Originally from Maryland, Anola Douglas is currently in her 21st year of music education. She is a middle school choir director in Northern Virginia. Anola received her Bachelor of Science in Music Education at Elon University, where she studied piano. She also has a Masters in Education Administration. Anola’s choirs consistently receive Superior ratings at District Choral Assessment and competitions. She regularly has students accepted into honors choirs, including the Virginia Middle School All State Chorus.

 

Anola is also the Artistic Director for the Stafford County Regional Choral Society in Stafford, VA. She regularly guest conducts middle school honors choirs, is a choir clinician for both middle school and high school choirs and adjudicates district assessments throughout Virginia and Maryland. Anola is also a member (alto) of Renatum, West Virginia's only professional choir. She lives in Chantilly, VA with her husband and their cat, Coda.

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Awards & Shining Teacher Moments

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• Virginia Music Educators Association Blue Ribbon Award (March 2019)

• Middle School Honors Chorus Guest Conductor, Spotsylvania County Public Schools (October 2019)

• Choral Pre-Assessment Judge, Spotsylvania County Public Schools (February 2020)

• District Choral Assessment Judge and Clinician, Charles County Public Schools (March 2022)

• Middle School Honors Chorus Guest Conductor, Prince William County Public Schools (April 2022)

• Middle School Honors Chorus Guest Conductor, St. Mary's County Public Schools (November 2022)

• All District Chorus Guest Conductor, Virginia District XV (February 2024)

• District Choral Assessment Judge, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (March 2024)

• Middle School Honors Chorus Guest Conductor, Charles County Public Schools (October 2024)

• Middle School Honors Treble Chorus Guest Conductor, Prince William County Public Schools (October 2024)

• Virginia Music Educators Association Conference Presenter (November 2024)

• District Choral Assessment Judge, Fairfax County Public Schools (March 2025)

• ACDA Voices United Conference Presenter (August 2025)

• Middle School Honors Chorus Guest Conductor, Stafford County Public Schools (October 2025)

• All District Chorus Guest Conductor, Virginia District IV (February 2026)

• District Choral Assessment Judge, Virginia District XIV (March 2026)

• District Choral Assessment Judge, Virginia District XV (March 2026)​​​