Wimberley Community Chorus
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Director- Dr. John May
Dr. John May is the retired Senior Executive Director of Fine Arts for the San Antonio Independent School District. Before this appointment he was in Austin ISD, where he worked first as Coordinator of Choral and Elementary Music, and later as Supervisor of Fine Arts. Prior to his years in fine arts administration, he was a high school choral director, where his choirs were awarded numerous Sweepstakes and First Division ratings in UIL and Festival competitions. He has also served as Clinician / Conductor for Region and Festival Choirs, and has presented numerous clinics and workshops for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), Educational Service Centers, and
independent school districts. His credentials include an Ed.D. in Music Education from the University of Houston, an M.M. in Choral Conducting and Literature from West Texas State
University, and a BMEd. in Choral and Instrumental Music Education from Phillips University. In addition to his musical activities, John enjoys reading, traveling, film acting, and
mentoring young teachers. He serves on the boards of directors of both his church, and the Austin Jazz Workshop. John lives in Austin with his wife, Sandy, and their cats Holmes and Moriarty.
Accompanist - Karla Cruz
Karla Cruz has been directing middle and high school choirs in Texas for thirty years, and is currently associate choir director and advanced piano teacher at Canyon High School in New Braunfels. Her choirs have received consistent Sweepstakes awards at UIL competition and have won "Best of Class" at festivals in Breckenridge, Los Angeles, South Padre Island, and Toronto. In Canada, her choir was awarded the "Esprit de Corps" award. In 1999, her choir was selected as an honor choir to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association convention. In addition to directing choirs, Karla is an adjudicator for the Texas Music Adjudicators Association and a clinician who has conducted choirs in Texas and Louisiana. She is also the choir director at Wimberley United Methodist Church. Karla got her music education degree from Southwest Texas State University (now TXST) with an emphasis on piano, which she studied with Dr. Tim Woolsey. She now lives in San Marcos with her husband, guitarist Mark Anthony Cruz.
