Ed Elsea
Trustee  

EDWARD ELSEA (Midwest District Honorary) received his Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from the University of Missouri in 1994. While at the University of Missouri, Ed was an active member of the Eta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi. He is currently an active member and member of the Board of the Marching Mizzou Alumni Band Association.

While a student, Ed was the Midwest District Member-At-Large and then President. While in these positions, he worked with his counterpart in Tau Beta Sigma to commission a work for college bands on behalf of the District Organizations, visited most all campuses in the district, and sought to keep both organizations working to improve college bands. Because of this, the Midwest District, led by President Leslie Ain-McClure, asked him to become an honorary member of Tau Beta Sigma. At the National Convention in Orlando, Florida, on August 5, 1995, he became an honorary member of the sorority.

Ed has attended many district conventions and all National Conventions since 1990. After the 2000 National Convention in St. Louis, President Karon Miller-Hammond asked him if he would like to be considered for the Midwest District Counselor position which had opened up. So, from 2000-2003, Ed served the Midwest District of Tau Beta Sigma as their counselor. In 2003, Ed was elected to his first term on the Tau Beta Sigma National Board of Trustees.

Since graduation from the University of Missouri, Ed has worked professionally as a band director and clinician around the state of Missouri. In 2001, he finished his Master of Arts degree from Southeast Missouri State University in Educational Leadership. Since that time, he has been employed by the Santa Fe Public School System as the Elementary Principal in Waverly, Missouri.

Ed is an active in both his community and profession. He is West Central District Vice President for the Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals, Secretary for the Waverly Chamber of Commerce, Recorder for the Knights of Columbus, and Chair for the annual Waverly Jay-Cees Apple Jubilee Parades.

He continues playing his flute with the Marshall community band and Marshall Philharmonic Orchestra. He spends his spare fall weekends as a season ticket holder for Mizzou Football, actually going for the half-time show!