OUR STAFF

BACHS choir’s mission is to offer students of home education families the opportunity to grow musically through quality music instruction withing the context of a developmental music program. The choir seeks to musically enrich its members using principles, techiques, mthods, and choral literature and will foster a lifelong appreciation of choral music through preparation and performances to glorify God and serve our community.

Concert Choir Director Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller was raised in Texas by choral directors, but after a term with the U.S. Air Force, he started out his music career singing opera, having studied voice and opera at Western Illinois University (BA, 00) and Southern Illinois University (MM, 02).

After a brief singing career (Des Moines Metro Opera, Ohio Light Opera, Union Avenue Opera, St. Lous), Jeff responded to a call to full-time ministry where he has served as a lead pastor and church planter sing=ce 2002 in both Bloomington Normal and St. Louis, MO. As a bi-vocational church planter, Jeff taught voice at Illinois Wesleyan University from 2002-2008 in both the School of Music and mainly the Musical Theater program, from where several of his students have gone to careers on and off-Broadway.

Jeff returned to Bloomington-Normal in 2022, with his wife, Cheri, and their five (homeschooled) children. In addition to directing this year’s BACHS Concert Choir, Jeff spends his time ghostwriting books, teaching voice, and being a church-planting pastor at Godspeed Community Church.

Trebel Choir Director Jennifer Stevens

Jennifer Stevens is a dedicated wife, homeschool mother of seven, and passionate music educator based in Bloomington, Illinois. With four of her children actively partiticipation in the BACHS Concert and Treble Choirs, she brings both personal investment and professional expertise to her role as a music leader in the homeschool community.

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Theatre from Illinois State University College of Fine Arts (2012) and a certification in Theology and Liturgy from the McGrath Institute at Notre Dame (2020). Her musical journey began early, stufying voice and piano privately before advancing to train under Professor John Koch at ISY, where she also performed with Belle Voix and Civic Chorale.

Currently serving as Music Ministry leader and accompanist at Epiphany Catholic Church since 2021, Jennifer previously directed all Music and Liturgical Ministries there for six years, overseeing Youth Choir and Children’s Music programs. She co-owned RockOnSean Studios from 2019-2023, where she taught private voice and piano lessons. More recently, she served as Music Director for CAST’s production of “Imagine a Dragon.”

Her extensive performance background includes over a dozen productions with Community Players Theatre spanning two decades, along with notable achievements such as receiving the National Chorale Award (2009) and membership in both IHSA All State Jazz Choir and Honors Choir. A versatile musician, Jennifer’s primary instrument is voice (mezzo-soprano), with secondary proficiency in piano and additional skills in organ and percussion.

Passionate about worship music, choral singing, and musical theatre, Jennifer is commited to fostering the musical, spiritual, and social development of students through excellent choral education in the homeschool community.

Concert Choir Accompanist JoLynn

Trebel Choir Accompanist Elizabeth Giger

Elizabeth Giger grew up in Springfield, Illinois, immersed in the musical heritage of her parents and grandparents. She recieved a Bachelor of Music Education (piano emphasis) with a minor in Spanish from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas in 2000. She taught 5th grade, middle and high school band for two years, and high school Spanish at Ouachita Christian School in Monroe, Louisiana.

Elizabeth then eared a Master’s of Music Education (piano emphasis) from the University of Illinois in 2005. She and her husband, Daniel, spent a year doing mission work in China before returning to the States and eventually starting their family with four girls. Since then, Elizabeth had earned a Master’s Certificate in Spiritual Formation from Lincoln Christian University. In addition to homeschooling their children, her currently maintains a small piano studio, plays piano and keyboard with the worship team at her church, is a member and adjudicator with the National Federation of Music Clubs, and is teaching high school Spanish at the Wellspring Co-op starting since 2023. She is the author of Beyond the Front Door: Cultivating Rhythms of Abiding in Jesus.