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and a bachelor’s in music education. Her virtual choir for several district honor choirs, SCVA Men’s Honor
performance was featured at the 2022 Western ACDA Choir, Central California Women’s Honor Choir, Tex-
Region Conference, and her Advanced Choir per- as Honor Choir Region 9, Clark County, NV Honor
formed at the 2024 Western ACDA Region Confer- Choir, and at the NWACDA regional conference. He
ence in Pasadena. In 2020 she received the Teacher of has also conducted all-state honor choirs in North Car-
the Year Award from Magnet Schools of America; she olina, Tennessee, New Mexico, and Arizona.
is also a national board-certified teacher.
Miami Arts Studio 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer
Riverside City College BellArmonia
Chamber Singers

BellArmonia is the premier treble ensemble at Mi-
The RCC Chamber Singers have performed at the ami Arts Studio, a performing arts magnet school lo-
Western ACDA Region Conference in 2010, 2014, cated in Miami, Florida. All of its members are first- or
2020, and 2024. They have also performed at National second-generation immigrants from Cuba, and Central
ACDA (2011, 2017, 2021) and NCCO (2011, 2015). and South America. The school and the vocal program
The Chamber Singers have competed nationally and are predominantly Hispanic, which parallels the com-
internationally, taking first place at the California In- munity in which the school is situated. While students
ternational Choral Competition (2011), The Eistedd- are exposed to a wide array of musical styles and time
fod Choral Competition in Wales (2009), the Yeosu In- periods in their choral literature, each time we travel
ternational Choral Competition in Korea (2013), and to a new place we bring a piece of Miami with us by
the Choral Competition in Spittal, Austria (2015). preparing repertoire in English, Spanish, and Haitian
Creole.
John Byun received his BM from Uni-
versity of California, Irvine, and his MA Cindy Ellis is a Cuban American music
from California State University, Long educator and vocalist. After immigrating
Beach. He is the director of choral and from Cuba in 2005, she studied music ed-
vocal activities at Riverside City Col- ucation and became a full-time choral di-
lege, where he directs the Chamber Singers and the rector at Miami Arts Studio (MAS). Her
Vocal Jazz Ensemble. He has been the guest conductor ensembles frequently record backgrounds for television

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