Jenni oversees the music for our informal worship service, Church in the Round, and can be seen leading the band and singers from the keyboard. Jenni is an Associate Professor of Voice at Wingate University where she teaches applied voice, lyric diction for singers, and maintains a private studio of vocal students.  Her primary doctoral research was in American art song settings of letters written during times of war, including settings by Alan L. Smith, John Kander, Lee Hoiby and a new work by James Kevin Gray. As a soloist, Dr. Hough is active in both recital and oratorio including singing soprano solos for Carmina Burana, the Mozart Requiem, and Handel’s Messiah.  Jenni is active in the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Jenni resides in the Charlotte area with her husband, Michael, and sons, Miles and Cole.