Alumna to head up Children’s Choir

Amanda Sali, Children's director“This is a homecoming,” declared Claudia Gatewood, announcing the appointment of Amanda Sali as the new conductor of the Young Singers, the children’s choir program at Stetson University’s Community School of Music.

“Amanda was a member of the Children’s Choir at Stetson for seven years, then went on to earn a Bachelor of Music Education in Choral Music from Stetson in 2002, graduating summa cum laude,” said Gatewood, director of the Community School of Music.

Two years later, she earned a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas, where she was named that year’s Outstanding Graduate Student in Conducting and Ensembles.

Her conducting experience includes rehearsal assistant of the Gwinnett Young Singers in Duluth, Ga.; directing the middle school choir and high school ensemble at Stetson Baptist Church; Conductor of the University of North Texas Women’s Chorus, in Denton, Texas; Director of Choral Activities at South Gwinnett High School, in Snellville, Ga.; Director of the Allegro Choir with the Gwinnett Young Singers; and Director of the Children’s Choir at Deltona Alliance Church.

“We are so pleased Amanda is returning to Stetson and the Young Singers’ choir. This full circle for Amanda will be a tremendous asset for members of the Young Singers, for Stetson and for the entire community,” said Gatewood.

In addition to her conducting, Sali served as a choir member and soloist for a number of music groups, including Stetson University Concert Choir, Stetson Symphonic Band, Helios–a professional choral ensemble in Dallas, University of North Texas Collegium Musicum and A Cappella Choir, the Atlanta Sacred Chorale, and the Worship Choir at Deltona Alliance Church.

The Young Singers is a treble choir for elementary, middle, and high school students. For more about this program, readers may contact Claudia Gatewood at 386-822-8962 or at [email protected]. Information about all of the Community School of Music programs is available online at Stetson.edu/music/community-school.