The annual event brings together tenors and basses of all ages from all over North Texas to sing and perform, culminating in a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of Stephenville’s First Baptist Church. The public is invited.
This year’s clinician is Tefsa Wondemagegnehu director of the St. Olaf College Viking Chorus and Chapel Choir in Minneapolis.
Wondemagegnehu has become one of the most sought-after conductors and educators in the country and is on the cutting edge of music-related social justice movements throughout the United States. He has conducted and given masterclasses, workshops and clinics both nationally and internationally. In 2017 he co-led the American Choral Directors Association’s national high school honor choir and was named the composer-in-residence for Choirs of America at Carnegie Hall, where he conducted more than 600 voices in singing the world premiere of his composition “May the Road.”
He holds a master of music degree in choral conducting and vocal performance from Florida State University and a bachelor of music degree in vocal performing from the University of Memphis.
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