Ryan Sullivan, a native of St. Louis, is a Choral Director at Lee's Summit and Lee's Summit West High Schools and directs the Young MAIstersingers Children's Choir at the Music-Arts Institute. .Go to www.youtube.com/user/lshschoir to view some LSHS Choir performances.As a 2009 graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, he received Bachelor degrees in both Music Education and Vocal Performance. While at the conservatory, Ryan studied music education with Dr. Charles Robinson and Dr. Joe Parisi, conducting with Dr. Ryan Board, voice with Vinson Cole.Thanks to a research grant from UMKC, Ryan was able to conduct empirical and archival research on Franco-Flemish composers Dufay and Ockeghem.Other research areas have included audiation as it relates to timbral perception.
Ryan enjoys performing in choral ensembles as well as doing classical solo literature and musical theatre.He has sung in UMKC's Collegium Vocale, the Simon Carrington Chamber Singers (www.simoncarringtonchambersingers.com)and is a founding member of the Kansas City Men's Ensemble (www.kansascitymensensemble.org).Ryan has been the music director for stage productions of Bare and Curtains and The Drowsy Chaperone.
Ryan's choral compositions have been performed by the St. Charles County Youth Choir and Lee's Summit High School choirs. 
Ryan currently serves as Youth/Student Activities R & S Chair for the Missouri Choral Directors Assoc., and has previously been Student Rep. for MCDA, President and Vice-President for American Choral Directors Assoc. UMKC Chapter, and student coordinator for Leadership Development at UMKC. 
You can follow Ryan on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/ryanwsullivan
Ryan's wife, Kristen, is an actress/singer in the KC area and voice teacher. www.kristenjanellsullivan.com


Chris Munce, a Kansas City native, has been involved in local choral ensembles for almost two decades. Chris is an accomplished choral performer, and member of the Grammy Winning Kansas City Chorale and Armonia Early Music Ensemble. He spent two years with the Lee's Summit Community Boys choir as a treble, and was a tenor section leader at Unity Temple on the Plaza from 1999-2007. Chris received a Bachelor's of Music Education from the UMKC Conservatory of Music. During his tenure he spent three years singing in Heritage Chorale under the direction of Dr. Eph Ely and Dr. Charles Robinson and four years studying voice with Professor Michael Cousins. Following graduation Chris became the Director of Choirs at Belton High School, after which he began study for his Masters Degree in Choral Conducting at the Conservatory. During that time he served as adjunct faculty at the Conservatory teaching choral arranging, and at Blue River Community College as a professor of voice. Chris is now teaching at Lee's Summit High School as the Director of Choral Studies where his premier ensemble "Sounds of Summit" has recently been invited to perform at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC and his Concert Choir will make it's debut next spring in New York City.  Chris is also Director of Music at Lee's Summit First Presbyterian Church.   He has been an active private voice instructor since 1999.

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