Collegiate Choir
Dates: Thursday and Friday, January 15-16, 2026 (Registration 1:00 pm on Thursday, Concert at 7:00 pm on Friday)
Coordinator: Corissa Vought-Carey collegiateallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: Each college's director of choral activities may nominate up to 12 singers in SATB quartets. We appreciate your assistance in ensuring the continued success of the WCDA All-State Collegiate Choir by selecting your top singers for Quartet #1. Quartets #2 and #3 will be considered alternates, and will be accepted on a space-available basis. WCDA is grateful for your assistance in forming the choir by giving your professional and accurate rating of the singers' abilities on the nomination form.
Registration Fee: Coming soon…
Guest Clinician-Conductor: Ryan Beeken
Ryan Beeken serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Director for the School of Music at Wichita State University where he conducts the Concert Chorale and Madrigal Singers, teaches graduate and undergraduate choral conducting and literature, oversees the choral area and also serves as associate director for the school of music. He received Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from Drake University and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University.
Dr. Beeken's choirs have performed at State, Regional, and National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and for state and regional NAfME conferences. Beeken is regularly engaged as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. His engagements include over 70 All-States and Honor Choirs in twenty-two states, the Czech Republic, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Oman, Estonia, and Sweeden, and many invited presentations for symposia across the United States and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He just concluded a term on the executive committee of the American Choral Directors Association as the National R&R Chairperson for Student Chapter Development and has previously served at both the regional and state level; Beeken was also the President for the District 3 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.
Prior to his appointment at WSU, Dr. Beeken served as director or choral studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and taught at Michigan State University. While residing in Des Moines, Iowa, Beeken directed the Drake Chorale at Drake University. He also taught elementary, middle school, and high school music for sixteen years, most recently serving as Director of Vocal Music for Waukee Schools in suburban Des Moines where he led a program of over 300 students and twelve ensembles to national distinction.
Coordinator: Corissa Vought-Carey collegiateallstate@wischoral.org
Nominations: Each college's director of choral activities may nominate up to 12 singers in SATB quartets. We appreciate your assistance in ensuring the continued success of the WCDA All-State Collegiate Choir by selecting your top singers for Quartet #1. Quartets #2 and #3 will be considered alternates, and will be accepted on a space-available basis. WCDA is grateful for your assistance in forming the choir by giving your professional and accurate rating of the singers' abilities on the nomination form.
Registration Fee: Coming soon…
Guest Clinician-Conductor: Ryan Beeken
Ryan Beeken serves as Director of Choral Activities and Associate Director for the School of Music at Wichita State University where he conducts the Concert Chorale and Madrigal Singers, teaches graduate and undergraduate choral conducting and literature, oversees the choral area and also serves as associate director for the school of music. He received Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Bachelor of Music Education degrees from Drake University and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University.
Dr. Beeken's choirs have performed at State, Regional, and National Conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and for state and regional NAfME conferences. Beeken is regularly engaged as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. His engagements include over 70 All-States and Honor Choirs in twenty-two states, the Czech Republic, Austria, Ireland, Italy, Oman, Estonia, and Sweeden, and many invited presentations for symposia across the United States and in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He just concluded a term on the executive committee of the American Choral Directors Association as the National R&R Chairperson for Student Chapter Development and has previously served at both the regional and state level; Beeken was also the President for the District 3 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.
Prior to his appointment at WSU, Dr. Beeken served as director or choral studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and taught at Michigan State University. While residing in Des Moines, Iowa, Beeken directed the Drake Chorale at Drake University. He also taught elementary, middle school, and high school music for sixteen years, most recently serving as Director of Vocal Music for Waukee Schools in suburban Des Moines where he led a program of over 300 students and twelve ensembles to national distinction.
