Elaina Wilson is a recent graduate of Maryville College with her Bachelor's in Vocal Music Education with Licensure. During her time in her undergraduate degree, she has worked with the Maryville College Youth Choir as Student Conductor and the Youth Music program at Maryville First United Methodist Church as Music Assistant. Additionally, Elaina held the positions of Choir Manager for the Maryville College Concert Choir and Fine Arts Assistant for the Department of Fine Arts at the Clayton Center for the Arts. She also holds the position of Soprano Choral Scholar at New Providence Presbyterian Church.

 

Some of her additional musical accreditations include Conducting Fellow at the Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute at Georgia State University, under the tutelage of Dr. Deanna Joseph and Dr. Daniel Bara, as well as over four years of Tennessee All-East and All-State Honors Choir experiences. 

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At Maryville College, she studied under professors Stacey Murphy Wilner, Dr. Alicia Massie-Legg, Gena Milligan, and Dr. Eric Simpson, and learned many musical and pedagogical skills from Dr. Jennifer Anderson and Dr. Dwight Dockery. These experiences prepared her to participate in and teach a range of musical genres such as Classical, Musical Theatre, Jazz, and English Artsong.