acadia
choral
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Director & Accompanist
DIRECTOR—DR. JAMIE HAGEDORN
Dr. Jamie Hagedorn has been the music director of the Acadia Choral Society since the 2007-2008 season. She is also the Director of Music at the Somesville Union Meeting House. She teaches piano and voice at her home in Ellsworth. She is a member of the Maine Music Teachers Association, and she maintains the MMTA website.
A native of West Virginia, Jamie moved to Maine in 2006 after many years of teaching and performing in the Chicago area. She received her Doctor of Music degree in piano from Northwestern University in 1984, and she taught in Northwestern's Department of Voice and Opera from 1985 to 1992. She was the music director of Old St. Mary's Catholic Church in Chicago from 1997 to 2005.
Jamie often performs as a collaborative pianist at venues including the Bangor Public Library, Minsky Hall, and College of the Atlantic. Each summer she accompanies the advanced student string players who attend Camp Cadenza in Eddington. She has played for shows at Northport Music Theater for the past two summers, and this year she will be the vocal coach for the Belfast Maskers’ production of Pirates of Penzance. She has also played for several productions of the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Maine.
Jamie enjoys reading, gardening, and visiting Maine's parks with her dogs, Daisy and Sasha. She is a board member and web manager for several animal rescue organizations. An amateur astronomer, she has viewed total eclipses of the sun from the Caribbean, the Black Sea, Zambia, and Egypt.
ACCOMPANIST & ASSISTANT DIRECTOR—JULIA MORRIS-MYERS
Julia Morris-Myers has been the accompanist for the Acadia Choral Society since September 2006. She is a native of Lubbock, TX, and a graduate of Baylor University. She is the music director of St. Saviour's Episcopal Parish in Bar Harbor, and is also a private piano teacher. She holds the Service Playing and Colleague Certificates from the American Guild of Organists, and has traveled to Europe three times as accompanist for U.S. choirs.
Julia lives in Ellsworth with her husband Bill, a professional cellist and member of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. Their daughter Emily is a recent graduate of George Washington University.
Julia is an avid reader, loves to take her dog on walks, and enjoys cooking and entertaining.
