festivalsongs | Highland View Academy Music Department

Clinton Anderson [Handbells] Clinton Anderson is a retired teacher choir and handbells teacher with 42 years of experience in the Seventh-day Adventist system of education. Beginning as an elementary teacher in Bemidji, Minnesota for 18 years, he transitioned into music at Minnetonka Christian Academy, and Wisconsin Academy for 18 years. Following three years of part-time teaching at Campion Academy while helping to care for a special needs granddaughter, he completed his career teaching music for 3 final years at Maplewood Academy. His passion has been to make music that lifts all participants and those listening into God‘s throne room in worship.

Emilie Flores [Strings] is the choir and strings director at Spencerville Adventist Academy. Mrs. Flores holds a bachelors in music performance from Washington Adventist University, and a Master's in violin performance from the University of Maryland. She has been an active member of the New England Youth orchestra and have toured nationally and internationally. In addition to the violin, she plays the piano, the organ. She is married to Alex Marte, a WAU alumnus and violinist. This is the fourth year that Mrs. Flores returns to direct the CCOSDA music festival as strings clinician. The students love to work with her as she constantly share her passion for music with them.