Festival at Carnegie Hall: National Youth ChoirFestival at Carnegie Hall: National Youth Choir

Anton Armstrong
Mar 6-9 | National Youth Choir

Anton Armstrong, Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College, is also a graduate of the college and longest tenured conductor of the St. Olaf Choir. 

Christopher Aspaas
Mar 6-9 | National Youth Choir Celebrates America’s 250th

Christopher Aspaas serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at Texas Christian University.

Lynne Gackle
Mar 26-29 | National Youth Choir

Lynne Gackle is Associate Professor of Ensembles and Associate Director of Choral Activities at Baylor University, where she conducts the Baylor Bella Voce (Women’s Ensemble) and the Baylor Concert Choir.

Jeffery Ames
Mar 26-29 | National Youth Choir

Jeffery Ames serves as Director of Choral Activities and is a Full Professor within the School of Music at Belmont University.

Lynnel Joy Jenkins
Apr 17-20 | National Youth Choir

Lynnel Joy Jenkins is Artistic Director of the Westrick Music Academy and Choral Teacher at the Timberlane Middle School of the Hopewell Valley Regional School District in New Jersey.

Jeffery Redding
Apr 17-20 | National Multi-Generational Choir

Jeffery Redding is Director of Choral Activities at University of Central Florida, and a 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient.

Greg Gilpin
Mar 4-7 | National Youth Choir

Greg Gilpin is a celebrated ASCAP award-winning choral composer and arranger, a highly respected choral conductor, producer and musician in the recording industry, and Director of Educational Choral Publications for Shawnee Press, a distinguished choral publisher.

Jeffery Redding
Mar 4-7 | National Multi-Generational Choir

Jeffery Redding is Director of Choral Activities at University of Central Florida, and a 2019 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Recipient.

McKenna Stenson
Apr 2-5 | National Youth Choir

McKenna Stenson is Assistant Professor of Choirs and Music Education at Florida State University. Prior to her appointment at FSU, Stenson served as Assistant Professor on faculty at the University of Kansas (KU) where she served as Associate Director of Choral Activities, and conducted the KU Glee Club and Oread Singers.

André Thomas
Apr 2-5 | National Youth Choir

Associate Artist with the London Symphony Orchestra and Emeritus Professor of Music at Florida State University, Dr. Thomas previously served as Visiting Professor of Choral Conducting at Yale University and has been a faculty member at the University of Texas.

Jessica Nápoles
Apr 9-12 | National Youth Choir

Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of North Texas, Dr. Nápoles teaches undergraduate coursework in choral methods, conducts the Concert Choir, and mentors graduate students in research.