Dr. GEORGE L. MABRY
choral/director Centre for Creative Arts

George L. Mabry is professor of music and director of the Center for the Creative Arts at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. He also serves as director of choral activities. His choirs have performed for national and regional conventions of the Music Educators National Conference and the American Choral Directors Association. A native Tennessean, he holds the Bachelor's degree from Florida State University and the Master of Music and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from George Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University. Dr. Mabry is active as a choral clinician and festival adjudicator. He has conducted All-State Choirs in Kentucky and Virginia.

A published composer and arranger, Mabry's compositions have been performed widely. In addition to his choral and instrumental compositions, Mabry has written and produced musical shows for entertainment/theme parks around the country. He was formerly Director of Entertainment for Opryland U.S.A. in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Opryland, his musical shows toured the Soviet Union under the auspices of the U.S. State Department and appeared three times for the President of the United States at the White House.

In 1983, Dr. Mabry was honored as the first Austin Peay faculty member to receive both the Distinguished Professor Award and the Richard M. Hawkins Award for Scholarly and Creative Achievement. In 1985, he was appointed director of the Austin Peay's Center for the Creative Arts, one of Tennessee's Centers of Excellence. The Center sponsors projects and artistic activities in visual art, music, theater and creative writing.

E-mail: MabryG@apsu.edu
Phone: (931) 221-7643