS has taught music in Arizona for thirty-four years.  In that time he has taught instrumental and choral music in Snowflake and in Mesa.  For the past twenty-seven years he has been the choral director at Dobson High School.  From 1981 through 1991 he was also the chairman of the Performing Arts Department at Dobson High School. 

Bart holds the Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Northern Arizona University, and the Master of Music Degree from the University of Oregon.  He completed a sabbatical leave from Dobson High School at the University of Oklahoma, where he did work on the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree. 

Mr. Evans has held leadership positions in the Arizona Music Educators Association (AMEA) and in the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) at both the state and divisional levels.  He has served numerous years as the Vocal Chair for the AMEA Southwest Regional Honor Choir.  His choirs have appeared at state and divisional conventions of ACDA and at state conventions of AMEA.  Bart has served as the choir director for the Arizona Ambassadors of Music completing eight European tours with that organization.  Mr. Evans has been the guest clinician for four of Arizona’s Regional Honor Choirs and was the guest conductor for the 1998 Alaska All State Choir.  He was named the 2001 recipient of the “Distinguished Professional and Community Service Award” by the Alumni Association and the School of Performing Arts at Northern Arizona University.  Most recently, the Arizona Music Educators Association bestowed The Music Educator of the Year award on Bart at their 2006 State Conference. 

Celebrating his tenth year as a Grandfather, Papa Bart now sings more lullabies than any other kind of vocal literature.  He and his wife Cris reside in Gilbert, Arizona.