Festival Director & Choral Division Chair

Janet M. Johnson is a conductor, clinician, adjudicator and in service instructor throughout the southeast. She conducts All-State, Honor and District Choruses as well as presenting sessions for GMEA, ACDA, and SMENC. She taught high school choral music for six years, college choral methods for four years. Janet has worked in church music for over 20 years and served as a clinician for national church music camps. She currently serves on the Music Ministry Team at Oak Grove United Methodist Church.

Instrumental Division Chair

Mr. Dennis Naughton is currently in his sixteenth year of teaching and in his first year as the director of bands at North Springs High School . His duties at North Springs include conducting the Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Ensemble, and the newly formed Steel Drum Band. Prior to his appointment at North Springs, he was the assistant director of bands at Milton High School and director of bands at Riverwood High School . Before coming to Fulton County , Mr. Naughton was band director at East Coweta High School in Sharpsburg , Georgia . In addition to his teaching experience, he has also spent ten summers as a staff member of the Encore Music Camps in Milledgeville , Georgia , and he spent a year as a staff member of the Atlanta Olympic Band.

In 1996 Mr. Naughton was awarded the National Band Association's Citation of Excellence in marching band. Mr. Naughton is a member of MENC, the Georgia Music Educators' Association, Percussive Arts Society, and the National Band Association.