Evelyn Champion

Mrs. Evelyn Champion graduated Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from the University of Georgia in 1994 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education and holds her Master of Music Education and Education Specialist degrees from the University of Georgia as well.

Mrs. Champion taught orchestra at Daniell Middle School in Cobb County for nine years before transferring to Sprayberry High School in 2003. In 2016, Mrs. Champion moved to Northwestern Middle School in Fulton County and in 2023, she moved to Dodgen Middle School in Cobb County, where she currently teaches. She is a member of the National Association for Music Education and the state affiliate Georgia Music Educators Association (GMEA). 

Mrs. Champion is the 2011 Georgia American String Teachers Association String Teacher of the Year and the 2012 Georgia Music Educators Association Music Educator of the Year. Mrs. Champion is a 2013 “Woodruff Arts Center Salutes Georgia Arts in Education Leaders” finalist for Music Education.

Mrs. Champion has served in multiple elected positions in the Georgia Music Educators Association, including District Chair, Vice-President from 2007-2009, Orchestra Division Chair from 2009-2011, and President from 2017-2019. She was the statewide organizer for the GMEA All State Orchestras from 2009 to 2022.

An active clinician, Mrs. Champion has adjudicated performance evaluations and conducted honor orchestras throughout Georgia and is also a GMEA LGPE Certified Head Adjudicator. Her Northwestern MS Orchestra performed at the GMEA In Service Conference in January 2022. Her Dodgen MS Chamber Orchestra performed at the GMEA Conference in 2024 and the American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival in 2025. Mrs. Champion plays violin with the Georgia Symphony Orchestra.