Power Company Director

Aaron Olson

Aaron R. Olson has served as the director of vocal music at Waconia High School in Waconia, MN since the Fall of 1998. Aaron directs three curricular concert ensembles as well as Applied Voice and a Music Appreciation and Music Theory class during the school day. He also directs the Select Chamber Choir and Power Company, Waconia High School’s “High Voltage” Show Choir which are offered as co-curricular ensembles. Prior to teaching in Waconia, he taught middle and elementary schools in Superior, Wisconsin for seven years.

Aaron is a member of MMEA, and ACDA where he has served as the state Repertoire and Standards chair for show choirs. Aaron has been a judge and clinician at several competitions and festivals in Minnesota and Iowa and was honored to serve as a Tenor section coach for the Minnesota All State Mixed Choir. He is also serving as interim director of the Faith Choir at Faith Lutheran Church in Waconia.

Originally from Bloomington, MN, Aaron R. Olson received his Bachelor of Music Education degree in 1991 from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire And his Masters Degree in Music Education at the University of Minnesota 2002.

Associate Director

Jenna Ely

Jenna Ely has danced since the age of 3, growing up at The Summit Dance Shoppe, where she participated on the top competitive line, as well as the Pointe Ballet Theatre group and Boy/Girl select group. She graduated in 2008 from the University of Iowa with a degree in Dance and Journalism, and a minor in Communications. While at the University, Jenna performed the works of such choreographers as George de la Pena, Alan Sener, Deanna Carter, and was featured in a piece of the Louis Falco repertoire. She has performed at the American College Dance Festival Association (ACDFA), and at the University of Iowa Dance Gala 2004 - 2008, which featured her in several ballet solos and duets.

Jenna was chosen to be one of five spotlighted performers for Dance Gala 2008 media production, which included being interviewed and videotaped while rehearsing and performing. This video production is shown on the Big Ten Network as an hour-long special. Jenna assisted at the Joffrey Summer Intensive Audition at MN Dance Theatre in January of 2010, which involved studying the technique of 30+ students aged 11 to 21 to determine their skill level. Jenna recently filmed her first national commercial as a dancer for the company Big Lots, which will be aired starting May 26th.

Jenna currently teaches tap, ballet, jazz, lyrical and musical theatre at three dance studios around the Twin Cities area. She also serves as the Associate Director for the Waconia High School Show Choir, and led them to a successful 2009-10 season. When not dancing or thinking about dance, rare indeed, Jenna enjoys reading, eating and spending time lazing about with her boyfriend, Justin, and with her family and friends.

Choreography Direcotor

Kevin Chase

Kevin Chase is a freelance choreographer based out of Minneapolis, MN. From 2003 to 2009 he was a director and choreographer in Bemidji, MN for the competitive show choirs Vocalmotive and La Voce Ballo. He was also a theater director for 2 years and a director/choreographer for the Bemidji Middle School show choir program for 6 years. He currently works as a choreographer and/or clinician for over 25 competitive show choirs in MN, IA, WI, SD, MS and AZ. In 2008, he co-founded the Kevin Chase & Friends Music Showcase which raises scholarship funds to send students to Show Choir Camps of America; which he has been involved with for 6 years. Kevin is in his 4th year choreographing for The Current, and was thrilled to watch them compete in their first finals in 2010. In 2007, he started working with Power Company as a clinician and is now in his 2nd year as a choreographer, and was thrilled to watch them reach new highs in their program last year. He is honored to be apart of the Waconia show choir family, and thanks Aaron Olson for believing in him, and for helping him get his first choreography job outside of Bemidji; which started his dream of becoming a show choir choreographer!