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Dauphin County
Music Educators’ Association
presents the
61st Annual
Dauphin County
Choral Festival
Saturday, April 9, 2016
2:30 P.M.
Founders Hall
Hershey, Pennsylvania

2016
Choral Festival
Assisting Chairpersons
Senior High School…..Stacy Milanovich, Harrisburg School District
Middle School…………………............Ken Campbell, Millersburg Area School District
Elementary School………………....Nicole Kelley, Middletown Area School District
Special thanks to Amy Burghdorf and Laura Gingerich of
Susquehanna Township School District for hosting Friday
rehearsals for the Senior High and Middle School Choruses, and to the county chorus chairpersons, Clint Funk and
Cristal Sheaffer.
Dauphin County Music Educators’
Association Officers
President—Mark Shelleman
President Elect—
Secretary—Melody Cliff
Treasurer—Elizabeth Colpo
Member-at-Large—Marie Weber
Website Manager—Matt Dickinson
Database Manager—Dalinda Bohr

Program
Introduction and Greetings
Mark Shelleman…………………Vice-President, D.C.M.E.A.
Singing of the National Anthem
Middle School Chorus
Dr. Jason Vodicka—conductor
Accompanist: Louise Poorman
Song order to be chosen from the following:
Sesere Eeye…………Traditional Song from the Torres Straight
Islands
Dies Irae from Mozart’s Requiem………...arr. P. M. Liebergen
Tres Canciones de Los Elementos………………..V. Johnson
(Three Songs About the Elements)
Gaudeamus Hodie………………N. Sleeth, arr. C. Strommen
(Let Us Rejoice Today)
I’m Gonna Lift My Voice and Sing!.................................L. Beery

Elementary School Chorus
Mrs. Judith Shepler — Conductor
Accompanist: Nan Bonnet
We Will Sing For Joy...................................D. Scarlatti, Arr. H. Lowe
Homeward Bound……………………....M. Keen, Arr. J. Althouse
Chumbara………............................................................D. and J. Perry
Why We Sing………………………..…………………..G. Gilpin
Rattlin’ Bog………………………Irish Folk Song, arr. C. C. Miller
High School Chorus
Dr. Roger Wesby — Conductor
Accompanist: Tracy Wieseman
Hostias et preces tibi, Domine (Requiem, K626)……..W. A.. Mozart
The Call of Wisdom……………………………………..W. Todd
All That I Am………………………………………….W. G. Still
Three Madrigals…………………………………..…E. L. Diemer
Bullerengue…………………………………………...J. A. Rincon
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho…………………………M. Hogan

Dr. Jason Vodicka
Middle School Chorus Conductor
Dr. Vodicka conducts the University Chorale, coordinates the music education program, and teaches courses in music education at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. He is also the director of the Susquehanna Summer Choral Institute for advanced high school musicians. Vodicka will serve as music director of the Harrisburg Choral Society for their 2014-15 season.
Dr. Vodicka has been a member of the Westminster Choir College Summer Session faculty for the past nine years as an instructor, program director, and collaborative accompanist. A gifted conductor, singer, and organist, Vodicka has held church music positions in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey for the last eighteen years.
Before his appointment at Susquehanna, Vodicka was a Presidential Graduate Fellow at the University of Georgia where he conducted the Women’s Glee Club and the UGA Opera Ensemble. For the nine years prior, Vodicka was one of three choral directors at Pennsbury High School in lower Bucks County, Pa., where he conducted five choirs, led the school’s musical theater program and taught elective courses in music theory. In addition to more than 30 domestic concerts annually, Vodicka traveled internationally with the Pennsbury choirs on five occasions. During his tenure the Pennsbury choirs were invited to sing at ACDA Eastern Division and PMEA conferences, Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls in New York, St. David's Cathedral in Wales, and the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany.
Dr. Vodicka's research focuses on the practical application of Baroque performance practice and empowerment and engagement in the choral rehearsal. He has presented at Westminster Choir College, ACDA-PA, Florida International University, The University of Georgia, and the International Conference on the Concepts and Practices of Choral Music in Lund, Sweden
Mrs. Judith Shepler
Elementary School Chorus Conductor
Judith A. Shepler holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Messiah College. She has pursued additional study at Westminster Choir College as well as with prominent conductors in the field of children’s choral music, including Jean Ashworth Bartle, Betty Bertaux, Joan Gregoryk, Christine Jordanoff, Helen Kemp and Henry Leck.
Ms. Shepler is the director of the Susquehanna Children’s Chorale, an auditioned community chorus for children in grades 4 through 8. She also directs the Susquehanna Preparatory Choir, a training choir for students in the third grade. Both choirs are a part of the educational outreach program of the Susquehanna Chorale.

Elementary Conductor continued
Ms. Shepler has served as guest conductor for the PMEA District 7 Elementary Songfest, the PMEA Northern Elementary Songfest, the Dauphin County Elementary Choral Festival, and the Central Dauphin Elementary Festival Chorus. In addition, she has served as a clinician in both the PMEA and the PA-ACDA conferences.
Ms. Shepler teaches elementary vocal music in the Central Dauphin School District, where she directs the fourth and fifth-grade choruses. Ms. Shepler is a charter member of the Susquehanna Chorale and has been a member and featured soloist with the Chamber Singers of Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Singers.
Ms. Shepler maintains active membership in the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Dauphin County Music Educators Association and the Chorister’s Guild.
Dr. Roger Wesby
High School Chorus Conductor
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Roger Wesby graduated from Eastman School of Music. His service in the Peace Corps, teaching and performing in national art centers in El Salvador and Costa Rica, led to professional opportunities in Costa Rica. There Wesby served as conductor of the National Symphonic Chorus and Director of the School of Music at the National University, conducting its chamber choir and jazz ensemble. He received a master’s degree from Westminster Choir College where he studied with Joseph Flummerfelt and earned the title of Doctor of Music at Indiana University, studying with Robert Porco. He was Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky and founded the Lexington Children’s Chorus and New Voices, an elite vocal chamber ensemble. He was Director of Choral Activities at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois and conductor of the Handel Oratorio Society. An active clinician, guest conductor and published composer/arranger, Wesby has created hundreds of arrangements and compositions for choir, jazz ensembles and orchestra. He was Choir Director of Lutheran Summer Music at St. Olaf College. He has written articles on the history of jazz and blues for the Encyclopedia of New Jersey. He composed Jazz Mass, which has been used in several Lutheran Churches and was commissioned to compose a 150th anniversary liturgy and anthem for Trinity Lutheran Church, the college’s founding church on Staten Island. Wesby was the inaugural Featured Composer for Schola Cantorum on Hudson’s 2009-2010 season. He guest conducted the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra and premiered with them the commissioned work River Songs. He produced and conducted a choral-orchestral concert featuring many of his arrangements of Ellington, and Weill and culminating in the concert version of Porgy and Bess. North / South Consonance Chamber Orchestra commissioned and premiered his diss-FUNK-shun in the fall of 2013. He was recently commissioned to composed a new work for the Dauphin County Music Educators Association 60th annual Choral Festival. Wesby founded and annually curates two heritage festivals at Wagner College: Viva Italia! and the Tribute to Black Music.

Participating Schools and Directors
Elementary Schools
Central Dauphin School District
Infinity Charter School…………………………....Addison Rymar
Derry Township School District
Hershey Intermediate School……………………..Allison Ometz
Michelle Kisner
Halifax Area School District…………………………..Berta Hickox
Lower Dauphin School District
Conewago………………………………… Jessica O’Donnell
Londonderry……………………………… Stephanie Gonzalez
Nye…………………………………………….. Melissa Brosius
East Hanover…………………………………. .Jessica Zampelli
South Hanover………………………………………Caleb Stelle
Middletown Area School District………………..…….Nicole Kelley
Susquehanna Township School District
Thomas W. Holtzman Jr.……………...……….Michael Campbell
Upper Dauphin Area School District………………….Susan Geesey

Middle Schools
Diocese of Harrisburg
Seven Sorrows BVM……………………………...Joshua Koch
Halifax Area School District………………………….....Clint Funk
Hershey Christian School…………………………...James Fairman
Infinity Charter School…………………………….Addison Rymar
Lower Dauphin School District………………..Matthew Dickinson
Middletown Area School District………………….....Nicole Kelley
Millersburg Area School District……………….Kenneth Campbell
Susquehanna Township School District…………...Laura Gingerich
Upper Dauphin Area School District………………....Susan Geesey
Senior High Schools
Central Dauphin East High School……………...…Keith Sttoltzfus
Covenant Christian Academy………………………....Jesse Maurer
Halifax Area School District…………………………….Clint Funk
Harrisburg Christian School………………………..Olivia Hartlaub
Harrisburg School District………………………..Stacy Milanovich
Hershey Christian School…………………….……..James Fairman
Lower Dauphin School District…………………...Elizabeth Colpo
Middletown Area School District………………….Andrew Vensel
Millersburg Area School District………………….Kasey Campbell
Milton Hershey School…………………………….Cristal Sheaffer
Susquehanna Township School District…………...Amy Burghdorf
Upper Dauphin Area School District……………….Elaine Cramer

Dauphin County Chorus
Elementary Students

Central Dauphin School District
Infinity Charter School
Preston Brown
Gwen Daily
Pete Feinberg
Meg Givler
Ella McGuigan
Maya Madden
Julia Miller
Claire Leuschner
Jenny Nwokeji
Esha Pradhan
Gillian Senior
Ian So
Derry Township
Hershey Intermediate School
Ece Aydogan
Billy Bonifant
Abigail Bridgeman
Mackenzie Brown
Gillian Cathcart
Audrey Confer
Mary Cotter
Chibuikem Ekezie
Helen Gavazzi
Keegan Grossenbacher
Claire Hohl
Sahrah Contreras
Anika Hosenfeld
Samantha Koegler
Katrina Kulasinsky
Brooke Lehman
Nick Martin
Ashley Nickels
Cassie Paioletti
Irena Potochny
Yomna Saif
Samuel Siafa
Noah Sigel
Damaria Wedderburn
Elizabeth Zachary
Lydia Zarefoss
Diocese of Harrisburg
Seven Sorrows BVM
Jessica Barb
Chloe Cleland
Halifax Area
Emily Castellani
Emily Christoff
Rylee Reed
Lower Dauphin
Conewago
Ryan Angerer
Emily DeNotaris
Mirko Gaeta
Makaylee Hale
Elizabeth Harnish
Cadence Kanode
Daniel Kenney
Andrew King
Anya Ray
Grayson Smith
Logan Suggs
Zia Warren
East Hanover
Ryleigh Allison
Megan Geesaman
Emily Gutshall
Sage Haldeman
Anne Linker
Hailley Lynch
Shaine McMonagle
Jackalynn Miller
Abigail Perez
Gisell Reza
Zoe Stoessel
Morgan Stumpf
Londonderry
Stevie Clark
Brianna Espenshade
Samantha Farace
Josie Grundon
Katelyn Hanft
Lilliana Oyler
Kisla Rhoads
Gabe Silks
Lindsey Stine
Gracie White
Saige Wilt

Nye
Chelsea Blazina
Sarah Brubaker
Ava Donohue
Morgan Earley
Alyssa Eckman
Conor Grubb
Nora Holahan
Kyle LeHew
Lucy McCurdy
Donovan McDonald
Ella Rafferty
Emma Waughen
South Hanover
Joshua Given
Delaney Hoover
Max Klingensmith
Marissaa Kopec
Morgan Moore
Rowan Moore
Dylan Hassinger
Olivia Murray
Kayla Nguyen
Emma Paulus
Leah Tierney
Sofia Walsh
Middletown Area
Jenna Alford
Erin Brown
Alyssa Bush
Morgan Dinger
Abigail Grimland
Jordan Knaub
Nieves Kohout
Nathaniel McGlone
Dakota Myers
Nikolas Newton
Isha Shah
Melanie Wagner
Susquehanna
Township
Thomas W. Holtzman, Jr.
Jenna Crummel
Samantha Echevarria
Katherine Ferguson
Adriana Rivera
Taylor Schlegel
Upper Dauphin Area
Katie Blyler
Emalie Brown
Natalie Campbell
Sierra Dauberman
Megan Deitrich
Kathryn Engle
Kelsey Henninger
Kyla Kemper
Adriana Schiano
Sara Schaffer
Elizabeth Stoltzfus

Dauphin County Chorus
Middle School Students

Central Dauphin
Infinity Charter School
Karissa Bonawitz
Dabis Camero
Charlie Caddell
George Caddell
Hannah Chapman
Sofie Ertel
Larry Fausnight
Rachel McCollum
Jessica Mooney
Joel Rosado
Savannah Sauers
Danielle Schielbold
Krsti Stoneking
Abby Wagner
Diocese of Harrisburg
Holy Name of Jesus
Sydney Altemose
Makayla Burkholder
Grace Caffrey
Maria Gontis
Aubree Narus
Allison Roadcap
Nerek Sprague
Josie Stakem
Seven Sorrows BVM
Michael Adragna
Hannah Arnold
Michael Astfalk
Francesco Cangialosi
Grant Fleming
Bethany Keyser
Marcus Mancini
Ricky Stains
Jack Stewart
Grace Wert
Ian Witkowski
Kailis Woodworth
Alaina Zeager
Halifax Area
Nakiah Baker
Brenna Bordner
Ashley Dobbin
Erica Eyster
Lydia Faust
Caden Funk
Tyler Harker
Alana Hayman
Serena Knauss
Kaitlyn Lebo
Emma Maulfair
Nathan Miller
Lenka Platt
Erika Shoop
Rebekah-Leigh Weaver
Tanner Wright
Harrisburg
Marshall MS Academy
Rayonna Bellamy
Alex Berry
Maryah Burney
Nateur Dennis
Anyea Dorsey
Jade Gray
Bryanna Hill
Eliana Olivencia
Brittany Padua
Janisa Perez
Annijah Simpson
Ronald Stump
Ian Winchester
Hershey Christian
Ruthanna Eckert
Sarah Neu
Nathanael Moore
Micah Nye
Alia Shenk
Lower Dauphin
Kelly Barr
Ashton Brojakowski
Halle Colletti
Scott Curtis
Annie Dickinson
Olivia Dreon
Aidan Ferguson
Sierra Fields
Christian Gingerich
Sarah Gingerich
Haley Gipe
Richie Johnson
Tanner Kennedy
Katie McDonough
Tristan McQuiddy
Olivia Meyers
William Monuteaux
Ashley Nyugen
Ellah Ogden
Jacob Pegher
Kim Wolf

Middletown Area
Walker Allison
Nicole Altland
Cassidy Anderson
Johnicia Badgett
Madison Baumgardner
Megan Burghdorf
Marie Chambers
David Chavez
Cienna Clugstone
Cassandra Ebersole
Dane Ebersole
Taylor Hiner
Benjamin Hursh
Jace Imler
Terrance Jefferson
Sierra Kamara
Kaitlyn Joy-Lee Knaub
Victoria Lopez
Jaden Miller
Deron Ranck
Christopher Reed
Matthew Spangler
Jalyn Williams
Lexi Zimmer
Millersburg Area
Montana Behrendt
Luke Boyer
Sierra Chaisson
Bailee Etzweiler
Cora Forney
Sara Harris
Lindsay Hepner
Devyn Kintzer
Aaron Kulczyk
Elijah Latshaw
Nathan Leaman
Katelyn Meyers
Victoria Maldonado
Jordan Mallon
JahKira Reid
Gracie Russell
Kendra Urwin
Jordan Sass
Hunter Zinck
Susquehanna
Township
Shaye Dietrich
Ellayna Dietz
Alaina Fritzinger
Clayton Geisel
Chloe Harris
Hannah Kurtz
Britta Long
Cuong Le
Lamede Magill
Sherybeth Maldonado
Jennifer McIntosh
Willie Otero
Jillian Powell
Cortney Smith
Annika Stare
Cody Stephens
Maya Spitzer
Tien Tran
Trey Trkula
Parker Wallace
Upper Dauphin Area
Laurin Bixler
Elizabeth Deavers
Sarah Halterman
Keira Header
Reagan Little
Madison Murray
Betty Raup
Hannah Ressler
Hannah Schade
Hannah Watts
Preston Wolfe
Christopher Woodward

Dauphin County Chorus
High School Students

Bishop McDevitt
Jiagui Allen
Mario Corradi
Petra Costallano
Tony Dorazio
Jessica Hayden
Elizabeth Kuniega
Dillion Snyder
Adam Zeigler
Halifax
Melody Davis
Julia Hoon
Rachael Hoon
Chris Maichle
Stephanie Paulauskas
Kayla Sulouff
Caiya Willow-Fagan
Harrisburg
Isaiah Basehore
Chanelle Coleman
Donovan Levy
Alahna Moss
Ayja Moss
Tania Ortiz
Eric Washington
Maia Waters
Harrisburg Christian
Cassandra Barrett
Noah Gwinn
Sarah Kula
Emily Shroyer
Daniel Weitzel
Hershey Christian
Josiah Eckert
Kortney Marvel
Justin Moore
Sarah Moore
Destiny Shaffer
Dana Templeton
Bradford Whitson
Lower Dauphin
Shontonel Dillon
Emalee Douglass
Michael Gainer
Tiffany Golobek
Logan Grubb
Yannelis Leon-Fuentes
Chaiara Meyers
Gillian Miller
Brendan Roth
Hunter Scherr
Colby Stiffler
Faith Swanger
Rebecca Tezak
Middletown Area
Samantha Altland
Zoey Bright
Mitch Carson
Shayna Cole
Kayla Finsterbush
Sarah Fluke
Sofiyah Ibidunni
Zeryab Ibrahim
Jared Knaub
Shelby Luther
Aaron McDevitt
Christina Nordai

Millersburg Area
Morgan Cadwaller
Jessica Cover
Richard Cross
Hannah Grubb
Kori Hirsch
Colin Kirkwood
Jake Mallon
Jessica Millard
Sierra Musa
Kailyn Petery
Julia Pirie
Catherine Rush
Linsey Sherrill
Dana Slemmer
Leah Slemmer
Aaron Troutman
Milton Hershey
Zoey Black
Jason Boyko
Elijah Campos
Sam Duah
Lexy Dumont
Rayonna Fisher
Alana Fleck
John Ireland
Jabriel Jones
Kimerlee Mackey
Derek Proctor
Cesar Ramos
Susquehanna
Township
Adeola Adeniyi
Zach Allen
Kristie Avetta
Jada Baity
Liz Baliira
Zoe Clark
Darius Davenport
Allison Hartman
TJ Lane
Kiet Le
Tori Little
Dominique Mora
Bruce Morris
Ayat Muhammad
Ari Pelna
David Rosen
Brian Sayre
Kenedy Tran
Chris Uzokwe
Montae Waters
Upper Dauphin Area
Emilee Bixler
Kelly Eure
Lauren Harner
Brenna Hoffman
Ben Rothermel
Nicole Shade
Sarah Troutman
Vanessa Valovage
Adeline Wolfe

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