Justin Chase is choral director at Lake Nona High School in Orlando, Florida. Previously Mr. Chase was the choral director at University High School, where he was the 2005– 2006 University High School Teacher of the Year. Mr. Chase is a Nationally Board Certified Music Teacher. He holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from the Florida State University and a Master’s degree in Music Education from the University of Central Florida. He was a 2001-2002 finalist for the Walt Disney World Teacheriffic Award and was the winner of the 2008 Grand Bohemian Excellence in Arts Education Award. Choirs under his direction have performed three times for the Florida American Choral Directors Association Conference and at the President’s Concert for the Florida Music Educators Association. He has also been a presenter at the Florida Music Educator’s Convention. He is currently the R&S Chair for Women’s Choirs for Florida ACDA and also serves as the Director of Music at Winter Park Presbyterian Church. His wife Gail Chase teaches drama at Lake Nona High School. They have two sons, Jackson and Griffin.