2023-2024 Board of Directors
- J. Andrew Dale, President
- Annie Brueggen, Vice President
- Gene Brueggen, Treasurer
- Katharine Burris, Secretary
- Sydney Bryan
- Scott Dueker
- Keeta Edsall
- Becky Horvath
- Mecca Shreves
Masterworks Chorale exists to enrich our community with excellent cultural experiences through the promotion and the live performance of fine choral music.
Masterworks Chorale Staff Members
- Dr. Kerry Glann, Artistic Director
- Dr. Sally Kelley, Executive Director
- Dr. Clifton A. Davis, Assistant Director
- Dr. Soyeon “Sally” Kang, Collaborative Pianist
- Kelly Heavilon, Bookkeeper
Artistic Director, Dr. Kerry Glann
As Associate Director of Choral Activities at Ball State University, Dr. Kerry Glann conducts the Concert Choir and Women’s Chorus, prepares opera choruses, and teaches conducting and graduate choral literature. A native of Ohio, he taught in the public schools for five years and in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University. He holds degrees in music education and conducting from Bowling Green State University and Kent State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of North Texas.
Outside his work at Ball State and with Masterworks Chorale, Dr. Glann serves as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Muncie and as President of the Indiana Choral Directors Association. He has appeared as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator across the country and abroad. Collegiate choirs under his direction have performed at conferences of the Indiana Music Education Association, Ohio Music Education Association, and American Choral Directors Association as well as with the Fort Wayne, Canton (OH), and Muncie Symphony Orchestras.
An experienced theatre conductor, Dr. Glann spent 17 seasons as musical director of The Huron Playhouse, a professional-grade summer theatre in Huron, OH, where he led performances of over 30 productions. He is now on the directing staff of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse in Bigfork, Montana. His operatic conducting credits include university and professional productions of I Pagliacci, Madame Butterfly, The Pirates of Penzance, Trial by Jury, Gallantry, and The Medium.
His conducting teachers include Richard Mathey, C.M. Shearer, and Jerry McCoy.
Executive Director, Sally Kelley
Sally is intimately connected to the choral world with over 15 years’ experience conducting choral ensembles of a wide variety of skill levels from community to professional. In 2019, she was the conducting intern for professional vocal ensemble VOCES8, assisting on recording projects, conducting a professional choir and orchestra, and acting as assistant music director of the Milton Abbey International Music Festival. Also in 2019, she was a guest conductor for the Canto Lirico program at the Teatro del Bicentenario in San Juan, Argentina. Sally received her master’s degree in Choral Conducting from Middle Tennessee State University where she taught for six years. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate (ABD) in choral conducting and entrepreneurial music at Ball State University. While at Ball State University, she was conductor for University Choral Union and assistant conductor for the Statesmen, Women’s Chorus, and Chamber Choir. She currently acts as Artistic Director for White River Sound in Indianapolis and serves as adjunct faculty at Anderson University.
Sally has been involved in non-profit work for most of her life. As a native Texan, she grew up working with her mother at Mission Northeast in Houston. During her college years, she was director of a summer educational program at Mission Northeast, serving underprivileged children in the North Houston area. In Tennessee, Sally served for seven years as director of an educational program that collaborated with teachers in the local schools, teaching middle and high school students about healthy relationships. During her time at Ball State University, she co-directed the Prism Project, a performance arts education program for children in the community with exceptionalities.
Dr. Clifton Davis enjoys working with community choirs. He finds the blend of professional and amateur singers, from teenagers to great-grandparents, offers a great model for good things happening in local communities. Music helps people build bridges and create solutions for the divisions that separate us. He regularly writes for the choirs he conducts. Masterworks Chorale of Muncie has premiered several of his arrangements including “Shine on Harvest Moon,” “Over the River/Jingle Bells,” “Daisy Bell–Bicycle Built for Two,” and Dave Brubek’s “God’s Love Made Visible.” In 2022, the Taylor University Sounds premiered “Blessings from Christ” and the Questors Choir (West London, UK) gave the UK premiere of “Now Is the Month of Maying,” which was first presented by Masterworks Chorale at the Opening First Friday 2021 in Muncie! His writings and music have been published by SMP Press, Arrangeme.com, Lifeway Music, and Urban Ministries. His commissioned work includes both vocal and instrumental music.
Dr. Davis graduated magna cum laude from Ball State University in 2016, receiving a Doctor of Arts in Music degree. His doctoral dissertation covers original research about the best practices in group creativity in the choral setting. As a conductor, vocalist, and instrumentalist, he has performed from South America to Singapore. He is a devoted husband and father to three children.
Collaborative Pianist, Soyeon “Sally” Kang
Collaborative pianist Soyeon “Sally” Kang is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Education at Ball State University where she acts as an elementary general music specialist and a collaborative pianist for music students. She was born and raised in South Korea, and while teaching at public schools, Sally performed at joint recitals with local pianists and piano concertos with orchestras. Also, as a collaborative pianist, she played for school, church, and community choirs. Then, she moved to the United States and received a Master of Music in Music Education from Arizona State University in 2014 and finished her Ph.D. in Music Learning and Teaching at Arizona State University in 2020. She has been working as a collaborative pianist for solo musicians and ensembles in Indiana. As the Orff and Kodaly certified music educator, Sally also provides workshops for in-service and preservice music teachers.