Alabama A&M University Choir The Alabama A&M University Choir, directed by Dr. Horace Carney, provides students with the opportunity to experience participation in a cooperative activity. Emphasis is placed on fundamental vocal training, posture, breathing, sight-reading, expressive interpretation and tone development. The choir performs for campus convocations, off-campus concerts, religious services, radio and television appearances as well as a Christmas Musicale and spring concert. There is a prerequisite for participation: students must have had some experience in a high school choir or ensemble. Dr. Horace R. Carney, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee but grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama. He graduated with honors from Tuskegee Institute High School fourth in his class. His post-secondary education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Fisk University (magna cum laude), Master of Arts in Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory from the University of Iowa. He has attended choral workshops at Potsdam Choral Institute, Sarasota, New York, University of South Florida, and Georgia State University. Dr. Carney’s career in music began in elementary school and continued through high school as a member of the choir, pianist, and leader of a dance band. While in high school, he studied at Tuskegee Institute with Lexine Weeks, Charlotte Giles, and Hildred Roach. His studies continued at Fisk University as a music major, a member of the university choir and the renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers for four years. His professional career includes Talladega College where he served for fourteen years as Choral Director and Acting Chairman of the Music Department, Lincoln University, Lincoln, PA; Coordinator of Choral Activities and Chairman of the Humanities Division for three years; and Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, where he served as Minister of Music and Coordinator of Cultural Affairs. Since 1990, Dr. Carney has been the Chairman/Coordinator of the Music Program at Alabama A & M University, Huntsville, Alabama. He is currently the Chair for the Department of Visual, Performing and Communication Arts, Coordinator of the Music Program and the Interim Director of the Alabama A&M University Choir. Dr. Carney has served as adjudicator for Birmingham City, Montgomery City and Huntsville high school choral festivals. Professional Memberships include: The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), National Association for Music Educators (NAME), National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO), Society for Music Theory (SMT) and the Technological Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME). He is the founder and director of the Birmingham Community Chorale which was renamed by its members as the Horace R. Carney, Jr. Chorale. He is also the founder, manager, and keyboard player of Omni-Music Enterprises, a musical entertainment group for special occasions. Dr. Carney serves as Minister of Music at Bethel Baptist Church, Collegeville, Birmingham, Alabama. Saturday, 9:15 AM BJCC Concert Hall Concert Program Ave Maria...................................................................Anton Bruckner ................................................................Hal Leonard “Fecit Potentiam” from Magnificat................................John Rutter........................................................Hinshaw Publishing Dr. Mira Kruja Piano There is a Balm in Gilead............................................Raymon Wise............................................................Raise Publishing Hehlehlooyuh...............................................................James Furman..................................................................Hal Leonard Hold On......................................................................Marques Garrett ..............................................................Walton Music Be Still And Know..........................................................Stacy Gibbs ..............................................................GIA Publishing 30 Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus The Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus has been in existence since 2013. Under the direction of Mr. Trey Holladay, the group has grown from 11 to 64 in three years. The group has consistently received all superior ratings at the Alabama State Performance Assessment for the past three years. For two years the chorus performed as the main choir for “The Forgotten Carols,” a traveling musical made up of professional singers from New York and Los Angeles. Performances were held in Atlanta and Montgomery. The chorus has performed, by invitation, in concert with the Lipscomb University Chorus and along with the Faulkner University Band. In 2017 the chorus was asked to be a featured ensemble at the UAB Honor Choir. The group traveled to DisneyFest and competed with schools from around the nation and won best in class chorus for their division. The ACA Chorus is a 9-12 grade auditioned group. The group specializes in A cappella music. Under the direction of Mr. Trey Holladay, the The Alabama Christian Academy Concert Chorus has grownfrom 11 to 64 in three years. The group has consistently received all superior ratings at the Alabama State Performance Assessment for the past three years. Trey Holladay has been the director of ACA choirs for four years. He came from humble beginnings as a graduate of Faulkner University’s School of Fine Arts. He holds a B.S. in Fine Arts in Musical Theatre Performance and a minor in Music. He also holds a Master’s Certificate from Berklee College of Music in Theory, Harmony and Ear Training. He is an accomplished singer, saxophonist and fiddles around with the piano a little. He currently resides in Montgomery, Alabama with his wife Heather and their two children Landon and Hayden. Friday, 1:15 PM Concert Program BJCC East Ballroom God So Loved The World................................Sir John Stainer (1840­1901) ................................................................CPDL Elijah Rock...............................................................Arr. Jester Hairston .....................................................Bourne Company The Ground from Sunrise Mass...................................Arr. Ola Gjeilo ..............................................................Walton Music Ride The Chariot.................................................Arr. William Henry Smith.........................................Kjos Music Company Even When He is Silent........................................Arr. Kim André Arnesen......................................Walton Music Company Join us in the BJCC Concert Hall Thursday at 7:00 PM for the presentation of the 2018 AMEA awards: FAME Scholarship Recipient: Christopher Shorter, Hewitt­Trussville High School Ed Cleino Outstanding Young Music Educator: Justin White, Thompson High School AMEA Outstanding Administrator Award: Dr. Mark Richardson Principal, Vestavia Hills Elementary East Alabama’s National Board Certified Teachers ­ Class of 2016 AMEA Honor Roll ­ Members who have 25 years of continuous service and increments of 5 years Young Composers Competition Finalists 31 Bragg Middle School Mixed Choir The choral program at Bragg Middle School in Gardendale consists of 6th grade choir, 7th/8th grade Young Ladies’ Choir, 7th/8th grade Young Men’s Choir, 8th grade Honors Choir, and an after-school show choir. The 7th/8th grade Mixed Choir performing at the conference combines the separate gender choirs. Besides local concerts, the choirs have performed at the VA Hospital, Children’s Hospital, national music festivals, the AMEA In-Service Conference, and AVA State Choral Performance Assessment. The choirs consistently receive high ratings in performance and sight- reading evaluations. Choir members may also participate in the Jefferson County Music Festival, AVA All-State choirs, ACDA Young Voices Festival, and a spring musical. Debbie Gray earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance and a Masters degree in Vocal/Choral Music Education at the University of Alabama. She has been the choir director at Bragg Middle School in Gardendale for 13 years and has also taught middle and high school band, high school choir, elementary music, private piano lessons, and was an accompanist for Shelton State Community College. Mrs. Gray currently sings with the Alabama Symphony Orchestra Choir, is the pianist at Gardendale-Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, and enjoys accompanying for local choirs. Friday, 9:15 AM Concert Program BJCC East Ballroom Sing for Joy, Alleluia!.................................................Sally K. Albrecht......................................................Alfred Publishing Winter’s Waking...........................................................Amy F. Bernon..................................................Heritage Music Press To Work Upon the Railway........................................arr. Earlene Rentz................................................Heritage Music Press Let Beauty Awake!.........................................................Laura Farnell ...............................................................BriLee Music Beati in domo Domini..................................................James G. Cantor.................................................Santa Barbara Music Nine Hundred Miles..................................................arr. Philip E. Silvey...............................................Santa Barbara Music Sing With