Hannah Judson
MS/HS Director |
Hannah Judson is an amazingly versatile vocalist and gifted teacher. Singing pop, rock, r&b, jazz, and classical music, she graduated with honors from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a degree in Music Education. She has years of experience in choirs and theater productions. While at CU-Boulder she performed with and was business manager for the collegiate a cappella group “Mile 21.”
In addition to her considerable performing talent, Ms. Judson has an infectious positive attitude, as well as wonderful kindness about her. She excels at creating a safe space and teaching advanced skills to her student. Ms. Judson teaches choir at Westminster High School in Westminster, Colorado and performs with the a cappella group Rubix. She has been with the camp since its inception, in 2017. |
Ben Thompson is a piano player, composer, and teacher that currently lives in the Boulder/Denver area. He is a versatile musician, mixing jazz improvisation, classical music, salsa, funk, and rock to create his own musical identity. Ben has a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies which he attained in 2020 from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
During the summer of 2018, Ben played with the National Repertory Orchestra where he worked with Michael Stern, Chris Deviney, and She-e Wu. In 2020, he was selected to participate in the IASJ music conference in New York City before the conference was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While being a gigging and composing musician, Ben also loves teaching music. He works with CCJA (Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts), an organization that’s purpose is to let kids learn jazz from professional jazz musicians, of which he is an alumni. In addition to CCJA, he works as an accompanist at Niwot HS, as well as teaches students individually. |
Sam Stech has attended the camp since its inception in 2017, and has participated in other past camps (before this one existed) with Mister Tim. He now serves as an assistant staff member and accompanist for the camp. He is a skilled singer, beatboxer, pianist, looper, and overall musician. Sam is excited to return to the a cappella camp to share those skills and help other campers have the same awesome experience that he had. During the school year, Sam attends the Colorado School of Mines, and is working on completing on his degree in Computer Science.
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Victoria Bailey holds a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern California. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Choral Music Education from the University of Colorado Boulder, where she also won the Anderson's Undergraduate Vocal Scholarship Competition in 2011. After graduating, she held the position of Choir and Drama Director at Lyons Middle Senior High School for 6 years. Additionally, she has spent the last five summers as the music director for Center Stage Theatre Company's summer camp intensive. Ms. Bailey has a wealth of experience and talent, and loves sharing as much of this as she can with each of her students, bringing a positive energy to the process. She has been with the camp since its inception, in 2017.
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Ascent Vocals is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Longmont, CO dedicated to bringing quality music education opportunities to students throughout Colorado and maintaining the vitality of the choral art form in our state and in our world.
EIN: 84-4194158 |