Hillcrest High School Bella Voce - Women’s Ensemble


Bella Voce is a sixty member non-auditioned women’s ensemble. Under the direction of Dr. Khristina Motley, the group has consistently received superior ratings at the Alabama State Performance Assessment. The purpose of Bella Voce is to achieve the highest possible standard of musical excellence, a heightened understanding of the composers and lyricists, while instilling a lifelong appreciation of choral music. Members of the ensemble will perform, by invitation, a concert at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2019. Last year, the choral department had twenty-three members participate in All-State Choir, three members in All-State Show Choir, the District II OCS winner, and two participants in the FAME Scholarship Program. Additionally, Hillcrest choral students participated in the Disney Candlelight Processional for the past three years. Finally, members of the women’s ensemble collaborate with HHS multi-disability students, a group called our Adaptive Ensemble, which performs annually at The University of Alabama.


Khristina Motley is a twenty-two-year teaching veteran and product of the Tuscaloosa County School System. Under her directorship at Hillcrest High School, the program numbers have grown exponentially and all large choral groups and small ensembles have received superior State Choral Performance Assessment ratings. Prior to teaching at Hillcrest, Dr. Motley taught at Brookwood High School, Taylorville Primary School, Hillcrest Middle School, Duncanville Middle School, Holt High School, Davis Emerson Middle School, and Englewood Elementary School, all in the Tuscaloosa County system. Five of the eight teaching assignments were schools that had no active choral program. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from The University of Alabama, where she was the recipient of the Most Outstanding Music Education Student award. She received a Master of Arts in Music Education, Curriculum and Instruction, from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University, and her PhD in Music Education, Curriculum and Instruction, from The University of Alabama. It has always been her goal to promote music education in areas that are underserved.


Dr. Motley has served as an adjudicator for solo/ensemble and sight-reading at SCPA as well as for show choir festivals. Currently, she is a faculty member of The University of Alabama where she teaches the music component for Elementary Education students as well as the Children’s Music Director at the First United Methodist Church, Tuscaloosa. Dr. Motley holds membership in several professional organizations, including AVA, ACDA and NAfME.


Thursday, 1:00 PM BJCC East Ballroom


Concert Program


When She Loved Me ............................................ arr. Audrey Snyder...........................................Hal Leonard – 00212533 Lineage.......................................................................Andrea Ramsey .............................................Hal Leonard – 48023346 A Girl’s Garden........................................................Randall Thompson....................................E. Schirmer E.C.S. No. 2540 Precious Lord, Take My Hand.................................arr. J. Reece Norris.......................................Alfred Music – No. 41848. The Bells.........................................................................Lon Beery ........................................................Brilee Music BL477 Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around................Rollo Dilworth.................................................Hal Leonard 00114508 My Shot .................................................................arr. Roger Emerson..........................................Hal Leonard – 00160832


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