Robert Conrad

Robert Conrad

Band

Mr. Conrad received his Bachelor of Music degree in K-12 Music Education from Northern State University in 2015. He has been the assistant band director at Memorial Middle School in Sioux Falls, SD since the Fall of 2015. Mr. Conrad also teaches 5th Grade Band at Pettigrew Elementary School. In addition to teaching lessons and ensemble classes, Mr. Conrad conducts the Mustang Percussion Ensemble.

John Laughlin

John Laughlin

Band

The Memorial Middle School Band program is one of the premier instrumental programs in South Dakota. Memorial Middle School offers top notch music instruction through lessons, class band, and multiple extracurricular ensembles.

John Laughlin has been a band director at Memorial Middle School in Sioux Falls since the Fall of 2004. He first served as Assistant Band Director and is now the Head Band Director. He conducts 6-8 Band, Jazz Band, Mustang Marching Band, and the Mustang Wind Ensemble.

Kathy Sundvold

Kathy Sundvold

Choir

Kathy Sundvold has been teaching in the Sioux Falls Public School District since 1993. She graduated from Sioux Falls College in 1992 with degrees in Vocal Music Education and Speech Communications and Theatre, she also earned her master’s degree in Educational Leadership and Development from Southwest Minnesota State University.

Mark Ferri

Mark Ferri

Choir

Music is life! Thus it is for me and hopefully those I'm blessed to teach and learn from.

My name is Mark Ferri and I started teaching in the Sioux Falls School District in 2018. My professional career previously was a mix between full and part-time Music Ministry and Music Education. My hometown is Omaha, NE. I teach Choir and General Music at Memorial Middle School. In my freetime I enjoy producing YouTube videos with my two sons. I strive to help my students see Music as a universal language that has the power to unite people from diverse backgrounds.

Jon Mattheis

Jon Mattheis

Art

Hello! I have have been teaching for over 20 years. I am currently teaching Art, Humanities and CTE at Memorial Middle School.

I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, MN. I have taught in four different states. I currently reside in Sioux Falls with my wife and son. In my free time I enjoy running, travel, reading and working on home improvement projects.

Brianna Clarke

Brianna Clarke

Art

I am Brianna Clarke and I teach Art at Memorial Middle School. I taught for three years at Garfield Elementary here in Sioux Falls, moved out of the district to try my hand at a K-12 art position while coaching Junior High Volleyball and decided to come back to SIoux Falls. I am now a full-time art teacher at Memorial Middle School, teaching grades 6-8.