Chorus, AP Music Theory, & Piano

Ms. Desiree Davis-Omburo has been at East since its inception in 1996. From 2014-2020, she also taught part-time at Guy B. Phillips Middle School. Before that, she taught middle school at North Asheboro Middle School in Asheboro, NC, as well as teaching K-12 in Moore County at three different schools. Ms. Davis-Omburo’s choral ensembles have traveled to New Orleans, Florida, Nashville, San Francisco and New York City performing in famous concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and the Mission Dolores Basilica.  

While attending UNC-G, Ms. Davis-Omburo studied piano with Dr. Joseph DiPiazza and was the recipient of the Thomas J. Stone Award for Excellence in Performance. She has been recognized as Teacher of the Year and was also a recipient of the Terry Sanford Research Award.

Ms. Davis-Omburo is serving her 26th year as the Director of Music at Parkwood United Methodist Church in Durham. She has held several positions with the American Choral Directors Association including All-State Women’s Chorus Coordinator for several years and worked at the UNC-G Summer Music Camp for over 20 years. When she is not teaching, her favorite hobbies include hiking and spending time with her teenaged son, Alex, who also enjoys singing and is in her class at East.

 Important links:

* Choral Department website

* ArtsEast Facebook 

2D Visual Art I-IV & AP Studio Art

Mrs. Erin Stesch has been at East since 2020. Previously, she taught at Middle Creek High School, Durham School of the Arts and Western Guilford High School in Greensboro. She is certified to teach AP Art & Design: Drawing, 2D Design and 3D Design as well as AP Art History. She achieved National Board Certification in 2009. This is her 19th year teaching high school visual art. She is the 2D Visual Art Instructor teaching drawing, painting, collage, mixed media, and printmaking. 

Drama & Theatre I-IV

Hope Hynes Love has been the Artistic Director at East Chapel Hill High School since 2005. Before this, she held the same position at C.E. Jordan High in Durham Public Schools for 10 years.  A teaching artist, she worked as a professional actress and director for the last twenty years on Triangle area stages with Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern,  Burning Coal Theatre,  Shakespeare & Originals, Deep Dish Theater and Peace College. 

She is an expert knitter and novice weaver.  Her longest running art project is her marriage to a science educator and the rearing of a tween musician which keeps her based in Durham, North Carolina.  

 Important links: 

* Theatre Department website

* Theatre Department Facebook

Graphic Design I-II and AP Art History

Mr. Bowers began working at East in 2007. He enjoys drawing and illustrating with pen & ink as well as digitally in Photoshop and Illustrator.  Mr. Bowers has worked at George Mason University, Manassas Park Elementary School in VA, and the Cornell Abraxas Corrections facility for adjudicated youth in South Mountain PA

Theater Manager

Mr. Alguire started at East in 2012. Before this, he was a Theatre Technician at professional theatres in Chicago since the 1990s. 

Growing up in Alaska, Mr. Alguire has live in San Francisco and Chicago before moving to Durham. 

His hobbies include welding, playing the trombone, and remodeling houses. 

Ceramics I-IV

Mrs. Vrooman began working at East in 2002. Before this, she has also taught at the Durham School of the Arts, Stanback Middle School in Hillsborough and in Asheboro City School. 

 Important links: 

* East Cerarmics Instgram