With the retirement of our founding director, our choirs are now under the very capable direction of Anna Johnson, Artistic Director and Bel Canto Conductor; Kristy Brumfield, Assistant Artistic Director and Prima Conductor and Lyrica Conductor; Alison Custer, Jubilate Conductor. Their resumes bring a rich variety of choral experience to The Girlchoir and a passion for working with young women, helping to mould them to not only be wonderful singers, but poised and beautiful young women.
Artistic Staff:
Anna Johnson, Artistic Director
Anna Walden Johnson is a native of Jackson, Mississippi. Assuming the role of artistic director in 2008, Mrs. Johnson has been conducting with the Mississippi Girlchoir since 2005. Mrs. Johnson received her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Master of Music in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from Mississippi College in Clinton. As a trained soprano, Mrs. Johnson continues to perform in the community. She currently serves as the middle school performing arts teacher at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Ridgeland. She is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Organization of Kodaly Educators, Mississippi Music Educators Association, and the Music Educators National Conference. In addition to teaching private voice lessons, Mrs. Johnson is active in ministries at First Baptist Church in Florence where her husband Ross is the minister of music. She is also proud mother to William.
incredivoice@yahoo.com
601-940-2309
Kristy Brumfield, Conductor
Kristy Brumfield conducts both the Prima and Lyrica divisions of the Mississippi Girlchoir as well as serving as Administrative Assistant. She is a native of Clinton and currently resides in Vicksburg with her husband, Keith, and their three children, Colby, Collin, and Ashton. Kristy holds a Bachelor of Music Education and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Mississippi College. She has taught music and directed choirs for public and private schools in the central Mississippi area for the past nine years as well as teaching private voice and piano students. She is currently the choral and drama director at Hillcrest Christian School in Jackson, MS. In addition to her work in the schools, Kristy has been associated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board music department as a music camp faculty member, festival adjudicator, curriculum contributor, and music leadership clinician. Kristy is a member of the American Choral Director's Association, Choister's Guild, Music Educator's National Conference, Organization of American Kodaly Educators, and the Mississippi Music Educator's Association.
kristy.brumfield@yahoo.com
(601) 624-9112
Lillian Lee, Artistic Director Emeritus
Lillian Lee, founder and artistic director of the Mississippi Girlchoir since 1995, holds a B.M.E. degree from Mississippi University for Women and Master of Music and Master of Voice degrees from Mississippi College. She holds membership in the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, and Organization of American Kodaly Educators. Mrs. Lee received designation as Certified Music Educator by the MENC Conference in 1991. In 1995 she received the Mississippi Music Educator of the Year Award from the Mississippi Music Educators Association, and in 2001 she received the Ernestine Ferrell Award for Excellence in Choral Music. In 2005 Mississippi College selected Mrs. Lee as Music Alumna of the Year. Mrs. Lee has over 45 years teaching experience and frequently serves as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the Southern region. In July of 2008 she retired as Artistic Director and was granted the status of Artistic Director Emeritus by the Board of Directors of MGC. Mrs. Lee is the mother of two daughters, Virginia Lee McMurray and Dr. Dicey Lee Poole both of Little Rock, Arkansas. She is grandmother to Kathleen McMurray, Margaret McMurray, and Michael McMurray also of Little Rock.
mgcll@bellsouth.net
(H) 601-362-9337
(C) 601-832-4490
Executive Director:
Susie Kerce
msgirlchoir@msgirlchoir.org
(O) 601-981-9863
(C) 601-594-6473