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Justin Durham (1999, 2002) is the choral director at Highlands High School in Ft. Thomas, KY. In 2004, the Advanced Women's Choir from Ft. Thomas presented an invitational concert at the KMEA annual in-service in Louisville. Justin is the High School Repertory and Standards Chair for the Kentucky Choral Directors Association and presented an interest session on standard choral repertory at the KyCDA this past summer.

 
 

Jeremy O'Neal (2002) is choral director at Inman Middle School, Paris, TN. Last spring Jeremy's Treble Singers received scores of 1 and 1+ at the Junior High Choral Festival in Memphis. Jeremy brought 15 ensembles to festival and all received ratings of 1. In addition he took 40 vocal solos to festival with 30 receiving a 1 rating.

 
 

Megan Cain (2003) is teaching at the Covington Integrated Arts Academy in Covington, TN. She teaches K-8 integrated music and vocal music. Her students wrote raps about America and recorded them for a CD. During this past summer she and a colleague sponsored a Vocal Workshop for singers 8-18. They even had a student from Minnesota attend.

 
 

Megan and Jeremy are coordinating the All Northwest Tennessee Junior High Honor Choir this fall. The Honor Choir is sponsored by the West TennesseeVocal Music Educators Association.

 
 

Steven Page (1998) is the Director of Bands for West Jessamine High School in Nicholasville, KY. His bands have performed in Chicago, Cleveland and St. Louis. They have performed at the State Concert Band Festival 4 of the past 5 years. They have been invited to perform with the University of Kentucky Symphony Band. He also serves on the Kentucky Music Educators Association Board of Directors as the Band Division Chair. Steven is married to Shana and is father to Grainger (born March 27, 2003). He continues to sing, performing with the Lexington Chamber Chorale and is studying voice at UK.

 
 

Cory Crider (1999) is enrolled in the Artist Diploma program in the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Cory sang the bass solos in Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Paducah Symphony, Symphony chorus and Murray State University Choirs this past April. His wife, Michelle (Turner, 2000) is teaching music at Jennie Rogers Elementary School in Danville, KY and is an adjunct voice instructor for Transylvania University in Lexington.

 
 
 
 

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