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Bexley High School Vocal Ensemble

The Bexley High School Vocal Ensemble has performed at numerous state ACDA and NAfME conferences as well as for ACDA Central Region (2012, 2016, 2020). They were awarded second place in the Youth and High School division for the 2017 American Prize. They have performed in Carnegie Hall (2010) & Lincoln Center (2017) and worked with conductors and composers including Hilary Apfelstadt, Eric Barnum, David Childs, Rollo Dilworth, Matthew Emery, James Gallagher, Tony Gonzalez, Sydney Guillaume, James Mulholland, Tom Shelton, Joan Szymko and Timothy Takach. Vocal Ensemble believes in supporting new composers and have commissioned works by Eric Barnum (Healing Heart, 2012 and The Voyager, 2018), Sydney Guillaume (Blogodop, 2014) and Timothy Takach (Fragile, 2016). 

Since 2003, Vocal Ensemble has toured throughout the United States and Canada including major cities such as New York, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Starting in the summer of 2006, Vocal Ensemble started touring throughout Europe every three years. They have performed throughout Austria, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and in June 2025 added Denmark and Sweden.

Throughout their international tours, Vocal Ensemble has performed in notable locations including St. Mark’s Cathedral (Venice), St. Vitus Cathedral (Prague), St. Stephen's Basilica (Budapest), St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Vienna), Canterbury Cathedral (England) Notre Dame (Paris & Montreal), Berlin Cathedral (Berlin), St. Patrick’s Cathedral (Dublin), Porto Cathedral (Porto) and the Uppsala Cathedral (Sweden). Vocal Ensemble works every day to touch and change lives by creating beauty through their music, and are honored to share this at their performances.

Amy Johnston Blosser

Amy Johnston Blosser served for nine years on the ACDA National Board as the Repertoire and Resources Committee Chairperson, and the 2023 National Conference Chairperson for Auditioned Choirs. She has been active in planning national conferences in Cincinnati, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Oklahoma City, Miami, Chicago and Los Angeles. In her second term as National Chair, Blosser restructured the Repertoire and Resources Committee to be what is currently used on the national, regional and state levels today. In March 2026, Blosser joined the National Standing Committee for International Activities.

In her twenty-third year as director at Bexley High School, Blosser conducts four choirs in grades 8-12 and teaches A.P. Music Theory. She was named Educator of the Year for Bexley City Schools in 2011. Under her direction, Bexley H.S. Vocal Ensemble has performed at numerous NAfME and ACDA state and region conferences. Blosser’s choirs tour extensively throughout the U.S., Canada & Europe and in 2015 she was selected as one of 14 Conducting Fellows for the ACDA International Conductors Exchange Program to Sweden. She was awarded second place in the Youth & High School Conducting category for the American Prize. 

Blosser studied with Hilary Apfelstadt at OSU, receiving an MM in Choral Conducting (2008) & BME (2000). She is the Artistic Director of the Bexley Choral Society and is the Associate Director of Music at First Community Church and      co-directs the Marble Cliff Singers who performed at the 2026 MWACDA conference. She is Married to Dr. C. Andrew Blosser, and they share their home with their dog, Marsha.