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2012 ALL STATE READING CHORUS Suzanne Logue, Choral Division Chair Dr. John Dickson, Conductor Elizabeth Williams, Organizer January 28, 2012
Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Conductor In July of 2008, John Dickson was named Dean of the Townsend School of Music at Mercer University in Macon, GA. Prior to this appointment he was the Director of Choral Studies and Chair of the Conducting Division at Texas Tech University where he conducted the University Choir, Madrigal Singers and the Lubbock Chorale, and supervised the D.M.A., PhD., and M.M. programs in choral conducting. Most recently, his Texas Tech University Choir was one of two featured collegiate choirs at the 2008 Texas Music Educators Association annual conference in San Antonio. In addition to the TMEA concert, the Choir was also the featured choir for composer Eric Whitacre’s workshop. In January 2007, the Choir was featured in the National Endowment of the Arts American Masterpieces Music Festival – Crossing the Divide: Exploring Influence and Finding Our Voice, Austin, Texas. Additional recent invitational performances include the 2005 American Choral Directors Association national convention in Los Angeles, preceded by invitational performances for the Texas Music Educators Association conference in San Antonio and the ACDA Southwest Regional convention in Little Rock in the spring of 2004. In 2002, the Choir represented the U.S. as the only American choir selected to perform for the Association of British Choral Directors (ABCD) national convention in York, England. Dr. Dickson has served as conductor and guest clinician for numerous state, regional, and national ACDA conventions, All State choruses, and choral festivals around the world. Internationally known as a conducting pedagogue, the Russian State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow and workshops in England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France, and Canada. He was the founder and Artistic Director for the Cambridge University, St. John’s College/Texas Tech University Summer Choral Institute. Dr. Dickson is also the Founding Director of the C. S. Lewis Foundation’s Oxbridge Choral Institute, a professional chorus serving the triennial symposium in Oxford and Cambridge. Recently appointed to the Editorial Board of The Choral Journal, he serves as editor of the monthly column for sacred music, “Hallelujah.” The Choral Journal and The Mastersinger have published his articles on a holistic approach to conducting. Appointed as a Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Dr. Dickson sang with Sir David Willcocks and The Bach Choir in London. A second post-doctoral fellowship allowed him to serve as principal rehearsal conductor for The Bach Choir in Musical Director David Hill’s absence. He is the current Vice-President for the Texas Choral Directors Association college division. Dr. Dickson holds the D.M.A. degree in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, the M.M. degree in music history and literature from Baylor University, and has done post-doctoral study at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
ALL STATE READING CHOIR ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Thomas Yackley Upasana Chandra Mugdha Joshi Jeffrey Lin Michelle Story Claire Yackley
BRADWELL INSTITUTE
DIRECTOR: Amanda Durden Evan Crowther
BROOKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Dominique Petite Anthony Kelly-Taylor Madison Stueve Emily Warlick
CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jennie Blevins Melanie Arnson Tae Wan Kim Jake Michael Carly Moskowitz Brittany Whitlock Audrey Wright
CHESTATEE HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Williams Aaron Phillips
CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Susan Wallace Rachel McFarland Karenna Wery
DARLINGTON UPPER SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Erin Westmaas Will Warren
DUTCHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Stanton Usher Alexandria Beckham Christian Magby Justin Russell
EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Joel Singleton Mary A. Lathem Victoria Morgan Sam Potts Arynn Veteto
FLOWERY BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Stacie Mavis Aleah Arzillo Jordan Luster Jacob Matthes Ashley Wood
HARRIS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Pamela Pope Katherine Ambrester Antoine Bray Drew Nelson Michael Province Erin Walsh
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Theresa Alexander Elizabeth Lynch Roy Powell
JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Rhonda Fossum Sarah Ma
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Patricia Jacobson Clark Spenser Rachel Yeates
MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
R.W. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Timothy Gale Joseph Rich
ROME HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Jennifer Williams Avery Harris Dylan Horne Zach Kinsey Lucy Lansing Courtney Lovingood Jerica Maisonet Michael Nedvin Matthew Nedvin Diana Romo Courtney Williams Cayce Woodard
RUTLAND HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Charles Hernandez Matthew Blankenship
SAVANNAH ARTS ACADEMY
DIRECTOR: Rick Copeland Hannah Muse
DIRECTOR: Diane Stallings Colin Harrison Hannah Murray Drew Whitlow
MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Carol Taylor Allison Hanrahan DJ Mattocks Anthony Michael Ashley Moore Kimberly Simpson
NORTH COBB HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Amy Foster Timothy Marshall
NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Amanda Varner Elise Etherton Katie McLaughlin Travis Scoggins Krysta Therieau Kristina Verrington Elizabeth Wright
NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Rhonda Turner Morgan Robinette
OCONEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
DIRECTOR: Katie D. Williams Emily Casuccio
DIRECTOR: Brent Whitaker Charles Wilson
STARRS MILL HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: John Odom Josh Quandt Ben Watson
TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Lori Christian Jahmad Juluke
UNION GROVE HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Chris McMichen Jessi Montgomery
WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Andrew Burgess William Brown Ashley Carter Meghan Frisby Sophia Inaba Sarah Beth Jenkins Loren Kirkland Jonathan Owen Clayton Ries Hannah Rittweger Brianna Shelko Ashley Sims
WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTOR: Ryan McKendrick Emily Shuman