2024 State Choir Contest Performance Schedule
Date (26)
Warm-Up
Performance
Class
Ensemble
Friday 4/12/2024
8:40 AM
9:00 AM
MS
Hermosa Middle School Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
MS
Heights Middle School Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
MS
Ruidoso Middle School Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
9:40 AM
10:00 AM
MS
Koogler Middle School Advanced Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
MS
Eisenhower Middle School Concert Choir
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
Friday 4/12/2024
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
MS
Gonzales Community School Middle School Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
MS
Picacho Middle School Combined Choirs
Friday 4/12/2024
11:20 AM
11:40 AM
MS
Lincoln Middle School Treble Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
11:40 AM
12:00 PM
MS
Nina Otero Community School Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
12:00 PM
12:20 PM
MS
El Dorado Community School Concert Choir
Awards ceremony for Middle School to be held at approximately 12:50 PM
Friday 4/12/2024
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
A-5A Treble
Organ Mountain HS Varsity Treble Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
A-5A Treble
Public Academy for Performing Arts Les Chanteuses
Friday 4/12/2024
1:40 PM
2:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Centennial HS Bella Voce Treble Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
A-5A Treble
Moriarty High School
Friday 4/12/2024
2:20 PM
2:40 PM
A-5A Treble
Alamogordo High School Treble Makers
Friday 4/12/2024
2:40 PM
3:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Los Alamos High School Bel Canto
3:00 PM
3:20 PM
Friday 4/12/2024
3:20 PM
3:40 PM
A-5A Treble
Eldorado High School Gold Rush
Friday 4/12/2024
3:40 PM
4:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Volcano Vista High School Vivace Varsity Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
4:00 PM
4:20 PM
A-5A Treble
Portales High School Treble Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
4:20 PM
4:40 PM
A-5A Treble
Santa Fe High School Vox 25
Friday 4/12/2024
4:40 PM
5:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Capital High School Treble Choir
5:00 PM
5:20 PM
Friday 4/12/2024
5:20 PM
5:40 PM
A-5A Treble
La Cueva High School Treble Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
5:40 PM
6:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Rio Rancho High School Bel Canto
Friday 4/12/2024
6:00 PM
6:20 PM
A-5A Treble
Clovis High School Women's Select Choir
Friday 4/12/2024
6:20 PM
6:40 PM
A-5A Treble
V. Sue Cleveland High School Bella Voce
Friday 4/12/2024
6:40 PM
7:00 PM
A-5A Treble
Piedra Vista High School Pipettes
Awards ceremony for Class A-5A Treble to be held at approximately 7:30 PM
Performing Ensembles by Classification
Middle School Choirs
Hermosa Middle School Matadors
Director: Alexus Vicenti
Accompanist:
Music Selections:
Yonder Come Day
JAM! - Tracy Wong
Oye - Jim Papoulis
Heights Middle School Troubadours
Director: Siromani Leath
Accompanist: Melissa Mortensen
Music Selections:
Dixit Dominus - Antonio Vivaldi Arr. Patrick M. Liebergen
Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Christi Jones
Bhombela - Will Skaff
Ruidoso Middle School Choir
Director: Colin McAllister
Accompanist: Melba Valdez
Music Selections:
Omnia Vincit Amor - Micheal John Trotta
We are the Dreamers - Joan C Varner
Glory Bound - arr Jean Anne Shafferman
Koogler Middle School Advanced Choir
Director: Paul E Cranfill
Music Selections:
Truth - Andrea Ramsey
Tres Canciones de los Elementos - Victor C. Johnson
The Awakening - Joseph Martin
Warm-Up
Performance
Class
Ensemble
8:40 AM
9:00 AM
A-3A
Ruidoso High School Choir
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
A-3A
St. Michael's High School Choral Arts Society
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
4A
Moriarty High School Messengers
9:40 AM
10:00 AM
4A
Artesia High School Varsity Chorale
10:00 AM
10:20 AM
4A
Lovington High School Aristocat Choir
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
4A
Los Alamos High School Concert Choir
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
4A
Portales High School Chamber Choir
Awards ceremony for Class A-3A and 4A to be held at approximately 11:30 AM
11:40 AM
12:00 PM
5A
Piedra Vista High School Chamber Choir
12:00 PM
12:20 PM
5A
Sandia High School Concert Choir
12:20 PM
12:40 PM
5A
Mayfield High School Mixed Ensemble
12:40 PM
1:00 PM
5A
Farmington High School Mixed Choir
1:00 PM
1:20 PM
1:20 PM
1:40 PM
5A
La Cueva High School Concert Choir
1:40 PM
2:00 PM
5A
Rio Rancho High School Concert Choir
2:00 PM
2:20 PM
5A
Hobbs High School A Cappella Choir
2:20 PM
2:40 PM
5A
V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Choir
2:40 PM
3:00 PM
5A
Clovis High School Chamber Choir
Awards ceremony for Class 5A to be held at approximately 3:30 PM
Eisenhower Middle School Concert Choir
Director: William Gonzales
Accompanist: Geoffrey St. John
Music Selections:
Omnia Vincit Amor - Michael John Trotta
The Old Mill - Kenneth Riggs
Amani (Peace) - Audrey Snyder
Gonzales Community School Middle School Concert Choir
Director: John Tiranno
Accompanist: Elizabeth Young
Music Selections:
Jubilate Deo - arr. Doreen Rao
Benedictus - Bruce Tippette
Come to the Music - Joseph Martin
Picacho Middle School Combined Choirs
Director: Virginia Ramos
Accompanist: Anton Tan
Music Selections:
Yonder Come Day - Judith Cook Tucker
A La Nanita Nana - Arr. Victor C. Johnson
Eneza Upendo (Spread Love) - Jim Papoulis
Lincoln Middle School Treble Choir
Director: Miguel Jaramillo
Accompanist: Ronda Schripsema
Music Selections:
After the Rain - Sarah Quartel
Changes - Audrey Snyder
Il Lampo - Ryan Main
Nina Otero Community School Choir
Director: Caiti Lord
Accompanist: Will Varner
Music Selections:
Yonder Come Day - Judith Cook Tucker
Kusimama - Jim Papoulis
Harvest Moon - Cristi Cary Miller
El Dorado Community School Concert Choir
Director: Galen Prenevost
Accompanist: Will Varner
Music Selections:
Take Me Back, O Hills I Love - Appalachian Canon, arr. G. Prenevost
Canta Una Cancion - Victor C. Johnson
The Autumn Reel - Audry Snyder
Class A-5A Treble Choirs
Organ Mountain Varsity Treble Choir
Director: Ida M. Holguin
Accompanist: Anton Tan
Music Selections:
And Miriam Sang Shiru L’Adonai - Zebulon M. Highben
Weep No More - David N. Childs
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around - Rollo Dilworth
Public Academy for Performing Arts Les Chanteuses
Director: Edmund Torrez
Accompanist: Raul Manjarrez
Music Selections:
Bonnie Wood Green - Stephen Hatfield
Iodana - Michael Barrett
Revelation - Z Randall Stroope
Centennial High School Bella Voce
Director: Jeonai Batista
Accompanist: Ji Young Han
Music Selections:
Let There Be Peace On Earth - Arr. Ruth Dwyer & Martin Ellis
As Costureiras - Heitor Villa-Lobos
Yo Le Canto Todo El Dia - David L. Brunner
Moriarty High School Advanced Treble Choir
Director: Audrianna Aragon
Accompanist: Nathan Cleveland
Music Selections:
Sing Out My Soul - Marques L.A. Garrett
J’entends le moulin - Donald Patriquin
Rise My Soul - Susan Labarr
Alamogordo High School Treble Makers
Director: Mrs. Kasandra Chew (Bryant)
Accompanist: Geavonna Bryant
Music Selections:
Sim Shalom (A Prayer for Peace) – Will Lopes
The Water is Wide – Greg Gilpin
Soran Bushi (Fisherman’s Song) – Wendy B. Stuart
Los Alamos High School Bel Canto
Director: Jason Rutledge
Accompanist: Xander Mancino
Music Selections:
Ukuthula - Traditional/Andre van der Merwe
Rise, My Soul - Traditional/Susan Labarr
Dies Irae - Ryan Main
Eldorado High School Gold Rush
Director: Emery Edwards
Accompanist: Geoffrey St. John
Music Selections:
Hanerot Halalu - Sarah Riskind
Swing Down Chariot - arr. The Vagabonds
What Happens When a Woman - Alexandra Olsavsky
Volcano Vista High School Vivace Varsity Choir
Director: Joseph Mitchell
Accompanist: Melissa Spencer
Music Selections:
Common Silence - Marie-Claire Saindon
Inveniam Viam - Ryan Main
Moon Flight - Daniel Brinsmead
Portales High School Treble Choir
Director: Maggie Mendoza
Accompanist: Heather Christensen
Music Selections:
In The Valley - Matt Podd
Dominus Vobiscum - Jacob Narverud
Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet - Greg Gilpin
Santa Fe High School Vox 25
Director: Caleb Heaton
Accompanist: Debbie Wagner
Music Selections:
Il Iampo – Ryan Main
O Magnum Mysterium – Evan Ramos
Eatnemen Vulie – Frode Fjelheim
Capital High School Treble Choir
Director: Alicia Dickinson
Accompanist: Bryan Hutchinson
Music Selections:
Bella Ciao - Christi Jones
Where the Light Begins - Susan LaBarr
Lunar Lullaby - Jacob Narverud
La Cueva High School Treble Choir
Director: Katherine Green
Accompanist: Ronda Schripsema
Music Selections:
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie - Moira Smiley
J'ai vu le loup - Emily Crocker
Shule Aroon - Ruth Elaine Schram
Rio Rancho High School Bel Canto
Director: Rebecca Kendall
Accompanist: Anna-Yumi Kang-Walker
Music Selections:
Dies Irae - Main
Lineage - Ramsey
Criome Mi Madre - Nunez
Praise His Holy Name - Hampton
Clovis High School Women’s Select Choir
Director: Tami Martin
Accompanist: Sarah Sena
Music Selections:
Sigh No More, Ladies - Ruth Morris Gray
Beati Omnes - Richard Ewer
The Cloths of Heaven - Eleanor Daley
V. Sue Cleveland High School Bella Voce
Director: Jadira Flamm
Accompanist: Becky Talbott
Music Selections:
Hotaru Koi - Arr. by Ro Ogura
Nuit D’Etoiles - Debussy/Arr. by Alan Raines
All Together We Are Love - Katerina Gimon
Piedra Vista High School Pipettes
Director: James Golden
Accompanist: Robyn Woodard
Music Selections:
Legatum - Ryan Main
Good Night, Dear Heart - Dan Forrest
Wade in the Water - Kevin Phillip
Class A-3A Choirs
Ruidoso High School
Director: Colin McAllister
Accompanist: Melba Valdez
Music Selections:
You are the New Day - arr. Peter Knight
Dona Nobis Pacem - Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart
Come to the Music - Joseph M Martin
Choral Arts Society of St. Michael’s High School
Director: Carmen Florez-Mansi
Accompanist: Paul Roth
Music Selections:
Ave Maria - Tomás Luis di Victoria
I Will Live - Brian Sharpe
Even When He Is Silent - Kim André Arnesen
Class 4A Choirs
Moriarty High School Messengers
Director: Audrianna Aragon
Accompanist: Nathan Cleveland
Music Selections:
Dies Irae - Michael John Trotta
Verduron - Randy Haldeman
Sing Unto the Sky - Karen Marrolli
Artesia High School Varsity Chorale
Director: Susie Parker
Accompanist: Jennifer Wright
Music Selections:
Danny Boy – arranged by: Russell Robinson
Tu Sangre en la mia - Shawn Kirchner
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - Arr. By Patti Drennan
Lovington High School Aristocat Choir
Director: Elijah Estrada
Accompanist: James Golden
Music Selections:
The Eternal Gates - Howard Helvey
Die Nachtigall - Felix Mendelssohn
The Awakening - Joseph M. Martin
Los Alamos High School Concert Choir
Director: Jason Rutledge
Accompanist: Xander Mancino
Music Selections:
La la la, Je le vous dirae - Pierre Certon
If ye love me - Thomas Tallis
Emily’s Creed - Philip E. Silvery
Portales High School Chamber Choir
Director: Maggie Mendoza
Accompanist: Heather Christensen
Music Selections:
Gloria—Joseph Haydn Arr. Ryan Kelly
All Things New—Elaine Hagenberg
Poor Wayfaring Stranger—Alexander Lloyd Blake
Class 5A Choirs
Piedra Vista High School Chamber Choir
Director: James Golden
Accompanist: Robyn Woodard
Music Selections:
Lamentations of Jeremiah - Z. Randall Stroope
Deep Peace - Elaine Hagenberg
Tchaka - Sydney Guillaume
Sandia High School Concert Choir
Director: Alyssa Arruti
Accompanist: Ronda Schripsema
Music Selections:
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? - arr. Jay Althouse
Il Lampo - Ryan Main
Omnia Sol - Z Randall Stroope
Mayfield High School Mixed Ensemble
Director: Anton Tan
Accompanist: Jeonai Batista
Music Selections:
Esto Les Digo - Kinley Lange
The Pasture - Z. Randall Stroope
Jubilate Deo - Emily Crocker
Farmington High School Mixed Choir
Director: Katie Patton
Accompanist: Levi Brown
Music Selections:
Hine Ma Tov - Neil Ginsberg
Wanting Memories - Ysaye M. Barnwell
Festival Sanctus - John Leavitt
La Cueva High School Concert Choir
Director: Katherine Green
Accompanist: Ronda Schripsema
Music Selections:
Canto Que Amabas - Z. Randall Stroope
Magnificat in B flat Major, Movement 1(My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord) – Francesco Durante
Lord, I Know I Been Changed - Bruce More
Rio Rancho High School Concert Choir
Director: Rebecca Kendall
Accompanist: Anna-Yumi Kang-Walker
Music Selections:
Dies Irae - Mozart, arr. Liebergen
Earth Song - Ticheli
Elements: Air & Fire - Gimon
Hobbs High School A Cappella Choir
Director: Cameron Colson
Accompanist: Julio Castillo
Music Selections:
Bullerengue – Jose A. Rincon
Even When He is Silent – Kim Andre Arnesen
Luminous Night – Ola Gjeilo
V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Choir
Director: Jadira Flamm
Accompanist: Becky Talbott
Music Selections:
Viva! from Il re pastore - Mozart/Arr. by Patrick Liebergen
Emily’s Creed - Phillip E. Silvey
Balleilakka - A. R. Rahman/Arr. by Ethan Sperry
Clovis High School Chamber Choir
Director: Tami Martin
Accompanist: Sarah Sena
Music Selections:
Go Down, Moses - Traditional Spiritual/arr. by David Eddleman
Ubi Caritas - Ola Gjeilo
The Music of Living - Dan Forrest
State Choir Contest Thank-You’s
The New Mexico Activities Association would like to thank the host of the 2024 State Choir Contest, V. Sue Cleveland High School
and Rio Rancho Public Schools. We thank you for your willingness to work with us and to provide a wonderful venue for the State
Choir Contest participants in our state. A special thanks to:
Keith Abrahamson, Fine Arts/Theater Tech – Cleveland High School
Scott Affentranger, Principal – Cleveland High School
Dr. Sue Cleveland, Superintendent – Rio Rancho Public Schools
Jadira Flamm, Choir Director – Cleveland High School
Kurt Schmidt, Director of Fine Arts for Rio Rancho Public Schools
Neil Swapp, Executive Director of New Mexico Music Educators Association
We would like to thank the Cleveland High School Choir for serving as runners, ensemble escorts and stage crew for the contest. A
special thank you to the Rio Rancho Convention and Visitors Bureau for their sponsorship of this event. This event would not be
possible without all of you!
NMAA State Choir Contest Past Champions
Year Host Class Champions
2008 Albuquerque Academy 1A-3A West Las Vegas High School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Manzano High School
2009 Capital High School MS Koogler Middle School
1A-2A Victory Christian School
3A West Las Vegas High School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Hobbs High School
2010 Albuquerque Academy MS Ruidoso Middle School
1A-2A Victory Christian School
3A Sandia Preparatory School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Eldorado High School
2011 Albuquerque Academy MS Lynn Middle School
1A-2A Victory Christian School
3A West Las Vegas High School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Eldorado High School
2012 Albuquerque Academy MS Desert Ridge Middle School & Vista Middle School (tie)
1A-2A Cloudcroft High School
3A Sandia Preparatory School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Carlsbad High School
2013 Cleveland High School MS Eisenhower Middle School
1A-2A Victory Christian School
3A New Mexico School for the Arts
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A Carlsbad High School
2014 Cleveland High School MS Eisenhower Middle School
1A-2A Victory Christian School
3A Lovington High School
4A Piedra Vista High School
5A La Cueva High School
2015 Cleveland High School MS Eisenhower Middle School
A-3A New Mexico School for the Arts
5A Los Alamos High School
6A La Cueva High School
2016 Cleveland High School MS Eisenhower Middle School
A-3A New Mexico School for the Arts
4A Portales High School
5A Piedra Vista High School
6A Eldorado High School & Rio Rancho High School (tie)
2017 Cleveland High School MS Eisenhower Middle School
A-6A Treble La Cueva High School
A-3A New Mexico School for the Arts
4A St. Michael’s High School
5A Los Alamos High School
6A La Cueva High School
2018 Cleveland High School MS Lincoln Middle School
A-6A Treble Farmington High School
A-3A Capitan High School
4A Portales High School
5A Artesia High School
6A Piedra Vista High School and Rio Rancho High School (tie)
2019 Cleveland High School MS Lincoln Middle School
A-5A Treble Clovis High School & Volcano Vista High School (tie)
A-3A St. Michael’s High School
4A Portales High School
5A Piedra Vista High School
2020 & 2021 Canceled due to pandemic
2022 Cleveland High School MS Heights Middle School and Los Alamos Middle School (tie)
A-5A Treble Public Academy for the Performing Arts
A-3A New Mexico School for the Arts
4A Portales High School
5A Piedra Vista High School
2023 Cleveland High School MS Heights Middle School
A-5A Treble Public Academy for the Performing Arts
A-3A St. Michael’s High School
4A Portales High School
5A Clovis High School
Adjudicators’ Biographies
Leigh Ann McClure (Texas) – The child of two music educators, Leigh Ann McClure has been the Head Choral
Director of the Central High School Choral Music Department in Keller ISD for 17 years. The CHS Choral
Department consists of over 300 students, 3 directors, eight concert choirs, and two show choirs. Ms.
McClure previously taught in the Arlington, Cleburne, and Alvarado ISDs. She received the BME degree from
Baylor University and MME from The University of North Texas.
In addition to having numerous TMEA All-State Choir members, she teaches several all-state camps each year
and is an active adjudicator, clinician, and honor choir conductor. Ms. McClure has served the Texas Choral
Directors’ Association as Secretary; the Texas Music Educators’ Association Vocal Division as Region Secretary,
MS/JHS Region Coordinator, Region and Area Chair, 2012 and 2013 All-State Women’s Choir Organizer, and is currently Area B
Division Mentorship Chair; and the Texas Music Adjudicators’ Association as Vocal Vice-President. In 2013, she was a recipient of
the Texas University Scholarship League “Sponsor of Excellence” award.
McClure is particularly proud of the Keller Central Chamber Women. This ensemble is honored to have been selected as one of
twelve choirs to perform at the 2024 Texas Music Educators’ Convention in San Antonio. In 2021, this treble choir was named the
winner of the inaugural “America’s Got Choirs” contest and in 2022 was awarded “Best Live Performance” by the judges in that
competition. In the spring of 2022, they were honored to perform in concert at Baylor University alongside the widely regarded
Bella Voce women’s ensemble. The Chamber Women were then named “Outstanding Treble Choir” in both 2022 and 2023 at the
prestigious Festival Di Voce choral competition held at Dallas Baptist University and in 2023, the Chamber Women were named
“Reserve Grand Champion” at Festival di Voce as well. Most recently, the ensemble was named a National Winner in the 2023 Mark
of Excellence/National Choral Honors project sponsored by The Foundation for Music Education. The choir is extremely honored to
have been selected as one of twelve choirs to perform a concert at the 2024 Texas Music Educators’ Convention in San Antonio.
In addition to directing this ensemble, she also conducts the Chamber Singers Mixed Choir, Scarlet Singers treble choir, and is the co-
director of the Voices of Central Show Choir. In her spare time she enjoys playing golf, traveling, and spending time with her adult
children and their spouses as well as her four adorable grandsons. She also enjoys singing and playing handbells at Keller United
Methodist Church, where her sweetheart, Carl Lorey, is Director of Music and Worship.
Nathaniel Gillette (Wyoming) – Nathaniel Gillette is the Director of Choirs at Riverton High School and
Riverton Middle School in Riverton, Wyoming, where he directs a jazz choir, a women’s choir, mixed choirs, and
serves as the music director for both the high school and middle school musicals. Nathaniel is an active
member of ACDA and NAfME, teaches voice privately, and is an active clinician and adjudicator. Nathaniel
holds a Master of Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of Wyoming, a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a
Master of Arts in Music Education from Truman State University, and a Specialist Certificate in Live Sound and
Acoustics from the Berklee College of Music.
Matias Garcia (Texas) - Matias A. ‘Matt” Garcia, has been a music educator for 48 years. He is a
graduate of Texas A&I University in Kingsville, TX. He has taught music at all levels, from pre-K to
community college. He was very active in his community, in Laredo and was honored with a
proclamation by the Laredo City Council. In Laredo, he played many leading roles for the Laredo Little
Theater. He has taught in Alice, Laredo’s Nixon and Martin High School ,VMT Magnet School,
Brownsville’s St. Joseph Academy, New York, and
Miami and for 1996-2014 was the Choir Coordinator for Donna ISD. He also served as the Choir Chair for
the Texas Music Educators Association in Region 28 Under his leadership, the Donna Choir program,
grew strong and all the choirs have received a UIL Sweepstakes rating. Mr. Garcia is known for his
rendition of the National Anthem and has sung for Several Texas Governors, the Joint House of
Legislature of Texas, for the Governor of the Day, honoring Laredo’s Sen. Judith Zaffarini. His choir in
Laredo, TX. was invited to perform for the Texas Association of School Boards and Texas Association of Secondary Administrators.
Most recently, he was invited to sing for the Council of State Governments National Convention in San Antonio and was honored
with the Honorary Title of Singer Laureate, for the State of Texas. He was chosen in 2014 to be the Texas All-State Tenor-Bass Choir
section leader. He is a member of TMEA, TCDA TMAA and ACDA. He is married to Maria Alonzo Garcia and has two children Natalie
and John Paul. Mr. Garcia has been retired since 2014 but continues to consult and adjudicate at several Schools in Texas. He resides
in Weslaco Texas.