Conference Choir Concert
Conference Program (to be linked)
SSA Choir Conductor: Angelina Fitzhugh
Angelina Fitzhugh grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where she traveled and performed with the Alaska Children’s Choir. After moving to California, she earned degrees in Music Education and Educational Administration from the University of the Pacific and Santa Clara University.
Since 2001, Angelina has been inspiring students at JLS Middle School, where in 2019 the JLS Choir was invited to perform for the California Choral Directors Association at CASMEC. In that same year, she joined the music faculty at Gunn High School. A sought-after clinician and honor choir conductor, she has been recognized for her excellence in teaching by the Palo Alto Education Association. Her honors include the Outstanding Choral Music Educator award from the CMEA Bay Section (2013), Outstanding Music Educator (2024), and the Pearson/Scott Foresman/Silver Burdett Choral Educator Award from the California Music Educators Association (2025).
Angelina lives in Half Moon Bay with her children and their cats.
SATB Choir Conductor: Eric Tuan
Recognized for his adventurous programming and passion for musical excellence, Eric Tuan brings a wealth of experience in the choral arts to the rehearsal hall and concert stage. He is currently in his seventh season as Artistic Director of the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, where he oversees a rigorous choral training program serving 300 youth singers and leads its top ensembles in concerts and collaborations throughout the Bay Area, the United States, and abroad. Tuan currently serves as the director of the Stanford Early Music Singers, and served for twelve years as founding Artistic Director of the chamber chorus Convivium and Director of Music at Christ Episcopal Church, Los Altos.
An active choral composer, Tuan frequently commissioned by leading choral organizations, including Volti, Peninsula Women’s Chorus, Seattle Pro Musica, Musae, 21V, and San Francisco Choral Artists. His music has been performed at state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and Chorus America; by university and community choirs throughout North America and Europe; and through broadcasts on BBC Radio 3 and Estonian Public Broadcasting. Often addressing contemporary social topics, his choral works can be purchased through E.C. Schirmer, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and through his website.
Tuan’s dedication to the creation and exploration of new music has led him to conduct and perform the world premieres of over thirty works, including a program of new choral works celebrating the 500th anniversary of King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. Tuan has sung professionally with Volti, Cappella SF, and the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale and received acclaim for his sensitive work as a collaborative pianist, continuo player, and répétiteur. Among his mentors are Stephen M. Sano, Jameson Marvin, Craig Jessop, Robert Geary, Stephen Layton, Stephen Cleobury, and David Skinner.
Tuan received his B.A. in Music with Honors from Stanford University and a Master of Music in Choral Studies with Distinction from the University of Cambridge, which he obtained with the support of a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. He is a third-generation resident of California’s San Francisco Bay Area of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino descent.