2018
All-College Chorus Kimberly Eason, Choral Division Chair Dr. Kevin Fenton, Conductor Ivy Pirl, Accompanist Dr. David Langley, Organizer January 26, 2018 Kevin Fenton is professor of choral conducting and ensembles, and director of the FSU University Singers and the Chamber Choir. He has conducted the Virginia Tech Meistersingers (1998), the University Singers (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2013), and the Festival Singers of Florida (2012) in performances at regional and national conventions of ACDA and NAfME. A champion of new music, Dr. Fenton has conducted over thirty premiere performances including Skip Stradtman’s “Amazing Grace” (2015); Troy Robertson’s “In Meeting We are Blessed” (2015); Eric Barnum’s “In Paradisum” (2010); Sydney Guillame’s “Au-Déla du Chagrin” (2010); Clifton Callender’s “Reasons to Learn to Sing” (2010); and “The Soul’s Passing” (2007) by Dominick DiOrio. Dr. Fenton has conducted choirs in 35 states, including twenty-six all-state choirs and ACDA Divisional Honor Choirs. Internationally, Kevin conducted the Beijing International Choral Festival Choir with China’s People’s Liberation Orchestra and the Dublin International Choral Festival for Music Celebrations International. He taught choral conducting and conducting pedagogy at the Kenya Conservatory of Music as a Fulbright Specialist and at South Africa’s National Youth Choir Symposium. Dr. Fenton has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in choral literature and choral conducting at Florida State University since 2000, and his textbook Foundations of Choral Conducting is used in beginning conducting classes throughout the country. He is a recipient of the Florida State University Teaching Award for Excellence, the Delta Omicron Music Professor of the Year award, and the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Florida Service Award. Additionally, Dr. Fenton is the Artistic Director of the Festival Singers of Florida and a founder of the AVoice4Peace initiative (AVoice4Peace.org).
Program Wayfaring Stranger................................................................................arr. Michael Engelhardt Invocation and Dance...............................................................................................David Conte Invocation Dance Evening Prayer........................................................................................................................Gjeilo Wana Baraka..................................................................................................arr. Shawn Kirchner Ukuthula............................................................................................................AVoice4Peace.org
All-College Chorus ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Landon Chavis Grant Hudson Jordyn James Ashley Luke Hope McMillan Shana Morman Natalie Shell Nyjee Sykes
Kate Bosen Victor Cama Aka Hughes Thomas McKean Sam Mohr Erica Peek Emily Phillips Giuliana Stovall
Director: Susan Roe
BRENAU UNIVERSITY Director: Robert Ivey Hailey Cole Caroline Dorr Arabia Jones Alyssa Stowers
CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Director: MIchael Fuchs Brian Adams Olivia Bradley Keddrick Clark Ashe Griffin
COLUMBUS STATE UNIVERSITY
Director: Michelle Folta Antoine Bray Caleb Cole Katherine Holbrook Janice Lynch Olivia McWaters Josh Partridge Dexter Smith Rebekah Worthey
SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY
Director: Jerry Ulrich
Director: Jacquelyn Hamilton
GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA
Director: Shannon Jeffreys Abigail Baumgart Elaine Brown Chandler Canady Dakota Cone Gunner Chancey Tessier Morris Alexander Smith Alexandra Thompson
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY Director: Deanna Joseph Clarence Bell-King Megan Field Jamee Floyd Justin Han Erin McCullum TJ Primer Alan Roberts Alexandra Trahan
REINHARDT UNIVERSITY Director: Melissa Arasi Elise Davis Amani Jones Jaime Mandujano Brady Payne
Keenen Brinson Tenyah Brown Daijah Generette Tyrick Holmes Theron Wakefield Dominique Walker Gabrielle Walker Mirindi Whitmore
Director: Kevin Hibbard Sean Brown Samantha Craig Evan Crowther Ansley Marlowe Wade Mason Kayla Pérez Kareem West Madison West
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA Director: Daniel Bara Tarryn Ballard Thomas Folger Holly Huggins Christopher Mason Sidney Mulkey Deborah Stephens Nathan Trivers Marshall Williams
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA
Director: Benjamin Schoening Joseph Allen Haley Dover Josephine Gill Jacob Glover Matthew Kimbrough Sawyer Kitchens Rebecca Murray Caroline Vasquez