Terry D. Loftis is Chief Advancement and Revenue Officer of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He is responsible for the DSO’s development/fundraising, marketing/sales, analytics/research, and guest services encompassing all contributed and earned revenue of nearly $30M.
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Emma Jensen loves working as an arts administrator, currently as the Operations Manager for the Dallas Symphony Children’s Chorus. She received her Bachelor’s of Music in Horn Performance from the Lawrence Conservatory of Music in Appleton, Wisconsin, and attended Southern Methodist University for graduate school.
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Victor C. Johnson, a native of Dallas, Texas, is the School Choral Editor for Sing!, the educational publishing division of Choristers Guild. A prolific composer and arranger, he has over 350 choral works, vocal solo books, and keyboard collections currently in print.
Prior to his position at Choristers Guild, from 2000-2018, Victor was a choral director at Ft. Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA). At FWAFA, Victor directed the Academy Singers, Academy Men’s Choir and was Artistic Director of the Singing Girls of Texas and Children’s Choir of Texas.
Victor is in demand as a guest conductor, adjudicator, and clinician for music educators and students throughout the United States. He has conducted All-State and Regional Honor choirs in the US and Canada. His own choirs have performed at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in 2011 and 2014 as well as the American Choral Directors Association-Southwest Division conference in March, 2016.
His professional affiliations include: American Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, National Association for Music Education, Texas Choral Directors Association, ASCAP, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Inc.
Jackson Hill is a committed advocate for children being actively involved in music and recognizes the immense value it brings to their lives. He has spent the past seven years serving as a choir director, six of those with the Children’s Choir of Texas out of the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. His ensembles regularly collaborate with music organizations throughout DFW and continually receive superior ranking at local music festivals. In 2020, he was named “Young Director of Distinction” by the Texas Choral Directors Association.
His choirs have been invited to perform at the Southwest conference of the American Choral Directors Association in 2020 and the National Conference in 2021 and his singers will perform at the 2023 conference of the Texas Music Educators Association.
Jackson received his Bachelor of Music from UT Arlington in 2014 and his Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from Texas State University in 2021. He believes the best educators strive to remain students their entire lives.
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Hans Patrick Grim is a versatile musician and educator based in the DFW area. He holds a Master of Music Education from Tarleton State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Music from Texas Wesleyan University. With a diverse background as a choral conductor, vocalist, and collaborative pianist, Hans has extensive experience teaching and directing in various educational and professional settings.
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Cory D. Curvin’s public performance premiere was at the age of six, and his piano rendition of “I’m A Little Teapot” was complete with choreography. A native of Mississippi, he was a music educator and choral conductor in North Texas for over a decade before beginning his work as Education Director with Choristers Guild, a music publisher based in Dallas.
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Paula Olsen grew up in Texas and earned both her Bachelor of Music Education degree and Master of Music degree with an emphasis in Choral Conducting from Texas Tech University. She has over twenty years of experience as a choral director with her choirs consistently earning top honors at contests and festivals.
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Hailing from New Zealand and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Micah Ringham found her way to the USA in 2004 to study violin performance at Interlochen Arts Academy.
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Kim Noltemy joined the Dallas Symphony Association (DSA) as President & CEO in January 2018. The position was recently named in honor of Dallas icon Ross Perot to recognize his legacy and commitment to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
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