HS Treble Choir Clinician
2024-25
Annika Stucky
Annika Stucky is a passionate and purposeful pedagogue, conductor, and leader currently pursuing a PhD in Choral Conducting-Music Education at Florida State University. She believes strongly in the power of choral music to cultivate compassion, thoughtfulness, and profound community. While at FSU, Annika conducted the university treble ensemble Levana and assisted in Choral Union and Undergraduate Conducting. This fall, in addition to her role as assistant conductor of the Tallahassee Community Chorus, she serves preservice music educators as a teaching assistant in Choral Methods and College Teaching: Music in Higher Education. She expects to graduate this coming May.
Before FSU, Annika earned an MM in Choral Conducting from Texas Christian University (TCU). While at TCU, she conducted the flagship ensemble, the tenor-bass spirit group, the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, and other various ensembles across campus. She has been selected as a graduate conducting finalist for both Southwestern ACDA and Southern ACDA conferences. Annika is originally from Lindsborg, Kansas, where prior to her graduate studies, she taught high school choir at Junction City High School (JCHS) in Junction City, Kansas. There she directed five ensembles, taught piano, assisted with the musical each year, and was the Fine Arts and Human Services Academy Leader. She founded the Annual Majorworks Concert Series, preparing and conducting performances of Faure's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, and Handel's Coronation Anthems.
Annika's students and ensembles were consistently selected for conference performances, All-State choirs, and received outstanding ratings at large group, small ensemble, and solo festivals. During her tenure, JCHS ensembles were invited to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop state conference and across the country for various directors. She graduated summa cum laude from Kansas State University with degrees in music education and Spanish education as the Outstanding Senior in Music and with the Alexander Award given to an outstanding preservice teacher. An active presenter, Annika has shared her research and led sessions at state and regional ACDA conferences, NCCO, FMEA, TMEA, KMEA, Kansas World Language Association, and Central States Conference for the Teaching of Foreign Language. Her professional memberships include state and national levels of NAfME, ACDA, and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honorary
Before FSU, Annika earned an MM in Choral Conducting from Texas Christian University (TCU). While at TCU, she conducted the flagship ensemble, the tenor-bass spirit group, the opera Amahl and the Night Visitors, and other various ensembles across campus. She has been selected as a graduate conducting finalist for both Southwestern ACDA and Southern ACDA conferences. Annika is originally from Lindsborg, Kansas, where prior to her graduate studies, she taught high school choir at Junction City High School (JCHS) in Junction City, Kansas. There she directed five ensembles, taught piano, assisted with the musical each year, and was the Fine Arts and Human Services Academy Leader. She founded the Annual Majorworks Concert Series, preparing and conducting performances of Faure's Requiem, Schubert's Mass in G, and Handel's Coronation Anthems.
Annika's students and ensembles were consistently selected for conference performances, All-State choirs, and received outstanding ratings at large group, small ensemble, and solo festivals. During her tenure, JCHS ensembles were invited to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association In-Service Workshop state conference and across the country for various directors. She graduated summa cum laude from Kansas State University with degrees in music education and Spanish education as the Outstanding Senior in Music and with the Alexander Award given to an outstanding preservice teacher. An active presenter, Annika has shared her research and led sessions at state and regional ACDA conferences, NCCO, FMEA, TMEA, KMEA, Kansas World Language Association, and Central States Conference for the Teaching of Foreign Language. Her professional memberships include state and national levels of NAfME, ACDA, and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honorary