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February 23-26, 2022 Raleigh, North Carolina

University of Kentucky University of Kentucky

Men’s Chorus Women’s Chorus

The University of Kentucky Women’s Choir is one
of the university’s largest ensembles, composed of ap-
proximately 100 of the school’s most talented female
voices. These singers, ranging from freshman to gradu-
The University of Kentucky Men’s Chorus, born in ate students, represent a variety of musical backgrounds
the fall of 2002, rehearses twice weekly and consists pri- and academic disciplines. The choir’s challenging and
marily of non-music majors. They were featured per- diverse repertoire includes literature spanning from
formers at ACDA National Conferences in 2011 and Gregorian chant to eight-part music of the 21st century.
2015 as well as Southern ACDA Region Conferences With an emphasis on music by female artists, the ensem-
in 2008, 2012, and 2018. The group performed at the ble strives to perform works that uplift and off er a voice
NCCO National Conventions in 2006 and 2013 and to under-represented composers and poets.
also appeared at the 2010 and 2016 Intercollegiate Male
Choruses National Seminars. most recently the men’s Lori R. Hetzel is the associate director of
chorus was featured in an interest session at the 2020 the School of Music, associate director of
Southern ACDA Region Conference. choral activities and professor of under-
graduate choral music education at the
Jeff erson Johnson is director of choral ac- University of Kentucky, where she con-
tivities at the University of Kentuck, where ducts the University of Kentucky Women’s Choir and
he was recently named Endowed Professor facilitates the popular a cappella group Paws and Listen.
of Choral Music. Johnson conducts the In addition to her conducting duties, Hetzel supervises
University Chorale and Men’s Chorus and student teachers and teaches undergraduate methods
directs the graduate program (MM and DMA). In 2017 and choral conducting courses. Hetzel also serves as ar-
he was the third recipient of the Distinguished Choral tistic director of the Lexington Singers Children’s Choir
Alumnus Award at the University of Colorado. Johnson (LSCC) and conducts the LSCC Chamber Choir.
was selected to conduct the TTBB Honor Choir at the
2019 ACDA National Conference in Kansas City, and in
2018 he conducted the SATB Honor Choir at the joint
conference of the Central and North Central ACDA
Region Conference.

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