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tion of Dr. Amanda Quist and has served as an adjunct ing choir in grades 6-12 at Goessel Junior/Senior High
in numerous choral programs across Miami-Dade School in Goessel, Kansas, for five years.
County. While participating in Chorale, Kara served
as Secretary to UM’s NAfME chapter for two years. Kimberly Waigwa is a master’s student
in choral conducting at Temple Univer-
Andrew Voth is completing the final year sity with a focus on community building
of a DMA program in choral conduct- and dialogue practice. They received their
ing with a minor in curriculum and in- bachelor of arts in creative writing and a
struction at the University of Wisconsin – bachelor of music in music education, from the Univer-
Madison, having completed his master’s sity of Arizona. Prior to coming to Temple, they served
degree there in 2020. During his time at UW, Voth as artistic director of the Phoenix Women’s Chorus and
has served as a TA for the choral and music education Desert Voices, as well as music director of Mountain
departments and received the Warzyn Thorpe award Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Kimberly
for outstanding graduate student work and the Lorna was previously interim director of the St. Nicholas and
Wendt Distinguished Graduate Fellowship for Cho- After School Music Program Choirs, private vocal and
ral Conducting. A Kansas native, Andrew earned his piano instructor, and guest conductor in southern Ari-
undergraduate degree at Bethel College before teach- zona.

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