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2026 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference March 4-7, 2026 Tacoma, Washington

Evergreen Ensemble Gonzaga University
Concert Choir

Evergreen Ensemble is a professional choir located
in the greater Seattle area. Bringing together some of
the finest singers in the PNW as well as from around
the country, Evergreen uses choral music to explore a
variety of voices and cultures and works to help change The Gonzaga University Concert Choir presents an
the ethics of art consumption in our communities by eclectic repertoire spanning classical masterworks, con-
offering fair and equitable wages to artists for their en- temporary pieces, and global choral literature. Annu-
riching work at the highest level. Evergreen’s program- ally, the choir collaborates with other university choral
ming focuses on ways to advocate for social causes like groups, performing both on campus and throughout the
environmental care and to speak to universal human local community. In addition, the ensemble embarks on
experiences such as grief and the search for commu- a regional tour of northwest high schools each year. Ev-
nity and hope. The ensemble is focused on preserving ery two years, the choir expands its horizons with inter-
great works of the Western choral canon and has also national travel—most recently touring Italy in 2023 and
highlighted and commissioned works from a variety of Germany in 2025.
modern composers.
Meg Stohlmann, DMA, is associate pro-
David Hendrix is a conductor, singer, and fessor and director of choirs and vocal
composer based in Edmonds, WA. He is studies at Gonzaga University. She con-
the founder and artistic director of Ev- ducts the Musea Treble Chorus, Glee
ergreen Ensemble, a professional choir Club, and Concert Choir, and advises Big
based in the PNW created to present cho- Bing Theory, the university’s premier pop a cappella
ral music at the highest artistic level and to bring more group. She also directs the Spokane Symphony Chorale.
professional singing opportunities to the region. He is Previously she taught at Appalachian State University
also the director of music and worship at Edmonds and in Lexington, Kentucky, leading her high school
United Methodist Church. As a freelance singer, he has treble choir and children’s choir to performances at the
been featured as a soloist and ensemble member with Kentucky music educators state conference. Stohlmann
some of the region’s premier vocal ensembles, includ- was one of six conductors selected for the 2023 ACDA
ing Cappella Romana, Byrd Ensemble, and the Tudor International Conductors Exchange in Germany. She
Choir, as well as The Benedict Sixteen Choir and the holds degrees from the University of Washington, Uni-
Grammy-nominated St. Tikhon Choir and Artefact versity of Kentucky, and Sonoma State University.
Ensemble. He also recently entered the world of com-
posing and arranging.

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