acadia
choral
society
Director & Accompanist
DIRECTOR—DR. JAMIE HAGEDORN
Dr. Jamie Hagedorn joined the Acadia Choral Society as their director in the 2007-2008 season. She is also the Director of Music at the Somesville Union Meeting House, UCC. She teaches piano and voice at her home in Ellsworth.
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.
As a collaborative pianist, Jamie performs frequently with string and wind players at the Bangor Public Library, Minsky Hall (UMaine), and College of the Atlantic. She is a member of the Maine Music Teachers Association, and was an adjudicator for their 2008 and 2009 Student Evaluations; she also designed and maintains the MMTA website.
In 2009 Jamie was co-director of music for the annual meeting of the Maine Conference of the United Church of Christ. She has been the rehearsal pianist for the Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Hancock County since 2007. She is also the music director of their concert group, Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte.
Jamie was the accompanist for the Bangor Area Children's Choir in 2006-2007. In November 2006 she accompanied and conducted the Ellsworth High School production of Les Miserables, and she also conducted the Middle School Honors Choir at the MMEA District VI Middle Level Honor Music Festival. She taught at the 2007 Maine Summer Youth Music Camp and accompanied the camp's show choir.
Jamie enjoys reading, gardening, and visiting Maine's parks with her dogs, Daisy and Sara Lee. She is a board member and web manager for Safe Haven Rescue Zoo in Nevada. An amateur astronomer, she has viewed total eclipses of the sun from the Caribbean, the Black Sea, Zambia, and Egypt. Closer to home, she is the web manager for the Island Astronomy Institute.
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.
