Cheryl Corkran

Corkran served the Bossier Parish School Board as director of bands at Greenacres Middle School from 1993-2021. In a teaching career that spanned 38 years, Corkran taught at the middle school, high school and college levels in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado before her arrival at Greenacres. While at Greenacres Corkran was a frequent supervisor of student band teachers, some from Centenary College, but most from NSU.

Corkran earned a bachelor’s degree in music education from NSU in 1982, a Master of Music from Eastern New Mexico University and completed postgraduate work towards the Doctor of Musical Arts. She performed on clarinet and bass clarinet with the Shreveport, Monroe, Longview, Texas, and Marshall, Texas, Symphonies, The Prevailing Winds, Centenary Summer Band, Centenary Wind Ensemble and the Red River Wind Ensemble.

Corkran’s professional affiliations included American Federation of Musicians, Louisiana Bandmasters Association, Louisiana Music Adjudicators Association, Louisiana Music Education Association, National Association for Music Education, Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity and Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity. She passed away Feb. 27, 2025.