Youth Mixed Choir
7th, 8th, 9th Grade

Clinton Ferrie is in his seventeenth year of directing choral music, and is the head choir director at Trinity Springs Middle School in Keller ISD. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Texas Christian University and earned his Masters degree in Music Education from the University of North Texas.

At Trinity Springs, Mr. Ferrie directs eight choirs and serves as the head of the fine arts department. His choirs have consistently earned Sweepstakes awards for superior ratings at the year University Interscholastic League Concert and Sight-Reading Evaluation. Mr. Ferrie’s Chamber Mixed Choir has been invited to perform at this year’s 2026 Southwestern American Choral Directors Association Convention. Previous to this, his Varsity Treble Choir performed at the 2025 National American Choral Directors Association, the 2023 Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the 2022 Southwestern American Choral Directors Association Convention, the 2019 Texas Music Educators Association Convention and the 2018 MS/JH National Cambiata Institute Conference. In addition to this, his Varsity Tenor-Bass Choir performed at the 2021 National American Choral Directors Association Convention and the 2014 MS/JH National Cambiata Institute Conference. The district-wide Keller Honor Choir, under the co-direction of Clinton Ferrie, performed in the elementary division for the 2017 Texas Music Educators Association Convention. 

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Mr. Ferrie currently serves as the National ACDA JH/MS R&R Chair. Mr. Ferrie is frequently requested to be a clinician/conductor for All-City, All-Region and All-State Choirs. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, the Texas Choral Directors Association, the American Choral Directors Association, and the Texas Music Adjudicators Association. 

He is proud to have had 243 students selected for the TCDA All-State Choir and 967 middle school All-Region Choir members selected during his sixteen years of teaching. Mr. Ferrie has been named Teacher of the Year three times in his teaching career. The first happened in 2014 for Linda Jobe Middle School in Mansfield ISD, and the second and third were at Trinity Springs Middle School in 2017 and 2021. In 2014 he was awarded the TCDA Young Director of Distinction Award and in 2025 he was awarded the TCDA Choral Director of Distinction Award. He strives to first teach his students how to be the best humans possible and then to be excellent musicians. 

In his free time, Mr. Ferrie enjoys spending time with his amazing husband, George and their two puppies Prue and Phoebe.