Treble Choir Grades 2 – 6 Tomisin Adewuyi Temi Adewuyi Amanda Albert Alex Bahn Zoe Bishop Sadie Boeskool Yahir Bermudez Irving Brown Joya Burrell Kyla Bursey Madyson Campbell John Cleveland La’ Yazmin Fitts Jesus Fuentes Makayla Gutzeit Jesica Hereford Sonya Jayathilake Mahailia Jenkins Cole Keen HannahClare Kelly Logan Lovell Kyla Mahaffey Logan Mitchell Matthew Mueller Lauryn Newbern Kartik Rachakonda Marquis Reams Michaeya Riggan Maggie Sheehan Utsav Singha Denee Stewart Isla Tarleton Steven Tarleton
Singing in the City, and a two-week MET Choral Camp in July. In 2012, singers were challenged to engage a “rise to excellence” attitude by Dr. Darryl Nettles of Tennessee State University. A sampling of past MET mentors includes Kelly Corcoran, Dr. Paul Kwami, The Princely Players, Last Minute Quartet, Dr. Nancy Boone Allsbrook and Nashville Singers. Choral Arts Link is an advocate of quality choral training and performance opportunities. CAL’s efforts allow us to welcome singers from I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet Middle School for tonight’s celebration. Also joining are CYC alumni who continue to say, “Thanks for the memory.” We appreciate Kelly Corcoran’s vision, artistic leadership and commitment to Nashville Symphony’s investment that inspires generations of singers across myriad communities.
Jaliyah Verge Ashley Walker Mixed Choir Grades 7 - 12 Reeta Bandyopadhyay Kritika Basu Tyler Bursey Eliya Capers Allen Christian Robin Contos Laykin Dotson Micheal Fields Myles Fisher Kyle Fisher Taya Gilbert Emily Haas Bithika Halder Nyles Harris Alaizia Hayes Rachel Johnson Tanner Johnson Mariyah Kimbrell-Ford Garrel Lawrence Seneca Lillard Kira McCall* Jamari McCrary Anthony Mooreland Angela Pinnock Tra’Meisha Roberts Beyonce Robinson Marlesa Sims* Joseph Smelley Bhree Smith Braxton Sowell
Donovan Stephen Destini Thompson Jalen Turner Kennedi Wellman * Senior CYC Artistic Associates & Staff Ronda Armstrong, Stanford Montessori Maxine B. Jones, CYC Higher Education Liaison, Tennessee State University Kimberly K. McLemore, Antioch High School Karen V. Mueller, Retired, Rutherford County Nita M. Smith, I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet Middle School Debra Tillery, Glenview Elementary Franklin J. Willis, W.H. Oliver Middle School Stephanie Blocker, Vocal Coach Ambre Dromgoole**, Section Leader Krystian Frierson**, Section Leader Cedric Townsend**, Section Leader ** Alumni
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CELEBRATION YOUTH CHORUS MARGARET CAMPBELLE-HOLMAN, choral director Celebration Youth Chorus (CYC) is proud to commemorate Nashville Symphony’s 20th anniversary of Let Freedom Sing. Founded in 1997 to serve elementary choral development in Nashville public schools, Nashville’s MET Singers has proudly performed as CYC. Guided by its parent nonprofit, Choral Arts Link, MET Singers now consists of public, private and home school participants. It is an assemblage of five ensembles, grades 2-12, that present civic-minded performances each season, including 2012 conference presentations for National Head Start, Greater Nashville and the National Alliance of Black School Educators. Notable artistic mentors inspire MET Singers through quarterly choral retreats, known as
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The Celebration Chorus and MLK Committee extend a warm welcome to distinguished guests Dr. Paul Kwami and the Fisk Jubilee Singers®, Randall Goosby, the Freedom Riders and Celebration Youth Chorus, and express many thanks to Kelly Corcoran. Special gratitude to Alan Valentine; Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church, Reverend Dr. William F. Buchanan, Pastor; Diana K. Poe; Odessa Settles; Gale Jones-Murphy; Gary Burke; Fran Rogers; John Roberts; Mark Stewart; volunteers; and the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Apologies for any omitted names.