All State Middle School Treble
Linda Beaupré
Linda Beaupré received her Bachelor of Music degree with a major
in music education and concentrations in piano and voice from the State
University of New York at Potsdam, and her Master of Music degree with a
major in vocal performance form the University of Western Ontario. She has taught
school music and school choirs in Australia and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and
for several years she was a soprano with the Elmer Iseler Singers and the Torronto
Mendelssohn Choir. She has been director of the Bach Children’s Chorus since
she founded it in 1987. Since 1991 she has also conducted the Guelph Youth Singers,
founded in that year, which includes four choirs at differing levels of training.
Linda maintains an active schedule as clinician and adjudicator for other choirs.
She has conducted children’s choir camps for the Toronto District School Board,
the Choral Federations of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan,
and she has adjudicated festivals in both Ontario and Newfoundland.
In 1996 she received a Bi-Centennial Award of Merit from the City of Scarborough.
These awards were given to 200 individuals, from throughout Scarborough’s
200 year history, whose achievements have brought honour and recognition to
the City of Scarborough.
In May, 2002 she was also awarded the Guelph
YM/YWCA Women of Distinction award in the Arts and Culture category.
In Dec, 2006 Linda was awarded the Leslie Bell Prize for choral conducting. This
award is presented every two years by the Ontario Arts Council to a person who
has made an impact on choral music in Ontario.
Linda was chosen by a panel
of peers for her excellent conducting skills, extraordinary commitment to youth,
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All State Middle School Mixed
Tom Shelton
Tom T. Shelton, Jr. is a native of Greensboro, N.C. and a graduate of
the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with both a Bachelor of Music
Education Degree and Master of Music in Choral Conducting. He is the Associate
Director of the Music Ministry for Children and Youth at First Presbyterian
Church, Greensboro.
Prior to working at First Presbyterian Church, Shelton
taught middle school choral music in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County for
eighteen years. During this time he was selected “Teacher of the Year” for both
Atkins Middle School and Kernersville Middle School, and in 1999 was presented
the North Carolina Middle School Music “Teacher of the Year” award by the
NC Music Educators Association.
Choral groups under his direction were
invited to perform for the NC Music Educators Conference and the NC
ACDA Conference. Shelton presented an interest session, "Working with Boys
in the Middle School Choral Setting", for the 2006 Southern Division ACDA
Conference in Charleston, WV, using his 8th Grade Young Men's Ensemble
as the demonstration choir.
Tom Shelton is active in the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA), where he currently serves as the President for
the Southern Division. He has served as National Repertoire and Standards
Chair for Junior High/Middle School Choirs (2007-2009), and President for
North Carolina ACDA (2005-2007).
An active clinician, Tom has conducted
the ACDA Central Division Junior High Honor Choir (Indianapolis), as well as
Elementary, Middle, and High School Festivals and Honor Choirs in Alabama,
Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. In 2007, he traveled
to Hong Kong to conduct a piece he was commissioned to write for the
celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Hong Kong International School.
Tom Shelton has compositions published by Colla Voce Music, Heritage Music
Press, Hinshaw Music Company, and Santa Barbara Music Press. He is listed in
“Who’s Who among America’s Teachers (2003-2004 edition) as well as
“Who’s
Who in America" (2005-2006 edition). Mr. Shelton works with the
Greensboro Youth Chorus organization as conductor of the Chorale. |
All State Intermediate Mixed
Dr. Jeffery Ames
Jeffery L. Ames, Assistant Professor of Music, serves as Director of Choral
Activities at Belmont University. His prior appointments include Assistant
Director of Choral Activities at Baylor University and Director of Choral Activities
at Edgewater High School and Lincoln High School in Florida.
As a choral clinician,
Dr. Ames has conducted senior and junior high school mixed and male choirs at
the state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association
and the Music Educator’s National Conference, including the inaugural Florida
Male All-State Chorus (2005). He has performed internationally in the countries of
Italy (2005-2007) and Costa Rica (2005). An accomplished accompanist, he has
performed with well-known conductors such as André Thomas, Allen Crowell,
Dan Krunnfusz, Lynne Gackle, Bradley Ellingboe, and most recently with Anton
Armstrong and the 2007 Texas All-State Mixed Choir.
With a growing reputation
as a distinguished and well-respected composer and arranger, Dr. Ames’ music
has been premiered by the Florida Music Educators Association (1996), the
Florida American Choral Directors Association (1998), the Southern Division of
ACDA (2002), the National ACDA Conference in Los Angeles (2005), and most
recently at the 2007 National ACDA Conference in Miami. His compositions
and arrangements are published by Colla Voce Music, Earthsongs, Santa
Barbara Music Publishing, and Walton Music Corporation.
Professor Ames
holds the Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Choral Music Education and a Master
of Choral Music Education degree from Florida State University, and a Bachelor
of Music degree, with at double major in Vocal Performance and Piano
Accompanying, from James Madison University. He is the first recipient of the
2005 ACDA James Mulholland Choral Music Fellowship.
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All State Senior Women
Sandra Snow
As conductor, teacher, and scholar, Sandra Snow’s work spans a wide variety of
ages, abilities, and musics. She holds appointments in conducting and music education at the MSU College of Music, where she interacts with undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of conducting, choral pedagogy, and choral singing. She is a past recipient of the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award.
Snow conducts the Michigan State University Women’s Chamber Ensemble, a group that has appeared at consecutive conferences of the American Choral Directors Association (National Conference 2009; Central Division 2008). She has held a principal residency with the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival and made guest conducting appearances with the 2009 Texas All-State Mixed Choir, the 2010 Southern Division Honor Children’s Choir, and the New Jersey All-State Women’s Choir. Snow has appeared as a headline clinician at various ACDA conferences, most recently Washington, Alabama, and Kansas. Upcoming guest conducting appearances include the Missouri and Montana All-State Mixed Choirs, the Minnesota All-State Women’s Choir, and interest sessions at the 2011 national conference of the American Choral Directors Association.
Snow is author of the DVD "Conducting-Teaching: Real World Strategies for Success" published by GIA (2009), a resource for conductor-teachers at all levels of teaching. She edits the choral music series In High Voice published by Boosey & Hawkes and is a member of the Choral Music Experience Choral Teacher Certification Board.
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All State Senior Men
Jonathan Reed
Jonathan Reed is professor of music and associate director of choral programs at the Michigan State University College of Music.
He also conducts the State Singers, the Men's Glee Club, and teaches Ensemble Conducting and Secondary Choral Methods. During the summer, Reed teaches graduate courses in Choral Conducting and Choral Methods. In addition, he supervises the directed teaching experiences of undergraduate choral education majors. In 1999, the Associated Students of MSU presented him with the “Outstanding Faculty Award.”
Reed enjoys an active professional status as an adjudicator and clinician, conducting festivals and all-state choruses throughout the United States. In the coming year, he will conduct All-State and Honor Choruses in Texas, Indiana, Missouri and for the Northwest Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). As the National ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chair for Male Chorus and a board member of the Intercollegiate Male Choruses Inc., Reed is recognized across America for his leadership in men’s choral music. Under his direction, the MSU Men's Glee Club has completed three European tours, and been an invited participant in the Midwest Music Conference in Ann Arbor, the 1998 Central Division Convention of ACDA in Detroit, and ACDA National Conventions in Chicago (1999) and San Antonio (2001). Most recently, the Men’s Glee Club was invited to participate in America Cantat IV, one of only two American choirs invited to participate in America Cantat IV in Mexico City. |
All State Senior Mixed
Brad Holmes
Dr. Brad Holmes has been Director of Choir Programs at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois since 1991. During this time Dr. Holmes has overseen the growth of the choral program to five traditional choirs and a variety of smaller vocal ensembles involving more than 300 students and six choral/vocal ensemble staff. In addition to conducting the University Choir Dr. Holmes teaches classes in conducting and choral methods. He is artistic director for Millikin's annual Christmas Vespers, an event that attracts 6,500 people each year, as well as a frequent guest conductor of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra. Under his direction the Millikin University Choir has performed before both regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association. They have again been selected to perform for the National Conference of ACDA in March, 2011. Dr. Holmes's extensive guest conducting schedule has included All-State, ACDA Honor Choirs and District festivals as well as church music clinics throughout the United States. Internationally, he has served as Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College in Cambridge, England. He has conducted choirs in 35 countries in Europe, South America, East Asia, the South Pacific and Australia.
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