Directors/Staff
 Director - JILL JERAN is in her fourth year as the Choral Director at Carroll High School. She is a native of Indiana and graduate of Taylor University. Her love of music has been demonstrated both in Indiana as well as around the world. During her years at Taylor, she toured with the Taylor Sounds and performed solo concerts yearly to benefit a variety of causes. She also performed with the well-known gospel artist, Larnell Harris.
She had been a show choir director for several years before moving to the Middle East. Upon graduation, she worked for six years in secondary music, directing competitive show choirs from Norwell and Bishop Luers High Schools. It was at this time that she and her husband decided to move overseas. During her nine years abroad, she taught sight reading classes at the Bursa Metropolitan Conservatory of Music, gave private lessons, taught music at the local schools and operated a recording studio with her husband. Most notably, she became proficient in Turkish Folk Music and recorded two separate albums in this unique style, which have been distributed throughout Europe and the Middle East.
Mrs. Jeran continues to work as a studio musician doing background vocals on various recording projects. She is also very involved at Pine Hills Church where she sings with the worship team and participates on several committees. She has been married for 16 years to her husband, Jonathan, and has three wonderful children, Jordan, Jacob, and Janae.
 Assistant Director - ASHLEY TREADWAY, a native of Fort Wayne and graduate of Northrop High School, is currently attending Indiana-Purdue University Fort Wayne pursuing a degree in music education. At IPFW, she is currently a member of University Singers, as well as serving as an officer for the student chapters of ACDA, MENC, and the women’s music fraternity, Sigma Alpha Iota. Through IPFW's Ambassadons program, Ashley serves as a student ambassador for the Chancellor, and can also be seen on campus as a Resident Assistant at the student housing complex. In the fall of 2005, she appeared as "the Mezzo-soprano" in the IPFW Opera Ensemble's performance of the children's opera, "Sid the Serpent Who Wanted to Sing." Previously, Ashley spent a year at Western Michigan University where she was a member of the Women’s Chorus and an active member of the vocal jazz ensemble Gold Company II. While at Northrop, she was a four-year member of the show choir, Charisma, and was very active in both the music and theater departments. Ashley’s community involvement has included performing in the Fort Wayne Civic Theatre’s productions of Singing in the Rain and Crazy for You, as well as being a ten-year member of the Fort Wayne Children’s Choir and Youth Chorale. She credits her love and appreciation for music to all the wonderful directors she has had the privilege of working with through the years, and would like to thank Jill Jeran and the rest of the Carroll choirs family for all their hard work towards making the year a success!
 Choreographer - DAMON BROWN is a show designer, choreographer and the founder of Stagevisions Choreography of Carmel, IN. Since 1983, Damon has worked with over 60,000 professional, university and high school students throughout North America. Among his former students are Blake Lively (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants), singer/songwriter Krystal Harris (Princess Diaries), Derek Keeling ("Grease, You're the One That I Want") and Broadway's Megan Reinking (Lestat)
During his career, Damon has choreographed nearly 200 Grand Championship Show Choirs with over 200 Best Choreography and Show Design awards. His current roster of schools (in addition to Carroll) includes Burbank, Franklin Central, Urbandale, Cedar Rapids Kennedy, and Center Grove. In 2002 and 2004, Damon choreographed the guest host honors choir at Showstoppers Disney World held at Epcot Center, and in 2004 he served as artistic consultant for Branson's Music City Center Christmas Spectacular.
In 2005 Damon was honored to travel to London and Paris to work with the inagural "FAME All-Stars" national show choir. In 2007, Damon will be returning to help choreograph the group's upcoming tour of Vienna, Salzberg, Munich and Prague. Damon is also a regular adjudicator with FAME Events out of Mesa, Arizona, for whom he has judged competitions coast-to-coast.
As a performer, Damon toured European jazz festivals as a vocalist with the 1983 Jazz Abroad All-American Singers. He's been honored to perform on the same stage with Sandi Patty, Red Skelton, Dizzy Gillespie, and the Smothers Brothers. He's also worked as a performer with Cedar Point and was a 5-year member and dance captain of the Ball State University Singers, Currently, Damon sings as one of 3 male team vocalists for the 4,000 member Northview Christian Life Church and writes contemporary Christian music with collaborator Frank Ralls.
Damon is a graduate of Ball State and a proud member of Promise Keepers Men's Christian Fellowship. He's been married to wife, Tina for 17 years and is the proud dad of 2 beautiful daughters, Morgan and Madeline. In his spare time, Damon loves to train to run marathons and cheer fanatically for the Indianapolis Colts. God Bless and good luck to all!
Choreographer - TARA
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