Conductor Jennaya Robison joins composer-pianist Kyle Pederson to explore themes of darkness and light, hope and community through Kyle's transformative choral music alongside Jordan Langworthy conducting works including Emmy- and Grammy-nominated composer Jake Runestad and Grammy-winning artist Jacob Collier. Conductor Stephen Martin rounds out the concert with the Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir and Orchestra performing Heather Sorenson's deeply moving Requiem, commissioned in honor of those lost during COVID to bring hope and healing to all who have experienced loss.
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir & Orchestra (TX)
Sorenson: Requiem
Also Featuring:
Kyle Pederson, Composer/Piano
Participating Groups
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir & Orchestra
Coastal Christian High School Advanced Choral Ensembles
Riverside High School
Germantown High School Legacy
Cantabile
Masterworks Choir of Enterprise
Manasquan High School Concert Choir
OCSA Classical Voice Conservatory
Florence Finale
Bullitt Central High School Choir
Lakewood Ranch High School Mustang Singers
Spirit Song Choir
EC Singers
Delta State Vocal Collective
Special Guests
Artist's Name
Kyle Pederson
Artist's Name
Jennaya Robison
Artist's Name
Jordan Langworthy
Artist's Name
Stephen Martin
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Participating Group Directors
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir & Orchestra
Stephen Martin
Dr. Stephen Martin has performed and conducted across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stephen has sung with opera companies such as Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, Sarasota Opera, and many more singing leading roles in La Traviata, La Boheme, The Tales of Hoffmann, Puts’ Silent Night and the world premiere of Joel Puckett’s The Fix, to name a few.
Stephen has served as both conductor and clinician throughout in the US and Europe. Notably, he shared the podium with Dr. David Rayl, co-conducting performances in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, and performing as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F on the same concert. He is often a guest clinician and conductor for High School, Community, and Church Choirs. Stephen served for two years as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Central Arkansas until he transitioned fully into Music Ministry, where he now serves as Director of Music and Fine Arts at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church and is Co-Director of Worship for the United Methodist Texas Annual Conference. Â
Stephen holds a DMA in Vocal Performance, Masters Degrees in Voice and Music Theory Pedagogy, and a BM in Voice from Michigan State University.
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church choir and orchestra has been a cornerstone of weekly worship in west Houston since the choir first sang on Easter in 1959. They provide multiple concerts each year to thousands of congregants, striving to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ authentically and with humble excellence. Recently, they were invited to perform at the 2024 United Methodist Texas Annual Conference and organized a recording with area churches of Mark Hayes’ Prayer of the Children to benefit those impacted by the floods in the Texas Hill Country, which was subsequently featured across four continents by the International Council of Methodist Bishops.
Riverside High School
Lynn Holliman
Our program strives not only to build a students confidence with and appreciation of music, but also to build each students character and a sense of belonging. The Riverside Choirs perform regular concerts at our school and in our community, as well as around the state. As a member of the choir program, the students have experiences performing with various honor choirs, at choir competitions, and get to meet other students from around the state that share their love for choir music. Director, Dr. Lynn Holliman, seeks to provide a well-rounded experience for all the choir students through learning music from all around the world and across time, as well as demonstrating how music touches all aspects of their personal and academic lives.
Dr. Lynn Holliman is a graduate of Delta State University with a Bachelor's in Music Education and received her Master's in Music Education from the University of Southern Mississippi. She graduated in 2021 from Auburn University with her Doctorate in Music Education with an emphasis in music technology for instruction. Dr. Holliman is in her twenty-first year at Riverside Schools teaching High School, Junior High, and Elementary Choir, as well as Elementary General Music. She is currently serving as the Chairman of the MSMEA Prescribed List Committee and Master Class Coordinator, the MSMEA Junior High Division President-Elect, the MSMEA Elementary Mentor, and the MSNATS Chapter President. She is also the recipient of the 2011 Mississippi Music Educators Association Outstanding Young Music Teacher of the Year Award.
Coastal Christian High School Advanced Choral Ensembles
Amy Lynn Tucker-Morgan
Coastal Christian’s Honors Ensembles consist of auditioned upperclassmen who earn superior ratings at regional competitions, and have performed with Festival of Gold in Nashville and Heritage Music Festival at Carnegie Hall.
Both ensembles are an integral part of Coastal’s mission of strength and honor. They perform at school events, serve the Wilmington community by sharing music at assisted living facilities and collaborate with area performing arts organizations.
The primary focus of the Honors Ensembles is to develop the musical gifts of the singers to God’s glory through the development of vocal and choral technique and the expansion of musical literacy.
Amy Tucker-Morgan holds a BA in Music Education from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, SD, and a MM in Choral Conducting from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Prior to teaching choir at Coastal Christian HS, she taught with New Hanover County Schools at John T. Hoggard High School, Noble Middle School, and Parsley Elementary School. Amy also served as the director of both the Adult and Youth Choirs at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, instructed students as a studio harp and voice teacher and is active as a corps member of Opera House Theatre Company.
Germantown High School Legacy
Jordan Langworthy
The Legacy a Capella choir was founded in 2013 students dedicated to the making of music together. Since its founding, the personnel of Legacy has turned over several times, but whenever students graduate and leave, more enroll and apply. The Legacy endures. The group is mindful of its past, aware of its present, and hopeful about its future. Legacy has been selected to sing at Mississippi’s Music Educator’s Association and American Choral Director’s Association’s State Conference in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 2023 and 2025 as well as compete in the Athena Festival in Nashville, TN, where they won Grand Champion.
Vocal Colors
Conductor Jennaya Robison joins composer-pianist Kyle Pederson to explore themes of darkness and light, hope and community through Kyle's transformative choral music alongside Jordan Langworthy conducting works including Emmy- and Grammy-nominated composer Jake Runestad and Grammy-winning artist Jacob Collier. Conductor Stephen Martin rounds out the concert with the Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir and Orchestra performing Heather Sorenson's deeply moving Requiem, commissioned in honor of those lost during COVID to bring hope and healing to all who have experienced loss.
Acts
Can We Sing the Darkness to Light?
Cultivating Community
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church Choir & Orchestra (TX)
Sorenson: Requiem
Also Featuring:
Participating Groups
Special Guests
Artist's Name
Kyle PedersonArtist's Name
Jennaya RobisonArtist's Name
Jordan LangworthyArtist's Name
Stephen MartinPress & Marketing
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Participating Group Directors
Dr. Stephen Martin has performed and conducted across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stephen has sung with opera companies such as Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Minnesota Opera, Sarasota Opera, and many more singing leading roles in La Traviata, La Boheme, The Tales of Hoffmann, Puts’ Silent Night and the world premiere of Joel Puckett’s The Fix, to name a few.
Stephen has served as both conductor and clinician throughout in the US and Europe. Notably, he shared the podium with Dr. David Rayl, co-conducting performances in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria, and performing as the tenor soloist in Mozart’s Missa Brevis in F on the same concert. He is often a guest clinician and conductor for High School, Community, and Church Choirs. Stephen served for two years as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Central Arkansas until he transitioned fully into Music Ministry, where he now serves as Director of Music and Fine Arts at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church and is Co-Director of Worship for the United Methodist Texas Annual Conference. Â
Stephen holds a DMA in Vocal Performance, Masters Degrees in Voice and Music Theory Pedagogy, and a BM in Voice from Michigan State University.
The Memorial Drive United Methodist Church choir and orchestra has been a cornerstone of weekly worship in west Houston since the choir first sang on Easter in 1959. They provide multiple concerts each year to thousands of congregants, striving to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ authentically and with humble excellence. Recently, they were invited to perform at the 2024 United Methodist Texas Annual Conference and organized a recording with area churches of Mark Hayes’ Prayer of the Children to benefit those impacted by the floods in the Texas Hill Country, which was subsequently featured across four continents by the International Council of Methodist Bishops.