MARY COWART
Mary Cowart is the Head Choir Director at Reagan High School in San Antonio, Texas. Ms. Cowart began her teaching career at Brazosport College in Lake Jackson, Texas. She relocated to San Antonio in 1999 and began teaching private voice lessons for NEISD high schools, including Reagan. In 2005, she became an Associate Director at Reagan High School under Jo Scurlock-Dillard and is now in her ninth year as the Head Director there. Ms. Cowart's choirs have consistently received Sweepstakes at UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contests, and each year multiple students have been selected to participate in the Texas All-State Choirs. Under her direction, Reagan Choir has performed in many venues in the US, Europe, and South America, including the Washington National Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral, and St. Peter's Basilica. Ms. Cowart has a Bachelor of Science in Geology and a Bachelor of Art in Music from Brigham Young University as well as a Masters of Music in Vocal Performance from Rice University. She continues to sing and perform as a soloist whenever the opportunity presents itself and has been singing with the San Antonio Chamber Choir since 2006. Mary is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and spends a lot of time volunteering there when she isn't directing her students or spending time with her dogs.
GAVIN MAGEE
Gavin Magee is very excited to start his second year as Associate Choir Director at Ronald Reagan High School. Gavin Recently graduated from Texas State University (Magna Cum Laude) and began teaching at Barbara Bush Middle School. Gavin is the Assistant Music Director at Zion Lutheran Church in Helotes, TX. When Gavin is not teaching choir, he actively enjoys performing with his local community theatre ZTG (Zion Theatre Group) under the direction of Sandra Mikulski and Robert Mikulski. Previous credits include Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame), Billy Crocker (Anything Goes), and Seymour Krelborne (Little shop of Horrors). Gavin lives in Northwest San Antonio with his amazing wife Lindsay and his cat Simon.