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7-9 All State Choir
The choir is for children in grades 7-9. Previously known as the Middle School/Jr. High Honor Choir.
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Closes October 12th
Repertoire
O Praise the Mighty Lord - Handel arr. Liebergen https://www.jwpepper.com/O-Praise-the-Mighty-Lord/1877455.item
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
MS Rep
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.
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