MusiC aT eMory ConCerT series - Arts at Emory - Emory University

Joel Thompson is a second-year master’s degree student studying choral
conducting at emory. He currently serves as head of the music ministry and
head pianist for duluth seventh-day adventist Church. He has also served
as music director, vocal coach, or pianist for 5 ad Hoc Musical Theatre
productions, including The Mystery of Edwin Drood, The Apple Tree, and
the 25th annual putnam County spelling bee. Thompson won the award for
outstanding musical direction from the emory chapter of alpha psi omega (a
national theater honor society) in 2008 and 2011. He is also conductor of three
ensembles: the duluth adventist string orchestra, the duluth sda Choir, and
the atlanta Korean sda orchestra. Thompson was the 2010 winner of the
emory Concerto Competition with stravinsky’s Concerto for piano and winds.
He was also the recipient of the 2010 excellence in Music award from the
friends of Music at emory.
Tyrone webb is a second-year graduate student at emory pursuing a master of
music degree in choral conducting. in May 2011, he received a bachelor of arts
degree in conducting from Morehouse College in atlanta. while at Morehouse,
webb studied conducting with david e. Morrow and served in a variety of
musical leadership positions, including student director of the Morehouse
College Glee Club (2010–2011), and music director of the Xi eta Chapter of
phi Mu alpha sinfonia fraternity of america inc. (2009–2011). webb is a native
of blakely, Georgia.
the emory mastersingers
The emory Mastersingers are a select subset of the emory Concert Choir. it
is emory’s smallest chamber choir and the primary training medium for the
students pursuing their master’s degrees in choral conducting. The name
“Mastersingers” also evokes the Meistersingers, musical guilds that originated
in western Germany in the fourteenth century.
musiC at emory
The department of Music at emory university provides an exciting and innovative
environment for developing knowledge and skills as a performer, composer,
and scholar. led by a faculty of more than sixty nationally and internationally
recognized artists and researchers, our undergraduate and graduate students
experience a rich diversity of performance and academic opportunities.
undergraduate students in our department earn a ba in music with a specialization
in performance, composition, or research, many of whom simultaneously earn
a second degree in another department. True to the spirit of emory, a liberal
arts college in the heart of a research university, our faculty and ensembles also
welcome the participation of non-major students from across the emory campus.
become a part of music at emory by giving to the friends of Music. your
gift provides crucial support to all of our activities. To learn more, visit our
website at music.emory.edu or call 404.727.6280.
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