2023 Fine Arts Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The Greene County Activities Office is pleased to announce the inaugural class of the
newly formed Greene County Fine Arts Hall of Fame. This year’s class is highly
decorated.
Teresa Lawler
Teresa Lawler served as Jefferson-Scranton’s Speech Coach from 1995 to 2007. During
her time as the speech coach, 94 individual events and 32 large group events were
chosen as All-Staters. In 2001 the ensemble acting group “Critics Choice” won the
banner as the best performance in that category. Lawler was named to the Iowa High
School Speech Association Hall of Fame in 2022 and also was honored with the 2021
NFHS Association Speech, Debate, Theatre Educator Award, a national award in which
only 20 people are recognized.
Zach Durlam
Zach Durlam is a 1992 graduate of Jefferson-Scranton. As a high school student
Durlam excelled in many areas especially music and speech. He was a three time
selection to the Iowa All State Choir and also was selected as an All State Speech
performer in 1992. Zach has gone on to make music his career as he has spent time as
a high school choral director from 1996-2008 before eventually earning his Doctorate of
Musical Arts and becoming a Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at the
University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. He has been selected as a guest conductor and
speaker for numerous festivals and conferences.
Martin McGinn
Martin McGinn is a 1999 graduate of Jefferson-Scranton. During his high school years
Martin was a two time member of the Iowa All State Band playing clarinet. He also won
numerous outstanding soloist awards at Jazz Band contests playing saxophone and
clarinet. Besides playing music, Martin was an award winning composer taking first
place twice in the Iowa Composer’s Forum as a junior in 1997 and as a senior the fall of
his senior year. After high school, Martin has pursued his love of music by composing
and performing his own compositions under the performance name Art Elliot. He has
produced four albums and won the Best Song by Oakland Solo Artist award at the
Oaktown Music Festival. He currently resides in Minneapolis where he teaches piano
and composition privately.
Shelby (Sievers) Van Norstrand
Shelby Van Norstrand is a 2000 graduate of Jefferson-Scranton and possesses an
impressive resume of musical recognition. Shelby was a four time Iowa All State
Band/Orchestra selection as a clarinetist and chosen to be 1st chair clarinet for the All
State Orchestra in 1998 and 1st chair for the All State Band in 1999. In addition to her
accolades in band, Van Norstrand was a multiple time All State selection in both
individual and large group speech. She is currently an Associate Professor of Voice
Performance at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
1999 East Greene Jazz Band
The 1999 East Greene Jazz under the direction of Todd Woodard became the first State
Championship group/team in the history of East Greene. The 1999 band established a
winning Jazz Band culture as East Greene would place in the top 5 at the Iowa Jazz
Championships from 1999-2007 winning titles three more times in that span.