Published Spring 2025

What's your favorite Woodson Chorus memory? 

It is hard to choose one memory that is a favorite, but one that kept coming back to me while thinking was my sophomore year. We were on the Spring trip and the select vocal ensemble had an impromptu rehearsal in the parking lot of our hotel. It was some of the best singing we had ever done, and there were a number of hotel guests who came out of the lobby and hotel restaurant to listen to us sing!

What role has music played in your life since high school? 

Music has played a HUGE role in my life post-high school! I went to college to study Choral Music Education at the University of Delaware. In college, my three focuses were voice, piano, and conducting. I had the honor of singing in the University of Delaware Chorale and TAing the University Singers which is the school's Advance Treble Ensemble. It was one of the coolest experiences I have ever had!

What are you up to now? 

I now live outside of Raleigh, North Carolina in a town called Apex and I teach Middle School Chorus at Apex Middle! I work closely with the two high schools that my kids feed and I accompany both of the high school choirs. I am the conservatory music director of a community theatre company, The Carolina Academy of Performing Arts or CAPA. My oldest sister, Olivia, lives in Raleigh and it is such a joy of mine to get to visit my niece and nephew at least once a week! My parents just made the move to North Carolina, so it is very nice to be near the family again!


What advice would you give to current Woodson Choristers? 

My biggest piece of advice would be to sing in choir in college! We are so fortunate to have such an amazing high school choral experience and college choir is high school choir x10! Whether or not you are studying music in college, most schools have a general choir that students of any major can participate in! Never stop singing! Woodson High School chorus changed my life for the better, and I am so lucky I get to have my own version here in NC :)

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