InConcert - January 2020

COMMUNITY EVENT
TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY MEISTERSINGERS
SOPRANO ALTO
TENOR
BASS
Alysha Hinton
Amaya Thompkins
Lauren Wallace
Augtonia Coleman
Jasmin Conway
Katelynn Virgou
Ashur Hailey
Chavonne Gault
Clea Jackson
Meleena Waters
Elaishe Stone
Deosha Dowdy
Alivia Malone
Trinity Palms
Isaiah Batey
Herman Joseph
Mayson Harris
William Manning
Kedrick Noel
Jacob Taylor
Madison Brown
DeAngelo Davidson
Kendall Warner
Kendall Watkins
LaCario Alexander
Keeshaun Brown
Zion Johnson
DAVE RAGLAND, chorus master
Dave Ragland is a
composer, vocalist,
pianist and conductor who
has been hailed as “ubertalented”
by the Nashville Scene. He received
Emmy nominations for composition and music
direction for the Frist Art Museum’s “Nick
Cave Feat. Nashville,” and for his musical
collaboration with the Nashville Ballet’s Gerald
Watson and violinist Chandler Custer.
Additional compositional credits
include the Nashville Symphony, Nashville
Ballet, Memphis Symphony Orchestra,
Intersection and ALIAS Chamber Ensemble.
Ragland was also nominated for Best Director
of a Musical by First Night Honors for
Wildcard Productions’ run of Lady Day at
Emerson’s Bar & Grill.
Ragland is the artistic director of Inversion
Vocal Ensemble, a regionally touring vocal
collective that has performed with Brandi
Carlile, GRAMMY® nominee Ruby Amanfu,
Marcus Hummon and Levi Hummon,
and has also shared the stage with Rivers
Rutherford, the Fairfield Four and Tanya
Tucker. Previous engagements with Inversion
include the National Civil Rights Museum, the
National Museum of African American Music,
Ryman Auditorium, Tennessee Arts Academy,
Cheekwood, the Nashville Symphony’s Free
Day of Music and Let Freedom Sing in 2019.
Ragland is a composer mentor for
91Classical’s inaugural Student Composer
Fellowship.
CELEBRATION YOUTH CHORUS
Celebration Youth Chorus (CYC) is proud to commemorate its 22nd season with Nashville
Symphony during Let Freedom Sing. CYC is anchored by Choral Arts Link’s MET Singers
and MET Academy Singers. Both ensembles serve choral development in Nashville public schools,
but also include home-school, private-school and charter-school singers.
This season CYC is joined by MET Alumni Singers. These alumni serve as rehearsal mentors,
guiding singers in the professionalism that is a hallmark of our performance decorum. We are
proud to have the opportunity to partner with the Davidson County Relative Caregivers Program
of Family and Children’s Services. This partnership expands opportunities to new singers.
Celebration Youth Chorus Artistic Team
Barb Santoro
Cedric Townsend**
Angela Pinnock**
Allen Christian**
Kyla Mahaffey*
* Senior ** Alumni
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