TEXAS MUSIC EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION

REGION 25 HIGH SCHOOL VOCAL DIVISION

2015 All-Region Choirs

Dr. Christopher Aspaas
Dr. Karen Kenaston-French
Thomas Rinn
Guest Conductors

Robin Brockway-Nichols
Alan Dyer
James Loeffler
Accompanists

Allen High School Performing Arts Center

Saturday, November 5th
5:00 PM
 Program

The Star-Spangled Banner.arr. Pfautsch

Combined All-Region Choirs

Chris Ahrens, conductor

In Virtute Tua....Gorczycki
The Pasture..Z. Randall Stroope
Tres Cantos Nativos...Leite

Region Honor Choir

Thomas Rinn, conductor
James Loeffler, accompanist

Hymn to the Dawn....Holst

Dome EpaisDelibes

All-Region Women
Dr. Karen Kenaston-French, conductor
Alan Dyer, accompanist
Arise My Love..Szymko
Ave Maria...Forbes
No Rocks A-Cryin....Dillworth

Region Treble Choir

Dr. Kenaston-French, conductor
Mr. Dyer, accompanist

Beati Mortui..Mendelssohn
Things That Never Die..Dengler

All-Region Men
Dr. Christopher Aspaas, conductor
Robin Brockway-Nichols, accompanist

Kyrie....Haydn
Come to Me.Chatman
Sing Joyfully..Byrd
Flight Song...Arnesen
Long Walk to Freedom...Aspaas

All-Region Mixed Choir

Dr. Aspaas, conductor
Mrs. Brockway-Nichols, accompanist
 All-Region Mixed Choir

Soprano 1 Soprano 2
Makenzie Baird Rockwall HS Kylie Shelton McKinney Boyd HS
Morgan Dellow McKinney HS Hannah Hansen Lovejoy HS
Rachel Wresh Melissa HS Zoe Kahana Lovejoy HS
Catherine Stewart Lovejoy HS Maggie McGowan McKinney HS
Elizabeth McDermott Wylie HS Lexi Ferguson McKinney Boyd HS
Berkeley Sheppard McKinney North HS Lilly Boessen Sherman HS
Emily Ellis Sherman HS Emma Gray McKinney North HS
Cassandra Nedrud Rockwall HS Claire McLaren Lovejoy HS
Hallie Steadman Lovejoy HS Sydnee Johnson McKinney Boyd HS
Mia Rodriguez Lowery Freshman Center Marcie Sawyers Lovejoy HS
Ariana Kelly Allen HS Anne-Marie Thacker Rockwall-Heath HS
Aubrey Bosse Wylie HS Taryn Lackey McKinney North HS
Renae Haas Lovejoy HS Emma Shields McKinney HS
Mali Cox McKinney North HS Nicole West Allen HS
Carmen Witwer Rockwall HS Hayley Hurst Melissa HS
Catharine Swan McKinney HS Mackenzie Warren Melissa HS
Keely Ward Gunter HS Stallbaumer Abigail McKinney HS

Alto 1 Alto 2
Rica Lelina McKinney Boyd HS Lauren Rabalais Allen HS
Kealey Poole Melissa HS Mallory Immel Lovejoy HS
Elizabeth Miller Allen HS Sara Schuster McKinney Boyd HS
Morgan King McKinney HS Rachel Bradley Lovejoy HS
Katie Strand Lovejoy HS Anna Dreher Allen HS
Mandy Rickett Lovejoy HS Rachel Miksits McKinney Boyd HS
Molly Kennedy Melissa HS Sarah Grubbs McKinney Boyd HS
Emma Royals Wylie HS Pierce Goddard Lovejoy HS
Colette Brooks Lovejoy HS Ashley Bertrand McKinney HS
Macy Reyes McKinney Boyd HS Kennedy Thompson Allen HS
Mikayla Slatten Lovejoy HS Wilora Yap Wylie HS
Charli McIlrath Rockwall HS Kennedy Worman McKinney HS
Hannah Miller Allen HS Amanda Hansen Wylie HS
Kaitlyn Patton Wylie HS Madison Jarboe Allen HS
Abby Heidenreich Allen HS Ashley Perez McKinney HS
Anna Kemp Allen HS Kara Curtis Gunter HS
Ellie Carr Wylie HS
Lindsey Brandow Wylie East HS

 All-Region Mixed Choir

Tenor 1 Tenor 2
Calvin Wisener McKinney HS Patrick Vu Allen HS
Noah Johnson Lovejoy HS Zachary Bowsher McKinney Boyd HS
Easton Orr Wylie HS Charlton Anthony Rockwall-Heath HS
Sullivan Muse Wylie HS Jackson Pitt McKinney North HS
Michael Felicano-Gumba Wylie HS Reed Fraser Lovejoy HS
Jack Bennett Lovejoy HS Tyler Batson McKinney HS
Marquis McBride Princeton HS Adam Brown Rockwall HS
Jacob Turner Rockwall-Heath HS Tanner Holmes McKinney HS
Dane Locklear Lovejoy HS Kevin Dang Wylie HS
Joshua Fry McKinney North HS Chris Drye Lovejoy HS
Cristian Vargas Allen HS Carl Codoy McKinney HS
Shalin Mehta Lovejoy HS Christopher Dulac Rockwall HS
Parker Zucha Wylie HS Caleb Whytus McKinney HS
Andrew Holmes McKinney HS Brayden Kenealey McKinney North HS
Collin Healer McKinney North HS Ethan Lynskey Rockwall HS
Ryan Boyce Allen HS Aaron Vaughan Melissa HS
Benjamin Baker Princeton HS Austin Rue Gunter HS

Bass 1 Bass 2
Joshua Dexter McKinney HS Matthew Dexter McKinney HS
Logan Dooley Allen HS Chase Barajas Lovejoy HS
Brady Bardwell Lovejoy HS Cory Conway Allen HS
Xander McRae McKinney Boyd HS Parker Sene Allen HS
Zachary Magers Gunter HS Brutus Fowler Princeton HS
Trace Glorioso Lovejoy HS Zack Quenzer Allen HS
Connor Martin Lovejoy HS Austin Henry McKinney HS
Travis Halbrooks McKinney HS Aiden Keister Allen HS
Scott Stenger Allen HS Brennan Welch McKinney North HS
Jonathan Avendano Gunter HS Kirk Baltzell Allen HS
Grayson Savoie Allen HS Aidan Smith McKinney HS
Gabriel Allen Wylie HS Anthony Mai Allen HS
Declan Williamson McKinney North HS Logan Lynskey Rockwall HS
Danny Finn Lovejoy HS Cole Egger Lovejoy HS
Zachary Love Allen HS Jordan Gonzales Wylie HS
Efe Hadome Allen HS Colten Enloe Gunter HS
Brian Avendano Gunter HS Nigel Berg Wylie HS
 All-Region Womens Choir
Soprano 1 Soprano 2
Erin Mayfield Allen HS Isha Lal McKinney HS
Courtney Benner McKinney North HS Anya Krishnaswamy Lowery Freshman Center
Gillian Boley Rockwall-Heath HS Alyssa Rothardt McKinney HS
Caroline Kemp Lowery Freshman Center Alexis Rivera Allen HS
Victoria Carvajal McKinney HS Sarah Duncan McKinney HS
Lexi Reimer Wylie HS Hailey Covington Wylie HS
Lauren Simmons McKinney North HS Macailey Harvey Wylie HS
Eryn Scott Wylie HS Madison Stroud McKinney Boyd HS
Ashley Hibbard McKinney HS Caroline Dahl Allen HS
Alexandria Mitchell Allen HS Celena Nguyen Lowery Freshman Center
Julia Dobbs Lovejoy HS Ishi Tripathi Allen HS
Hannah LaVoie McKinney HS Whitney Williams Lowery Freshman Center
Savannah Eren Allen HS Sammi Moore Allen HS
Katie Doil Allen HS McKenzie Ross McKinney Boyd HS
Natalie DuPre McKinney Boyd HS Kinsey Potts Wylie East HS
Kaylee Smith Lowery Freshman Center Samantha Manio Allen HS
Abigail Warren Wylie HS Cassandra Kennedy McKinney Boyd HS
Jordan Meyer Wylie East HS Mallory Siemer Allen HS
Grace Palmore Rockwall-Heath HS Vanessa Sun Allen HS

Alto 1 Alto 2

Sophia Betts McKinney Boyd HS Emma Westhora Wylie HS

Sadrianne Rigby Wylie HS Kendalyn Mallory Wylie HS
Katherine Misuraca McKinney North HS Brooke Rose McKinney HS
Rachel Wassom McKinney Boyd HS Sarah Smith Wylie HS
Revathi Rajan Allen HS Jordan Begala McKinney North HS
Jessica Cabrasawan McKinney Boyd HS Roya Jafari Allen HS
Hannah Dodson Rockwall HS Rebecca Hundley Rockwall-Heath HS
Jordan Yonas McKinney HS Jacqueline Ramirez Wylie East HS
Bailey Melvin McKinney HS Kayleigh Doyle McKinney HS
Reagan Hicks McKinney Boyd HS Hannah Hathaway Wylie HS
Darci Williams Allen HS Amanda Walker McKinney HS
Lauren Moody Allen HS Olivia Segui McKinney North HS
Courtney Chamness Allen HS Jessica Ford Allen HS
Rebekah Reynolds McKinney Boyd HS Meggie Duncan McKinney HS
Amanda Manrique Wylie HS Sydney Smith Allen HS
Regan Ellis Allen HS Alexis Williams Allen HS
Patience Nwaege Wylie HS Emily Nguyen Wylie HS
Josianne Alwardi Lowery Freshman Center Gabriella Wood McKinney Boyd HS
Brittney Stroud Wylie HS Emily Gritsman Allen HS
Ashlie Flores Wylie HS Jensyn Hatcher Allen HS
Kiersten Vicknair Allen HS Nyaliba Musa Wylie HS
 All-Region Honor Choir
Soprano 1 Tenor 1
Angelica Cerda Princeton HS Ryan Allen Allen HS
Emma Eason Wylie East HS Stephanos Deaton Allen HS
Treacy Flener Allen HS Braylen Harris Princeton HS
Micaela Hemmer Rockwall HS Tristan Kuhnert McKinney Boyd HS
Kayleigh Horton Wylie East HS Brandon Lange McKinney North HS
Corde Jackson Princeton HS Michael Meredith McKinney North HS
Kyra Jacobs Lovejoy HS
Kaitlyn Law McKinney HS Tenor 2
Kaia Josephine Mullins Lowery Freshman Center Terrence Barthelemy Princeton HS
Lauren Nobles Gunter HS Daniel Buys McKinney Boyd HS
Faith Rainey Princeton HS Cooper Enloe Gunter HS
Lauren Savage McKinney HS Cy Feagin Lovejoy HS
Asa Fris McKinney North HS
Soprano 2 Edmond Garbin McKinney North HS
Ashley Bruner Gunter HS Robert Klaiber McKinney North HS
Haylie Decker McKinney North HS Leonel Munguia Princeton HS
Megan Dejarnett Princeton HS Sawyer Roberston Rockwall HS
Brooke Ermias Wylie HS Gabriel Vargas Allen HS
Ki'hya Houston McKinney HS Mathew Varghese Wylie HS
Andelin Hutchings Allen HS
Brylee Lackey McKinney Boyd HS Bass 1
Ana Mercado Gunter HS Carson Brown McKinney HS
Allison Pringle Allen HS Cade Carruthers Gunter HS
Avery Symes Allen HS David Granvold Allen HS
Katerley Wilson Melissa HS Jaren Heidenreich Allen HS
Kailey Zoch Allen HS Carson Lee Allen HS
Graeson Lynskey Rockwall HS
Alto 1 Josh Magers Gunter HS
Kenna Carruthers Gunter HS Samuel Miller McKinney Boyd HS
Lauren Estrada Rockwall HS Samuel Snyder Celina HS
Carissa Foreman Allen HS David Tran Wylie HS
Emilie Johns Wylie East HS
Emily Loftis Gunter HS Bass 2
Alexandra Miller Lowery Freshman Center Tristen Gentry McKinney North HS
Bailey Monzingo Allen HS Dylan Grace Princeton HS
Natalie Munguia Princeton HS Blake Green McKinney North HS
Allison Navejas McKinney HS Tanner Hansard Rockwall HS
Ariana Perez McKinney HS Zachary Hart Allen HS
Piper Roman Allen HS Will Martin Gunter HS
Trinity Varvel Princeton HS Grayson Phillips Wylie HS
DJ Provencio Rockwall-Heath HS
Alto 2 Tucker Raymond Celina HS
Makena Essman Allen HS Jacob Stephens Allen HS
Ava Fisher McKinney Boyd HS Luke Wild Lovejoy HS
Kenedy Matthews Rockwall HS
Gowri Nair Lowery Freshman Center
Sydney Turbeville Rockwall-Heath HS
Ashlyn Westhora Wylie HS
Dr. Christopher Aspaas serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at
TCU and most recently served as the Robert Scholz Endowed Chair in Music and Associate Professor
of Choral/Vocal Music at St. Olaf College. Christopher received his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education
at The Florida State University in Tallahassee, his M.M. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State
University in East Lansing, and his B.M. in Voice Performance from St. Olaf. Christopher has served
on the faculties of Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington and Mount Holyoke
College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. At St. Olaf, Aspaas conducted the Viking Chorus, a 90-voice
ensemble of first-year student men, as well as the Saint Olaf Chapel Choir, a 100-voice ensemble
specializing in the performance of oratorio and larger multi-movement works. In recent years,
Christopher has conducted performances of Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah,
the Mozart Requiem and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, which was chosen for broadcast on
Minnesota Public Radio. His travels as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator have taken
Christopher to Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ontario, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and three times to the Sultanate of Oman. He has conducted
All-State Choruses in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oregon, South
Dakota, Virginia and Wisconsin as well as the British Columbia and Manitoba All-Province Honour
Choirs. Additionally, Christopher led the All-Northwest Mixed Choir in 2015 and will lead the ACDA
Southern Division Mens Honor Choir in 2016. Christopher has produced more than forty
arrangements and compositions for mixed, men's and women's choirs. Commissioned works
include Love Divine, Be Present Now for women's choir, A Closed Path for mixed choir, Tomorrow, I
Will Come (The O Antiphons) for mixed chorus, and most recently Shout for Joy to the Lord for mixed
choir, brass, organ and optional youth choir. His works are published by Augsburg Fortress,
earthsongs, Hal Leonard, and Aspen Hill Music, a publishing house Christopher co-founded with his
wife Nancy in 2013. Aspaas is also active as a tenor soloist, performing Bach cantatas with Helmuth
Rilling and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Evangelist roles in the John and Matthew Passions
of Bach with the Bach Collegium of Fort Wayne, Ind., and other solo roles with the Tallahassee
Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and
the St. Petersburg Chamber Philharmonic in Russia. Aspaas traveled to San Luis Obispo, California for
a performance of Franz Josef Haydns Theresienmesse and Johann Michael Haydns Requiem with the
Cuesta Master Chorale and Orchestra. In March 2012, Aspaas returned to the role of Evangelist in
the St. John Passion at Wingate University and also with the St. Olaf Cantorei in its 2014 performance
of Bach's cantata Aus der Tiefe, rufe ich Herr zu dir.

Dr. Karen Kenaston-French is Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the
University of Texas Arlington, where she conducts the A Cappella Choir, teaches graduate and
undergraduate conducting, and heads the Vocal Area. Under her direction the UTA A Cappella Choir
performed at the Texas Music Educators Association state convention (2014), appeared with the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra three times, and was named a finalist in the 2014 American Prize for Choral
Performance for its CD, The Road Home. In February 2015 the choir served as Ensemble-in-
Residence for the National Student Conducting Competition at the American Choral Directors
Association conference in Salt Lake City, and in March 2016 gave an auditioned performance at the
Southwestern Division Conference of ACDA in Kansas City. Prior to her arrival at UTA, Dr.
Kenaston-French served as Director of Choral Activities at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville,
Tennessee, where she led the Chamber Singers in two appearances at the Tennessee Music Education
Association state conference, and in master classes with Chanticleer, Cantus, and Libby Larsen. She
taught conducting at Southern Methodist University and the University of North Texas, and was
director of music ministries at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas from 1986-
1998. Dr. Kenaston-French has been guest conductor for honor choirs in Colorado, Tennessee, and for
several TMEA region choirs. She cultivates a close connection with Texas high school programs, and
runs the highly successful UTA All-State Choir Camp, which attracts 250 students each summer. She
continues to share her experience in church music as a faculty member for SMUs Church Music
Summer Seminar and as clinician for church choirs. Dr. Kenaston-French holds a B.A. in vocal
performance from West Virginia Wesleyan College, M.M. and M.S.M. degrees in choral conducting
from Southern Methodist University, and a D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of North
Texas, where she was named outstanding graduate student in conducting and ensembles and the Pi
Kappa Lambda outstanding doctoral student. She studied conducting with Jerry McCoy, Mel Ivey,
Lloyd Pfautsch, Jane Marshall, and Larry Parsons, and in 2011 was a conductor for the
Choral/Orchestral Master Class of the Oregon Bach Festival, under Helmut Rilling and Jeffrey Kahane.
Vocal studies include graduate work with Lynn Eustis at UNT and Linda Baer at SMU. Her article
The Teachings of Jean-Antoine Brard was published in the National Association of Teachers of
Singing Journal of Singing in November 2009. She sang in the Dallas Symphony Chorus from 1993-
2003, and was in the first Robert Shaw Festival Chorus at Carnegie Hall in 1991.

Thomas Rinn holds a Master of Music Education from Florida State University and a Bachelor of
music, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas at San Antonio. In addition, he holds a
certificate of completion from the Institute of Voice Pedagogy and Performance at Oberlin
Conservatory of Music. His principal teachers include Dr. Andre Thomas, Dr. Judy Bowers, Dr. Kevin
Fenton, Dr. John Silantien, and Dr. Diana Allan. Before assuming his current position as director of
choirs at Colleyville Heritage High School in the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Mr. Rinn held positions
at Arlington Seguin High School, Clear Lake High School in Houston, TX and John Jay High School
in San Antonio, TX. In addition, while in Houston, Mr. Rinn served as director of the Houston
Boychoir Chamber Choir where he led the choir on both domestic and international tours. Choirs under
his direction are consistent recipients of UIL Sweepstakes awards and have been recognized as Best in
Class in regional performance festivals. In 2010 the Seguin High School Chamber Choir was honored
to perform as an invited choir at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention. In addition to
teaching and conducting, Mr. Rinn has performed professionally with the Lyric Opera of San Antonio
and as a featured soloist with area ensembles. A recipient of the 1998 TMEA Bill Cormack Scholarship
for Music Education, Mr. Rinn happily strives to give back to the organizations that serve music
education. He has served as vocal chair for TMEA Region V, a section leader for the All-State Choir
on three occasions, on the steering committee to form the new TMEA Region 31. Currently he serves
as chair of the state UIL Sight-Reading committee and High School Vice President of the Texas Choral
Directors Association. As a composer Mr. Rinn was honored to have his solo compositions featured in
an American Composers Recital in Bucharest, Romania in the summer of 2010 and has been published
with Classical Vocal Reprints. Mr. Rinn was honored to be named the 2009-2010 Teacher of the
Year for Juan Seguin High School, and has received over $10,000 in grants to benefit student
musicians in local schools. Rinn is a frequent choral clinician, adjudicator, and presenter of teacher
training nationwide with engagements most recently in Texas, Michigan, Florida, Tennessee, and
Colorado. Mr. Rinn also serves as director of music at St. Albans Anglican Church in Arlington.
 Region 25 Schools and Directors

Allen High School Brian McKinney, Kathryn Zetterstrom, George Cornelius

Bonham High School* Lara Hoffman
Celina High School* Adam LaMaire
Denison High School Jordan Brown
Farmersville High School* Veronica Valdez
Gunter High School* Elizabeth Kulbeth
Lovejoy High School Cathy Koziatek, Nathan Dame
Lowery Freshman Center Michael Bryson
McKinney Boyd High School Joseph Tomkins, Amy Harrington
McKinney High School Cindy Johnston, Francis Vu
McKinney North High School Chris Ahrens, Rachel Gillespie
Melissa High School* Whitney Watson
Pottsboro High School* Leslie Lemaster
Princeton High School* Rachel Lavender
Rockwall High School Leigh Browning
Rockwall Heath High School Carolyn Butterworth
Sherman High School Anna Clarkson
Whitesboro High School* Leah Johnston
Wylie East High School Terry Berrier, Ashley Delaney
Wylie High School Casey McCollough, Jeffery Bowling, Shelby Thomas

*These schools participate on the small school track as sanctioned by TMEA

TMEA Region 25 Executive Board

ChairChris Ahrens, McKinney North High School
Chair-ElectNathan Dame, Lovejoy High School
SecretaryKathryn Zetterstrom, Allen High School
TreasurerMichael Bryson, Lowery Freshman Center

Speacial Thanks
Allen Performing Arts Center Venue Manager Russell Caudle
Allen Performing Arts Center Venue Assistant Liz Metelsky