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Pensacola Children’s Chorus Alex Gartner is the artistic and execu-
tive director of the Pensacola Children’s
Chorus (FL). An accomplished composer,
conductor, and clinician, Gartner and his
choirs have performed and presented at
esteemed venues across the United States and the world.
He is the co-author of The Business of Choir (GIA Pub-
lications). Gartner is a member of the ACDA National
Standing Committee for Advocacy and Collaboration
and was the former Southern Region R&R Chair for
children’s and youth choirs. He holds music education
degrees from the University of Florida and the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati and a certificate in arts and culture
strategy from the University of Pennsylvania.
The Pensacola Children’s Chorus (PCC) has been
serving the youth and community of Northwest Florida Juliana Joy Child is the assistant artistic
and Southwest Alabama since 1990. A nonprofit orga- director of the Pensacola Children’s Cho-
nization, PCC operates fifteen unique choral programs rus (FL), where she serves as director and
that serve 300 singers. Known for its unique blend of co-director of nine ensembles. Child has
traditional choral training with the showmanship and previously served as collaborative pia-
performance quality of musical theatre, PCC’s per- nist for the FMEA elementary all-state chorus and for
formances attract an annual audience of 25,000 pa- ACDA reading sessions. She also was the co-coordina-
trons. Previous ACDA performances include the 2019 tor of the Children’s Festival Chorus at the 2022 ACDA
Florida Conference and as part of the Children’s Fes- Southern Region Conference. Previously, Child worked
tival Chorus at the 2020 Southern Region Conference. with the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers (Ithaca, NY)
PCC’s choirs have performed at White House (2002) and the Ithaca Children & Youth Chorus, and the Act
and Carnegie Hall (2022). One Scene 1 musical theatre program (Brockton, MA).
She holds bachelor’s degrees from Ithaca College.

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