Selected recent and meaningful work.
Please contact Shekela for her full C.V.
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Director, Augsburg University Global Harmony Choir, Minneapolis, MN
Co-Director, Minnesota Chorale Youth Choirs, Minneapolis, MN
Director, Hamline University A Cappella Choir, Saint Paul, MN
Guest Conductor, NAFME All-Northwest Region Treble Choir, Spokane, WA
Guest Conductor, Singers in Accord, Minneapolis, MN
Associate Conductor, VocalPoint Chorus, Minneapolis, MN
Assistant Conductor, Minnesota Chorale, Minneapolis, MN
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Adjunct Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN - Choral Methods
Conducting Teacher, Kodály Levels Program of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Choir Director, Lakeside School, Seattle, WA
Choir Director, Hopkins Public Schools, Hopkins, MN
Choir Teacher, Columbia Heights Public Schools, Columbia Heights, MN
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Author, “The Brea(d)th of the Promise: Reimagining Chorus Preparation in Our Time,” The Voice of Chorus America, November 2023.
Presenter, University of Arizona Choral Literature Seminar Heitor Villa Lobos (“Vidapura Missa Oratorio” and “Missa São Sebastião”) and Ariel Ramirez (“Missa Criolla”)
Co-Presenter, MMEA Winter Clinic and ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue: “We Are Here to Thrive: Frameworks & Strategies for the Inclusive Ensemble” with Natalia Romero- Arboláez
Panelist, ACDA-MN Summer Dialogue: Topic of Cultural Appropriation, with Merrin Guice Gill, Jocelyn Hagen, and Philip Schoulz. Facilitated by Kyle Pederson.
Lecture, University of Arizona Distinguished Scholar Series: Undine Smith Moore (“Scenes from the Life of A Martyr”) and Courtney Bryan (“Yet Unheard”)
Author, “An Interview with Rosephanye Powell,” ACDA Choral Journal, March 2020. Discussion with Dr. Rosephanye Powell about her career and compositions. Part of the ‘Choral Conversations’ column in the monthly publication of the American Choral Directors Association.
Co-Author, Book Chapter: Romey, Kathy Saltzman, Emilie Sweet, and Shekela M. Wanyama, “Building Bridges: Choruses Engaging Communities” in Wisdom, Wit, and Will: Women Choral Conductors on their Art, ed. Joan Catoni Conlon. Chicago: GIA Publications.
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Unity Church-Unitarian, Saint Paul, MN Section Leader, Ahmed Anzaldua, conductor
Minnesota Chorale, Minneapolis, MN Kathy Saltzman Romey, conductor
BorderCrossing, Minneapolis, MN Ahmed Anzaldua, conductor
Minnesota Beethoven Festival Chorale, Winona, MN Dale Warland, conductor
The Singers, Minneapolis, MN Matthew Culloton, conductor
Kammerchor Celestiel, Berlin, Germany Singer-led early music ensemble
Kammerchor Maritius, Berlin, Germany Gesa Hüneke, conductor
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Board Member, Border CrosSing
Participant, Choral Executive Leadership Academy, Chorus America