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NOMINATED FOR VICE–PRESIDENT OF THE CHORAL DIVISION
Anne Dawson
Candidate OMEA Vice-President for Vocal Division
A native of Missouri, Anne Dawson received the
Bachelor of Music Education degree from Truman State
University (formerly Northeast Missouri State University,)
in Kirksville, Missouri, and the Master of Music degree
in Vocal Performance from the University of Oklahoma.
Dawson is in her twenty-second year as the Vocal Music
Director at Westmoore High School, where she directs
six performing groups, (Chamber Choir, Concert Choir,
Women’s Choir, Freshman Choir, Show Choir, and
Chamber Singers,) teaches Advanced Placement Music
Theory, and is a sponsor for the junior class. Prior to
assuming her position at Westmoore, she team- taught
junior high and high school vocal music with John Gerber
at Weatherford Public Schools. Dawson has adjudicated
district and state music festivals in Oklahoma and Missouri.
In addition to her position at Westmoore, she held the office
of OMEA All-State Mixed Chorus Chair for the 2010-2011
school year. She has served on the choral faculty of the
Oklahoma Arts Institute and the Canterbury Choral Society
Board of Directors, and is a member of the American
Choral Directors Association, Oklahoma Choral Directors
Association, and National Association for Music Education.
Dawson currently serves as an Advanced Placement
Music Theory question leader for the summer reading and
teaches private voice lessons.
Brenda Mechling
Candidate OMEA Vice-President for Choral Division
Brenda Williams Mechling is Choral Director at Del City
High School, where she serves choral and piano lab
students. She is in her sixteenth year of teaching in the
Mid-Del School District. Prior to teaching public school,
Mechling owned and operated Voice Plus, a private vocal
studio, serving the fine arts students of the Mid-Del School
District and surrounding districts for thirteen years. She
earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the
University of Central Oklahoma.
Mechling served as the Southwest American Choral
Directors Association R & S Chair for Vocal Jazz 2006-
2010. In this office she secured presenters for educational
sessions, hosted numerous show and jazz choir roundtable
meetings, and organized and conducted vocal jazz
reading sessions at American Choral Directors Association
Regional and National Conventions. Her articles promoting
vocal jazz have been published in the SWACDA Division’s
Common Times. Her choral students have auditioned and
been selected for American Choral Directors Association
Regional and National Convention Honor Choirs,
Oklahoma Choral Directors Association All-State Honor
Choirs, and two of her choirs were featured at Oklahoma
Choral Directors Association Summer Conventions.
OMEA has always been an important part of Mechling’s
professional life. On two occasions, choirs under her
leadership have performed at the OMEA State Convention.
Her choral students have been selected for the OMEA
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