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In addition to her teaching duties at the University of Mobile, hornist Jodi Graham performs with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, and has played with numerous orchestras, including the Mobile Symphony, Gulf Coast Symphony, Sioux City Symphony, Northwest Iowa Symphony, Bloomington Symphony, and Columbus Pro Musica. Prior to moving to Mobile, she served on the faculty

Jeremy Harford has been an audio engineer for more than 20 years. His passion for audio and video turned into a calling to educate the next generation of technicians, creatives, and artists. Jeremy grew up in California and South Florida before relocating to Mobile, AL in 2008. He received a B.S. in Business Administration while

After graduating from the University of Mobile in 2018, James joined the ASOTA staff as a Media and Production Technician with over 6 years of audio and visual technology experience. Originally from Panama City, FL, James was a busy undergraduate student, assisting with every technical endeavor from Campus Life events, chapel, large productions, operas, and

After attending the University of Kentucky’s campus in Louisville, Greg Golden began a 45-year career that has spanned television production, radio, recording, photography, and writing. He was ordained to ministry in 2006 and joined the Department of Worship Leadership’s Production Technology faculty in 2019. Greg has published five highly-regarded novellas for preteens, all of which

Enen Yu, co-concertmaster of the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, is also the concertmaster for Mobile Opera, Pensacola Opera, and the Northwest Florida Ballet. A native of China, Yu began to play the violin when she was 7. In 1998, she graduated from the most prestigious music school in China, the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing

Elyn Collier is a New York based Director/Choreographer and Artistic Leader. After graduating with a BM in Musical Theatre, Elyn interned at the renown Berkshire Theatre Group. There, she was quickly promoted from intern to Assistant Director and Dance Captain on their production of Mary Poppins. Upon her return to the Gulf Coast, Elyn became

Born in Germany and brought up firmly committed in the Lutheran confession, Dorothee graduated from the “Technische Universität Braunschweig” with a Master of Education, with an emphasis in the German Language. Moving to the United States in 2008 offered Dorothee an opportunity to explore a new field of teaching the German Language that fueled her

Donald Palmire has been an active euphonium soloist, clinician, and educator for more than thirty-two years. He began his professional performing career as a euphoniumist with The Marine Corps Recruit Depot Band at Parris Island, SC in 1980. He served as a euphoniumist with The United States Marine Band “The President’s Own” from 1987 to