Annika Stucky

Biography

Annika Stucky is a purposeful and passionate pedagogue, conductor, and leader. She currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music, Choral Conductor at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music. Dr. Stucky completed her Ph.D. in Choral Conducting–Music Education at Florida State University, her M.M. in Choral Conducting at Texas Christian University, and earned dual bachelors’ degrees in Music Education and Spanish Education from Kansas State University.

At Wheaton College, Dr. Stucky conducts the Women’s Chorale and Men’s Glee Club. She also teaches courses in conducting and music education. Her research interests include representation in choral music, programming in choral music, like-voiced ensembles, music perception and cognition, and music teacher education.

While at Florida State University, Dr. Stucky served as an assistant conductor for Levana, Choral Union, and the Tallahassee Community Chorus. During a faculty transition, she was also the conductor/Instructor of Record for Levana. Dr. Stucky invested in preservice music educators as a graduate teaching assistant in undergraduate conducting, choral techniques and methods, and College Teaching: Music in Higher Education. Additionally, Dr. Stucky served as an assistant conductor for the Festival Singers of Florida. As a graduate teaching assistant at Texas Christian University, Dr. Stucky was an assistant conductor for the TCU Chorale and TCU Frog Corps, and a graduate teaching assistant in conducting courses. She was also the conductor for a TCU and community production of Amahl and the Night Visitors.

Before pursuing graduate degrees, Dr. Stucky taught high school choir in Junction City, Kansas for five years. In addition to the program’s six choral ensembles, she served as the Fine Arts and Human Services Academy Leader, taught class piano, assisted in orchestra, and was an assistant director for the musical each year. Dr. Stucky’s ensembles received multiple invitations to perform at the Kansas Music Educators Association state conference and for regional and national audiences. She was honored as the Outstanding Senior in Music at Kansas State University and received the Alexander Award for excellence in education.

A lifetime church musician, Dr. Stucky has held positions at First Christian Church in Manhattan, Kansas and at First Baptist Church of Tallahassee in Florida. She has invested in choirs of all ages and has a heart for community music-making.

Dr. Stucky is an active clinician, researcher, and conference presenter. She has adjudicated and conducted honor choirs in Kansas and Florida. She has also presented her research and given conference sessions at numerous state, regional, and national conferences, including the Kansas Music Education Association, Texas Music Education Association, Florida Music Education Association, Kansas and Florida Chapters of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Southern and Southwest Regions of ACDA, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization. She has twice been named a graduate conducting finalist for ACDA regional conferences. Her professional affiliations include national, regional, and state levels of ACDA and National Association for Music Education (NAfME), and Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Music Education-Choral Conducting
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Master of Music, Choral Conducting
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX

Bachelor of Music Education: K-12, Vocal Emphasis
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Summa cum laude

Bachelor of Science in Education: K-12, Teaching Field: Spanish
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Summa cum laude

Conferences

Guest Conductor Invitations

NCKMEA SSAA Honor Choir Clinician, Manhattan, KS

Performance Invitations

Kansas Music Educators Association State Conference, Wichita, KS
Chamber Choir (auditioned, mixed), Junction City High School

Kansas Music Educators Association State Conference, Wichita, KS
JC Singers (select small ensemble), Junction City High School

Kansas Music Educators Association State Conference, Wichita, KS
Chamber Choir (auditioned, mixed), Junction City High School

Presentations

National
Stucky, A. (2025, March 18-22). Continuous transitions and audience enjoyment of choral music: A pilot study [Poster Presentation]. American Choral Directors Association, Dallas, TX, United States.

Stucky, A. (2023, November 9-11). Leaders to teachers: Leadership and the formation of the choral director [Poster Presentation]. National Collegiate Choral Organization, Atlanta, GA, United States.

Regional
Stucky A. (2024, February 21-24). Habits, perceptions, and mentorship of choral conducting graduate students' recorded rehearsals [Poster presentation]. Southern American Choral Directors Association, Louisville, KY, United States.

Stucky, A. & Thorpe, C. (2018, March 8-10). Sing it! Removing obstacles to the use of songs in the classroom [Conference Session]. Central States Conference on the Teaching for Foreign Languages, Milwaukee, WI, United States. Program Book (PDF)

State
Stucky, A. (2025, January 8-11). Connect and transform: Transitions in your choral classroom and concert [Conference Session]. Florida Music Education Association, Tampa, FL, United States

Stucky, A. & Springer, R. (2025, January 8-11). Teaching in ten! Transformational planning, teaching, and reflecting for maximum engagement [Conference Session]. Florida Music Education Association, Tampa, FL, United States.

Stucky A. (2024, October 24-26). Teaching in ten! Transformational planning, conducting, and reflecting for maximum engagement [Conference Session]. Florida American Choral Directors Association, Orlando, FL, United States.

Stucky, A. (2024, January 10-13). Leaders to teachers: Leadership and the formation of the choral director [Poster Presentation]. Florida Music Education Association, Tampa, FL, United States.

Stucky, A. & Duplantis, M. E. (2022, February 9-12). Data-driven discoveries: Examining Texas middle school all-region choir literature demands [Poster Presentation]. Texas Music Education Association, San Antonio, TX, United States.

Stucky, A. & Brown, M. (2017, February 23-25). Pretest to performance: Data driven decision making in the choral classroom [Conference Session]. Kansas Music Education Association, Wichita, KS, United States.

Stucky, A. & Thorpe, C. (2014, October 17-18). Sing it! Removing obstacles to the use of culturally authentic songs in the foreign language classroom [Conference Session]. Kansas World Language Association, Kansas City, KS, United States.

Honors and Awards

ACDA Graduate Conducting Masterclass Representative
Southern Region, Louisville, KY
Clinician: John Dickson

Graduate Student Leadership Award, Nominee
Florida State University

ACDA Graduate Conducting Masterclass Representative
Southwest Region, Little Rock, AR
Clinician: Jerry McCoy

Conducting Fellow
Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute, Atlanta, GA
Clinicians: Daniel Bara and Deanna Joseph

Outstanding Graduating Senior in Music, Kansas State University
Awarded membership to Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society

Alexander Award, Kansas World Language Association
Awarded annually to one outstanding pre-service teacher

Professional Memberships

National Collegiate Choral Organization
National Association for Music Education
American Choral Directors Association
Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society