More than 200 Florida high school students will spend the day immersed in choral excellence.

More than 200 high school students from across Florida will spend the day immersed in choral excellence under the guidance of UCF conductors Jeffery Redding and Kelly Miller, participating in choir rehearsals, choir clinics, leadership and community building.

For more information about your high school choir program participating in the program, e-mail Kelly.Miller@ucf.edu.
This unique opportunity offers:

Leadership: Work with members of UCF’s choirs and award-winning music education faculty.
Community Connection: Network with peers from diverse backgrounds.
Inspiring Performance: Showcase your talent in a grand concert.
Knowledge Transfer: Take what you’ve learned to enrich your high school choir program.

UCF Singing Knights presents the

2026 UCF High School

Choral Invitational

with

Dr. Julie Yu, Guest Clinician

Dr. Kelly Miller, Coordinator of Music Education

Dr. Jeffery Redding, Director of Choral Activities

Robin Jensen, Collaborative Piano

featuring the

UCF University Singers

Friday, April 10, 2026

7:30 PM

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Steinmetz Hall, Downtown Orlando

Concert program

2026 participating schools and directors:

Apopka High School, Sandra Shafer, Director

Dr. Phillips High School, Solangi Santiago, Director

Melbourne High School, Natalie Taylor

Oak Ridge High School, Brittany Hawthorne, Director

West Orange High School, Victoria Lane, Director

Winter Park High School,

Savannah Graff and Andrew Campbell, Directors

UCF University Singers (selections announced)

Combined Choirs

Love Is Love Is Love Is Love from the Social Justice Songbook Abbie Betinis

Dr. Julie Yu, Featured Guest Clinician

Dr. Julie Yu (She/Her/Hers) is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Oklahoma City University and the Artistic Director of Canterbury Voices, Oklahoma’s premier symphony chorus.

She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Central Oklahoma, Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Oklahoma State University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. Before joining OCU and Canterbury Voices, she taught at Norman North High School in Oklahoma, San José State University, and Kansas State University.

She has given presentations, conducted, and/or her choirs have performed for state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and the European Music Educators Association. She is the past president of the Southwestern Region of the American Choral Directors Association and served as an International Conducting Exchange Fellow to Kenya in 2019.

Her favorite area of research and performance is working as a guest clinician/conductor for various honor choirs and professional organizations.

Choir Invitational Concert