...ensuring that future generations have a love and respect for the contribution music and theatre arts make to their lives, to our culture—to all humanity.

	Co-owner and music instructor Laura Voss served for 21 years as Band Director and Fine Arts Department Chair at Stratford Academy before joining with Sylvia Haynie to open the Academy of the Performing Arts in August of 2004. Her music program at Stratford included the "Spirit of Stratford" marching band and color guard, a symphonic band, 4 young bands, a jazz band, a basketball pep band, and her award-winning percussion ensemble "Circadian Rhythm."
She also served as the coordinator of and helped coach the musicians for Stratford's prestigious Literary Team, which is regarded as one of the strongest in the state and is the consistent winner of region and state titles. Ms. Voss was one of the founders of the Georgia Independent School Association All Select Band, Orchestra, and Chorus and chaired the annual clinics and performances numerous times. As a composer/arranger, her band and percussion ensemble works have been performed by numerous high school and college programs. She also frequently works as a band and percussion clinician and adjudicator for events sponsored by the Georgia Independent School Associaiton, the Georgia Music Educators Association, and the Georgia High School Association. Ms. Voss is currently the director of the Mercer University Basketball Pep Band and is the adjunct percussion instructor at Wesleyan College. She has served as the music director for many theatre productions, most recently for "Show Boat" and "Annie" at Macon Little Theatre. She is the daughter of Gene and Ann Voss of Perry.
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