Beth Crandall, originally hailing from New Jersey, received her Bachelor of Music Education degree from Kean University in 2015. In 2017, she moved to Sacramento and integrated herself into the performing arts education community with excitement and enthusiasm.

Beth was the music director at Mills Middle School in Rancho Cordova from 2017 to 2021, tripling the sizes of the school’s band and orchestra classes during that time. In 2022, she stepped into the choir director role at Cordova High School. She currently maintains that position in addition to working as an orchestra director at Mitchell Middle School.

In 2021, Beth began working with Cordova High School’s marching band, the Big Red Music Machine. She is a visual technician and assists with musical direction. She has also worked as a visual tech with Folsom High School (2019) and the BOA Grand Nationals Finalist Bridgewater-Raritan High School band (2015-2016, Bridgewater, NJ).

Beth’s performance experience is widely varied and covers many different fields of music. She spent her childhood playing violin and singing in choirs. In college, she majored in Vocal Performance as well as Saxophone Performance, and was a 3-time member of the New Jersey Intercollegiate Honors Wind Ensemble on bass clarinet and alto saxophone. She marched with Rutgers University’s Marching Scarlet Knights in 2014 and was a member of the Fusion Core drum and bugle corps (DCA) in 2016.

Beth’s focus as an educator is bringing the joy of collective performance to every student, while creating a safe space for students to try, fail, experiment, and ultimately succeed. She looks forward to helping behind the scenes in this way with Immortal Winds in 2024.