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2026 ACDA Eastern Region Conference February 25-28, 2026 Providence, Rhode Island

Performing Choirs
P er f orming C hoirs

Erasmia Voukelatos is active as a pianist, Ithaca College
conductor, arranger, and concert pre- Treble Chorale
senter. Her ethnic heritage and Kodály
training has fueled a lifelong interest in
multicultural arts, and she is a regular
presenter on song and dance rituals of Greece and
India. Since 2002 she has been accompanist and as-
sistant director of Cantigas Women’s Choir, and her
arrangements of Greek folk songs are performed reg-
ularly by Greek and American choirs. An educator for
over twenty-five years, Voukelatos is director of choral
music at Far Brook School in New Jersey. She holds a
bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance The Ithaca College Treble Chorale is a dynamic
from the University of Western Ontario and Brooklyn and inclusive ensemble dedicated to exploring and per-
College, respectively. forming a diverse array of choral music for treble voic-
es. Comprising undergraduate students from across the
School of Music, Theatre, and Dance—as well as oth-
er academic disciplines—the chorus embraces a wide
range of styles, cultures, and time periods. For over
ACDA 2026 REGION CONFERENCES thirty years under founding director Janet Galván, and
now under the direction of Sean Linfors, the ensemble
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Sean Linfors is an associate professor of
music education at Ithaca College, where
he directs ensembles and has taught cho-
ral methods, choral conducting, and cho-
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Virginia. Linfors is the artistic director of two commu-
nity ensembles, the Syracuse Chorale and the Cayuga
Vocal Ensemble. Ensembles under his direction have
been featured at ACDA national and regional confer-
ences. The Ithaca College Choir under his direction
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acda.org/2026-acda-conference-travel-discounts was awarded the 2023 American Prize in Choral Per-
formance for larger collegiate programs. Recent per-
formances have included Reena Esmail’s This Love Be-
tween Us, Margaret Bonds’s Credo, and Carol Barnett’s
Bluegrass Mass.

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