Welcome CMEA All State Honor Choirs 2020
April 2 - 4, 2020
Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, Connecticut
Here you will find information about your all state experience, and find practice tracks to help you prepare your music in advance of the festival.
Meet The Clinicians
Dr. Jeffrey Douma
Mixed Choir Conductor
Dr. Douma is the director of the Yale Glee Club and a Professor of Choral Conducting at the Yale School of Music.
Ms. Erika Schroth
Mixed Choir Collaborative Pianist
Ms. Schroth is the director of choirs at Hopkins School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr. Tesfa Wondemagegnehu
Treble Choir Conductor
Maestro Wondemagegnehu directs the Viking Chorus and the Chapel Choir at St. Olaf College.
Mr. Jake Troy
Treble Choir Collaborative Pianist
Mr. Troy is the director of choirs at Westbrook High School in Westbrook, Connecticut.
Mr. Matthew Harrison
Mixed Choir Co-Chair
Mr. Harrison is the director of choirs at Hamden Hall Country Day School in Hamden, Connecticut.
Mrs. Amanda Hanzlik
Mixed Choir Co-Chair
Mrs. Hanzlik is the director of choirs at Edwin O. Smith High School in Storrs, Connecticut.
Mr. Dale Griffa
Head Chaperone
Mr. Griffa is the director of choirs at St. Luke's School in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Mrs. Stephanie Zak
Treble Choir Co-Chair
Mrs. Zak is the director of choirs at Middletown High School in Middletown, Connecticut.
Ms. Theresa Voss
Treble Choir Co-Chair
Ms. Voss is the director of choirs at Joseph A. Foran High School in Milford, Connecticut.
Mixed Choir Program
Treble Choir Program
The Star-Spangled Banner, John Stafford Smith/Arr. Matthew Harrison
Gloria (from Masque of Angels), Dominick Argento
Prayer, René Clausen
and the swallow, Caroline Shaw
I Ain't Got No Home, Woody Guthrie/Arr. Jeffrey Douma
Tuttarana, Reena Esmail
The Star-Spangled Banner, John Stafford Smith/Arr. Matthew Harrison
This is your Time, J. Reese Norris
When Thunder Comes, Mari Valverde
Er ist gekommen, Clara Schumann/Arr. Brandon Williams
They May Tell You, Andrea Ramsey
Still I Rise, Rosephayne Powell
The Star-Spangled Banner
Treble Choir Practice Tracks
Mixed Choir Practice Tracks
The All State Concert will begin with the singing of the national anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner). Everyone in attendance will sing the anthem together - lead by the combined Treble and Mixed Honor Choirs. The President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, Mrs. Amanda Hanzlik will conduct.