Appalachian State University Gospel Choir
Scripture
“Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord!”
Preamble
The A.S.U. Gospel Choir serves to promote a sincere atmosphere for Christian fellowship. Activities sponsored by the choir include gospel concerts, workshops, and bible study.
About The Choir
The Appalachian State University Gospel Choir started as a Bible Study for the Black Student Association. It is now an official music school ensemble and is one of the most dynamic musical groups in the Southeastern United States. This group, comprised of ASU students, is both a popular class and an active ministry. Performing for prisons, churches, and schools, ASU Gospel Choir takes every opportunity to spread the “Good News”. They have toured in several major cities including Atlanta, Nashville, and Washington, D.C. This past spring the choir toured in the Sunshine State, rendering performances in Port St. Lucie and Orlando. It is the love of God, ministry, and music that inspires these singers. The choir has one-hundred ten singers and a band consisting of drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, piano, saxophones, trumpet, and trombone. Within the Gospel Choir is another group called Genesis. This group is a small ensemble that leads praise and worship at area churches. The ASU Gospel Choir performs a variety of sacred music including Negro Spirituals, Black Gospel, and Contemporary Praise and Worship.
About the Conductor
Jason D. Thompson has been on the faculty of the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina since 2006. His teaching responsibilities within the choral conducting division include Men’s Glee, Jazz Vocal Ensemble, and the Gospel Choir Ensemble.
Mr. Thompson received both the Bachelor of Music degree (1999) and Master of Music degree (2006) in Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His professional experiences include choral and piano teaching positions on the elementary, secondary, and collegiate levels in North Carolina and Virginia. With eight years of successful public school teaching experience, he was one of five finalists recognized a Sun Trust Teacher of the Year for Guilford County Schools in 2006.
Thompson holds professional memberships in MENC: The National Association for Music Education and the American Choral Directors Association. He serves on the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Music Educators Association, the Board of Directors for Musical Arts Guild and is Repertoire and Standards Committee Chair for Male Choirs for the North Carolina chapter of American Choral Directors Association. He is published in the Music Educators Journal.
Contact
| Director | Mr. Jason Thompson | 828-262-7235 |
| President | Nakiedra Daniel | nd54216@appstate.edu |
| Vice President | Chris Nivens | cn59419@appstate.edu |
| Treasurer | Christina Cessions | cc66111@appstate.edu |
| Correspondance Secretary | Crystal Klusman | ck72166@appstate.edu |
| Secretary | Melissa Granieri | mg61424@appstate.edu |