2018
All-State Reading Chorus Kimberly Eason, Choral Division Chair Daniel Bara, Conductor Dr. Chris Fowler, Accompanist Michelle Austin, Organizer January 27, 2018 Daniel Bara is the Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music at the Hugh Hodgson School of Music at the University of Georgia, having served as Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choral Activities at East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina. His university choirs have performed for state, regional, and national conventions of ACDA and MENC, and the ECU Chamber Singers completed two professional recordings for the Gothic Records label (Greater Love, 2007; Eternal Light, 2010). His conducting students have consistently advanced into the live rounds of the ACDA National Conducting Competition, and former MM conducting students now hold collegiate conducting appointments at Susquehanna University, New England Conservatory, Miami University of Ohio, University of Idaho, and William Jewell College. Dr. Bara was the recipient of the UNC Board of Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award and the Robert L. Jones Award for Outstanding Teaching. Prior accolades include the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize given at the Eastman School of Music, and the ACDA National Student Conducting Competition(Graduate Division) awarded at the National Convention in San Antonio, TX in 2001. Dr. Bara is Past-President of NC-ACDA, has held the Artistic Directorship of the New York State Summer School of the Arts - School of Choral Studies (2007-2009), and has served as conductor of the World Youth Honor Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp (2004-2006). He is in regular demand as a guest conductor and clinician, with recent or upcoming engagements with all-state, regional honor choirs, and conference appearances in California, Louisiana, Colorado, Massachusetts, Texas, New York, West Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Georgia. Dr. Bara holds the DMA degree in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, organ and conducting degrees from the University of Michigan, and is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy. He is the Youth and Student Activities Chairman for the Southern Division Chapter of ACDA, and is served as the Performing Choir Chair for the Southern Division ACDA Convention in WinstonSalem in 2012. At UGA he oversees the graduate choral conducting program, and conducts the UGA Hodgson Singers, the University Chorus, and oversees student conductors as they conduct the Repertory Singers.
All-State Reading Chorus ALEXANDER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Sandra Chandler Enoch Dotson ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL Director: Michelle Austin Julia Gu
EAST JACKSON COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Darce Todd Chandler Colin Chandler Brian Presley
ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Director: Greg Hucks Claudia Beroukhim
FLOWERY BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Stacie Mavis Alicia Lyle Jayci McIntyre
BRADWELL INSTITUTE Director: Monina Morris DeVaury Beverly
FORSYTH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Amy Neal Joseph Signa
CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Matthew Van Dyke Ian Shea Dion Zhang
GRADY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Kevin Hill Hannah Prausnitz-Weinbaum
CHAPEL HILL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Kevin Moore Alexandra Carpenter
HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL Director: Megan Schuitema Nicholas Nguyen Amarjeet Ranhotra
CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Jennie Fabianski Vik Bathala
HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Terrance Green Amaan Atkins Haley Holcombe Ryan Valley
COLLINS HILL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Violet Pledger Lafayette Bussey CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL Director: Scott Martin Wyatt Brooks DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL Director: Elise Eskew Sparks Reagan Borland Eliza Craft Julia Grigni Scott Johnson Veronica McClennen Robin Tucker Jameson Wall DEKALB SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Director: Jeff Funderburk Lillian Nittler DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Karl Kuhlken Joey M. Steele DUNWOODY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Yvonne Miller Jan L. Estrada-Rodriguez Samuel J. Wingert DUTCHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL Director: Derwin Davis Makayla Potts
HOWARD HIGH SCHOOL Director: Mitchell Moore Noah A. Horton Jasmine H. Lim JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL Director: Shannan O’Dowd Erin Abely Hyoung-Jin Lee Jason Ling Kevin Park
MARIETTA HIGH SCHOOL Director: Carlos Grevstad Austin Fletcher Zion L. Martell MARIST SCHOOL Director: Sharon Coheley Ben Wise
SAVANNAH ARTS ACADEMY Director: Russell Watkins Emma Conatser Daniel Metrejean Finn Repella Kaleb Wimes SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Joshua Markham Maddie Bends Kelsey Bryant Patrick Fagan Corinne Wallick
MARTHA ELLEN STILWELL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Director: Kay Pace Cardell Smart MARY PERSONS HIGH SCHOOL Director: Charles Hernandez Sunny DeVane Jeffrey Dunbar
TALLULAH FALLS SCHOOL Director: Curt Frederick Madeline G. McClurg THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Michelle Davis Caleb Giddens Zion Jackson
MCINTOSH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Hannah Beth Potter Clay Lawhead Abby McMichen
WARE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Greta Thomas Kerrington Hollis Anne Lin Daniel Lynch Bailey Moore Kendall Moore
MILL CREEK HIGH SCHOOL Director: Stephanie Archer Alyssa Cornelius Elijah Shaw MILTON HIGH SCHOOL Director: Drew Bowers Lizzy Farrell Emily Salmond Jackson Wildes MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL Director: Julie Duncan Meredith Empie NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL Director: Brianna Greer Samantha Baker Andrea Coutinho Kathryn Cuadra Kaylee Therieau
WARNER ROBINS HIGH SCHOOL Director: Joy Dumas Rayvon Love WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL Director: Kenneth Grant Abigail Brown Mark Cabrera Nash Hickam
JONES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Mystee Wilcox Abigail R. Dugger Michael N. Ford Jackson H. McAfee NORTH HALL HIGH SCHOOL Gavin T. Rushing Director: Ashley Whelchel Meghan A. Spence Caroline Brady Caitlyn Christoffersen LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL Ava Jakel Director: Tom Fitzstephens Gracyn Potter James Armfield Abby Yori LANIER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Taylor Greer Joseph Jerome Fiona Jones Kaitlyn Kennedy LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Bradly Bunce Elisabeth Alonso Chase Graham Megan Moshell
OCONEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Katie D. Williams Anna Ambartsumian ROME HIGH SCHOOL Director: Rachel Paul Isabella Carlton Cannon Rogers Ryan Ward Emma Warren
GEORGIA MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION
WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT MAKING THE GEORGIA ALL-STATE EVENTS A GREAT SUCCESS.