ABC - Staff

A Western International Band Clinic staff member since 1990, Scott assumed the full-time position of Managing Director of the American Band College and Organizing Chairperson for WIBC in 2002. In 2015, he was appointed as the CEO of ABC, Bandworld Magazine, and WIBC.

Scott holds a bachelors degree in music education from Southern Oregon University and a master's degree through the American Band College. He taught many years in the public schools of Oregon (Scappoose and Springfield), and was the conductor (and founder) of the Willamette Valley Honor Band in the Eugene area from 2007-2020.

In addition to band adjudication, Scott is busy guest conducting honor groups in the Northwest and Brisbane, Australia at the Griffith Conservatorium of Music. In 2004, he was elected Associate Member of the American Bandmasters Association and is the current chairperson of the ABA Associate Committee.

An American Band College graduate of 2011, Deb is the newest full time member of the ABC administration team. Before earning her Master's of Music at ABC, she received her Bachelor of Music (B.M.) in Music Education from Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. She has been active throughout the state of New Jersey in secondary music education, running auditions for regional and all state events from jazz to orchestra to band.

Deb began her teaching career in Lakewood, New Jersey before moving to Cinnaminson High School. In her 18 years at Cinnaminson, along with the performance-based classes, she instituted classes in AP Music Theory, Chamber Music, Digital Music Engineering and Production, and General Music. Deb’s Marching Band won many awards during her tenure including 6 state championships, and the Concert Band has been selected to represent Region III at the New Jersey State Concert Band Gala three times.

Deb has held the office of President of the South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association and Region III New Jersey Association of Jazz Educators President. She has recently received the New Jersey Music Educators Distinguished Service Award for having made significant contributions to music education in the state of New Jersey.

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As the choir director/clinician with the American Band College and staff member with Western International Band Clinic, Stacy joined us as Executive Assistant in 2021.

Stacy holds a bachelor’s degree in music education from University of Oregon. She recently retired with 30 years in music eduction, having taught choral music in Oregon. Her most recent position was the Director of Choral Music at Springfield High School in Springfield, Oregon.

In her spare time, she enjoys landscaping, being a grandmother, and traveling with her family.

Max McKee is a highly regarded figure in the world of music education, serving as the Editor of Bandworld Magazine and co-founder of the Western International Band Clinic. He is also a Professor Emeritus of Music at Southern Oregon University, where he dedicated nearly three decades as Director of Bands from 1967 to 1994. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the American Band College's master's degree program, which has nearly 1,500 graduates from 49 states and 18 foreign countries.

In addition to his role at the American Band College, Max continues his commitment to music education as a board member of the Western International Band Clinic. His dedication to the arts includes serving on the Oregon Arts Commission and, in 2014, being elected Chairman of the Board of the John Philip Sousa Foundation. His contributions to the field have earned him numerous accolades, including the NBA Citation of Excellence, as well as two Sudler Certificates of Merit from the Sousa Foundation. In 2024, he was honored with the Foundation's Al and Gladys Wright Band Lifetime Achievement Award.

Max's recognition in the music community also includes his induction into the Northwest Bandmasters Association in 1999 and his receipt of The Medal of Honor, the Sousa Foundation’s highest award. He is also an elected member of the esteemed American Bandmasters Association, which he hosted for its national convention in Ashland in 1988, and he served on its Board of Directors from 2000 to 2002. His contributions to the field have also been acknowledged with the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic's Music Industry Award, the WBDI World of Music Award, and the A.A. Harding Award from the ASBDA.