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All-State Reading Chorus Concert
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all-state READING CHORUS CONDUCTOR
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all-state READING CHORUS accompanist
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CHORAL division chair
Dr. Shannon Jeffreys is Associate Professor and Director of
Choral Activities at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia. Her focus is the Southern Chorale, teaching in the undergraduate and graduate conducting and music education curriculums, along with mentoring Southern Gentlemen and Southern Sirens barbershop ensembles. She has led these choirs in three international choral competitions where the choirs won significant awards. In 2016, Southern Chorale won the grand prize in the Laurea Mundi Budapest in both the spiritual and mixed choir categories. Choirs under her direction have also been featured at multiple state conferences and most recently performing on the national conference of the National Association for Music Education and the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s National Conference. Dr. Jeffreys maintains an active schedule as a presenter, adjudicator, lecturer and guest conductor from secondary to collegiate institutions throughout the United States and serves on competition juries in Europe. She serves on the Artistic Committee for Music for All National Choral Festival and recently published in ACDA’s ChorTeach. This summer, Dr. Jeffreys served on the adjudicating panel for the Laurea Mundi Budapest and joined the faculty of Harmony University with the Barbershop Harmony Society. Before coming to Georgia Southern, Jeffreys served as Director of Vocal Studies at Erskine College and Theological Seminary and Director of Vocal Music at Andrew College. She holds degrees in music performance and conducting from Birmingham Southern College, the University of Mississippi, and the University of South Carolina.
All-State Reading Chorus Participating Students
Alexander High School
Denmark High School
Jonathan Murray Eli Purrington
Elizabeth Guy
SANDRA CHANDLER, DIRECTOR
Alpharetta High School MICHELLE LEVESQUE, DIRECTOR
Astrid Adams Rini Bokil Sanjay Maddala Olivia McDowell Sneha Sharma
Brookwood High School CARTER STILL, DIRECTOR
Jenny Qiu
Buford High School TAYLOR GREER, DIRECTOR
Geo Nam
Camden County High School
LISA LASHAN WOLFE, DIRECTOR
Mary M. McNeil Tristin Sundell Jamyen Williams
Chestatee High School LISA BASSETT, DIRECTOR
Samuel Hamilton Mitchell Ryder Molefe Sijiye Rebecca Skelton John Sykes
Coffee High School TANIA MYERS, DIRECTOR
Tania Myers
Creekview High School SCOTT MARTIN, DIRECTOR
Maxwell Evangelista Phoebe Feibus Joy McCarthy
Decatur High School
ELISE ESKEW SPARKS, DIRECTOR
Lilly Ashe Miranda Borland Lorelei Calder Carrie Crespino Sam Crespino LaBron Foy Andrew Hanson Bennett Hylen Payton Kashdan Will Kochel Ivy Leach Jessie Montgomery Teagan Murphy Nikos Verlenden Dellar Weldon
KIRK GRIZZLE, DIRECTOR
Martha Ellen Stilwell School of the Arts
Sequoyah High School
JOSHUA MARKHAM, DIRECTOR
DR. JIMMY CHEEK, DIRECTOR
Dunwoody High School
Nyla Jones Donavan Slack Jr.
Ashlyn Bolduc Suzanne Cook Joseph Dagostino
Marc-Alexandre T. Barbe
Mill Creek High School
Southeast Bulloch High School
TAYLOR RODGERS, DIRECTOR
Flowery Branch High School STACIE MAVIS, DIRECTOR
Angela Lara William Starkey
Greater Atlanta Christian School
MARCUS MILLER, DIRECTOR
Ethan Chase Aiden Daniels Julia P. McDonnell
Habersham Central High School
LINDSAY PATTEN MURRAY, DIRECTOR
Zoe’ Simmons
Harrison High School
MEGAN SCHUITEMA, DIRECTOR
Sophia Caveney David Champion Blake Dwelle Macy Kiger
Heritage High School
TERRANCE COOK-GREEN, DIRECTOR
Kylie Pauls Shelby Symons
Houston County High School LEXIE STINSON, DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Greene
Johns Creek High School DJ GODINEZ, DIRECTOR
Vyjayanthi Burma Grace Chen Neeraj Palnitkar
STEPHANIE ARCHER, DIRECTOR
Julianne Archer Sophia Carlton Quinn E. Dillard Joshua Fraze Elijah Johnson Holly Smith
Milton High School
DREW BOWERS & NATHAN SCHREER, DIRECTORS
Samuel Barnett Diya Chutani Mira Eashwaran
North Gwinnett High School JOHN WRIGHT, DIRECTOR
Nate Keller
North Hall High School JULIE BRADY, DIRECTOR
Julie Aldridge
Pebblebrook High School NATHAN MEDLEY, DIRECTOR
Lukas DeLancey Owen Hillman Stef Leggi Jayson Negron Elvis Pietrzak Lizzie Robertson Matyia Ross Maxwell Rounsaville Mikari Tarpley
Richmond Hill High School JANET WOOTEN, DIRECTOR
Ethan A. Kitchens
Grace Dell Ryan Fruchtl Maddux Kilmede Savy Legg Micah Mondt James Wooten Sofia Zambrano
Lakeview Academy
Savannah Arts Academy
Jones County High School MYSTEE FAWN WILCOX, DIRECTOR
GRETCHEN PLUMMER, DIRECTOR
Gary Gaur
Lee County High School BRADLY BUNCE, DIRECTOR
Isaiah Williams
RUSSELL WATKINS, DIRECTOR
Elizabeth Jones Benjamin Varner
BRENT WHITAKER, DIRECTOR
James Waters
Starr’s Mill High School DR. JOHN ODOM, DIRECTOR
Annabella Orndorff Catherine Siguenza
The Westminster Schools CHRISTOPHER WALTERS, DIRECTOR
Joseph Kuester
Ware County High School GRETA THOMAS, DIRECTOR
Myra Relyea Micah Smith De’Nasia Thomas
Winder-Barrow High School
TRACIE HEIM-BROMAN, DIRECTOR
Thomas G. Huff