Cheryl Wilson Janasak spent her 37 years of teaching at the elementary, middle school, and high school levels. She spent her last 24 years of teaching at Garland High School and retired after 18 years as the Director of Choirs. During her tenure, the Acappella Choir and the Acappella Women were named a TMEA Invited Choir on four occasions along with her Acappella Choir from Lyles Middle School, also in the Garland Independent School District.

In July of 2015, the Texas Choral Directors Association presented Ms. Janasak with the Texas Choral Excellence Award. This award recognized her contributions to music education, mentorship, inspiration to colleagues and students, and advocacy for the future of choral singing.

Ms. Janasak is a choral consultant, frequent clinician and adjudicator with professional affiliations including TMEA, TCDA, ACDA, and TMAA. She has served the Texas Choral Directors Association as Secretary and Middle School Vice President and has also served the Texas Music Adjudicators’ Association (TMAA) as the Vocal Vice President.

Lindy Perez taught Choir in Richardson ISD for 36 years at Richardson HS and Westwood JH, where her choirs consistently earned Sweepstakes awards. Individual singers on each campus were selected annually for the All Region and All State Choirs. Under her direction, the Westwood Chorale performed at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention. She also directed the Richardson All District Choir, a select group of 100 singers districtwide. The chorus performed by invitation at TMEA in 2003 and 2015. Mrs. Perez was selected 4 times as “Most Influential Teacher” by top ten graduates at RHS and was honored to receive the UIL Sponsor of Excellence in Music Award. Mrs. Perez is in her 5th year as a vocal coach at Wylie High School since retiring from RISD.

She serves as a supervisor for music education majors at Texas Tech University and East Texas A&M University and enjoys accompanying solos for annual festivals. As a member of the Texas Music Adjudicators Association, she frequently judges UIL Assessments each spring. Mrs. Perez holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Southern Methodist University.