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ABOUT TGC
Chorus Descriptions
Below are the current choirs that study and perform here in Tucson:
- The Ladybug Choir
- The Hummingbird Choir
- Mariposa Singers Choir
- Jubilate Choir
- Advanced Choir
Included in the choral curriculum are music history, theory, vocal production, aural skills, advanced choral techniques, responsibility and discipline. Students are tested each year as they progress to higher choirs. Working from unison singing in the Ladybugs Chorus to six-part singing in the Advanced Touring Choir, the girls develop into responsible young women of exceptional musical ability and talent.
The singing season for the Tucson Girls Chorus runs from August to May. All rehearsals are held in the TGC Music Hall in the Mehl Family Foothills Park on River Road between Dodge and Swan.
How To Join
Auditions are held three times a year: May, August & January. Singers must be accompanied to the audition by a parent or guardian. The Chorus is open to new girls from the 2nd through the 12th grades. For more information email tgcsings@yahoo.com or call the TGC office at 577-6064.
Interim Executive Director
Beth Walkup
Through a series of fortunate events, Beth Walkup (non-profit consultant and City of Tucson's First Lady) serves as our Interim Executive Director. Beth has had many years of experience in helping non-profits achieve their goals. With an endless supply of energy and exciting ideas about how the TGC can create a strong and vital community girls chorus, she is taking us from one adventure to another – from "StarKidz" to "Duets & Dinner" and
everything in-between.
Thank you Beth!
Board of Directors
President
Jan Flanagan
Vice-President
Ali Boelts
Secretary
Linda Krause
Treasurer
Susan Pina
Past President
Dan Gregory |
Members
Michael Butler
Amanda Castaneda
Kevin Hamilton
Tanishia Hamilton
Dianne Iauco
Dennis Kruse
Savannah McDonald
Cherri Pond
Barbi Reuter
Marilyn Robinson
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Artistic Director
Ms. Marcela Molina
A native of Bogota, Colombia, Marcela Molina is currently completing her doctoral studies in choral conducting at the University of Arizona. She holds a Master’s Degree in Choral Conducting and a Bachelors Degree in Theory and Composition from the University of Arizona and Westminster Choir College, respectively. From 2003-2006, Ms. Molina was the assistant conductor of the prestigious Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus. In addition, she has conducted numerous performances and rehearsals at the University of Arizona—including the University Community Chorus, the women’s choir of the Vocal Arts Festival and the Arizona Choir—as well as the Tucson Masterworks Chorale and the semi-professional choir, Tucson Chamber Artists, where she was guest conductor for the 2005 Holiday Season.
In 2002 Ms. Molina was on the theory faculty for the select Young Artist Certificate Program at the Westminster Conservatory, the community music school of Westminster Choir College.
As a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir, Ms. Molina sang under the batons of Joseph Flummerfelt, Kurt Masur, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Zdenek Macal, and Sir Colin Davis with such esteemed orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
Ms. Molina has studied under the tutelage of Drs. Bruce Chamberlain, Elizabeth Schauer, James Jordan, and Andrew Megill, and Professor Allan Crowell. In the fall of 2005, she contributed four articles to the upcoming book Teaching through Performance in Choir, Volume 2. She continues to perform with The Tucson Chamber Artists, and is the conductor for The Tucson Masterworks Chorale
Assistant Conductor/Accompanist
Administrative Executive
Verneatte Enos
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