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SCNATS Events for 2024-2025:
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Regional Qualifiers and Honors Recipients
from South Carolina Spring 2024
Musical Theatre/Commercial Music Student Auditions
Regional Qualifiers and Honors Recipients
from South Carolina Fall 2023
Classical/Spiritual Student Auditions
Fran McMillan Pinson
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Spotlight on Latin American and Iberian Peninsula Composers Awards
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The Spring 2024 recipient is.....
Jeremy Mims! Dr. Jeremy Mims is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Winthrop University. Previously he was on the faculties of Clarke University and Whitman College, where he conducted the choirs and orchestra. He was also a public school educator in El Paso, TX. An active clinician and collaborative pianist, Mims has served as conductor and pianist for numerous high school all-region and all-state choirs, as well for professional and university choruses. His choirs have performed at state and regional conventions, at Carnegie Hall, and in festivals in Bulgaria, Italy, and the Czech Republic. Twice he has served as the pianist and associate director at the Prague Choral Festival. Mims has presented at regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, of which President-Elect of the South Carolina chapter. Dr. Mims hold degrees from Hardin-Simmons University and the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance. He is the Director of Music at Grace Lutheran Church in Rock Hill, SC, where he directs the choirs and serves as pianist and organist. Check out his performance here! Previous Recipients: Fall 2023 - Katherine Acree Spring 2023 - Mildred Ann Roche Fall 2022 - Grace Berardo Spring 2022 - Rodney Cleveland Fall 2021 - Julie Smith Spring 2021 - Luke Fang Fall 2020 - Greg Boatwright |
SCNATS Spring 2024 Spotlight on Latin American and Iberian Peninsula Composer Award Recipients: Upper Division- South Carolina NATS is proud to present Joshua Parga, a student of Michelle Hache, as the WINNER in the UPPER division of our Spotlight on Latin American and Iberian Peninsula Composers Awards. Two Suns Setting from Boomerangs by Benjamin Velez Lower Division- South Carolina NATS is proud to present Maxine Messer, a student of Catherine Siarris, as the WINNER in the LOWER division of our Spotlight on Latin American and Iberian Peninsula Composers Awards. Count on Me by Bruno Mars |