High School SSAA Choir Students

SOPRANO

Niharika Bangalore, Dougherty Valley High School Christa Cantu Esqueda, Sanger High School

Chloe Chiang, Henry M. Gunn High School Shania Cochran, De Anza High School Lindsy Cressall, Buchanan High School Kylie Davin, Harmony Magnet Academy Madeleine Demers, Aptos High School Kimber Draughon, Great Oak High School Rojie Ekanayake, Dougherty Valley High School Dolce Feenaghty, The Bishop's School Itri Fidaleo, West Ranch High School Caroline Field, Dana Hills High School Leilani Ford, Liberty High School Mia Frolich, Los Gatos High School Ciabel Laine Galila Querol, Buchanan High School

Sophia Gleeson, The Bishop's School Blythe Griffin, Buchanan High School Melody Hancock, Tesoro High School Dorothy Hansen, Buckingham Collegiate Charter Academy Shanzay Hassan, West Ranch High School Madison Heinle, Fullerton Union High School Katherine Jaramillo, Granite Bay High School Anika Jayanth, Henry M. Gunn High School Erin Koh, Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose Vivian Kou, Stevenson School Bella Kurani, Los Gatos High School Amber McGrath, Segerstrom High School Rory Miller, Portola High School Riya Narain, Los Gatos High School Caitlin Osmond, Dougherty Valley High School Sandra Pan, Glen A. Wilson High School Noemi Perez, Magnolia High School Soumya Pradhan, Dougherty Valley High School Paige Prodonovich, Santa Monica High School Ansam Qureshi, Stevenson School Libby Reynolds, Aptos High School Amalea Ribeiro, San Diego Children's Choir Katy Rodgers, Central Valley Christian School Pallavi Sengupta, Dougherty Valley High School Aarushi Shankar, Portola High School Shannon Shepherd, Lincoln High School Yumei Shi, The Bishop's School Quinn Soriano, Harmony Magnet Academy Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Irvine High School Divya Subramonian, Monta Vista High School Aria Uma Jain, The Harker School Flavia Valente, The Bishop's School Quintessa Wedell, Temple City High School Allison Wibowo, Glen A. Wilson High School

ALTO

Ananya Acharya, Foothill High School Ava Arasan, The Harker School Silvia Arjona Garcia, Henry M. Gunn High School Hailie Atkinson, Pacific Grove High School Sofia Benigno, Rancho Cucamonga High School Alisha Bose, Lynbrook High School Maya Buckley, The Bishop's School Teresa Cai, The Harker School Gabrielle Carreon, Liberty High School Ayushi Chakraborty, Saratoga High School Sarah Chang, Walnut High School Sadhana Chari, Irvington High School Isha Chudasama, Los Altos High School Clare Donaldson, Rancho Cucamonga High School Rose duPont, Carondelet High School Julia Farhang, San Ramon Valley High School Zella Ferronato, Will C. Wood High School Paige Flores, San Marino High School Alice Gad, Buchanan High School Annika Gangopadhyay, Foothill High School Chloe Hsu, Crean Lutheran High School Ellen Jo, Lynbrook High School Kinsley Kirkpatrick, Dana Hills High School Nishtha Kumar, Orange County School of the Arts Corinne McCorkle, Los Osos High School Irikaa Mehrotra, San Marino High School Kathryn Melanchuk, Pleasant Valley High School Sonali Muthukrishnan, Los Gatos High School Grace Nemec, Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose Miki Nguyen Mitarai, The Harker School Emily Patterson, Henry M. Gunn High School Theophany Pham, Poway High School Caitlin Plumlee, Harmony Magnet Academy Prisha Purohit, Foothill High School Isadora Raines-Hepple, University High School Roxanna Reid, Palo Alto High School Helen Reveles, Thousand Oaks High School Eliza Romero, Bishop Amat Memorial High School Yasmine Romero, Riverside Polytechnic High School Shaivi Sanchorawala, Palo Alto High School Mia Scattini, San Ramon Valley High School Zoe Scherer, Redondo Union High School Trisha Shetty, Los Altos High School Puneet Singh, Portola High School Katelyn Sommer, Poway High School Naksha Srinivasan, Irvine High School Nida Tadiparthi, Dougherty Valley High School Mary Thomas, Centennial High School Audrey Thompson, Santiago High School Anna Tran, Arlington High School Khanh Tran, Citrus Valley High School Somachi Uwakwe, Carondelet High School Carly Villongco, Moreau Catholic High School Keely Young, West Ranch High School

Junior High School SATB Honor Choir

Dr. Felicia Barber

Dr. Felicia Barber is the Director of Choral Activities at Westfield State University in Westfield, MA, where she conducts the University Chorus, Chamber Chorale and teaches courses in conducting and choral methods. Dr. Barber’s research interests include choral teaching strategies, repertoire selection, diversity initiatives, as well as the performance practice of African American Spirituals. Her research has led to presentations across the United States and Canada.

Dr. Barber presents professional development to choral music educators in Massachusetts & and throughout the northeast. She also has presented at regional and state conferences, as well as at the Phenomenon of Singing, an International Conference held in Newfoundland, Canada. With additional presentations at the National ACDA Conference, Eastern Division ACDA Conference, Massachusetts Summer ACDA Conference, Connecticut ACDA Conference, Massachusetts Music Educators Conference, Florida Music Educators Conference, and the Westfield University Summer Institute for Music Educators. Dr. Barber is an active member of American Choral Directors Association (ACDA); serving on the National Diversity Committee, on the Eastern Division 2020 Conference committee, and is the current President of the Massachusetts ACDA board.

Dr. Barber often serves as a guest clinician for both high school and community ensembles. She has served as guest conductor for the Massachusetts Western and Eastern District High School and Jr. High Honor Choirs, NCCC Honor Choir in Connecticut, and Equity & Justice Program with Kansas City Community ensembles in Missouri. She has served as the guest conductor for the several All State ensembles including Vermont and Oklahoma choruses.

Dr. Barber has served as Choral Lecturer for the summer master’s program at Gordon College for the past 4 years. Teaching choruses in Choral Conducting and Choral Music Education. The program offers MME degree for current music education practitioners, and has students from across New England. Dr. Barber is also excited to announce the release of her upcoming books: A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics. (New York: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020); and Practical Companion Guide on AAE Dialect for Singers. (Companion Text: A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context, and Linguistics. (New York: Amazon, 2020). Both to be released Fall of 2020.

Dr. Barber holds a B.M. in Vocal Performance from Oral Roberts University, an M.M. in Music Education from Mansfield University, and a Ph.D. in Choral Music Education and Choral Conducting from The Florida State University.