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John P. Stevens High School Lexington High School

Chamber Ensemble Chamber Singers

The Lexington High School vocal music program
consists of five curricular choirs, nine student-run a cap-

pella groups, and over 200 singers. Established in 2009
with thirteen singers in its inaugural season, LHS Cham-
The John P. Stevens Chamber Ensemble is the se- ber Singers has grown to around 50 and is regionally
lect choir at John P. Stevens High School in Edison, NJ. recognized for musical excellence. LHS choruses have
Chamber has consistently received Gold or Superior presented ten world premieres and have appeared in a
ratings at state, national, and international festivals. In number of important Boston-area venues, as well as on
2017, Chamber was named Grand Prize winner at the tour in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, China, Greece, and
Sing N Joy Princeton International and was awarded the Bulgaria.
Morten Lauridsen Prize. The JPS Chamber Ensemble
has been invited to perform as showcase choirs on the Jason Iannuzzi is celebrating his thirteenth
campuses of Montclair State University, Westminster year as director of choruses at Lexington
Choir College, and Rutgers University, and have High School. Iannuzzi holds a BME from
collaborated with local community choirs and youth Westminster Choir College and an MM
orchestras. from Carnegie Mellon University. Iannuzzi
has taught students at the middle, high school, and
Matthew Chi Lee is the choir director at college levels in both public and private school settings
John P. Stevens High School. He is the for the past 23 years. Iannuzzi served for six seasons on
NJACDA R&R Chair and serves on the the conducting staff of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pitts-
NJMEA Choral Procedures Board. Lee burgh and recently served as Eastern ACDA Region
made his France conducting debut in 2019 R&R Chair for High School Choirs.
with the University of Delaware Conducting Sympo-
sium and has performed in Lithuania, Latvia, and Esto-
nia. He is a recipient of the ACDA Lannom Award and
the Interkultur Morten Lauridsen Prize. Lee received a
BM from Northwestern University and is currently pur-
suing an MME from the Florida State University.

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