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2024 ACDA Eastern Region Conference February 28 - March 2, 2024 Providence, Rhode Island

Washington Adventist University Western Connecticut State University

Pro Musica University Singers

Pro Musica of Washington Adventist University was
established in 1962 by the late Paul Hill, director of the
famous Paul Hill Chorale. The Pro Musica is a select
ensemble comprising the university student commu- The WCSU University Singers (formerly University
nity, specializing in advanced choral repertoire from all Choir) have earned a reputation as a premier collegiate
musical periods. The choir maintains a heavy schedule, choral ensemble in the Northeast. This dynamic group
traveling extensively both nationally and internation- sustains a busy calendar of performances. Over the past
ally. It has appeared in numerous prestigious venues year, they have taken part in performances in Carnegie
such as Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art, Hall and Lincoln Center and were a featured ensemble
and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing at the 2023 Connecticut MEA State Conference. The
Arts, Washington D.C., as well as other leading concert WCSU University Singers have also performed at re-
halls and cathedrals both within the United States and gional ACDA conferences and toured internationally.
abroad. They regularly collaborate with orchestras throughout
the state in performances of choral-orchestral works.
Anwar Ottley is an associate professor of
music and director of choral activities at Jeremy Wiggins serves as the director
Washington Adventist University, and the of choral activities and graduate studies
pastor of worship at the Takoma Park at Western Connecticut State University,
Seventh-day Adventist Church, both lo- where he conducts choral ensembles and
cated in Takoma Park, Maryland. He is a published teaches courses in conducting and music
composer whose works have been performed in ven- education. Wiggins recently prepared the WCSU Uni-
ues across the country, including the John F. Kennedy versity Singers for performances in Carnegie Hall and
Center for the Performing Arts and the Washington Lincoln Center. Currently he serves as the artistic direc-
National Cathedral. Ottley earned a doctor of wor- tor of Charis Chamber Voices and is the R&R Chair
ship studies degree from Liberty University, an MM in for College Choirs for CT-ACDA. Wiggins taught sec-
choral conducting from Andrews University, and a BM ondary choral music in southern California for nine
from Washington Adventist University. years. He completed his doctoral studies at the Florida
State University and holds an MM in conducting and
BME from CSU, Fullerton.

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