Office: Catlett Music Center 127G
Email: jabarie.glass@ou.edu
Jabarie Glass is a conductor and educator whose experience spans university, secondary, community, festival, and church choral settings. He currently serves as Director of Choral Activities in the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma, where he conducts the OU Chorale and oversees the graduate choral conducting program. Known for his dynamic leadership and compelling programming, Glass brings a steadfast commitment to musical excellence, collaboration, and inclusive practice to every ensemble he leads. Choirs under his direction have been featured at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Southern Region Conference, the Mississippi-ACDA Conference, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association Conference.
In addition to his passion for conducting works from the choral-orchestral repertory, he is a fervent advocate for new music, dedicated to enriching the choral canon by commissioning and premiering works that embrace diverse artistic perspectives. He has presented interest sessions at regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, led conducting masterclasses, and published in The Choral Journal. He remains deeply engaged in the musical development of young choral artists by conducting honor choirs and all-state ensembles across the United States. Recent engagements include conducting the ACDA Southwestern Region 10-12 Mixed Choir; all-state choirs in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Wisconsin; as well as regional honor choirs in Oklahoma and Tennessee. He also holds leadership positions in professional choral organizations, having served as the Student Activities Coordinator for the ACDA Southern Region and as a member of the National Board for the National Collegiate Choral Organization.
A native Mississippian, Glass earned dual bachelor's degrees in business management and music education from the University of Mississippi, where he was inducted into the University's Student Hall of Fame, an honor awarded to ten seniors annually for exemplary leadership, scholarship, and service. He went on to earn a master's degree in music education from the Florida State University College of Music and a doctoral degree in conducting from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. He also pursued additional conducting studies as a fellow with the Chorus America Conducting Academy and the Yale-Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Choral Conducting Workshop.
Dr. Tracey Gregg-Boothby is a Professor of Music at Rose State College, where she conducts choirs, teaches voice, and leads various music courses. She also serves as Artistic Director of the Edmond Community Chorus and Assistant Director of Worship Arts at First Presbyterian Church of Edmond.
An active member of several professional organizations, Dr. Gregg-Boothby is a sought-after choral clinician and has directed numerous musical theater productions. A member of the Wichita tribe, her doctoral research focused on preserving Wichita musical traditions through choral arrangements. She has commissioned notable works, including Morning Star Lullaby, performed nationally and internationally.
Office: Catlett Music Center 127H
Email: dhoward@ou.edu
David Howard is Professor of Choral Music and Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of Oklahoma where he conducts the OU Glee Club and the OU Vox Lyrica. He also teaches graduate and undergraduate choral literature and choral conducting in addition to coordinating the annual OU Vocal Workshop. His collegiate choirs, civic choruses, opera choruses, church choirs, secondary school choirs and festival choirs in the United States and Europe have been hailed for their artistry. The OU Women’s Chorus performed by invitation at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association annual conference in 2018 and 2024. Their album Voces in Concordia is available on all streaming services. The OU Men’s Glee Club’s album of OU spirit songs, Fight for OKU: The Legendary OU Men’s Glee Club is also available on all streaming services. Both choirs recently released a second and third album Septemundos and the GRAMMY® nominated Se7en Seasons. Vox Lyrica has just released their newest album And I Shall Sing, featuring works by Debussy, Rheinberger, Barnum, and others.
Dr. Howard is the founder and artistic director Schola Cantorum Oklahoma, a professional choral ensemble dedicated to the performance of early music. Schola Cantorum Oklahoma has performed the complete Triumphs of Oriana (1601), Charpentier’s Messe de minuit pour Noël, H.9 (1694), a program of the music of Hapsburg Spain, and two concerts with the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra: “Venetian Holiday: Music of Monteverdi, Gabrieli, Legrenzi, and Schütz,” and “A Concert Spirituel: Music of Rameau, Delalande, and Lully.” Upcoming projects include early Baroque music from the French court, Handel’s Messiah, and Roland de Lassus’s Psalmi Davidis Poentitentiales (1584).
Equally at home as a baritone soloist, Dr. Howard has performed nationally and internationally in oratorio and cantata presentations, and as a recitalist. Recent performances include Schubert’s Winterreise, D. 911 with pianist Igor Lipinski, Bach’s Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106, Schubert’s Mass in E-flat major, D.950, and Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 with the Tulsa Chorale and Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the Bartlesville Chorale and Orchestra. His commercial album of sacred music for voice, piano, and harp, entitled Consecration, on the Blue Griffin Records label, is available through streaming services.
Dr. Howard’s scholarly articles have appeared in the British academic music journal, Musical Times, and in The Choral Journal and ChorTeach. Moreover, his performing editions and choral arrangements are published by Alliance Music Publications and MusicSpoke. He has presented on a range of topics at national conferences including the American Choral Directors Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the Kansas Music Educators Association.
He holds the Bachelor of Music Education degree and Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the University of Central Oklahoma and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from Michigan State University.
Mike Plunkett taught both instrumental and vocal music at Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma, for 21 years. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Central State University in 1980 and his Master of Music Education with an emphasis in jazz studies from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1988. Mike has taught at the junior high, high school, and college levels. He has served as an adjudicator and clinician in more than twenty states and Canada and has conducted multiple All-State Jazz Choirs.
Plunkett served as Vice-President and President of the Oklahoma chapter of International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), was a member of the National IAJE Strategic Planning Committee, and the National IAJE Resource Team in the area of Published Music. He was also a faculty member for the IAJE 1999 Teacher Training Institute at Walt Disney World and the 2000 Teacher Training Institute in Kansas City. In 2014, he was given the prestigious IAJE President’s Award for service and achievement in Oklahoma music education.
Plunkett also served as Repertoire & Standards Chair for jazz ensembles for the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association. He taught the vocal jazz choir as an adjunct professor at both the University of Central Oklahoma and Southern Nazarene University. In 1995, under Plunkett’s direction, the Carl Albert High School Vocal Jazz ensemble was selected as an honor group for the Oklahoma Music Educators Association Conference, and in 1988, the Carl Albert Jazz Band won the OSSAA State Music Contest. He was also a key figure in the implementation and inauguration of the Vocal Jazz All-State Choir in Oklahoma, now in its 25th year.
In July of 2001, Mike was hired as the administrator of all fine arts activities for the OSSAA. He also served as the Chairman of the Music Committee for the National Federation of High Schools from 2007 to 2011. After 21 years of service to the OSSAA, he retired in 2022.
Email: Siwon.Kim-1@ou.edu
Siwon Kim, originally from South Korea, is a first-year doctoral student in choral conducting at the University of Oklahoma. In his role as a graduate teaching assistant, he serves as the assistant conductor for the University Chorale.
Siwon holds a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Korea National University of Arts. He later pursued a second master’s degree in choral conducting at the University of Louisville, where he studied under Dr. Kent Hatteberg and Dr. Wonjoo Ahn.
Email: kaycee923@ou.edu
Originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Kaycee Logsdon has been singing professionally for 25 years with ensembles in Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, New York, and Connecticut, performing on some of the world's largest stages, from Carnegie Hall to Westminster Abbey. Kaycee received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Central Missouri and Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Texas Tech University. Equally as comfortable behind the podium, Kaycee is currently serving as the Associate Artistic Director of the Tulsa Chorale and is also working toward her Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at the University of Oklahoma with a special emphasis in Sacred Music. In addition to her studies, she is currently a staff singer at St. John's Episcopal Church in Tulsa, OK and upholds a busy schedule of singing and conducting choirs around the region. When not singing, conducting, or in classes, Kaycee enjoys petting dogs of all breeds and sizes, pub trivia, and attending Tulsa Oktoberfest.
Email: Esther.Park-1@ou.edu
Esther Park is a DMA choral conducting student and graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma. She holds a BM in Church Music from the Hochschule für Kirchenmusik in Heidelberg, Germany. She also holds a MM in Song Accompaniment and Vocal Coaching from the Hochschule für Musik in Mainz, Germany; and the MM in Choral Conducting from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. At Texas State University, Esther served as graduate assistant to Dr. Craig Hella Johnson, conducting Aurora Voce, TXST Men’s Choir, the Texas State Chorale, and the Texas State University Singers. Prior to arriving at OU, Esther served as Director of Music at First United Methodist Church in Luling, Texas. She currently serves as Director of Music at First United Methodist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma.
