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Honor Choir C onduc t
Honor Choir Conductorsors

Gospel SATB Youth Honor Choir Grades 6-9

Rosephanye Dunn Powell serves as pro- Marcela Molina has been affi liated with
fessor of voice at Auburn University. She the Tucson Girls Chorus since 2006, fi rst
holds degrees from the Florida State serving as artistic director and taking
University (DM in vocal performance), the helm as executive director in 2011.
Westminster Choir College (MM in vo- Under Molina’s guidance, the Tucson
cal performance and pedagogy), and Alabama State Girls Chorus has grown significantly in both program-

University (BME). Powell’s research focuses on the art ming and community engagement. Born in Bogotá,
of the African American spiritual and voice care con- Colombia, Molina holds degrees from Westminster
cerns for voice professionals (specifically, music educa- Choir College and the University of Arizona. Molina

tors, choral directors, and choral singers). Powell has serves on the boards of the Arizona ACDA and Cho-
received numerous awards, including the “Living Leg- rus America.
end Award” presented by California State University
African Diaspora Sacred Music Festival in Los Angeles.

We Have a New Mentoring Program
at ACDA!

High School SSAA
Take a look! Lodestar: The
Tesfa Wondemagegnehu serves as the ACDA Mentoring Program is
conductor of the Viking Chorus and a brand-new experience. It’s
the Chapel Choir at St. Olaf College.
He also served as the guest artistic direc- the place to go to register
tor of one of North America’s Largest as a potential mentor and
LGBTQ+ choirs, Minnesota’s One Voice Mixed Cho-
rus. Wondemagegnehu previously served as the direc- to look for a mentor. New—
tor of choral ministries at Westminster Presbyterian join a peer community to
Church of Minneapolis. He has conducted and given get and give support.
master classes, workshops, and clinics both nationally
and internationally. He holds a MM from the Flori- We currently offer
da State University and a BM from the University of a community
Memphis.
for early-career
educators. More
“communities”

to come!

https://mentoring.acda.org/

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