recruitment tours—the Southern tour culminating in a performance at Florida ACDA. On the Eastern tour, the WVU choir was featured in concert at Lincoln Center, and was joined by choirs from across the country in a performance of Schubert’s Mass in G with members of the New York Philharmonic under Dr. Redding’s direction. Nationally, Dr. Redding is in demand as a guest conductor and lecturer. He has conducted the ACDA National High School Honor Choir, the Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, the North Central Division ACDA Honor Choir, the Eastern Division ACDA Honor Choir and All-State and Honor choirs in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, South Dakota, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. In 2014, he was the only American adjudicator at the International Choral Festival, Verona, Italy. In 2015, he guest conducted Disney’s Candlelight Processional at Epcot. Dr. Redding directed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for their 2005 spring broadcast. He has been featured as guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Kennedy Center, and Orchestra Hall on numerous occasions. He has also been honored to give the prestigious TEDs Talk. Dr. Redding was awarded the R. Wayne Hogoboom Distinguished Service Award for dedicated service, leadership, and excellence by the Florida Chapter of ACDA in November 2015. Redding is founder and Artistic Director of the Garden Community Choir in Winter Garden, Florida. Formerly with the Moses Hogan Singers, he is now a member of the professional male singing group, “Brethren.” The Jeffery Redding Passion and Purpose Choral Series is a compilation of new choral music by various composers, published by Cola Voce Music, Inc. Dr. Redding holds a Ph.D. in Choral Conducting/Music Education and an M.M.E., both from Florida State University, and a B.S. in Music Education from Florida A&M University. He is a member of ACDA, NAfME, FVA, NATS, and Chorus America. In the Florida Vocal Association (FVA) he has served as District 8 Chairperson. In the Florida ACDA, he has served as State R&S Chair for Ethnic Music/Multicultural Affairs, Co-Chair for the High School Mixed Honor Choir, and Youth/Student Activities. Currently, he is the State R&S Chair for High School Mixed Choir for Florida ACDA.
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Sigrid Johnson has been an artist in residence on the voice and choral faculty at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, for 32 years.
During HS SSA Sigrid Johnson
her tenure as conductor of Manitou Singers, the 100-voice chorus for first-year women at St. Olaf, Johnson has inspired more than
3,200 young women. As a lecturer and guest clinician at choral workshops and all-state music festivals in over 30 states she has enriched and deepened the musical experience of countless singers of all ages across the country. Johnson is known for her skill at blending voices, perfecting tone and assisting with vocal production — both psychologically and physiologically. Johnson earned her bachelor of music degree in vocal performance from St. Cloud State University and a master of music degree in voice performance from the University of Michigan. She was on the choral/voice faculty at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis and Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She was a member and associate conductor of the Dale Warland Singers and music director of the Dale Warland Symphonic Chorus. She was a presenter at the World Choral Symposium in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2008 and in Puerto Madryn, Argentina in 2011. A lecturer on choral tone at the Ninth World Choral Symposium on Choral Music in Puerto Madryn, Argentina in 2011, Johnson also was a featured lecturer at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2008 and the Sixth World Symposium on Choral Music in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 2002. Johnson has prepared symphonic choruses for internationally known conductors Neemi Jarvi, Sir Neville Marriner, David Zinman, Stanislaw Skrowaczewsky, Gerard Swartz, Edo de Waart, Eric Ericson and Leonard Slatkin. In 2006 Johnson received the F. Melius Christiansen Award from the American Choral Directors Association of Minnesota (ACDA-MN). The lifetime achievement award — the highest honor from the association — is presented to a Minnesota choral conductor whose career has provided outstanding contributions and distinguished service to choral music. Today, Johnson is professor emerita of music at St. Olaf College and associate conductor emerita for Philip Brunelle’s VocalEssence in the twin cities.
While now retired from her academic tenure, she is active as a conductor and clinician specializing in women’s choral literature.
Dr. Craig Zamer is Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Tennessee Tech University, where he conducts the Tech Chorale, The TTU Concert Choir, and the Cookeville Mastersingers. Dr. Zamer also teaches undergraduate courses in choral conducting, choral literature, secondary choral methods, and is responsible for supervising student teachers. Dr. Zamer received his Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Vocal Performance and Music Education from Virginia Tech University. He also holds the M.M.E. and Ph. D. degrees in Music Education and Choral Conducting from The Florida State University. Before coming to Tennessee Tech, Dr. Zamer taught high school choral music in Virginia. He has been an invited clinician, conductor, and adjudicator in Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Tennessee, and Virginia. Dr. Zamer has also conducted abroad in England, Ireland, Wales, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Germany and China.
HS TTBB Craig Zamer
MS Mixed Alan C. McClung
Alan C. McClung joined the University of North Texas College of Music faculty in 2002. In addition to supervising student teachers, he teaches graduate and undergraduate music education courses in choral conducting and secondary choral methods, including Up Front!, UNT’s eighty-
voice pedagogical choir for music education. With a Ph.D. in Music Education from Florida State University, Dr. McClung’s professional experience includes teaching and conducting at all levels. In addition to six European concert tours, his middle, upper, and college choirs include numerous invited performances for a variety of state and regional music conferences. He has conducted
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