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Dr. Todd Prickett
Artistic Director
Dr. Todd Prickett was named Artistic Director of the Texas Boys Choir in 2022 following a comprehensive national search. An accomplished choral conductor, previous conducting experience includes positions at First Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; the University of Arkansas and First United Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas; Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Indiana; and First Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Texas. He also served as director of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir – Youth Chorale for four seasons, including performances at the Bach Youth Choir Festival in Toronto and Festival 500 in Newfoundland.
He also serves as Minister of Music and Choirmaster at University Christian Church in Fort Worth, Texas. In that role, he conducts the Chancel Choir, high school handbell choir, and annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival performances. Last summer, he led UCC Bell Ringers on their 10th Quadrennial England Tour, performing concerts in Oxford, Bath, Salisbury, Nutburst, Canterbury, and London.
Todd has a particular passion for conducting choral-orchestral works. Memorable performances include Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, Duruflé’s Requiem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s St. John Passion, Poulenc’s Gloria, and world premieres of Titanic Requiem by Donald Patriquin and The Tyger & The Lamb by Ola Gjeilo. He has also prepared choruses for the Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra and Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
As a professional tenor, Todd sang in the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling from 2001-2008, including a recording of Haydn’s Heiligmesse for Hänssler Records and world premieres of works by Felix Mendelssohn and Tan Dun.
Todd received his doctorate in conducting from Michigan State University, studying with Charles K. Smith and Jonathan Reed, and degrees in music education and choral conducting from Texas Christian University under the tutelage of the late Ronald L. Shirey.
Dr. Amy Prickett
Director of Choral Operations
Amy Prickett is a gifted soprano who has performed as a guest artist with the Arkansas Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Lansing Symphony, Adrian Symphony, St. Clair Symphony, Calvin College Oratorio Society, North East Texas Symphony, and Oregon Bach Festival.
Amy appeared as the soprano soloist in performances of Brahms’ Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Faure’s Requiem, Haydn’s Mass in Time of War, and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. In Fort Wayne, Indiana, she was a frequent soloist with the Fort Wayne Bach Collegium, singing Bach masterworks including St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion, B Minor Mass, and Magnificat.
Equally at home in operatic roles, Amy has sung the roles of Anna Maurrant in Kurt Weill’s Street Scene, Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, Dido in Dido and Aeneas, Lola in Douglas Moore’s Gallantry, Diana in Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld, and Elisetta in Cimarosa’s Secret Marriage.
Amy holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Texas Christian University, a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance from Michigan State University, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Performance from the University of Alabama.
Amy has been teaching voice for over twenty years to students ranging in age and ability level. She has taught elementary, middle school and high school students as well as college majors and adults with a variety of vocal backgrounds. Although her focus is mainly on classical repertoire, many of her students sing other styles of music as well. Amy’s focus as a teacher is to provide her students with a foundation for healthy singing.
Amy has previously served on the faculties at Weatherford College, Huntington University, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, and Mississippi State University. She has also taught for schools in a variety of school districts, including Birdville and Arlington, as well as private schools, including The Oakridge School.
Amy lives in Fort Worth where she teaches Music Theory and AP Music Theory at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts and serves as Production and Operations Assistant. She maintains small studios at the TCU School of Music Preparatory Division and Tarrant County College (Northeast campus). She loves being part of FWAFA’s outstanding program and teaching enthusiastic students!
Melissa Sky-Eagle
Accompanist
Dr. Melissa Sky-Eagle has held continuous jobs as pianist, collaborator, and music director for the last 27 years. She is honored to be a part of the Texas Boys Choir team at Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts! In the last few years, she has been the staff accompanist and vocal coach at East Los Angeles College, piano teacher at California Baptist University, and music director at A Noise Within Theatre in Pasadena, California. After a recent move to Texas, she served as the music director, pianist, and organist at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. Her academic credentials are all in piano performance: BM, Texas Christian University; MM, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University; and DMA, University of Southern California. She’s passionate about supporting singers of all ages, helping them to find their voice and sound their best! She is also an enthusiastic sight reader, participating in reading sessions and conferences whenever the opportunity arises. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and spending time with her parents, who live next door.
