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February 23-26, 2022 Raleigh, North Carolina

Trey Giddens, a graduate of Mercer Uni- form at both the Mississippi ACDA/MMEA Confer-
versity, has been teaching for 17 years. ence and the Louisiana ACDA Fall Vocal Conference.
Currently at New Manchester High School LaDona received a BME from William Carey College.
Fine Arts Magnet, Giddens serves as the She also holds an MM and a PhD in Music Education
Fine Arts Magnet director and directs the from the University of Southern Mississippi. Tyson cur-
Fame Mastery Choir and InToneNation. He is a sought rently serves as president-elect of Mississippi ACDA and
after show choir choreographer and choral clinician served as the Two-Year College R&R Chair for South-
who works with choirs of all ages around the state. He ern ACDA Region.
is also the musical director for Tinsel Tones Atlanta and
Co-founder and Musical Director for the A Cappella
group Dressed To Trill. In his spare time Trey can be
seen singing around the Atlanta area and performing Ecumenical Service
with the Atlanta Freedom Bands Color Guard.

Rodger Nishioka is an American preacher,
seminary professor, and Christian educator.
Pearl River Community College He serves as director of Adult Educational
“The Voices” Ministries at Village Church in Prairie Vil-
lage, Kansas. He was previously the Ben-
ton Family Associate Professor of Christian Education at
Columbia Theological Seminary. Nishioka is noted for
his work with young people and as a popular speaker at
inter-denominational Christian youth conferences.

North Carolina Master Chorale

“The Voices” is an elite performing group at Pearl
River Community College in Poplarville, MS. They
serve as representatives of PRCC, singing at campus,
community, and recruiting events throughout the year.
In recent years the group has performed at the Louisiana
ACDA Conference (2019) and the Briarcrest Invitational
(2021). The Voices perform an average of 25 concerts
each year. The mission of The Voices is to demonstrate
the Wildcat Way (Pride, Respect, Class, and Character)
through meaningful performance and student leader-
ship. Founded in 1942 as the Raleigh Oratorio Society,
the North Carolina Master Chorale is committed to
LaDona Tyson is the choral director at bringing the very fi nest in choral music performance to
Pearl River Community College, where Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill audiences. The Chorale
she directs the PRCC Singers, RiverRoad, boasts a 170-voice Symphonic Chorus and a smaller,
and The Voices. PRCC ensembles under professional Chamber Choir whose size varies by proj-
her direction have been selected to per- ect. Hailed by critics as Raleigh’s premier choral ensem-

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