NAME:
Janwin Overstreet-Goode
SCHOOL:
Friendswood High School
CLASS:
Choir
SCHOOL PHONE:
281-482-3413, ext. 150
Mrs. Goode has 27 years teaching experience in Texas schools, beginning at
Dobie High School in Pasadena, Langham Creek High School in Cypress-
Fairbanks, and Sam Rayburn High School in Pasadena. A native of Kentucky,she
received Bachelor of Music and Bachlor of Music Education degrees from
Murray State University and a Masters of Music from the University of
Kentucky.
Husband John is a free-lance trumpet teacher and player; her daughter
Catherine is a music major at the University of Houston.
In addition to her teaching duties at Friendswood, Ms. Goode currently serves as the Vocal Division
Vice-President for the Texas Music Educators Association. She is honored to have been selected to
conduct the 2006 Kentucky All-State Women's Choir. She was a collaborator on the recently
published SMART (Sight-singing Made Accessible, Readable, Teachable) sight-reading book. Ms.
Goode was elected to a two-year term as Secretary/Treasurer for the Texas Choral Directors
Association in 2007. In January of 2008, she was selected as the Fidelity Futurestage Outstanding
Music Educator in the category of Choral Music by Fidelity Funds and the Houston Symphony. Most
recently, Ms. Goode served as the Clinic Coordinator for the Vocal Division of the Texas
Music Educators Association 2010 convention.
Students will learn concepts of vocal and choral technique, music theory,
sight-reading, music history, and will be provided opportunities for creative
self-expression through performance of a wide variety of choral literature.