ACB Connects!  August 30, 2020, 7pm Eastern

• Welcome and comments by ACB President Susan Sands
• "Bioaerosol Emissions and Exposures in the Performing Arts” presented by Dr. Rebecca Philips and Dr. John Volckens of Colorado State University

Dr. Rebecca Phillips is the newly appointed director of bands at Colorado State University where she conducts the CSU Wind Symphony and guides all aspects of the band and graduate wind conducting program. Prior to this appointment, she served as the associate director of bands, director of athletic bands, and associate professor at the University of South Carolina where she was responsible for directing the Symphonic Winds Concert Band, "The Mighty Sound of the Southeast" Carolina Marching Band, "Concocktion" Pep Bands, teaching undergraduate instrumental conducting, and directing the Carolina Summer Drum Major Clinic.

A native of the Washington, D.C. area, Dr. Phillips earned her Bachelor's degree in Music Education from The Florida State University, Master of Music degrees in conducting and trombone performance from the University of South Florida, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in conducting at Louisiana State University.  She served as a secondary school band director for seven years in Florida, including Director of Bands at Howard W. Blake Performing Arts High School in Tampa, Florida where she developed an award-winning concert band program.

Dr. Phillips holds memberships in the World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, and in 2014 she was elected into the American Bandmasters Association. She has served on the national Collegiate Marching Band committee and is currently on the Music Education committee, both for CBDNA.

Dr. John Volckens is a professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Center for Energy Development and Health at Colorado State University (CSU). He holds affiliate appointments in Environmental Health, Biomedical Engineering, the Colorado School of Public Health, and the CSU Energy Institute. His research interests involve air quality, low-cost sensors, exposure science, and air pollution-related disease. He is a founding member of the CSU Partnership for Air Quality, Climate, and Health – an organization that seeks to develop practical, science-vetted solutions to intertwined problems of air quality, climate, and health that we face as a society.

He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont and M.S., Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then went on to a Postdoctoral position at the U.S. EPA’s National Exposure Research Laboratory in Research Triangle Park, NC. At CSU, he has pioneered the development of several new pollution sensor technologies, which have been deployed for public health research in over 30 different countries and as far away as the International Space Station. He is a co-founder of Access Sensor Technologies, LLC – a company started through his research collaborations at Colorado State University. Dr. Volckens is the recipient of the ‘Best Paper’ award from the American Industrial Hygiene Association (1999, 2017) and the Journal of Indoor Air (2013). He is a 2018 finalist for the NASA Earth, Space, Air Prize. He has published over 100 manuscripts related to exposure science, aerosol technology, and air pollution-related disease and has been the principal investigator for over $20M in funded research from the US EPA, NIH, CDC, and NASA.

Information about the study and updated presentation of information

• https://smtd.colostate.edu/reducing-bioaerosol-emissions-and-exposures-in-the-performing-arts/
• Links to power point presentation from Round 1 (8/17/20) and Round 2 (12/02/20) and Round 3 (5/21/21) of the study are linked from the above website.  
• On May 20, 2021, Dr. Vocklens presented a webinar on Round 3 updates, https://nasm.arts-accredit.org/leadership/informed-decision-making/#bioaerosol (https://player.vimeo.com/video/555705085)

Links presented in the presentation or in the chat

Links mentioned by Dr. Volckens and Dr. Phillips

• CSU Mask Study: http://jv.colostate.edu/masktesting/
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine https://www.nationalacademies.org/
• Steinway site mentioned for piano cleaning: https://www.steinway.com/news/features/utilty/cleaning-your-piano

Other links shared in the chat by participants:

• ACB Copyright page: http://acbands.org/copyright
• Piano Technician's Guild: https://www.ptg.org/covid-19

Due to the time-sensitive nature of the information, the video recording of this session is no longer available. The latest (May 20, 2021), updated presentation can be found at:  https://nasm.arts-accredit.org/leadership/informed-decision-making/#bioaerosol

Last Updated June 3, 2021