LINDA L. TEDFORD
Artistic Director, Founder, and Conductor
Linda L. Tedford is the Artistic Director, Founder and Conductor of the award-winning Susquehanna Chorale, established in 1981. She is responsible for the creation of the Chorale’s Educational Outreach Program, which reaches hundreds of local student singers annually. She is Professor Emeritus at Messiah College, Grantham, PA, where she served as Director of Choral Activities. Choirs under her direction have performed with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra and throughout Europe. Ms,. Tedford is a frequent guest conductor and clinician.
DANIEL L. DORTY
Pianist/Organist, Susquehanna Chorale
Daniel L. Dorty is Director of Music and Organist at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Mechanicsburg. He attended Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania, where he majored in organ performance. Mr. Dorty also maintains a private studio, teaching organ, piano, and voice in Shippensburg, Pa., and he frequently serves as accompanist both at Messiah College and in the surrounding community. His private teachers have included Linda L. Tedford, Helen-Louise Wagner, Philip Shuman, Randall Williams, and Shawn Gingrich. Mr. Dorty is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association.
JUDITH A. SHEPLER
Conductor, Susquehanna Children's Chorale
Judith A. Shepler holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Messiah College. She has pursued additional study at Westminster Choir College as well as with prominent conductors in the field of children’s choral music, including Jean Ashworth Bartle, Betty Bertaux, Joan Gregoryk, Christine Jordanoff, Helen Kemp, and Henry Leck. Ms. Shepler plays a vital role in the Chorale’s Educational Outreach Program by conducting the Susquehanna Children’s Chorale for children in grades 4 through 8. She also directs the Susquehanna Preparatory Choir, a training choir for students in the third grade.
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Ms. Shepler recently retired from the Central Dauphin School District, where she taught elementary vocal music for 35 years and conducted the fourth and fifth grade choruses. Ms. Shepler is a charter member of the Susquehanna Chorale and has been a member and featured soloist with the Chamber Singers of Harrisburg and the Harrisburg Singers. Ms. Shepler maintains active membership in the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association.
ALAN L. HAIR
Pianist, Susquehanna Children's Chorale
Alan L. Hair has been a member of the Susquehanna Chorale since 1984 and has served as pianist for the Children’s Chorale since its inception in 1994. He is the tenor section leader for the Susquehanna Chorale and serves as a member of the Chorale’s Grants Committee. Mr. Hair received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Management from Elizabethtown College, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music/Organ Concentration, as a student of Dr. Carl Shull. Mr. Hair is Director of Music Ministries at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Hershey and is a member of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Mr. Hair works full-time as Employment Program Coordinator for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
George H. Diehl
Guest Conductor, Susquehanna Youth Chorale
George H.Diehl served as conductor of the Susquehanna Youth Chorale for twenty seasons.He graduated magna cum laude from Susquehanna University where he received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and Music Education.He also holds a Master of Education degree in Music Technology from Valley Forge Christian College.
Currently, Mr.Diehl teaches vocal music and music technology at Central Dauphin East High School.Mr.Diehl is an active member of TI:ME (Technology in Music Education), the American Choral Directors Association, and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, where he has been a guest director and a clinician.As a vocalist, Mr.Diehl has performed in numerous Central Pennsylvania community theatre and operatic productions.He appeared in Theater Harrisburg’s world premiere of the musical The Scarlet Letter.Other performance credits include The Secret Garden, Pirates of Penzance, Sondheim on Sondheim, Urinetown the Musical, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
MITCHELL C. SENSENIG-WILSHIRE
Conductor, Susquehanna Alta Voce Chorale
Mitchell Sensenig-Wilshire is in demand as a singer, conductor, collaborative pianist, and theatre music/vocal director in Central Pennsylvania. He studied voice and piano at Mansfield University where he sang in the Mansfield University Concert Choir (Dr. Peggy Dettwiler, Conductor) with whom he performed both internationally (winning 3 Gold Medals at the 2014 World Choir Games) and on some of the nation’s most renowned stages including the Overture Center (Madison, WI) and Carnegie Hall (NYC). He has won the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) regional vocal solo competition, and has participated in American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) conducting masterclasses by audition and invitation.
Mr. Sensenig is Director of Music and Organist at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Saviour in Harrisburg, and at St. Stephen Lutheran Church in New Kingstown. He regularly works with Theatre Harrisburg on their mainstage musicals and seasonal cabarets, and has music/vocal directed for Keystone Theatrics, Lebanon Valley College, Central Dauphin HS, Camp Hill HS, and other community, high school, and collegiate theatre productions. Continuing his life-long interest in the marching arts, Mitchell is currently a Design Consultant for the Ephrata High School Marching Unit where he previously served as Assistant Director for 7 seasons. Mr. Sensenig is the Conductor of the Susquehanna Alta Voce Chorale, and Bass Section Leader of the Susquehanna Chorale.
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Todd Davis
Pianist, Susquehanna Youth and Alta Voce Chorales
Todd B. Davis is Director of Music Ministries at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, Pa. In addition, Mr. Davis serves as cantor and parish musician at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Spring Grove, Pa. He is an accompanist and board member of the East Berlin Community Singers, East Berlin, Pa. and is the accompanist for the Susquehanna Chorale in South Central Pennsylvania.
Mr. Davis is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society. He has been awarded the Associate and Colleague Certification (with top honors) from the American Guild of Organists. In addition, he has been awarded the Service Playing Certificate and the Diploma of Colleague (with top honors) from the Royal Canadian College of Organists. In May 2025, he passed the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society’s Level 8 examination. Mr. Davis is currently a guitar student of Christopher Laughlin in Northbrook, Illinois (via Zoom). Prior to St. Paul Lutheran Church, he served in ministry at Trinity Church of New Cumberland, New Cumberland, Pa, Christ Lutheran Church, York, Pa, and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Spring Grove, Pa. (2000-2004). His organ teachers have included Dr. Richard Wegner (Immanuel Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD) and Dr. Thomas Spacht (Towson University).
Mr. Davis resides in York, Pa. with his wife, Cathe, and son, Hayden.