Brittney N. Lynn received her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from Frostburg State University in 2009 and her Masters of Music in Music Education from the University of Florida in 2016.  She holds her certification in Music PreK-12, Theatre 7-12, and her National Board Certification for Music-Ages 11-18+: Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood-Band.  She also received her Administration I Certification through Johns Hopkins University in May 2021 and is pursuing her Certificate in Special Music Education from Wichita State University.

Ms. Lynn is currently in her second year of her “sabbatical” from teaching band and is teaching elementary general music in PG County, Maryland and running the Maryland Marching Band Association, of which she is a founding member and the current vice-president.  She is also on staff with the MMBA State and Regional Grand Champions, Urbana High School Marching Band.

Ms. Lynn recently spent 3 1/2 years as the Director of Bands at Chopticon High School in Morganza, MD in St. Mary’s County where she led the Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Pit Orchestra, and the Showband of Southern Maryland Marching Band.  She also previously taught middle school band at Stevensville Middle School in Stevensville, MD in Queen Anne’s County from 2011-2016.  Ms. Lynn’s concert bands, at both the middle school and high school, have continuously received excellent and superior ratings.  While under her direction, the Showband of Southern Maryland came in 2nd place at the 2019 inaugural MMMBA State Championships, winning Best Visual, Best GE, and Best Color Guard and won the titles of 2018 USBands II Open Maryland State and Mid-Atlantic Regional Champions, and the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Regional Champion.

Ms. Lynn was previously on staff at the Naval Academy Drum and Bugle Corps.  She has previously taught marching band in the Tournament of Bands circuit, winning numerous Chapter Championships at Lake Forest High School in Felton, Delaware; Kent Island High School, Stevensville, MD; and Queen Anne’s County High School in Centreville, MD.  She has been a performer, staff member, and educator of the marching arts for 20 years.

Besides being a band director and teaching the marching arts, Ms. Lynn is an active performer on the Eastern Shore, Washington, D.C. and through-out the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.  She has recently performed with Helen Hayes recipient Pointless Theatre in Washington, D.C.; the World Champion Empire Statesmen Drum and Bugle Corps in Rochester, NY; Easton High School Drama Dept. in Easton, MD; Church Hill Theatre in Church Hill, MD; and is a veteran member of Fusion Core Drum and Bugle Corps in Northern New Jersey. She performs locally as a freelance trombonist/low brass player.

Ms. Lynn is a member of the Maryland Marching Band Association (MMBA), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA), Maryland Band Directors Association (MBDA), Maryland General Music Educators Association (MGMEA), Women Band Directors International (WBDI), Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), National Education Association (NEA), and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women (SAI).  Ms. Lynn was nominated for QACPS Teacher of the Year in 2013 and is a 2013 recipient of the QACPS Difference Maker Award.  She is a former member of the Eastern Shore Band Directors Association (ESBDA) where she was Secretary from 2014-2016.

When she is not teaching, Ms. Lynn enjoys reading, watching live performances, traveling, and spending time with her family and the family pets: Gary, Minnie, Daisy, Teddy, and Teenie.