Personnel
Jerry S. Cribbs, Music Director
| Mr. Cribbs lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he served New Hanover County Schools
from 1980 until his retirement in 2004. He taught choral music at E. A. Laney High School,
John T. Hoggard High School, and Winter Park Elementary School. He also served as Director of Arts Education, Director of Arts Education and Public Relations, and as Director of Human Resources. Mr. Cribbs also served as an adjunct instructor for the Music Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Fine Arts and Humanities Department at Cape Fear Community College. |
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As an active guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the Eastern United States, Mr. Cribbs has conducted well over 100 district choruses, festivals, and school and church clinics. He has a Bachelors of Music and a Masters of Music in music education, as well as a Certificate of Supervision from East Carolina University, inclusively. He has public school teaching experience in choral, instrumental, and general music at all levels, K-12. Mr. Cribbs has taught at the college level in the areas of choral music, choral methods, music fundamentals, and music appreciation.
Mr. Cribbs currently is the Director of Music Ministries at Grace United Methodist Church, Wilmington, NC. He conducts two choirs at Grace, Chancel Choir and Grace Ringers. Mr. Cribbs has served as a church music director since 1968.
He also performs as a tenor soloist within the area.
He is a member of the North Carolina chapter of American Choral Directors’ Association (NC-ACDA) and has served on the board. He currently maintains membership in the Wilmington Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). Mr. Cribbs is a member of and has held offices in the North Carolina Music Educators' Association (NCMEA). He presently serves as Immediate Past President of NCMEA.
In 2008, Mr. Cribbs received the Lara Hoggard Award for Distinguished Service In Choral Music In North Carolina. He was awarded the East Carolina School of Music Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009.
He is married to Cheryl Cribbs, and they have two adult sons, Adam and Neil
Judy Siebold, Organist, Pianist, and Rehearsal Accompanist
| Ms. Siebold was born in St. Paul, MN. She attended the University of Minnesota and studied with
composer, arranger, and organist, Heinrich Fleischer. Ms. Siebold is a member of the Wilmington Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). Ms. Siebold moved to Wilmington in 1984 and has served as organist for Grace United Methodist since 2004. Ms. Siebold is the proud mother of two children, Amy and David. |
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Chorale Members:
| Robby Anderson | Elaine Gomperts | Mary Ruth Marshall | |||
| Brooke Baldridge | Doris Graybar | Belinda Mayhew | |||
| Jane Both | Barbara Guy~ | Mary Morgan | |||
| Curtis Campbell | Ann Hogan | Rita Morgan~ | |||
| Joan Chason | Cherry Horn | Edna Mory | |||
| Ralph Chason | Cindy Hospedales | Javier Mory | |||
| Mary Cole | Lucinda Houck# | Vance Moser | |||
| Les Conner | Margaret Hutchins~# | Jean Owens | |||
| Patty Conner# | Fred Jackson | Sherry Phelps | |||
| Cheryl Cribbs~ | Jennifer Justus | Ryan Powell | |||
| Michael Daugherty | Molly Kinateder | Janie Riffle | |||
| Don Ellson | Greg Leemhuis | Charles Sanders~# | |||
| R’Lou Ellson | Jenny Lewis | Myrtle Sanders~+ | |||
| Susan Gardner~ | Brian Little~ | Jennings Trawick | |||
| Michelle Ginocchio | Marion Little~ | Marilee Tremlett | |||
| Jim Glasenapp | Anne Matney | Rebekah Vaughan | |||
| Charles Mattes~ | Rob Williams# | ||||
| ~ Charter Member |
| # Board Officer |
| + Attendance Secretary |
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