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Ginger Minneman Artistic Director of Musica Dayton's Chamber Choir

Artistic Director

Ginger Minneman

Ginger Thomas Minneman, Musica’s Artistic Director since 2018, is an instructor of voice and conducts the Women’s Chorale at Wright State University; she is also the director of music at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Oakwood, and remains active as a soloist. A magna cum laude graduate of Campbellsville University, Minneman studied voice with former Metropolitan Opera soprano, Kay Griffel, Mary Henderson Stucky of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and Robin Rice at the Ohio State University. She received her Master’s degree in Humanities from Wright State University.

Pianist

Steven Aldredge

MUSICA is honored to have pianist Steven Aldredge as our accompanist. Steven is the Interim Head of the Performing and Fine Arts Department at Wright State University, a lecturer in piano, theory and composition at WSU, as well as a noted composer of choral and opera music.

Our Singers

The singers of MUSICA hail from across the Miami Valley and beyond, and from many walks of life. They include singers from diverse backgrounds - including trained professionals, teachers, and highly skilled amateurs – blending their voices together to create MUSICA’S signature sound.

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    WESLEY ALEXANDER

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    STEPHANIE BANGE

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    WILLIAM AYRES

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    GARY BROOKS

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    DIANE GENTNER

  • DEAN BROWN

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    HARRIET GRAY

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    DAN MINNEMAN

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    KAYLI KING

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    SUE KOENIG

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    ANNA PORTER

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    JENNIFER SMITH

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    HAYLEY STAKEM

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    JON BLUNT

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    GUY CHAMBERS

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    JACOB GLASPELL

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    SHEILA HART

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    JESSA KENWORTHY

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    TIMOTHY MAGILL

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    WHITTNEY PEREZ

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    CYNTHIA SCHINDLER

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    WHITNEY WORDEN-BARONI