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Sue Ellen Page

Sue Ellen page is a teacher and conductor working with singers of all ages in the church and in higher education.  A full time church musician, she has, since 1982, directed the choirs for children and youth at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton, NJ.  She oversees multiple choirs for age four through high school whose primary function is to provide musical leadership in weekly worship services.  A commitment to outreach beyond the church walls led to the founding, in 1989, of the Trenton Children's Chorus, for which Ms. page served as Artistic Director for fifteen years.

Ms. Page's special area of expertise is the development of efficient teaching and program strategies essential to successful non-auditioned choirs.  In addition to numerous arrangements and compositions, Sue Ellen Page is the author of Hearts and Hands and Voices: Growing in Faith Through Choral Music, published in 1995 by the H.T. FitzSimons Company.  She has contributed numerous articles to professional journals on choral development
with children and youth and is known internationally as a conductor of choral festivals and trainer of teachers.

Amanda Page Smith

Amanda Page Smith is the Director of Children's Music Ministries at the Brick Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NY, where she directs five choirs for children age four through grade eight.  She also directs the music program at the Brick church school, an early childhood center for children ages 3 through 6.  Amanda holds a B.M. in vocal Music Education from St. Olaf College, Kodaly certification from New York University, and Music Together certification.  She is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in "Music Education through the Lens of Social Justice" at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.  Amanda is active as an officer for the new York City chapter of Choristers Guild, and she serves on the Choristers Guild Certification Development Team.  As a singer, she performs as a recitalist and oratorio soloist, and she sings as a professional chorister with the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fischer Hall and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall.  Amanda lives in Manhattan with her husband Justin.

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