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2024 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference

H onor C hoir C onduc t ors
Honor Choir Conductors

Contemporary A Cappella - High School Gospel

Rob Dietz is a multiple CARA-winning Trey M. McLaughlin is a 2002 graduate
producer who has been arranging, per- of John S. Davidson Magnet School in
forming, and teaching contemporary Augusta, GA. McLaughlin earned a BM
a cappella music for over twenty years. performance degree emphasis in vocal
Based in Los Angeles, Dietz is best pedagogy from Columbus State Univer-
known for his work as an arranger and group coach sity (Columbus, Georgia). He has traveled the world
for NBC’s The Sing-Off. His arrangements have been conducting masterclasses, workshops, and performing,
showcased on several TV shows, including America’s Got including the Aarhus Vocal Festival in Copenhagen,
Talent (NBC), To All The Boys: P.S I Still Love You (Netf- Denmark, and the L’Opéra de Massy in Massy, France.
lix), and Pitch Slapped (Lifetime). As a performer he is an Currently, he serves as the director of Creative Impres-
award-winning vocal percussionist, and his distinctive sions and is also the founder and director of the gospel
sound has been featured on Fox’s Glee and The Late Late ensemble Trey McLaughlin and the Sounds of Zamar.
Show with James Corden. He is the author of A Cappella He is the director of music at The Historic Tabernacle
101: A Beginner’s Guide to Contemporary A Cappella Singing Baptist Church and serves as an adjunct professor of
published by Hal Leonard. Dietz currently serves as choral studies at Paine College in Augusta, GA.
the ACDA National R&R co-chair for contemporary/
commercial.

Contemporary A Cappella - High School

Christopher M. Diaz is the co-founder
of the international touring group, The
Exchange, which performed hundreds of
shows for audiences in over fifty countries
on six continents, notably opening for
The Backstreet Boys in their “In A World Like This”
stadium tour. Diaz’s a cappella journey began at the Did you know as an ACDA member
Florida State University, where they graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in vocal performance. While there, you have special access to the Musica
Diaz led the co-ed All-Night Yahtzee to three consecu- database to search thousands of choral
tive ICCA Finals appearances and was a two-time win- works? Simply log-in to your ACDA
ner of the Outstanding Soloist Award at Finals. They account and use the link below to access
have been nominated for and won numerous Contem-
porary A Cappella Recording Awards. this member benefit.

ACDA landing page:

https://acda.org/repertoire/musica

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