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TMEA 2023 CONFERENCE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES<br />
CORDOVA HIGH SCHOOL<br />
CONCERT SINGERS<br />
Performance on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 5:00 p.m.<br />
The award-winning Concert Singers is the top-performing<br />
ensemble at Cordova High School. “The Singers” are<br />
comprised of 10th through 12th grade honor students and<br />
occasionally a few 9th graders who meet the audition and<br />
academic requirements; they must maintain a C average<br />
in their classes to perform with this ensemble. Of this<br />
ensemble, 30 of these singers made the All-Southwest Tennessee Senior High Honor choir. “The Singers” continuously receive<br />
superior ratings, best in class, and overall top ensemble at local and national competitions. In 2018, “The Singers” reached<br />
national acclaim with over 9 million views on Facebook for their musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and have had<br />
additional viral videos surpassing over a million views on both YouTube and Facebook. “The Singers” by invitation have performed<br />
in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Hawaii, and New York at the world-renowned Carnegie Hall. This past Spring, “The<br />
Singers” were selected to perform at the 2022 Southern Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Raleigh,<br />
<strong>No</strong>rth Carolina. The students continuously graduate with full vocal, choral, and academic scholarships to institutions of their choices.<br />
The Concert Singers are widely known for their inspiring and moving performances.<br />
Adrian Maclin<br />
Adrian Maclin is in his tenth year as director of choirs at Cordova High School. As a product<br />
of Memphis City Schools, Maclin was inspired by his middle and high school choral directors<br />
to become a music educator. Adrian is a graduate of Philander Smith College where earned his<br />
Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with emphasis on vocal performance.<br />
Adrian works hard to not only produce outstanding performing ensembles, but he is committed<br />
to educating and cultivating the total musician and student. Adrian works to inspire his<br />
students to allow music to inspire their next chapter in life. In addition to Adrian’s work at<br />
Cordova, he serves the Memphis-Shelby County School district on the Music Leadership team.<br />
In this role, Adrian’s primary focus is to support his choral colleagues and novice directors<br />
in professional development planning and presentations, and opportunities to organize team<br />
teaching and mentoring. Adrian also serves as President for the West Tennessee Vocal Music<br />
Educators Association and has served on the board for the Tennessee Chapter of the American<br />
Choral Directors Association. Through these roles, Adrian hopes he fulfill his part to aid in every child having access to a strong<br />
choral music education.<br />
Maclin has faithfully served his home church of Mount Moriah-East Baptist Church 18 years as the Minister of Music. Adrian<br />
has adjudicated festival as well as served as guest clinician in the Memphis area, Louisiana, Florida, and for the National Baptist<br />
Convention Lucie E. Campbell Music Workshop. Adrian was recently recognized by the Country Music Association Foundation<br />
as one of their 2020 Music Teachers of Excellence award recipients. Maclin has two daughters, Madison and McKenzie, who<br />
are the apples of his eye.<br />
20 | TENNESSEE MUSICIAN | 2023 | <strong>Vol</strong>ume <strong>75</strong>, <strong>No</strong>. 2
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