Morgan Beaton

Morgan Beaton is the Vocal Music Teacher at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton, NY. She graduated from the Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University with a Master of Music in Conducting, and she holds a Bachelor of Music with a choral music education emphasis and a minor in music history from Nazareth College of Rochester.

She is currently the NY-ACDA Secretary and Membership Chair and served as the 2025 NY-ACDA Collegiate Conference Committee Advisor. Her leadership positions have included 2023-2025 NY-ACDA Secretary, Student Liaison on the Eastern Region ACDA Executive Board, and she served on the NAfME National Strategic Planning Committee for Equity. 

Her most recent awards include Fulton School Champion (2026), the Earl George Choral Award from Syracuse University (2023), a Spector/Warren Fellowship for Future Educators (2022), the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Professional Achievement Award (2021), and  Excellence in Choral Conducting and Choral Music Education from the Nazareth College School of Music (2021). She is an honorary inductee of Phi Kappa Lambda as of 2020.

Morgan has an active presence in the performance realm as well. In 2025, she performed with the Friends of Hendricks Chapel semi-professional choir at the Chautauqua Institute of the North Summer Performance Series. She has also been invited to perform in several world premieres, including Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs by Melissa Dunphy under the direction of Dr. Wendy Moy in 2023.