2025
Annual Conference Details
Conference
February 6th-8th, 2025
Morgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place
2 Waterfront Place
Morgantown, WV 26501
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Concert
February 8th, 2025 at 1:00pm
WVU Canady Creative Arts Center
1436 Evansdale Dr
Morgantown, WV 26506
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Honor Choir Details
Three state-wide choirs will participate in the conference: The 7-9 All State Choir is for children in grades 7-9; the High School All State Chamber Choir for 10-12 graders; and the Collegiate Honor Choir for college students.
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The 2025 All-State Honor Choir Conductors are...
Jr. High/Middle School: Mrs. Mary Biddlecombe
High School: Mr. Greg Gilpin
​Collegiate: Dr. Daniel Gordon
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Click on each Honor Choir below for more details!
Repertoire
Middle School
O Praise the Mighty Lord - Handel arr. Liebergen https://beta.jwpepper.com/o-praise-the-mighty-lord-1877455-833228/p
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Vuela - Carlos Cordero https://www.jwpepper.com/Vuela/11575410.item
Connected - Brian Tate https://www.jwpepper.com/Connected/10602876.item
The Little Creek - Matt Carlson https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Little-Creek/11394918.item
When the Trumpet Sounds - Andre Thomas https://www.jwpepper.com/When-the-Trumpet-Sounds/1570563.item
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High School
Dies Irae - Ryan Main - ryanmaine.com
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O Shenandoah - Greg Gilpin - Shawnee Press
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Voice Dance III - Greg Jasperse - Shawnee Press
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Ain'-A That Good News - William L. Dawson - Neil Kjos Music
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Set Me As a Seal - Rene Clausen - Shawnee Press
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I Loved You - Jay Rouse - Shawnee Press
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Collegiate
Lament for Pasiphae (No. 1 from “Mid-Winter Songs”), Morton Lauridsen https://beta.jwpepper.com/lament-for-pasiphae-3299761-1211910/p
Abendlied - Josef Rheinberger https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/6b/Ws-rhei-abe.pdf
Non Nobis Domine - Rosephanye Powell https://beta.jwpepper.com/non-nobis-domine-3297026-1166318/p
Evocation (Mon-Nee-Joh), Hye-Young Cho https://www.jwpepper.com/Evocation/11556408.item
The Road Home - Stephen Paulus https://www.jwpepper.com/The-Road-Home/8069226.item
2025 Conductor: Mrs. Mary Biddlecomb

Mary Biddlecombe is the Director of the Blair Academy at Vanderbilt encompassing nearly 700 families in Middle Tennessee who study at the precollegiate arm of the Blair School. She is also the Artistic Director of the Vanderbilt Youth Choirs and teaches courses in Music Education and Choral Studies at Vanderbilt.
Choirs under Biddlecombe’s leadership have performed with the Nashville Symphony on several major projects including Britten’s War Requiem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls, several Mahler symphonies, Bernstein’s Kadish and others. Another favorite is providing the choral parts for the movie Home Alone each December. Choirs have traveled to Ireland, Costa Rica, Budapest, Prague and in summer 2024, Italy, performing the music of Elaine Hagenberg.
Biddlecombe is in demand as a clinician all over the country and conducting all state choirs in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey and Kentucky. She also conducted the SWACDA Children’s Choir in 2024, co-conducted the Southern Region ACDA UCTB Honor Choir and has conducted state-wide ACDA Honor Choirs in South Carolina, North Carolina, New York and co-conducted the Voices United Festival in Virginia.
Biddlecombe is a native of Syracuse, NY and hold a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the Florida State University, and a Bachelors of Music Education from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. Mary makes her home in Nashville with her husband, Dr. Tucker Biddlecombe, Director of Choral Activities at Vanderbilt and Director of the Nashville Symphony Chorus.
2025 Conductor: Mr. Greg Gilpin

​Greg Gilpin is a celebrated ASCAP award-winning choral composer and arranger and a highly respected choral conductor. He is known throughout the United States leading performances at New York City’s iconic Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. His international appearances include the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Royal Festival Hall in London, England and Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland.
In addition to composing and conducting, Mr. Gilpin has worked as a singer for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as well as background singer for Grammy award-winner, Sandi Patty and other highly acclaimed artists. He has worked extensively in the recording industry as a singer, pianist, arranger and producer with projects from Disney to commercial jingles.
In 2021, Mr. Gilpin wrote the score for the award-winning short film, “Rosie’s Rescue” and was awarded “Best Score” for this same movie. He also teamed up with renowned opera singer, Angela Brown, and created the world premiere of the thrilling arrangement of “What Child is This?”, debuted by Ms. Brown and the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir.
Mr. Gilpin is a proud member of ACDA, NAfME, SAG-AFTRA, and is a Life Loyal Member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and continues his position as Editor and Director of Educational Choral Publications for Shawnee Press.
2025 Conductor: Dr. Daniel Gordon
