Dr. Eugene Rogers is the Associate Director of Choirs at the University of Michigan, where he teaches undergraduate conducting and conducts the Men's Glee Club and the University Choir.   His past appointments include Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the Boys Choir of Harlem, Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois, and Anima Young Singers of Greater Chicago (formerly the Glen Ellyn Children's Choir).  At Macalester College, where he served as Director of Choral Activities, Rogers commissioned and premiered numerous new works and began the Songs of the Earth (World Music) Concert Series.

Professor Rogers has appeared as guest conductor, adjudicator and lecturer in over fifteen states as well as Africa, Canada, Singapore, England, Portugal, Hong Kong and Italy.  Recently, he was one of three featured conductors and lecturers for Singapore's Ministry Branch of Education Inaugural World Youth Choir Festival for Secondary and Junior College students and directors.  His guest appearances include: the Westminster Chamber Choir, Florence, Italy and Princeton, New Jersey; Choral Music Experience, London, England; the Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asia High Schools Biennial Music Festival, Singapore; the Oklahoma State University Choral Festival, Stillwater, Oklahoma; the Florida ACDA High School Mixed Honor Choir, the Salem, Oregon All-City Honor Choir; the Virginia Music Educators Association District X SATB High School Festival Chorus; the Alabama Middle School All-State Choir; the Illinois ACDA Summer Conference; and the American Choral Directors Association North Central Division Middle School Honor Choir,  Chorus America 2011 San Francisco Conference, 2012 Oregon All-State Mixed Choir, Vocalizze Youth Program in Lisbon.  Upcoming engagements include: the British Columbia Choral Association Honor Choir, All-Northwest 2013 HS Mixed Honor Choir, Santa Barbara Choral Society, VocalEssence and Minnesota Public Radio Harmony in the Park and 2013 Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian High Schools in Singapore.

As a singer, Rogers has performed with the World Youth Choir, The Portland Symphonic Choir, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Chorale and the May Festival Chorus in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Recently, he traveled to and studied the choral traditions of East Africa (Tanzania), and published three editions of Tanzanian Choral Music under the Hal Leonard World Music Series.

In addition to his duties as a conductor, teacher and singer, Dr. Rogers is Co- Artistic Director of the Lisbon Choral Festival and was in 2010 and 2011 the Artistic Director of the Disneyland Hong Kong Winter Choral Festival.  He currently serves on the boards of the Michigan American Choral Directors Association (College and University R & S Chair), the Imuka Singers, and the American Composers Forum, where he functions as editor for the ChoralQuest series.

After spending the last two years at Baylor University as a graduate assistant serving as Assistant Director of the A Cappella Choir and Chamber Singers, Mr. Gusukuma is currently pursuing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting with Dr. Jerry Blackstone at the University of Michigan.  Prior to pursuing his Master’s degree at Baylor, Mr. Gusukuma spent three years teaching at McKinney Boyd High School in McKinney, TX, with director Melissa Logan Peden.  While at the high school, he taught the freshmen women, varsity women, JV mixed choirs, and AP Music Theory.  In addition, the MBHS A Cappella choir was invited to perform at the 2010 Texas Music Educators Association Convention.

Mr. Gusukuma holds both a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Choral Music, summa cum laude, and a Master’s of Music Degree in Conducting from Baylor University.  During time at Baylor he was awarded the Bennett Award for outstanding potential in music education, the Ken Howard Award for choral music education, and the ACDA National Student Award.  Mr. Gusukuma has studied conducting with Dr. Alan Raines, Professor Stephen Heyde, Dr. Eric Wilson, and Dr. Donald Bailey.  Mr. Gusukuma has studied voice with Dr. Daniel Scott and Dr. Robert Best.   Additionally, he has sung as a member of Schola Cantorum of Texas, and in choirs under the direction of Dr. Anton Armstrong.  Mr. Gusukuma is a member of TMEA, TCDA, ACDA, Chorus America, and Pi Kappa Lambda.

David Gilliland is currently a staff pianist for both the University of Michigan and Albion College, and in summers serves as the Coordinator of Collaborative Piano for the Interlochen Arts Camp. He has earned degrees in accompanying from the Eastman School of Music (M.M.) with Jean Barr, and the University of Minnesota (D.M.A.) with Margo Garrett and Karl Paulnack. David has an affinity for modern music, and has collaborated on new works with composers such as William Bolcom, Christopher Caliendo, Michael Daugherty, and Libby Larsen. In addition to long affiliations with the Sphinx Competition and Anatomy of Sound, he, along with members of the University of Michigan Music Faculty, will soon be releasing an album of Henri Dutilleux's wind compositions on Block-M records.