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2013 ALL STATE READING CHORUS Suzanne Logue, Choral Division Chair Elizabeth Williams, Organizer Janet Johnson, Conductor Dr. Susan Matteson, Accompanist January 26, 2013
Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Conductor Janet Johnson's involvement with music has been long and varied. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, with bachelor's and master's degrees in music education, she began her career in DeKalb County. She taught at Tucker and Redan High Schools where all her groups consistently receiving superior ratings. She then taught choral conducting and techniques at Georgia State University, and directed the Atlanta Vocal Consort. Janet has directed choirs in metro Atlanta churches for 27 years and is now in her tenth year at Oak Grove UMC. Ms. Johnson has conducted numerous honor choirs and All State choirs and has led sessions for GMEA, ACDA, SMENC, and Choristers Guild throughout the country. She created the curriculum and taught adjudicator classes for Certified Adjudicators and Head Judges for LGPE in Georgia. Ms. Johnson received the Distinguished Career Award from GMEA in 2006. For 22 years, Janet and her husband, Bucky, have been Directors of the Southern Star Music Festival, a successful choral and instrumental performance festival associated with Six Flags Over Georgia. Janet was a member of the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers during Shaw's lifetime, is in her 23rd year of singing and recording with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, and continues to sing in the ASO Chamber Chorus.
ALL STATE READING CHOIR ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL Jeffrey Lin Matthew Prince Michelle Story
BROOKWOOD HIGH SCHOOL Madison Stueve
CASS HIGH SCHOOL Champney Aaron Jessica Fink Leah Forsyth Victoria Stafford
CEDAR SHOALS HIGH SCHOOL Preston Stanfield
CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL Haley Smith
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Quinton Smith Devon Washington Alicia Young
CHESTATEE HIGH SCHOOL Alexander Farr Aaron Metzdorf Aaron Phillips Jeremiah Reed Clark Wright
COLLINS HILL HIGH SCHOOL Lauren Dempsey Harrison Fields Sarah Summerbell
COLQUITT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Courtney Terrell
EASTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL Mary A. Lathem Victoria Morgan Sam Potts
FLOWERY BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL Steven Corrales Greg Leopold Megan Prichard
THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL Madeline Stout
GORDON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL George Christian
HABERSHAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Adam Trotman
HIRAM HIGH SCHOOL Ruthie Phillips Forrest Starr
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL Madelyn L. Harvin Roy E. Powell Jessica Webb
KELL HIGH SCHOOL Julia Nydam
LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL Robert Wiley Sam Wiley
LIBERTY COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Donavan L. Wells
MILL CREEK HIGH SCHOOL Erin Martz
MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Kimberly Simpson
NORTH COBB HIGH SCHOOL Shelby Trotta
NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL
ROME HIGH SCHOOL
Alex Carlton Anna Davis Avery Harris Zach Kinsey Lucy Lansing Courtney Lovingood Matthew Nedvin Diana Romo Marlee Smith Erich VanTubbergen Cayce Woodard
SAVANNAH ARTS ACADEMY Erin Barksdale Colin Harrison Amanda Royek Kathryn Savidge Caleb Stack
SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL Devon L. Higgins Lexie Stinson
SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL Emiry Blitch Justin Boone Zachary Futch
STARR’S MILL HIGH SCHOOL
Dana Gardner Madison Jones Krysta Therieau
Blake Traeger Carol Varenas
NORTH OCONEE HIGH SCHOOL
Brielle Sims
Colton Carter
NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL Timothy Murphy Elizabeth White
PIERCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Mollie K. Rowell
R.W. JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL Joseph Rich
RICHMOND HILL HIGH SCHOOL Sarah Barry
TRI-CITIES HIGH SCHOOL UNION GROVE HIGH SCHOOL Vishwamitra Chaganti Emily Drane
WARE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL James Jones Isaiah Ricks Joey Timmons
WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL Brittany Bagnell William Brown Tyler Bucher Laura Beth Garrett Taylor Hall Jessica Heath Sophia Inaba Sidney Mulkey David Pye Clayton Ries Hannah Rittweger Emily Roberts Ashley Sims Chris Strickland Caroline Stuart
WOODSTOCK HIGH SCHOOL Kerby Baier Emily Shuman