FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 16, 2020
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — “Let All Men Sing,” a weekend choral clinic presented by the Tarleton State University Department of Fine Arts, is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24, and Saturday, Jan. 25, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.
The annual event brings together tenors and basses of all ages from all over North Texas to sing and perform, culminating in a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in the sanctuary of Stephenville’s First Baptist Church. The public is invited.
This year’s clinician is Tefsa Wondemagegnehu director of the St. Olaf College Viking Chorus and Chapel Choir in Minneapolis.
Wondemagegnehu has become one of the most sought-after conductors and educators in the country and is on the cutting edge of music-related social justice movements throughout the United States. He has conducted and given masterclasses, workshops and clinics both nationally and internationally. In 2017 he co-led the American Choral Directors Association’s national high school honor choir and was named the composer-in-residence for Choirs of America at Carnegie Hall, where he conducted more than 600 voices in singing the world premiere of his composition “May the Road.”
​He holds a master of music degree in choral conducting and vocal performance from Florida State University and a bachelor of music degree in vocal performing from the University of Memphis.
For more information, contact Dr. Troy Robertson, Tarleton director of choirs, at robertson@tarleton.edu.
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
Contact: Phil Riddle
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu
