Faculty
Sharon North Jones - Executive Director, VoiceM.M.(voice and opera performance), Northwestern University B.M.E., University of Nebraska at Omaha President and Executive Director, SNJ Studio of Music and co-founder and Executive Director, Performer's Edge Academy of Performing Arts. President, Diva Productions, Chicago, IL. Performances with the Alabama Symphony, Opera di Cornetto, Chicago Composers Consortium, Opera Omaha, Circle Theater, Firehouse Theater, Omaha Community Playhouse, Opera Ensemble of Chicago, Voices of Omaha, The Steinway Society. Concert appearances throughout the United States. Adjudicator for University of Nebraska at Omaha Scholarship Competition, All-State Choir, Singsation Show Choir Festival; adjudicator and Director of Contests, Society of American Musicians. Clinician: vocal master classes, audition prep clinics, opera and music theater scenes workshops, children's theater productions. Joel Johnston - Director of Ensembles, VoiceM.M., University of Nebraska at Lincoln B.M.E., University of Nebraska at Lincoln Co-founder and Artistic Director, Performer's Edge Academy of Performing Arts; Director of Ensembles, SNJ Studio of Music; Artistic Director, Show Choir Omaha!; Conductor, Southeast Iowa Men's Chorus. Chair of Choral Affairs, Nebraska Music Educators Association; Past President, Nebraska Choral Directors Association; Facilities Chairperson for the 2006 Regional American Choral Directors Convention. Free-lance conductor, presenter, choreographer and adjudicator, with 21 years of experience in music education.NMEA Outstanding Music Educator of the Year, 2003.Has conducted more than 40 choral clinics and festivals in the Midwest including Omaha Community Playhouse, Butler Show Choir Showcase. Donovan Johnson - Assistant Director, PianoA.A., Waldorf Collage Additional studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha. Nebraska State Certified Teacher of Piano, MTNA, NMTA, NFMC, OMTA. Co-founder, Prairie Desert Music Co., Omaha. Author, Adult Piano Method In The New Age Style. Composed and recorded three albums: Pieces of Life, Midwestern Landscapes, Gallery. Performances include concert tour for UUSC tsunami relief effort, appearances on NBC television, performance with national recording artist, Lalomi Washburn. Upcoming concert tour of London, November '08. Ron Troester - VoiceM.M., B.M. Erinn Machacek - VoiceM.M., B.M.E. Currently Director of Vocal Music, Bryan High School, Omaha. Scott Dugdale - VoiceB.M.E. Currently Assistant Vocal Director, Millard West high School; Assistant Vocal Director, Russell Middle School. Camille DeVore - VoiceB.M., Berklee College of Music Additional studies: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, North Texas State Vocal Jazz Workshop. Music Director, KVNO Classical 90.7, 2001-2002. Clinician, NCDA Vocal Jazz Festival, Columbus, NE; clinician and adjudicator, Viking Cup International Show Choir Competition. Instructor, Berkely College of Music; co-director of Jazz Choir, Benson High School. Accompanist, Benson High School, Logan Fontenelle Middle School, Mission Middle School, All City Music Festival, Omaha Theater for Young People at the Rose Theater. CD released on Clarion Label, "Easy To Love." Live performances throughout United States and Europe including: Glen Miller Festival, Omaha Symphonic Chorus, Blue Barn Music Festival with Hal France, World Youth Day, Paris, France, Rococo Theater, Omaha Big Band, Park Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden; appearance with Tony Bennett on PBS; background vocals for Steve Wariner, Brenda Lee, Loretta Lynn, Lee Greenwood. Jingles: Godfather's Pizza, Dorothy Lynch, Opryland, Sheraton Chicago, Service Merchandise. Recording projects with Steve Wariner, Lee Greenwood, Twila Paris, Rob Crosby. Andres Silva - PianoB.M., University of Nebraska at Omaha Katie Silva - PianoB.M., University of Nebraska at Omaha Dana Andreason - Piano, Guitar, VoiceM.M., University of Nebraska at Omaha B.M.E., University of Nebraska at Omaha Darren Mill - GuitarGraduate, Guitar Institute of Technology.
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