Meet the Team
Farlanda Buchannon
Born and raised in Auburn, AL, Farlanda Buchannon found his love for the arts through vast choral experiences and the harmonious melodies of Southern gospel music. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Music with a concentration in Voice. A nationally known clinician, adjudicator, choreographer and conductor, Farlanda has taught many elementary, middle school, high school and collegiate choirs. Recently awarded Best Choreographer of 2023 by the Chicago Reader, Farlanda travels throughout the United States and beyond as a highly sought after choreographer for several competitive middle and high school show choirs. He also serves as a clinician at Showchoir Camps of America hosted at Augustana College in Rock Island IL, and Heidelberg University in Tiffin OH.
Farlanda believes that teaching students from different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds through diverse choral literature builds community and facilitates creativity.
A long time dream becoming a reality, Farlanda is excited for what all the Expressive Arts Collective becomes. He is thrilled at every opportunity to empower students through music, and is so thankful to all the directors, parents, administrators, and communities that support them!
Julianne Fowler
Julianne Fowler is from Brownsburg, Indiana and has spent her life immersed in music. She is so thankful to have grown up under the careful hand of amazing music educators, who each inspired her to pass the baton to the next generation!
Julianne is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music with a Bachelor’s in Music Education - Voice, studying under the expertise of Marietta Simpson. During her time at IU, she toured as part of the Grammy-nominated Singing Hoosiers, with whom she served as a choreographer, arranger, student director, and music education chair. She has spent the last several years as a choir director at Noblesville High School, teaching six co-curricular choirs, designing and competing award-winning show choirs, and choreographing the school’s musicals.
In addition to teaching in the classroom, Julianne works as a freelance choreographer, judge, and clinician for show choir and ballroom dance. She opened her private studio where she teaches voice and piano in 2015 and began teaching dance in 2020.
Julianne is absolutely thrilled to be a part of bringing show choir to Chicago students in a new light. Her heart has always been drawn to working with students and helping them change the world through song. The Expressive Arts Collective is a long-time dream come true and she cannot give enough thanks to those who support, empower, believe, encourage, and join with our incredible students.