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annual subscription concert series in Greensboro, and Region: Cantate Children’s & Youth Choir (VA, Peggy
has performed regularly at concert venues, music festi- Howell, director); Chattanooga Boys Choir (TN, Vic
vals, and conferences throughout the region. They have Oakes, director); Durham Children’s Chorus (NC, Dena
released 14 albums, most recently Bel Canto Live! Joyful Byers, director); RISE Chorales (GA, Emmy Williams
Noise (2019) and the breath of life (2019) featuring the world Burch, director); Young Singers of the Palm Beaches
premiere of Dan Forrest’s four-movement work of the (FL, D. Shawn Berry, director). The assembled choirs
same name. will present repertoire by Southern Region choral com-
posers and conductors including James Green, Rosep-
hanye Powell, Tom Shelton, and André Thomas. The
Participating Area High School Choirs Children’s Festival Chorus will also participate in the
performance of Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo.”
Durham School of the Arts Chamber Ensemble

Lucas Cecil, Amy Davis, and Jeremy Nabors, directors
Thursday Night Concert

Rockingham County High School
Exigence
Concert Choir and Women’s Ensemble,
Marlo T. Nall, director

Penn Griffin School for the Arts

Vocal Music Ensemble,
Wesley McCleary-Small, director

Wheatmore High School - Voices of Valor,

LJ Marin, director

Southern Region Inspired by the mission of Sphinx, the mission of Ex-
Children’s Festival Chorus igence is to promote excellence and diversity through
choral music within Black and Latinx communities by
creating a platform for soloists and composers of color
while inspiring and challenging audiences around the
country and world. Exigence gives vocal artists a fi rst-
rate professional vocal experience within a context that
champions the sounds of Black and Latinx composers.
Selected through audition, 32 vocalists have the oppor-
tunity to use their voices as vehicles for change within the
cultural landscape of concert choral and vocal music.

Southern Region Children’s Festival Chorus com- Eugene Rogers is the director of this choir. His photo

prises five organizations from across ACDA’s Southern and bio are on page 33.

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