Valerie Laney-Rowe

Valerie Laney-Rowe (b. 1984) received her Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. Valerie has taught band in Arkansas for 11 years and has recently accepted a position teaching at Camden Fairview Middle School. Her specialties include teaching woodwinds and auxiliary lines. Professionally, Valerie is a member of the International Clarinet Association, Arkansas Women Band Directors Association, the Arkansas Bandmasters Association, and Phi Beta Mu. Valerie lives in Magnolia with her husband Jon Ed Rowe and their dogs--three Great Danes, Zoie, Pawl, and Rachel, and one American Staffordshire Terrier, Lucy.

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