2019
ALL-STATE READING CHORUS Kimberly Eason, Choral Division Chair Dr. Deanna Joseph, Conductor Dr. Chris Fowler, Accompanist Michelle Levesque, Organizer January 26, 2019
Dr. Deanna Joseph is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at the Georgia State University School of Music where she conducts the University Singers and leads the master’s program in choral conducting. In 2015, she was the recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Outstanding Teacher Award at Georgia State, where she was selected out of a pool of over 800 faculty. A recent review of her work states, “[t]he choir sings with great musicality, excellent intonation, clear diction, and a healthy and beautiful pallet of tone colors…” (The Choral Scholar). In May of 2017, the University Singers under Dr. Joseph’s leadership won first place in the renowned Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition while on a concert tour of Austria and Bavaria. In May of 2013, the University Singers competed in La Florilège Vocal de Tours where the choir placed second overall in the mixed choir category and Dr. Joseph was honored with the Prix du chef de choer (conducting prize). The Georgia State University Singers have been invited to perform at two Southern Division conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and at two conventions of the Georgia Music Educator’s Association during Dr. Joseph’s tenure at GSU, and the Georgia State University Choirs have been hired to sing two productions of David Bintley’s Carmina Burana with the Atlanta Ballet: in 2013 (North American premiere performances) and 2017. The choir’s professional recording, Evening Hymn (Gothic Records), is distributed internationally by Naxos and is available for purchase or streaming on all the major music distribution outlets including Amazon, Spotify, iTunes, etc. The American Record Guide review states “There are no runts in the repertory litter…[and] [t]he Georgia State choir of 40 is very good at all of it: radiant as dusk approaches, but hushed and sensitive to the coming darkness as shadows deepen and fall.” The disk has been featured several times on National Public Radio’s program, With Heart and Voice. Dr. Joseph is an active guest conductor and headline clinician and has conducted all-state and honor choirs in more than twelve states. She is a frequent conductor of choral-orchestral repertoire and has led performances of Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Beethoven Mass in C, Mozart’s Requiem, Haydn’s Creation and Lord Nelson Mass, Schubert’s Mass in A-flat and Bruckner’s Mass in D Minor. She has prepared choirs to sing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Atlanta Opera, and Andrea Bocelli. One of her small ensembles was featured on a 2016 episode of “The Walking Dead”. Dr. Joseph’s research in the area of 19th-century choral-orchestral performance-practice has led to invited presentations on the topic at several division conferences of the American Choral Director’s Association and at the national convention for the National Collegiate Choral Organization. In October of 2012, she was selected as one of 25 presenters from ten countries to speak at the Lund Choral Festival in Sweden. Prior to her appointment at Georgia State University, Dr. Joseph served on the faculties at Smith College, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Dr. Joseph holds conducting degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the Walter Hagen Conducting Prize. She is the founder and artistic director of the Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute (ASCI), a weeklong, summer conducting master class that draws conductors from across the country.
ALL-STATE READING CHORUS ALEXANDER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Sandra Chandler Enoch Dotson ALPHARETTA HIGH SCHOOL Director: Michelle Levesque Meghana Embar Yushus Komarlu APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Douglass Grant CJ Adams ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL Director: Greg Hucks Claudia Beroukhim BUFORD HIGH SCHOOL Director: Dr. Chris Fowler Quinn Conrath BURKE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Francis Franqui Nicholas R. Lever CAIRO HIGH SCHOOL Director: Erikka Edwards Bre’ Ijaha L. Garland CHATTAHOOCHEE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Jennie Fabianski Vik Bathala CHESTATEE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Lisa Bassett Caroline Barber Jocelyn Wiley COFFEE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Tania Myers Gracee A. Myers COLLINS HILL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Violet Pledger Caleb Brandt Lafayette Bussey COLUMBUS HIGH SCHOOL Director: Alicia Vinson Sierra Reis Avery Smith CREEKVIEW HIGH SCHOOL Director: Scott Martin Wyatt Brooks Emily McGhee Danielle Olivares Nate Seman Teagan Smith DECATUR HIGH SCHOOL Director: Elise Eskew Sparks Miranda Borland Reagan Borland Eliza Craft Ethan Davis Owen Hammond-Lee Cara Jensen Scott Johnson Chris Lohmeier Bekah Rawle Emily Scharf Martize Smith Robin Tucker Davis Tyler
DEKALB SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Director: Jeff Funderburk Lillian Nittler DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Karl Kuhlken Joey M. Steele DUNWOODY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Taylor Rodgers Samuel J. Wingert FLOWERY BRANCH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Stacie Mavis Kamryn Arzillo Riley Smith THE GALLOWAY SCHOOL Director: L. Gamble Isak Wall GORDON CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Dr. Kimberly Watters Katelyn Jones HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL Director: Megan Schuitema Nicholas Nguyen HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Terrance Cook-Green Amaan Atkins Nailah Berube Cienna Conte Andrew Foster Haley Holcombe HIRAM HIGH SCHOOL Director: Ashley Poole Morgan Dudley JOHNS CREEK HIGH SCHOOL Director: Shannan O’Dowd Hyoung-Jin Lee Jason Ling JONES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Mystee-Fawn Wilcox Abigail R. Dugger Michael N. Ford Munashe K. Jones Meghan A. Spence LAKESIDE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Tom Fitzstephens James Armfield Anna Floyd LAKEVIEW ACADEMY Director: Gretchen Plummer Garv Gaur LANIER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Cheryl Smith Fiona Jones Kaitlyn Kennedy LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Bradly Bunce Tanner Dziedzic Megan Moshell
MARIETTA HIGH SCHOOL Director: Carlos Grevstad Austin Fletcher MARTHA ELLEN STILWELL SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Directors: Kay Pace & Jimmy Cheek Caleb Middleton Cardell Smart MARY PERSONS HIGH SCHOOL Director: Charles Hernandez Sunny DeVane McINTOSH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Hannah Beth Potter Colton Hayes Clay Lawhead Abby McMichen Tiffany Smith MILL CREEK HIGH SCHOOL Director: Stephanie Archer Allie Baker Kate Baker Elizabeth Q. Dillard Elijah Shaw MILTON HIGH SCHOOL Director: Drew Bowers & Nathan Schreer Jackson Wildes NEW MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Trey Giddens Tyler Lewis Tobia Nosiri NORTH GWINNETT HIGH SCHOOL Director: Brianna Greer Samantha Baker Andrea Coutinho Emerie Ediger NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Rhonda Turner Chase Crapps PEACHTREE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL Director: Kathryn Wyatt Stephanie Khasayan PEBBLEBROOK HIGH SCHOOL Director: Katie Woolf Ally Hillman Judah Norman Sky Schumacher
ROME HIGH SCHOOL Director: LeAnna Fleming Ryan Ward Emma Warren SAVANNAH ARTS ACADEMY Director: Russell Watkins Charlotte Dennison Alexandra Eller Finn Repella Jadon Snider Kaleb Wimes SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Joshua Markham Patrick Fagan Amelia Westmoreland SOUTHEAST BULLOCH HIGH SCHOOL Director: Brent Whitaker Abigail C. McMillan THOMAS COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Corey King Stephen Sykes Kaleb Ward WARE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL Director: Greta Thomas Anne Lin Daniel Lynch Bailey Moore Kendall Moore WARNER ROBINS HIGH SCHOOL Director: Joy Dumas James Scott WEST HALL HIGH SCHOOL Director: Timothy Gale Matthew Gale THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS Director: Christopher Walters Sims Kuester WHITEWATER HIGH SCHOOL Director: Richard Prouty Grace E. Mallon WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL Director: Kenneth Grant Drake Giles
GEORGIA MUSIC E D U C AT O R S A S S O C I AT I O N WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE ORGANIZERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AT MAKING THE GEORGIA ALL-STATE EVENTS A GREAT SUCCESS