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Students may take Concert Choir, the audition Songbirds Treble Choir or the audition Cacophony Tenor/ Bass Choir as classes at Crofton High School. The groups perform several times throughout the year, including Crofton Choral Connections, a feeder concert with elementary and middle school chorus students; the December winter concert; the Choral Festival Preview Concert; and an end-of-year spring concert. They also travel to the Anne Arundel County Chorus Festival each year, where an expert adjudicates their performances. Songbirds and Cacophony often participate in additional opportunities such as holiday caroling at local retirement communities, performing during the school's International Night and, in 2025, at the University of Maryland Choir Invitational.
Crofton High School students have many other vocal opportunities, including singing with Radiance, a club choir that practices during Cardinals Connect; performing in the Crofton Cabaret; singing the National Anthem at various school sporting events; and auditioning with Crofton's theater department for the spring musical and variety shows. Students enrolled in choir classes also have the opportunity to audition for All-County and All-State Chorus, and to participate in the Solo & Ensemble Festival, a judged music event where students are able to perform as soloists or in a small music ensemble.
Email: bgresko@aacps.org
Ms. Briana Gresko
Ms. Briana Gresko
Director of Choirs
Director of Choirs
Ms. Briana Gresko, a National Board Certified Teacher in Vocal Music, received her undergraduate degree in Music Education from Duquesne University, summa cum laude, and her Master's degree with emphasis in Choral Conducting from Mansfield University, under the direction of Dr. Peggy Dettwiler. She has completed additional graduate work at the International Kodaly Seminar (Kecskemèt, Hungary), the Rene Clausen Choral School (Concordia College, Minnesota), the Summer Institute for A.P. Music Theory (West Virginia University), the AVID Summer Institute, Choral Kaleidoscope workshop (Duquesne University), and courses at online institutions.
An active guest clinician and adjudicator, Ms. Gresko's choirs at both the middle school and high school levels have consistently received superior and excellent ratings throughout her career. As the Lead Music Teacher at Crofton High School, Ms. Gresko directs the curricular and extracurricular choirs and she teaches AP Music Theory and piano classes. Ms. Gresko also serves as the choral accompanist for the AACPS Music Camp choruses, AACPS All County chorus, and the community youth choir Voices In Praise. Her musical collaborations with composer Christopher Fox are published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc. and Hinshaw. Ms. Gresko was recognized as a Semifinalist for AACPS Teacher of the Year in 2019-2020, and she was recognized as a 2025 Outstanding Music Educator by the Maryland Music Educators Association.
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