The University of Arizona
College of Fine Arts - School of Music

Choral Studies

Shekela Wanyama

Shekela Wanyama

Shekela Wanyama is in her second year as a DMA student in choral and orchestral conducting at the University of Arizona, where she also directs the Treble Glee Club. She is a student of Dr. Elizabeth Schauer and Dr. Thomas Cockrell.  In the Tucson area, Shekela is...
W. Aaron Rice

W. Aaron Rice

W. Aaron Rice attended Hendrix College (BA in Music) in Conway, Arkansas, where he studied composition, counterpoint, and orchestration under Dr. Karen Griebling as well as trombone and conducting under Dr. Karen Fannin. After leaving Hendrix, he took over the...
Sinamar Respicio

Sinamar Respicio

Sinamar Pascua Respicio finished her bachelor’s degree in Church Music at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music (AILM) and Trinity University of Asia (Philippines) and her master’s degree in choral conducting, magna cum laude, at St. Paul University-Manila...
Erik Peregrine

Erik Peregrine

Erik Peregrine (they/them or he/him) enjoys an active career as a conductor and educator, currently serving as both the artistic director of University of Arizona’s Collegium Musicum and of Ensemble Companio, an award-winning Northeastern chamber choir. Peregrine has...
Mirae Lee

Mirae Lee

DMA, Choral Conducting, in progress at University of Arizona MM, Choral Conducting, University of Alabama BM, Composition, Chung-Ang University, South Korea Mirae Lee is a conductor, composer, and pianist with a variety of worldwide experiences. She is currently a DMA...