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2026 ACDA Southwestern Region Conference March 4-7, 2026 Albuquerque, New Mexico

Interest Sessions

from the Korea National University of Arts, where she widely and remains active as a clinician and educator.
conducted the award-winning Collegium Vocale Seoul
and taught underprivileged students. After her BA,
Oh directed the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Fostering Choral Composition:
Choir and earned an MM in choral conducting from
the University of Texas at Austin, serving as associate A Student-Led Choir’s Journey
conductor of the UT Concert Choir and Tenor-Bass
Choir. A strong advocate for Korean choral music, she How can we support choral composition within our
continues her research in this field. Oh is currently programs? The Renova New Music Ensemble, a stu-
the organist and assistant choirmaster at St. Stephen’s dent-led choir at the University of Colorado Boulder,
Episcopal Church in Miami and associate conductor has done just that—premiering and workshopping
of Miami Collegium Musicum. over sixty-five student-composed works in just four
years. This session explores how Renova collaborates
Supitcha Kansirisin, originally from with emerging composers, details the administrative
Thailand, is a DMA student in choral infrastructure behind running a student-led new-music
conducting at the University of Miami’s ensemble, and highlights the impact of student-driven
Frost School of Music, where she serves leadership on the future of choral repertoire. Attend-
as a graduate teaching assistant. She ees will receive templates for recruiting, auditioning,
holds a BME from Chulalongkorn University, where scheduling, and more. From recording sessions and
she was recognized as the Outstanding Student-Teach- composer workshops to concerts and community
er of the Faculty of Education. In 2018, she earned an events, learn how to create meaningful opportunities
MM from the University of Southern California. Supi- that provide real-world experience for composers. Tap
tcha is a founding committee member of the Thailand into the creative potential in your own community and
Choral Directors Association, dedicated to enhancing help debut the next era of choral music!
the potential of Thai choral directors to meet interna-
tional standards. She currently serves as an assistant Blake Clawson is a musician at the in-
conductor of the Miami Children’s Chorus. tersection of composition, conducting,
education, research, and performance.
Jennifer Grover joins the University Currently serving as music director for
of Miami’s Frost School of Music as a the new-music choir Renova New Music
DMA candidate in choral conducting, Ensemble as well as a dual master’s student in compo-
chorus master for Frost Opera Theater, sition and choral conducting at the University of Col-
and assistant conductor fellow with Se- orado Boulder, Clawson is an active collaborator and
raphic Fire. She earned her MM in choral conducting seeker of art who inspires and draws people together.
from Brigham Young University and holds a BM in vo- His music weaves the serenity of natural landscapes
cal performance and music education from CSU Stan- with wonder, occasionally infusing modern folk sen-
islaus. Grover served as artistic director of the Tracy sibility and rollicking groove. In addition to teaching
Community Choirs and led choral and piano studies at aural skills courses at CU Boulder, he serves as a grad-
Tracy High School for ten years. She has worked with uate assistant in the choral department and teaches
Opera Modesto and the Modesto Symphony Orches- composition, piano, and jazz at the Parlando School
tra. At BYU, she directed the University Chorale and of Musical Arts.
assisted with their major ensembles. A collaborative
pianist and operatic soprano, Grover has performed Joshua Carter Maynard is a composer and conductor

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