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Jennifer Shadle-Peters, Concert Choir Director
Jennifer Shadle-Peters directs the Music Education degree program at Colorado State University-Pueblo, and maintains an active liaison with music teachers in Pueblo and nearby school districts. Dr. Shadle-Peters earned her Bachelor of Music and Master of Arts degrees from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, and her Ph.D. from Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri. She taught general and choral music in Texas and Illinois before turning her attention to teaching at the collegiate level. She joined the faculty of Colorado State University-Pueblo in August 2005, having taught for eleven years at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois. While living in Illinois, she created and directed the Edwardsville Children’s Chorus, a smaller community music program, but one very similar to Pueblo Children’s Chorale.
Jennifer has been active as a voice teacher and performer, as well, with roles including Laurie in Oklahoma, the Dewfairy in the opera Hansel and Gretel, and Musetta in the opera La Boheme. She sang for seven seasons with the Houston Symphony Chorale and in three European tours with the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville University Concert Chorale.
Jennifer is active in her church music program and in PEO. Her hobbies and special interests include bicycling, hiking, textile arts, languages, and her two very spoiled cats!
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Lori Judkins, Accompanist Concert Choir
Lori is a veteran of the USN where she served as a court reporter for 3 years, and has resided in Pueblo since 1980. She is the mother of 3 grown children…John (Eevin), Joseph, and Janae (a former Children’s Chorale member).
Professional, church, and civic activities have included the following: Full-time staff accompanist @ South High School for 6 choirs (9 years) during which time concert tours included York, London, and New York twice (Carnegie Hall); Accompanist for the Roberta Arwood Voice Studio; Substitute teacher for District #60; Private teacher of piano/voice; Church pianist/organist for 25+ years; Sunday school teacher, Children’s choir leader; Active membership in the Pueblo Choral Society since 1993 including positions as President, Artistic Committee Chair, Ensemble Committee Chair, and featured soloist in such works as Handel’s Messiah, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and Bach’s Magnificat; Accompanist for the Pueblo Children’s Chorale.
She will hold a BA in Music Education from CSU-Pueblo in May 2007, and is currently the Director of Music and Liturgy at the Shrine of St. Therese Catholic Church.
Besides music, her hobbies and special interests include sewing, crafts, nutrition, exercise, and becoming an almost-grandma!
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Christina Anderson, Executive Director
Christina is currently in her seventh year as Executive Director for the Chorale. She is one of the Chorale's co-founders and held the position of President of the board from 1996-2003.
Christina is a 1989 gold cord graduate of Centennial High School in Pueblo. While she was at Centennial she was a member of the choral program, under the direction of Ken Butcher. During her senior year she began studying through Associated Schools, Inc. in Miami, Florida to become a flight attendant in the airline industry. When she married her husband, Mark, in 1991 her career path changed and she focused on music. Working for Eastern Onion Singing Telegrams out of Denver, Colorado for 5 years was one of the highlights of her career. She appeared on many television programs, and sang for the first passengers to arrive at the DIA airport in 1994. When her son, Dane, was born in 1994 her career path shifted again to focusing on children. Between 1995 to 2002 she taught music education at 2 Pueblo Christian schools, and was involved in getting the Pueblo Children’s Chorale started in 1996.
Christina has been involved in many Pueblo organizations through the years including the Pueblo Choral Society, Damon Runyon Repertory, Miss Teen/Jr. Teen Pueblo, and Miss Pueblo pageants. She truly enjoys being involved in her community and supporting Pueblo’s youth.
Her love for children and the music that they make week after week is what inspires her to continue her work with the Chorale. She loves how far the Chorale has come in the last 13 seasons and the accomplishments that have been made. She looks forward to watching the Chorale grow through the years and seeing graduates from the Chorale go on to do great things in their musical career. |
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