Elizabeth Winslow

Originally from Denver, Colorado, Elizabeth (Liz) Winslow moved to Minnesota to earn her degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in Instrumental Music Education with honors in composition. After graduation, Elizabeth served as assistant director at Brooklyn Center High School and then moved on as director of band and choir at Marshall County Central High School. After her time in northwestern Minnesota, she founded the band program at Hiawatha Academies in South Minneapolis through extensive fundraising and community involvement so that all band students could participate regardless of their family’s financial situation. In 2016 she took the position of director of bands at Richfield High School, where she developed the ensembles into ones that reflected the school demographics and regularly received top awards. She now serves as the Director of School Partnerships at MacPhail, where she oversees all MacPhail in-person and online K-12 programming in addition to leading Project Amplify, a 1.5 million dollar grant-funded initiative that serves to center historically marginalized voices in music education.

Elizabeth is a recipient of Hiawatha Academies’ first Exceptional Contribution Award, is a College Band Directors National Association Conducting Study Grant recipient, and holds a 2015 DeLucia Award for Innovation in Music Education for her contribution to music education in the Minneapolis area. She has served as a judge for MBDA, MSHSL, and MMEA All-State and is the vice chair and treasurer for the newly established Minnesota Wind Orchestra board. She holds a master’s in educational leadership and is currently working on her specialist degree in educational leadership and K-12 principal license. Liz is passionate about equity and inclusion in Minnesota music education and brings that to every facet of her work.

Elizabeth Winslow can be reached by filling out our contact form, or directly by emailing elizabethwinslowmusic@gmail.com