Angelica Brooks

Mrs. Brooks serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore County in the Music Education department.  She is an award-winning choral director and music educator. She received her Bachelor of Music from Bowie State University, her Master of Music from The Catholic University of America and received her Administrator I Certification from McDaniel College.  

During her tenure as a public school educator, she was named a Maryland Music Educators Associations’ Outstanding Music Educator in 2021 and Prince George’s County Public Schools Teacher of the Year in 2019.  She has taught Vocal and General Music for grades PreK-12 for 13 years and served as a mentor teacher, curriculum writer, and professional development presenter for MMEA, MAC-OASA, and MSDE Fine Arts Office. Mrs. Brooks is now a 3rd year DMA student In the Music Teaching and Learning Department at the University of Southern California. Her research area of focus is on the recruitment and retention of minority music educators as an act of social justice in music education. 

Angelica Brooks is a DMA student at the University of Southern California. She is an award-winning choral director and music educator. She is founder of The Table Music Education Corp. which focuses on the recruitment and retention of minority music educators as an act of social justice.