JCC Program Example

Saturday, February 24, 2024

2:00pm

Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church

Thank You For Bringing Harmony Into The World We Live In

Henry and Lucy Gooding Endowment

Guidewell Group Inc

The Jess and Brewster

J.Durkee Foundation

Virginia and Jim Dickert

Rotary Club of Deerwood

David A. Stein Charitable Trust

The Gooding-Bell Endowment

Jesse Shimp

Ron Moody

Regency Group

Delores Barr Weaver TCF Staff Giving Fund

Laura Lee Pattillo Norquist Charitable Foundation

Stephanie and Tim Cost

Idsia and Will Smith

The Towe Family Fund

JoAnn Tredennick and Jack Meeks Hardwick Electrical

Beatheadz LLC

Grune Family Foundation

PF Smith Consulting LLC

Kathleen Shaw

Terry Family Foundation

John Harman

Gasper And Irene Lazzara

Emily and Lawrence Lisska

Sharon and John C. Myers, III

Mark Bennett

The Douglas Anderson School Of The Arts Foundation

From the President & Artistic Director

Dear Friends of the Chorus,

Welcome to the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus’ 15th Annual “Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing” concert! We are honored to be presenting this concert at the beautiful Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church (HAB). The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus (JCC) is grateful for our continued partnership with HAB and for the generous sponsors of today’s performance, The Jacksonville Transportation Authority, VyStar Credit Union, and Florida State College of Jacksonville. This season brings to fruition the rewards of years of hard work and perseverance as we celebrate the first anniversary of moving into our headquarters in downtown Jacksonville. All of the JCC staff, singers, and friends extend a huge thank you to VyStar Credit Union for making this dream come true.

Each year we invite a choir from a Historically Black College or University to join us for the "Lift Ev'ry Voice & Sing" concert event. This year, the JCC is thrilled to welcome back the Tuskegee University "Golden Voices" Concert Choir as guest artists for today's concert.

The repertoire of today’s concert invites both our singers and our audience to contemplate the importance of understanding and relating to others, regardless of their circumstances. We hope that we can collectively draw lessons from past adversity and embrace the significance of maintaining hope and resilience in the face of contemporary challenges. As Langston Hughes urges us in his poem "Dreams" ,

“Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.”

Our concert starts with the performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing”. This national treasure is a beloved poem and song penned by Harlem Renaissance writer, James Weldon Johnson, and set to music by his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson. The Johnson brothers were born and spent their early years in Jacksonville, Florida. It is here in Jacksonville that “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was written and first performed by a choir of 500 schoolchildren at the Stanton School. Since first performed in 1900, this song has influenced the culture of our community and nation. It is a continuing source of comfort and strength for those in the ongoing fight for social justice and an inspiration to the myriad of artists who have performed the song and those who have heard it sung. We ask that you will stand to witness our choirs singing this beautiful hymn—one voice reaching toward a world that never stops respecting, welcoming, and honoring all people.

With deepest gratitude, Darren

Dailey, President and Artistic Director

Our Performance Choir Members

Training Choir

Mary Schelldorf

Piper Felix

India Upshaw

Torrin Drake

Ivy Boone

AKyra Worrell

Marley McNeill

Claudia Insuasty

Mia Medina

Roodmia Lucceus

Afomiya Alebel

Elysse Floyd

Aubree Supinsky

Piper Supinsky

Desmond Nielsen

Addison Alfant

Thalía Cruz

Easton Snyder

Isabella Starks

Josiah Ross

Finley Foster Quinlan O'Bannon

Rielle Parker

Leonard Mccray

Zoe Breeding

Nancy-Kate Henley

Caleb Meyers

Evaan Chatterjee

Maxwell McFarland

Juniper Murphy

Adalyn Siu

Skylyn Zilla

Lia Perez Longo

Julia Pajares

Gabrianna Durante

Abishai Altenor

Georgia Whittemore

Maya Wachira

Audrey Garvis

Mi'Chaela Lay

Riley Spencer

Ava Grace Anum

Kelia Loria

Zahira Hadzic

Elliott Combs

Arisa Vukich

Erzuly Reeves

McCai Wiggins

Cayla Diaz

Aaliyah Reynolds

Hamin Baek

McKayla Baker

Mia Davis

Trinity Dingle

Gabrielle Gibson

Scarlett Green-Turner

Khloe Gulcharan

Ameenah Haden

Jasmine Houston

Rumjana Kurteva

Avigail Landis

Oliver Lyle

Jackson McCarthy

Kiley Nagrosst

Joyaline Pallepogu

Kearsen Perry

Lauren Scarbrough

Eli Snyder

Lucille Teten

Touring Choir

Katie Altman

Sarah Bernardo

Alyssa Casullo

Zianna Curtis

Maura DeFullers

Elizabeth Jones

Aubrey Kellow

Elizabeth Pekarek

Gwendolyn Raspberry

Erin Trull

Sophia Zhang

Christian Borne

Lisa Baek

Emmalee Gurganus

Olivia Rodgers

Sarah Bernardo

Julian Bryson

Taylor Despars

Harmony Hurt

Ryan Justice

Silas Lewis

Stacey Menton

Rebecca Minor

Ted Munn

Shayla Nelson

Daniel Pesante

Faith Powell

Jeff Royal

Kip Taisey

Dee Dee Tamburrino

Rebecca Turngren

Clinton Weinberg

Nadine Nesbeth

Intermezzo Choir

Concert Choir Voices Of Jacksonville

Artistic Staff

Darren Dailey

President & Artistic Director

Melissa Barnes

Primary & Training Choir Conductor

Katherine “KT” Boling Choreographer

Susanne Dailey

Primary & Training Choir Conductor

Marissa Dickerson Virtual Preschool Instructor

Virginia Barnett Dickert Primary & Training Choir Conductor

Administrative Staff

Kiera Bates Marketing, Recruitment, & Special Events Assistant

Katherine “KT” Boling Business & Development Manager

Joyanne Goronal Business Coordinator

Board of Directors

Susana Cruz, Chair

Allison Hollander, Vice Chair

Arend Dorsett, Treasurer

Yvonne McClain Gomes, Secretary

Amanda Hegeman

Ryan Hesser

Advisory Board

Richard Hadden, Chair

Jackie Cornelius

Dane Grey

JCC Leadership

Sachiko Frampton Collaborative Pianist

Roseanna George Assistant Choreographer

Faith Powell

Primary & Training Choir Conductor

Jessye Russom

First Steps in Music Instructor

Dorothy Leitch Program Manager

Daniel Lopez Development Associate

Dale Patrick Program and IT Coordinator

Jesse Shimp

John Thompson

Marsha Oliver

Craig Smith

Amanda Warford Videll

Artistic Excellence. Accomplishment. Pride.

Founding and Leadership

In 1995, several colleagues at Jacksonville University met to discuss the possibility of making a shared dream come true. Local conductor Jim Taylor, with guidance from then-University President Dr. Frances B. Kinne and vocal conductor Dr. Jon Carlson, developed the framework for a Jacksonville University Children’s Chorus. The program’s first choir served 16 children, but through word of mouth, the program grew, and in 1998, Taylor and a brand-new Board of Directors worked to reorganize it into The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus (JCC).

Though there were pitfalls, and even moments when the fledgling organization almost ceased to exist, the shared

enthusiasm of children, parents, and staff carried it forward. In 2006, Darren Dailey, Artistic Director of the Boston Children’s Chorus, was recruited to become the Artistic and Executive Director of the JCC. Today the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus is a national leader in music education and performance.

Major Accomplishments

Since its inaugural season in 1995, The Chorus has grown to serve as many as 1,000 children annually, ages 18 months to 18 years. These gifted young singers represent not only 180 of our local schools, but also extend to 14 counties of Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. The Chorus draws from diverse racial, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds, transcending differences and emphasizing similarities and common goals.

Major Accomplishments Timeline

1995

• A chorus of 16 singers is founded at Jacksonville University.

2000-2004

• JCC is named “the designated children’s chorus of the Jacksonville Symphony.”

• Twila Miller was hired in 2000 as the first full-time Artistic Director.

• Produces its first large-scale benefit concert in Jacoby Hall.

• Concert Choir performs in the Jacksonville Symphony’s production of Carmen and La Boheme.

• Launches a new outreach program, the First Coast Honors Choir Festival.

• Featured as the lead chorus in the World’s Largest Concert, broadcast nationally on PBS.

2005-2010

• Performs in Carmina Burana and in the Jacksonville Symphony’s first professional recording.

• Appoints Darren Dailey as its new Artistic and Executive Director.

• A Scholarship Endowment Fund is opened through a major donation from Wayne and Delores Weaver.

• Hosts and performs with the African Children’s Choir.

• Touring Choir performs at Carnegie Hall with Darren Dailey conducting

• Creates two recordings with Roseanne Cash, “How Many Christmases” and “Voices for Voices,” for her holiday CD.

• Touring Choir returns to New York for a performance in Lincoln Center.

• Produces the 1st Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration in Jacoby Hall along with community guest choirs.

• Free preschool music classes begin for children ages 18 months through three years using a Kindermusik format of parent and child participation.

2011-2015

• Adds Young Men’s Chorus to its curriculum.

• Touring Choir performs in Ireland with the National Children’s Choir of Ireland.

• Produces a spring concert with guest artist, Amy Grant.

• Touring Choir tours Italy and Greece, performing at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, St. Mark’s in Venice, St. Jacob’s Cathedral in Corfu, and in Greece with the Corfu Children’s Choir.

• Establishes Dr. Frances B. Kinne Scholarship Endowment Fund and the Jon O. Carlson Memorial Scholarship Fund.

• Tours in New York City, Portland, Maine, and Halifax and St. John in Canada.

• Performance collaborations with Chicago Children’s Choir, Spelman College, and the Jacksonville Zoo.

• Self-produces a fall concert with guest artist, Kristin Chenoweth.

Performance

“The kids in the red vests and blazers” have become a recognized group at major community events and celebrations, including inaugurations, City Hall Christmas parties, and events benefiting local charities, such as Dignity You Wear, Women's Center of Jacksonville, and the Nonprofit Center. Its children have sung in Holiday Pops performances with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, performed in five major operas, over 120 concerts, commissioned 22 musical compositions and arrangements, and sung in every genre of music from Bach to Bluegrass.

and Tony-winner Audra McDonald, Grammy-winner Amy Grant, Grammy-, Tony- and Emmywinner Kristin Chenoweth, Christina Bianco, the Westminster Choir, the St. Olaf Choir, the African Children’s Choir, Grammy-winner David Holt, and local university and church choirs. Since 1995, the Jacksonville Children’s Chorus’ singers have been recording and performing. As our singers take a bow this season, we celebrate you, our supporters and our chaperones, who have given so generously of their time — straightening uniforms with care, providing snacks and juice with love, and soothing last-minute stage jitters with grace.

The Chorus has taken the stage at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, has hosted and performed with Grammy-

To our singers, our supporters, and our volunteers — we salute you!

• Hosts guest conductor Christina Kalliaridou of the

• Corfu Children’s Choir at the 13th Annual First Coast Honors Choir.

2016-2020

• Darren Dailey publishes a Choral Series through Galaxy Music featuring music compositions appropriate for children’s voices.

• Touring Choir travels and performs in Croatia, Greece, Malta, and Slovenia.

• Touring Choir is invited to participate in the 2018 Choir Festival in Rome and to sing at the Vatican for the New Year’s Day Papal Mass on January 1, 2018.

• Collaborates with world-renowned composer, Dr. Michael John Trotta, to commission a multi-movement choral composition using the poetry of Sara Teasdale.

• Voices of Jacksonville, JCC's professional adult ensemble is founded.

• Touring Choir tours Ireland, Northern Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

• Touring Choir is invited to perform at the American Choral

• Director's Association Southern Division Conference in Mobile, AL.

• JCC receives the 2020 Chorus America’s Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award, recognizing the organization’s commitment to diversity, and inclusiveness.

2020-2023

• Performing choirs premiere in a special episode of Florida Frontiers TV broadcasted statewide on PBS.

• JCC presents The Annual Cool Side of Yuletide as a drive-in movie in 2020 and 2021

• Touring Choir premieres "Hamilton: A Choral Medley" music video.

• JCC celebrates its 25th anniversary.

• Concert Choir participates in North Carolina Summer Institute in Choral Art.

• Touring Choir tours Italy, Spain, and France.

• JCC performs at the City of Jacksonville's Bicentennial Celebration.

• Touring Choir wins the American Prize for Choral Performance in the youth/school division of 2022.

• JCC receives Bronze Telly Award for the “Songs of the Sunshine State” episode with the Florida Historical Society.

• JCC moves back downtown into a new state-of-the-art facility located in the Vystar Parking Garage.

• Touring Choir attends the International Children’s Choir Festival in Canterbury and London.

• JCC and Voices of Jacksonville are finalists for The American Prize 2023 and receive honorable mentions.

• Touring Choir and Voices of Jacksonville head to NYC to perform at St. Patrick's Cathedral for The 24th Annual “A City Singing at Christmas” concert. They are the first non-NYC-based choirs to be invited.

Jacksonville Children’s Chorus

Welcome, Emcees

Cleve Warren and Melissa

Voices

of

Jacksonville and Touring Choir

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Music by J. Rosamond Johnson

Arranged by Roland Carter

Training Choir

Count On Me

Words and Music by Bruno Mars, Ari Levine, and Philip Lawrence

Arranged by Janet Day

Sing to Martin Luther King By Jill Gallina

Road to Freedom

By Teresa Jennings

Intermezzo, Concert, and Touring Choirs

Dreams

Text from “Dreams” by Langston Hughes

Music by Rollo Dilworth

Let Me Ride

Arranged by Rollo Dilworth

Touring Choir

I Sing Because I’m Happy

Arranged by Rollo Dilworth

Let Me Listen

Arranged by Charles Anthony Silvestri

Voices of Jacksonville

Higher Ground

Words and Music by Stevie Wonder

Arranged by Paul Langford

Fulmore-Hardwick

Touring Choir and The Voices of Jacksonville Reconcile

Teresa Jennings

Bridge Over Troubled Water

By Paul Simon

Arranged by Kirby Shaw

Soloist, Brandon Hines

I Need You to Survive

Music and Lyrics by David Frazier

Arranged by Rollo Dilworth

Soloist, Brandon Hines

Intermission

The Tuskegee “Golden Voices” Concert Choir

Thou Art God

Arranged by John Ness Beck

Glory to God in the Highest

Arranged by James Furman

God, and God Alone

Arranged by Tom Fettke

Abide with Me

Arranged by Moses G. Hogan

His Name So Sweet

Arranged by. Hall Johnson

I Don’ Feel No Ways Tired

Arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs

Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You Aroun’

Arranged by Eric O. Poole

All Choirs

The Journey of Hope

Arranged by Jim Papoulis

Emcees

Melissa Fulmore-Hardwick

Chief Information Officer, CSI Companies

Regarded as one of the First Coast’s most prolific technology leaders, Melissa Fulmore-Hardwick has dedicated her more than 25-year career to driving change and merging innovative technology solutions with collaboration-based leadership. Her initiatives have skyrocketed operational efficiency, reduced the IT footprint, and bridged exciting technologies with operational objectives.

Melissa credits much of her success to the teams she has recruited and cultivated over the years. Powered by knowledge and ideas, these teams have been integral in the projects upon which Melissa has built her career from complex cloud strategies to groundbreaking Agile-based development initiatives.

Melissa started off by serving in the U.S. Army as a Commissioned Officer and later launched her career as an accountant. It was this early experience that instilled a respect for standardized processes. She soon discovered how technology can enhance these processes and improve the world around us. Melissa then shifted to IT and moved up the ranks as Oracle consultant, change management leader and then business applications director, while also developing as a leader to motivated teams, both on-site and remote.

Today, Melissa continues her passion for technology as a CIO for The CSI Companies in Jacksonville, Florida.

Her industry experience has spanned financial, retail and manufacturing, healthcare, hospitality, aerospace, marketing, and services industries, as well as the U.S. Federal Government.

Melissa is recognized as a refreshingly personable and engaging leader whether she is chatting with an entrylevel developer or addressing a boardroom of executives. She is a prominent presenter, having served as keynote speaker and panelist for numerous Northeast Florida trade organizations and charities.

She holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of South Florida and an Executive MBA from Jacksonville University.

Giving back to the community helps Melissa to create balance, inspire young people and champion emerging talent. She is the Founder of recently launched Brown Girls in the Boardroom, Inc and maintains several board positions, hosts workshops to help young women get excited about their career and helps underserved youth throughout Northeast Florida. Melissa is a devoted member and leader in her church.

When she is not working to make a difference in the world, Melissa can be found engaging her husband and adventurous, super-hero son or taking in a few minutes of meditation.

Melissa learned at an early age what it means to be a Servant Leader and her service to the community is welldemonstrated through the various organizations in which she is a part of.

Emcees

Cleve E. Warren

Executive Director, Florida State College at Jacksonville

Cleve is a native of Jacksonville, Florida; having received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of North Florida, and a Masters in Business Administration from Jacksonville University. Cleve is a proud graduate of William M. Raines Senior High School, a member of the Raines High School Outstanding Alumni Hall of Fame, and a recipient of the Raines High School 2010 Valiant Viking Award.

Cleve is recognized in the Jacksonville community for his tireless engagement in civic and philanthropic activities and for his sober approach to community leadership. He is an alumnus of both Leadership Jacksonville and Leadership Florida, and an alum of the Northeast Florida Nonprofit Center’s Community Coaches Program.

Cleve has served on the board of directors for several local and statewide civic, educational, non-profit, and forprofit organizations. He currently serves on the board of the Tournament Players Championship Advisory Board, the Leadership Jacksonville Board of Directors, the Eartha M.M. White Legacy Fund Advisory Board, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund Advisory Board, and the Baptist Health Systems and Baptist Health Foundation Board of Directors.

Cleve is a former Chair of the Board of Trustees for Florida A&M University, was former Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Transportation Authority and the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida and is a former Commissioner of the 4th Judicial Circuit Nominating Commission.

Among Cleve’s other awards and recognitions, he is a recipient of the University of North Florida; Coggin School of Business, Outstanding Alumni Award, the OneJax Humanitarian of the Year Award, the Police Athletic League Award for Community Service, the First Coast Business Hall of Fame Award, the Jacksonville Business Journal Veterans of Influence award, the Leadership Jacksonville Community Trustee Award, the City of Jacksonville’s 2015 UNCF Champion of Education Award, and was recently selected to receive the 2024 Award.

Cleve is currently Chief Investment Officer for Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ), and Chief Investment and Advancement Relations Officer for Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation. He has also served as the College’s Chief Financial Officer, it’s Vice President of Finance and Administration, and as the Foundation’s Executive Director.

Cleve’s professional experiences also include his tenure as Vice President and Corporate Banking Officer with the Barnett Bank of Jacksonville, a National Banking Officer with Wachovia Bank and Trust, and a former Senior Vice President and Manager of Commercial Lending with Community First Bank of Jacksonville. Cleve also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Essential Capital Finance, Inc., a Vice President at Captrust Financial Advisors, and as founder, majority partner, and Chief Operating Officer for The Players Group International, LLP.

Cleve’s varied experiences also include his senior management service in state and local government where he served as Executive Director of the Florida Black Business Investment Board under Florida Governor Bob Martinez, and as Chief of Economic Development for the City of Jacksonville under Mayor Ed Austin. Cleve is a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, having served with distinction on active duty in the U.S. Air Force, and in the U. S. Army National Guard and Reserve. He is a recipient of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal for his service to the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Command Authority during “Operation Nobel Anvil” in Kosovo.

Of Cleve’s many accomplishments, he counts as his most significant his marriage to his loving and supportive wife Pat, and their two adult children, Errika and Brian.

Tuskegee University “Golden Voices” Concert Choir

Conductor, Dr. Wayne A. Barr

The Tuskegee Choir is an organization steeped in more than a century of pride and the richest of choral traditions. Since its inception, the Tuskegee Choir has served as an artistic model while carving its place in American history. The school choir was developed in 1886 because Dr. Washington had determined that the Institute needed a group of singers who could lead vesper services and sing for special campus occasions.

A new era began for the Tuskegee Choir in 1930 under its most renowned director and educator William L.Dawson, the “Dean of African-American Choral Composers”. His tenure was marked by performances for the grand opening of Radio City Music Hall, for United States presidents (Herbert Hoover and president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt), at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., and for a host of television and radio programs.

The Tuskegee Choir has since appeared at Carnegie Hall, has been invited to the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony (1962) by President John F. Kennedy, and the National Prayer Breakfast (1994) and the White House (1997) by President William J. Clinton.

On January 18, 2015, in celebration of the release of the movie Selma, the choir was invited to sing the Grammy Award winning song “Glory” with John Legend and Common on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The Tuskegee University Golden Voices Concert Choir continues its mission of campus service and ambassadorship through leadership at weekly AllUniversity Worship Services and appearances in the community and across the nation. The Choir tours annually. The 2012 Northeastern tour included a March 1 performance at the United negro College Fund banquet in New York. The choir also returned to the Lincoln Center during that tour, marking the fortieth anniversary of its 1972 performance there as the first all- black choir to do so. In 2018 the Tuskegee Choir toured Ontario, Canada.

The choir’s 2020 Southwest Spring Tour concluded just as the COVID-19 Pandemic shutdowns began. After a twoyear hiatus, we are happy to be touring again. Our 2023 tour included Indianapolis, IN, Cincinnati, OH, and Detroit, MI.The choir also repeated its 2018 Ontario, Canada tour with concerts in London, Toronto, Kingston, and Ottawa.

Presenters ($50,000+)

Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville

Delores Barr Weaver Legacy Fund

Conductors

($10,000-$49,999)

Burr & Forman LLP

CSI Companies

David A. Stein Charitable Trust

Delores Barr Weaver Forever Event Fund est. 2015

The Dianne T. and Charles E. Rice Family Foundation

Florida Blue

Florida Blue Foundation

Hardwick Electrical

The Haskell Foundation

Benefactors

($5,000-$9,999)

Bank of America

Beatheadz LLC

The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida

Congruent Wealth

Stephanie and Tim Cost

Danis Construction

Florida State College at Jacksonville

Platinum ($2,500-$4,999)

Baker Design Build

Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Mark Bennett

Delores Barr Weaver TCF Staff Giving Fund

Virginia and Jim Dickert

The Douglas Anderson School Of The Arts

Foundation Earth M.M White Charitable Foundation

Furniture Liqiudators, Inc.

GATE Hospitality Group

Grune Family Foundation

Gold ($1,000-$2,499)

Andrea Watts Sparling Fund For Children

Linda and William Bainbridge

Sherry Bennetts

Berg Family Charitable Foundation

Howard Bernstein

Elizabeth and James Bolling

Matthew Carlucci

Giselle and Jeff Carson

Kathleen Cold

Melinda and Peter Darbee

Nancy and Mike Darragh

Bonnie Davis

Jennifer and David Decamp

JC Demetree

Kardelina Diaz

John Dinneen

Lory Doolittle

Kareen and Arend Dorsett

Carol and John Fryer

Soo Gilvarry

John Godfrey

Our Generous Donors

State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture

JoAnn Tredennick and Jack Meeks

Henry and Lucy Gooding Endowment

Jacksonville Jaguars Foundation, Inc.

Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Kids Hope Alliance

Laura Lee Pattillo Norquist Charitable Foundation

Live Oak Contracting

Sharon and John C. Myers, III

PNC Foundation

The Gooding-Bell Endowment

Guidewell Group Inc

The Jess and Brewster J. Durkee Foundation

Miriam's Jewlery

Publix Super Markets Charities

Jesse Shimp

Idsia and Will Smith

Southeastern Grocers

John Harman

Her Heart Gardens

Jacksonville University

Gasper And Irene Lazzara

Emily and Lawrence Lisska

Ron Moody

One Call Care Management

PF Smith Consulting LLC

Ponte Vedra Club Realty, Inc.

Lee and Drew Haramis

Tionna and William Hatchett

Injury Care Centers

Monica Jacoby

Jax Chamber

JW Building Construction, LLC

Jaime and Chris Kalin

Matthew F. Carlucci Insurance Agency, Inc.

MCB Radiology

Yvonne McClain

Tina Meskel

Melanie and Will Messer

Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida

Jamie Oehmann

Patty and John Otterson

Pajcic and Pajcic

PGA Tour, Inc.

Matthew Posgay

Kelly Pourciau

Susan and John Pugh

Republic National Distributing Company, LLC

Regency Group

Rotary Club of Deerwood

Kathleen Shaw

Terry Family Foundation

Towe Family Fund

Daniel Rourke

Kimberly Rowland

RS&H Elevate Fund

William Shafnacker

Maureen Shea

Penny Smith

Amy Sondrup

Lee Ann Thornton

Neely Towe

William H. Walton, III

Patrick Zalupski

Our Generous Donors

Silver ($500-$999)

Margaret Alston

AON Foundation

Teresa and Scott Bradley

Charles Schwab & Co.

Rachel Cocciolo

Jean Coker

Corporate Education Systems, Inc.

Thomas Coughlin

Crowley Cares Foundation

Susanne and Darren Dailey

David L and Deborah P Pierson

Advised Fund

Daniel Davis

Deborah Jean Foundation

Karthik Dega

Shannon Farling

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Fortitude Management

Bronze ($250-$499)

John Allen

Michel Balanky

BBF Anesthesia Services

Blue Ocean Title

Care Resources

Mary Jo and Don Carlson

Teresa Ciszek

Joseph Clay Meux, Jr.

John Crawford

Laura and James Crooks

Amy and Eric Defullers

Rob Dejesus

Ankit Desai

Roxana Dronca

Seidah Durante

Diana Fanning

Friend ($100-$249)

Joetta Aaron

Christian Abrahamson

Fernando Acosta-Rua

Advos Legal

Air-Tite Insulation

Sally Albrecht

Miriam and Terry Alexander

Jennifer Alligood

Emmanuella Altenor

June Ambush

Sharon Andrews

Marcy Ashby

Bobby Austin

Shelia Bailey

Gloria Bailey

Christine Bailey

Jessica Baker

Oliver Barakat

Karen Barakat

Colin Barnes

Michelle Barnett

William Bartol

Patti Begg

Jennifer Berkowitz

Laurie Bischof

Jeff Blount

Cora Fulmore

Inger and Patrick Geraghty

Deborah Giardina

Christopher Hill

Joe Honeycutt

Bryan Howard

Voncile Jackson

Jacksonville Beaches Women's Club

Keyboard Connection

Kids First Dentistry

Lawrence Knight

Dorothy Leitch

Jila Mahajan

Edwin Malesky

Vivian Moreland

Richard Nichols

Jackie Pawlick

Anita Rice

Nashwan Haddad

Lynn and Mike Israel

John Kenny

David Landis

Phillip Lee

Sherry Manning

John McCarthy

Laurie and Dennis Mcdonagh

Shelita McGowan

Dana Meyer

Manuel Miranda

Brian Morris

Paul Poirrier

Kellie and Drew Prusiecki

Juan Pulido

Nick Pulignano, Jr.

Katie Borghese

Elaine Borne

Hillary Bracken

Lawrence Bradley

Susan Brandenburg

Michael Braz

Janet Brittingham

Jody Brooks

Karen Brown

Henry Brown

Caitlin Brunell

Kim Bunn

Ivan Canic

Jamie Cargill

Robert Carlson

Kami Casullo

Chalstrom

Eva Chancy

Kim and Mark Cheiken

Gretchen E. Claflin

Barbara Cocciolo

Michael Coleman

Peggy Collins

Elizabeth and Kevin Conklin

Matt Connell

Cynthia Corwin

Rotary Club of Mandarin

Paul Sifton

Patricia Small

Smarter Remodeling

Pamela Smith

Joann Stephens

Mary Tappouni

The Terry and Nancy Sullivan Fund

Katherine and Henry Thomas

Lisa Tjaden

Cyndy Tomassetti

Liby and George Varghese

Suzanne and Kerry Varkonda

Justin Vianello

Michael Whitmer

Steven Wyman

Roger Zhang and Teresa Feng

Carmen and Tim Queen

Paula Rosenbloom

John Rowland

Amy Ruth

Dean Scott

Sheldrick, Mcgee & Kohler

Doug Sherard

Darnell Smith

Timothy Snyder

Susan and Jim Towler Charitable Fund

Diane and David Tuttle

Catherine Warfield

Nini Washburn

Daniel Zicari

Betsy Cosgrove

Stacy Cowen

Joanna Crain

Sheila Cribb

Kelly Crowell

Nancy and Tom Crowley

Daniel D'alesio

Evangeline Dailey

Sharon Davidson

Rebecca Davis

Holly Davis

Heather and Todd Davis

Joseph Debs

Tina Decker

Melissa Deese

Dental Admin Assistance

Andrea Dingle

Downtown Vision Alliance Inc.

Susan Dubow

Nancy and Spence Edwards

John Ellis

Susan Erdelyi

Ruxia Feng

Kathleen Ferrullo

Rebecca Flaherty

Rose Fotia

Friend Continued ($100-$249)

Margo and Jack Fraleigh

Rebecca and Woody Garner

Biruk Gebremedhin

The Gina Dart Fish Charitable Gift Fund

Keith Goldfaden

Stephen Goldman

Jacob Gordon

George Govathoti

Andrew Gowen

Ashley Greaves

Laura Grippa

Tonia Ann Haden

Carolina Hadzic

Heidi Hansen

Jeff Hansopn

Jackson Hardwick

Deborah Harper

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DARREN DAILEY

President & Artistic Director

Darren Dailey came to Jacksonville in 2006 and since then has been shaping The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus into a world-class organization. Under his artistic leadership, The Chorus has grown to serve over 1,000 First Coast children annually with five core performance choirs, multiple satellite rehearsal locations, and outreach throughout the region.

A nationally recognized clinician and conductor, Mr. Dailey has served as guest conductor in Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center and the ACDA Honor Choir in Seattle. He has presented workshops for the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, Organization of Kodály Educators, American Choral Directors Association, and Music Educator’s National Conference. As the founding artistic director of the Boston Children’s Chorus, Mr. Dailey and his chorus performed at the 2004 Democratic Convention, and appeared as the host chorus on the television special, “Raising the Roof: A Celebration of the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Song,” broadcast nationally on WGN, and performed internationally in Japan. He is the 2014 recipient of the Reinhold ard and currently serves on the Jacksonville University Linda Berry Stein College of Fine Arts Advisory Board. Mr. Dailey was honored in 2017 by Galaxy Music to create a Choral Series specifically for children’s voices. Under his leadership, the JCC received the 2017 Diversity and Inclusion Award for the State of Florida.

Mr. Dailey has produced four recordings: “Come and Rejoice” (Cantate), “Sing!” (Boston Children’s Chorus) and “Voices for Voices” (Jacksonville Children’s Chorus). His work may also be heard on “A Boston Christmas” (Back Bay Chorale), “Building Bridges” (Mystic Chorale) and “Amani Celebration,” a limited-edition compact disc of holiday songs from 15 children’s choirs to benefit African children who have been orphaned because of the HIV/ AIDS epidemic.

In 2019, Mr. Dailey was honored with the distinguished Alumni Merit Award by Westminster Choir College. In 2020, Chorus America presented Darren with the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award in recognition of his dedication to diversity and his contributions to the African American Choral Tradition. The Jacksonville Children's Chorus, under Darren Dailey's direction, achieved significant recognition in 2022, winning the American Prize for Choral Performance. Furthermore, in the same year, the ensemble was bestowed with the David C. Brotemarkle Award for their outstanding presentation of 'Songs of the Sunshine State.'

Mr. Dailey received a Bachelor of Music Education degree with a concentration in Voice from Westminster Choir College and a Master of Music Education in Choral Conducting from Appalachian State University’s Hayes School of Music.

APRIL 13, 2024

UNF LAZZARA PERFORMANCE HALL, 6:30PM

Partnering with All About Ballroom Dance Studio, local celebrities are partnered with professional ballroom instructors to learn to dance, and compete to be named River City’s favorite dancer. Visit rivercitydwts.com for more information.

ST. JOHNS CATHEDRAL, 10AM

Celebrate the joy and fun of choral music with a day of rotating choral performances from The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus and other local choral ensembles at this free event