by Samantha Sumler
Every soul harbors a bold desire to experience music — the harmony, dissonance, and rapture that arise from overwhelming chords and waves, capable of drowning the listener in sound. Music reveals a wealth of knowledge: mathematics, science, poetry, history and beyond.
On Jan. 25, the Tallahassee Community Chorus will commemorate the history and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence through music. And Dr. McKenna Stenson, Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University, will be the guest conductor for this occasion, which recognizes the nation’s enduring pursuit of equality and justice with “Unity 18: America at 250!”
The overture of Stenson’s life began in Arlington, Virginia, right outside of Washington, D.C. “It was really just an amazing place to grow up,” Stenson recalls. “To have people from all over the world, it was really neat.” Yet the people who shaped her love of music were her family.
“I have a very interesting family lineage in that both of my parents are musicians,” Stenson said. Her mother is a choral music educator, and before that, a French horn player, while Stenson’s father was a trumpet player. Even her sister is a musician, going through a gamut of instruments before becoming a choral music instructor as well.
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