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Diane Hultgren - ACCC Artistic Director
 Mrs.
Hultgren is in her 13th season with ACCC and her 4th
year ‘after teaching.’ She has music/curriculum degrees from Bethany
College (KS) and Lesley College (MA), Orff levels certifications
from the University of Wyoming and University of Memphis, and she
has furthered her conducting studies with Henry Leck (Butler
University) and Rodney Eichenberger (Florida State). Diane enjoys
reading, golf, singing, and being outdoors. Family includes:
husband, Paul, a school auditor for the state; daughter, Britt, a
freelance technical theater director and tech theater teacher at
Salem HS (GA); and daughter, Kajsa, a first-grade teacher at House
Elementary (GA). Diane is absolutely passionate about “sharing the
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Mary Ann Fritz
Concert Choir - Executive Director
Mrs. Fritz is in her 18th season
with ACCC and her 30th year of teaching music, with
Buffalo Ridge Elementary being the beneficiary of 24 of those years.
She has music degrees from South Dakota State University, Ball State
University and certifications in Orff and Kodaly from the Orff
Institute in Salzburg, Austria and the University of Wyoming. Mary
Ann enjoys traveling, cruising (the boat kind!) and beginning
quilting. Family includes: husband, Harry a field engineer;
daughter, Jennifer a senior business major at UNC; and son, John, a
freshman music major at UNC. Mary Ann is passionate about “helping
kids learn of the beauty of music and the importance of music in
their lives.” |
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Debbie Mathews
Lyric Choir - Associate Director
Mrs. Mathews is in
her 11th season with ACCC and her 28th year of
teaching music at Dildine Elementary. She has a BA in Music Education
and Orff levels certifications from the University of Wyoming. Debbie
enjoys playing with the Renegade Winds Woodwind quintet and Fiddles on
the Range when not being with her twin granddaughters or flying with her
husband! Family includes: husband, Bob, the orchestra teacher at East
High School; son, Bobby, a computer programmer for the state;
daughter-in-law, Erica, an art teacher at Freedom Elementary; daughter,
Lori; and son-in-law, Aaron. Debbie is absolutely passionate about
teaching music and sharing music with her family
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Lori Wagner
Lyric Choir - Assistant Director
Mrs. Wagner is in her 1st season
with ACCC as an assistant director but previously she sang with ACCC
for six years and volunteered as a student assistant for two years
with Lyric Choir. She has an Associates degree in Music Ed and
clarinet performance from LCCC and has also completed beginning
coursework in Radiology/Sonography. In her spare time Lori enjoys
family, friends, and playing fiddle with the family fiddle trio.
Family includes: husband, Aaron, a web-site designer for Wyoming
Network; and twin daughters, Andra and Allie. Lori is passionate
about “helping children succeed.”
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Pam Hall
Concert Choir - Accompanist
Mrs. Hall is in her 18th season with
ACCC. She has a BA in Housings Interior Environment from CSU and
puts it to good use in her work for Tobin & Associates and her home
business as a Kitchen Designer. Pam enjoys playing for church,
theatre productions, and singers for festivals and special
performances. Family includes: husband, Kerry, CEO of Delta Dental
Wyoming; son, Keegan, a 9th grader at McCormick JHS and
former member of ACCC; son, Zachary, a 6th grader at
Jessup Elementary and a current member of ACCC. Pam is passionate
about “my children and raising them to be decent and compassionate
human beings.” |
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Paula Egan-Wright
Lyric Choir - Accompanist
Mrs. Egan-Wright is in her 10th
season with ACCC and her 16th year of teaching in LCSD
#1. She has degrees in Art, French and English from Concordia
College (MN) and CSU. She also has a Theology degree from Sewanee
University and a Montessori Diploma (England & Seattle, WA). Paula
enjoys many varied activities: running; reading; etching; painting;
travel; writing; theater; and playing with power tools, to name just
a few! Family includes: husband, Larry, an engineer; daughter,
Danni, a freshman at St. Olaf; daughter, Dori, a senior at Central
HS; and son, Jay, an 8th grader at McCormick JHS and a
current member of ACCC. Forced to pick just one, Paula is passionate
about, “Drawing the world! Give me a pencil! I’m obsessed!”
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