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Performing Choirs
P er f orming C hoirs

New Manchester High School Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir
Jaguar Singers

The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir of Harri-
The New Manchester High School F.A.M.E “Jaguar sonburg, Virginia, is in its thirty-third year and nurtures
Singers” is one of the premier choral ensembles within young people by developing excellent musicianship,
the FAME (Fine Arts Magnet Education) program at creating artistic choral performances, and fostering
New Manchester High School. The choir comprises meaningful relationships. SVCC currently serves 175
students in grades nine through twelve who consistently youth, ages five through eighteen, in four auditioned
earn superior ratings in performance and sight-reading choirs and two non-auditioned music explorers classes.
at the Georgia MEA Large Group Performance Evalu- Founded by Julia J. White in 1991 and under Janet M.
ations. Members of the ensemble are actively engaged Hostetter’s direction since 2014 with assistant director
in district honor choir, all-state chorus, and all-state Joy Anderson since 2001, SVCC continues to inspire
reading choir. The Jaguar Singers’s accomplishments audiences worldwide. Concert Choir tours annually,
include a featured performance at the 2025 GMEA having participated domestically in events and videos
State Conference and the honor of performing with from their own valley to Pike’s Peak to the Pacific Rim,
three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz artist Samara and internationally.
Joy during her 2023 holiday tour at Atlanta Symphony
Hall. Janet M. Hostetter received her doctor-
ate and master’s in choral conducting
Antwoin Holman is a music educator from James Madison University and her
with over twenty-five years of experi- BME from Eastern Mennonite Universi-
ence. He is in his third year as the cho- ty. Her published research project, “Tone
ral director of the FAME chorus at New Production, Musicianship Training, Repertoire Devel-
Manchester High School. Holman holds opment, Performance Practice: A Pedagogical Over-
a BM from Philander Smith College and an MME in view of Selected International Children’s Choirs,”
choral music and conducting from The Florida State provided her the joy of interacting with respected chil-
University. Holman’s choirs have been prominently dren’s choirs in Australia, the Czech Republic, Canada,
featured at Florida ACDA and have earned first-place and the Philippines. SVCC choirs under her direction
honors at Heritage Festivals in Washington DC and have performed nationally and internationally, collab-
Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently, his advanced choral orated with renowned children’s choirs, performed in
ensemble, the Jaguar Singers, performed at the 2025 elite venues, and produced numerous YouTube music
Georgia MEA Conference. videos.

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