Donna McGinnis - Choir Director
Donna McGinnis, a music educator, has taught choral and vocal music in both Texas and Virginia.  She obtained her Bachelor of Music Education with dual emphasis in vocal performance and choral music from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia where she studied applied voice under Agnes Fuller and choral conducting under Dr. Nancy Klein.  One of her greatest honors as a young choral director was to participate in a professional choral conducting internship with Robert Shaw in 1993.

Mrs. McGinnis has spent 14 years successfully directing choirs of all ages.  Currently she is the director of the Briarhill Middle School Choral Department.  Previously she has held positions as Choral Director of the Lewisville ISD 5th Grade Honor Choir, Artistic Director/Conductor of the Musical Feast Choral Society of Greater Lewisville, Choir Director at McKamy Middle School and Deep Creek High School (VA).  In addition to directing choirs, she is an active choral clinician, adjudicator and vocal coach throughout the state of Texas.  

In addition to her teaching duties, Mrs. McGinnis has presented numerous workshops and lectures for graduate and under-graduate students at the University Of North Texas College Of Music covering the topics of The Middle School Choral Experience, The Boy’s Changing Voice and Reference Materials for the Beginning Choral Director.  

Mrs. McGinnis holds professional memberships in Texas Choral Directors Association, American Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Adjudicators Association, Texas Music Educators Association and National Association of Teachers of Singing.  She maintains a private voice studio in Highland Village where she resides with her husband, Rod, and their 2 wonderful children, Blythe & Matthew.