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2025 ACDA National Conference March 18-22, 2025 Dallas, Texas

Greg Clancy has served various leader- Central Washington University
ship roles within the Vocal Majority and Vocal Jazz 1
has been musical director since 2013.
He has coached many award-winning
ensembles and won the International
Championship with his quartet, Max Q. Clancy won
the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Lifetime Achieve-
ment Award and was inducted into the Southwestern
District Hall of Fame. He is celebrated as having the
most gold medals of anyone in the Barbershop Har-
mony Society. Clancy has been in the North Texas mu-
sic industry for thirty-five years, where he composes,
produces, and sings jingles for radio and tv stations. He
now co-owns TM Studios, a legendary audio branding
house for media and advertisers. Vocal Jazz 1 is the premier jazz vocal ensemble at
CWU consisting of fourteen to sixteen vocalists and
three student rhythm section instrumentalists. Students
Wednesday Night are selected through a rigorous audition process judged
on their technical skills, musicality, sight-reading/ear-
Vocal Jazz Concert training abilities, stylistic diversity, jazz sophistication,
improvisation, and performance abilities. Vocal Jazz 1
has a strong tradition of consistent exceptional perfor-
Wednesday 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm mances and emphasis on music education, and CWU
Moody Performance Hall has a history of producing exceptional educators, per-
formers, composers, and arrangers. Professor Vijay
Singh has directed Vocal Jazz 1 since 1999.

11th-12th Grade National Vocal Jazz Honor Choir Vijay Singh is professor of music at
Central Washington University, where
Jennifer Barnes is a jazz vocalist, educa- he has garnered international attention
tor, clinician, and arranger throughout for his eclectic compositions, arrange-
the U.S. and Canada. She has directed ments, workshops, and performances.
DownBeat Magazine award-winning vo- Singh’s music is performed by groups in both choral
cal jazz ensembles at eight universities, and jazz idioms with over 190 published pieces. He has
including her current position as professor of music performed with the Robert Shaw Chorale, Male En-
and director of vocal jazz at the University of North semble Northwest, David Byrne (Talking Heads), Clark
Texas. She has served as a guest conductor for district Terry, numerous orchestras, and the award-winning a
and all-state music festivals across the United States. cappella quartet Just 4 Kicks. His student ensembles
Her vocal arrangements are published by Sheet Music have performed at regional and national conferences
Plus, Anchor Music Publications, UNC Jazz Press, and for ACDA, MENC/NAfME, IAJE, and JEN. Singh is
on JenniferBarnesMusic.com. Barnes is an active per- a former ACDA National R&R Chair for Jazz.
forming artist, including singing solo and group vocals
for television shows, films, and video games such as En-
chanted, World of Warcraft, and Glee.

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