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Susquehanna University Takoma Academy Chorale

Choir Camerata

The Susquehanna University Choir is the fl agship
choral ensemble and serves as ambassadors for the uni-
versity. This auditioned, high-performing ensemble stud- The Takoma Academy Camerata is the advanced
ies and performs music from all musical eras, focusing group of the Takoma Academy Chorale. In 2018 they
primarily on a cappella repertoire. They tour annually were selected to be a part of the Music For All inau-
throughout the region to share music with various high gural Premier National Choir Festival in Indianapolis,
schools and church communities. Each year the ensem- IN. Among other awards, the choir won three medals at
ble is featured in the annual Candlelight Christmas ser- the 2018 World Choir Games in Tshwane, South Afri-
vice on campus, an honored tradition at Susquehanna ca, and won two gold diplomas at the 2019 Interkultur
University for over seventy-fi ve years. Sing “N” Joy International Choir Festival. In May of
2021 they were awarded the Music Education Grant
Amy Voorhees is the director of choral from The Recording Academy. The Takoma Acade-
activities at Susquehanna University and my Camerata will perform the 2022 Raymond Brock
holds the Cyril M. Stretansky Professorship Commission “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
in Choral Music. She directs the University by Ēriks Ešenvalds.
Choir, Chamber Singers, and Men’s Glee
Club. As a resident conductor with the CORO/Simpson Lulu Mwangi Mupfumbu currently serves
Master’s Program, Voorhees also works with graduate as the director of the music department at
students from all over the United States. She is in demand Takoma Academy, where she conducts the
as a clinician and guest conductor and has worked with school’s choirs, band, and teaches music

choirs and conducted festivals in over a dozen states. Her technology and film studies. She holds a
presentations and workshop sessions have been shared at master’s from Ohio State University in conducting and
colleges, universities, and numerous ACDA and NAFME a BME from Atlantic Union College. As a mezzo-sopra-
state conferences. no, she performs as a soloist and with several choirs in-
cluding the Lloyd Mallory Singers, the Raymond Wise
Chorale, and the American Family Choir.

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