Tessa Caballero Participates in Collegiate Honor Choir

2012 Mar 6

Tessa Caballero of Austin was selected to perform with a collegiate honor choir at the biennial conference of the Southwest Division of the American Choral Directors Association (SWACDA), held February 29 - March 3 in Dallas, Texas. Caballero, a alto, is a sophomore at Hendrix College. She was one of seven members from the College who participated.

At the conference, the Hendrix Choir members joined singers from throughout the region (Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) to form a chorus that performed under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Boers, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Washington in Seattle. The concert program included music by James McMillan, Eric Barnum, Ethan Sperry, William Averitt, and Pēteris Vasks.

Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences education. Hendrix was named the country's #1 "Up and Coming" liberal arts college for the third consecutive year by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix is featured in the 2011 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country's best 376 colleges and is listed in the 2012 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of 25 "Best Buy" private colleges included. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.