Conductor, Singer, and Teacher, Cody Parrott, DMA has enjoyed a diverse career as a professional musician and educator for the past two decades. Dr. Parrott is Director of Choral Activities on faculty at the School of Music at Illinois Wesleyan University. Before this appointment, he was Associate Director of Choral Activities at Mississippi State University where he conducted two choirs and taught private voice. He completed doctoral studies in choral conducting at the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas where he was the conductor of the University Treble Chorus who was named the Third Place Winner for the 2023 American Prize in Choral Performance. His doctoral research is focused on modern voice science and how contemporary vocal pedagogy can be applied to the choral music classroom. Cody entered…
Luke McGinnis is the vocal music, music theory, and piano teacher at Munster High School in Munster, IN, where he also serves as the music director for the Munster Theatre Company. Under his direction, the Munster High School Choral Program has released two full-length albums Through the Valley (2021) and With Love In Our Heart – Live from Austria (2023), performed in Salzburg and Vienna, AT, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. McGinnis has routinely sends several students to the Indiana All-State Honor Choir and American Choral Directors Association Midwestern and National Honor Choirs every year. As a high-energy, high-impact educator, McGinnis’ deep passion for reaching every student and bringing their voice to light illuminates the possibilities of music education and the live art of communal performance. He was…
Kerry Glann serves as associate director of choral activities at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, where he conducts the Concert Choir and Vox Anima treble chorus, prepares opera choruses, and teaches conducting and graduate choral literature. He previously taught at Kent State University and in the public schools of Ohio. He holds a B.M. in music education from Bowling Green State University, an M.M. in conducting from Kent State University, and a D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of North Texas, where he led the UNT Women’s Chorus and served as a conducting associate in its nationally recognized early music program. In addition to his work at Ball State, Dr. Glann is artistic director of Masterworks Chorale and director of music at First Presbyterian Church, both in Muncie.…
Dr. Shannon Gravelle is assistant professor of music in the Conservatory of Music at Lawrence University, serving as the Co-director of Choral Studies and as music education faculty. She is also The Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Concert Choir Chair at Lutheran Summer Music Academy & Festival, a 4-week-long immersive music experience for high school students across the country. Her current research focuses on conducting pedagogy and how the identity points of young conductors affect the way they learn conducting. She is committed to equity work within her field and higher education, and advocacy is a centerpiece of her community building. Other areas of research also include silenced voices in music, the choral works of Russian composer Sergei Taneyev, the early choral works of Johannes Brahms, the life and works of…
