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2026 ACDA Southern Region Conference March 4-7, 2026 Memphis, Tennessee

Men’s Glee, Women’s Chorale, and Jasmine Fripp is a Grammy-nominat-
Valley Singers. He also teaches second- ed music educator and the director of
ary choral methods, choral conducting, choral activities at Tennessee State Uni-
and applied voice. Cash holds a doctor- versity, where she leads the University
ate in choral music education from the Choir, the Meistersingers, and the newly
University of Georgia, an MM in choral conducting reinstated TSU Showstoppers Showchoir. She is also
from the University of Nebraska–Omaha, and an MA the founder of The Passionate Black Educator, a plat-
in counseling and a BME from Hampton University. form that empowers music educators and advocates for
He has earned advanced certifications in educational holistic, culturally responsive education for Black and
leadership, law and policy, and music education. An Brown students. With nearly a decade of teaching ex-
accomplished clinician, adjudicator, tenor soloist, and perience, Fripp has developed award-winning choral
researcher, Cash serves as Mississippi ACDA’s R&R programs known for excellence and cultural relevance.
coordinator for world music and cultures, chair of rep- Her students have performed at Bridgestone Arena,
ertoire-specific choirs, and a national board member the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville
of NCCO. Schermerhorn Symphony Center. She is a recording
artist and songwriter and holds degrees from Winthrop
and Belmont Universities.
Tennessee State University
Meistersingers and University Choir

The Meistersingers is the premier chamber choral
ensemble at Tennessee State University. As an audi-
tioned mixed ensemble, many members also partici-
pate in TSU’s larger choral ensemble, the University
Choir. Meistersingers performs literature from Renais-
sance to current popular music genres. The University
Choir is the large choral ensemble of Tennessee State
University. The ensemble prides itself on having high
musical expectations and performing a wide variety
of standard choral literature while also being open to
all students of TSU. Over half of the members of the
University Choir hold majors other than music. The
University Choir comes from a long, respected tradi-
tion of choral singing among Historically Black Col-
leges and Universities.

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