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’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.

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.

Cantabile is an ensemble comprised of all high school grades from 9-12. They are an auditioned group of dedicated and hard-working individuals, who pride themselves on making beautiful music with their friends.

Katherine Freeman is in her 13th year teaching and has been at South Panola for 7 of those years. She teaches guitar and five different choirs and ensembles, who have been consistently rated superior at state competitions. She is an Alumni of the University of Mississippi where she received her Bachelor’s in Music Education. She received her Masters in Music Education from Mississippi State University.