Reverence Gospel Choir

Dennis Montgomery, Shreveport, Louisiana (Faculty Director)
Da'Dreion Murrell, Omaha, Nebraska (Student Director)
Zalissa Stewart, Memphis, Tennessee (Assistant Director)
Alexis Corbett, Boston, Massachusetts

Lucia Desimone, Argentina/ltaly

Marclesia Winanda, Jakarta, Indonesia

Noa Angell Boon, Singapore

Stephanie Acosta, Bogota, Colombia

Vivian Valls, Miami, Florida

Sifa Bihomora, Columbia, Missouri

Mercedes Diaz-Urrea, Tijuana, Mexico

Marlon Solomon, East Orange, New Jersey

Steven Montecucco, Vancouver, Washington

Kailin Zhong, Guangzhou, China

Chengzhen Meng, Qingdao, China

Kirlisa Broxton, Atlanta, Georgia

Josiah Fluker, Brooklyn, New York

Tia Fuller

Grammy-nominated performer, Mack Avenue Records artist, and accomplished
educator, Tia Fuller has been the featured saxophonist with pop diva Beyoncé,
featured on the / Am... Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé Experience, and Live at the Wynn
Theatre worldwide tours (2006-2010). In addition, she served as assistant musical
director for Esperanza Spalding's Radlio Music Society tour and performed with Terri
Lyne Carrington's Mosaic Project and Money Jungle tours.

 

An accomplished performer in her own right, Fuller has recorded five albums: Healing Space, Decisive
Steps, Angelic Warrior, Pillar of Strength, and Diamond Cut, which received a Grammy nomination

for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Her quartet has performed at festivals all over the world, including
Panama, the Netherlands, Italy, Angola, and South Africa.

Fuller recently graced the cover of DownBeat and was featured in a national J.Jill campaign celebrating
dynamic women in the arts. An opinion piece she wrote for NBC News, 2019 Grammy Awards: Why
I'm Using My Nomination to Speak out in the World of Jazz," has drawn widespread acclaim. She has
received numerous awards and marks of distinction, winning the JazzTimes Critics' Poll for best alto
saxophonist (2018), and the DownBeat Interational Critics' Poll Rising Star award (2013 and 2014).
She received the Benny Golson Award from Howard University in 2018.

A devoted educator, Fuller is a professor at Berklee College of Music, where she directs the Beyoncé,
Bruno Mars, Ariana Grande, and Micki Miller ensembles. While balancing the worlds of education and
performance, she is instrumental in facilitating master classes, clinics, and lectures worldwide.

Fuller holds a bachelor's degree in music from Spelman College (magna cum laude) and master's
degree in music from the University of Colorado Boulder (summa cum laude).