Jennifer Barnes 2025-2026 Treble Jazz Jennifer Barnes is a highly sought-after vocalist, educator, clinician and arranger and Professor of Music at the University of North Texas. As Director of Vocal Jazz Studies, Ms. Barnes oversees all vocal activities within the Division of Jazz Studies at UNT, including four vocal jazz ensembles and directing the award-winning […]
Dr. Jeremy Fox 2025-2026 Mixed Jazz Grammy-nominated Dr. Jeremy Fox is Professor of Vocal Jazz at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. There he directs vocal jazz ensembles, teaches jazz voice lessons, jazz piano accompanying pclasses, and audio classes. For 14 years, Dr. Fox taught full-time at the School for Music Vocations program, for […]
2024-2025 Hotel Information The Colorado All-State Choir festival will be held at the Embassy Suites. Students will be rehearsing in the hotel. Embassy Suites is located across the street from the Convention Center and is close to the 16th Street Mall for meal options. This hotel also offers a complimentary breakfast buffet. Embassy Suites […]
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The Colorado All State Choir Governing Board and CMEA are pleased to announce auditions for the 2023 Colorado All-State Jazz Choirs. The Colorado All State Choir Conference comprises three auditioned choirs: Mixed Choir (16 members – SATB), Treble Choir (16 members – SSAA), and Tenor/Bass Choir (16 members – TTBB), and is held at the […]
2025-2026 Treble Choir ❖ Dr. Lynda Hasseler Lynda R. Hasseler, D.M.A., assumed the directorship of the renowned Capital University Chapel Choir in July, 1990, making her the first woman to head a choral program at a Lutheran college or university. As Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities in the Conservatory of Music, Dr. […]
2025-2026 Mixed Choir ❖ Jake Runestad Considered “one of the best of the younger American composers” (Chicago Tribune), EMMY®-winning and GRAMMY®-nominated composer and conductor Jake Runestad has received commissions and performances from leading ensembles and organizations such as VOCES8, Washington National Opera, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, the Munich Radio Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra & […]
2025-2026 Tenor-Bass Choir ❖ Dr. Eugene Rogers A two-time Michigan Emmy Award winner, a 2017 Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient, and a 2015 GRAMMY® Award nominee, Dr. Eugene Rogers is recognized as a leading conductor and pedagogue throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to being the founding director of EXIGENCE, Dr. Rogers is […]
Colorado All State Choir has three choirs; Tenor/Bass (Men’s Choir), Mixed Choir & Treble (Women’s) Choir. Accepted All State singers are evenly distributed between the two choirs. Students who are accepted a second year are automatically placed in the other choir.