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Today on conduct(her) McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Kathy Romey. Dr. Romey is the Director of Choral Activities at the University of Minnesota where she oversees the graduate program in choral conducting and conducts choirs. She is also the Artistic Director of the 200-voice symphonic chorus, The Minnesota Chorale.

Welcome to conduct(her.) We are so excited to have Pingyi Song on with us today. 

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Pingyi Song. Song is a music faculty at McCall School of Visual & Performing Art and serves as the Director of Choral Activities at Coker University. Song is an active conductor, clinician, music educator, and choral director for multiple professional, collegiate, community, church, and children’s choirs in both the United States and China.

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview conductor Karin Hendrickson. Karin, a conductor equally at home with opera and orchestra, maintains an international profile as an exceptional orchestra and opera pedagogue.

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Elaine Stanford, Music Specialist for Loudoun County Public Schools. Prior to teaching in Loudoun County, Mrs. Stanford was the Choral Director at Oakton High School where she was twice named Teacher of the Year. She then spent five years as the Music Resource Teacher in Fairfax County Public Schools. Mrs. Stanford is a frequent guest conductor, adjudicator, and accompanist. 

Today on conduct(her), McKenna & Kyra interview Dr. Carole Ott Coelho. Coelho is the Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her degrees include the Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from the University of Michigan where she studied with Jerry Blackstone and Theo Morrison. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where her primary instrument was French Horn.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Julie Yu-Oppenheim. Award-winning choral conductor and music educator Dr. Julie Yu-Oppenheim is returning to Oklahoma to accept the joint leadership position of director of choral activities at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and artistic director of Canterbury Voices, Oklahoma’s premiere symphony chorus. At the time of this interview, Dr. Julie Yu-Oppenheim was co-director of choral studies at Kansas State University.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Maria Ellis. Maria A. Ellis is a very passionate music educator, choral conductor, and creator of Girl Conductor LLC. She currently serves as the Director of The Sheldon's City of Music All-Star Chorus and is the host of Bach and Beyoncé - The Radio Show on Classic 107.3 FM The Voice for the Arts in St. Louis, MO.

Today on conduct(her) Kyra and McKenna interview Dr. Sharon Paul who holds the Robert M. Trotter Chair of Music at the University of Oregon, where she currently serves as Department Head of Music Performance and Director of Choral Activities. She is also the author of Art & Science in the Choral Rehearsal, published by Oxford University Press, which features many of the creative and evidence-based teaching strategies she has cultivated over her career.