JENNIE CRAWFORD - Director of Choirs
Jennie Crawford is in her 25th year of music education and is in her first year as Head Choir Director at Keller High School. Prior to joining Keller ISD, she spent 24 years in Birdville ISD, where she built a highly successful choral program.
In 2007, Jennie was honored as the first recipient of the Texas Choral Directors Association Distinguished Young Director Award. She has served as the Region 5 and Region 31 Middle School Vocal Coordinator, on the Texas PML Committee from 2016–2020, including serving as committee chair in 2019–2020, and on the Texas UIL Sight-Reading Committee from 2021–2022. She is an active adjudicator and frequently serves as a guest clinician and conductor for Region and Honor Choirs throughout Texas.
Under her direction, the Smithfield Choirs were honored to perform at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention five times, and the Smithfield Raider Chorale was selected to perform at the 2021 National American Choral Directors Association Conference.
Jennie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a Master’s degree in Education Administration. Her professional affiliations include the Texas Music Educators Association, American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, and Texas Music Adjudicators Association.
Outside of school, Jennie enjoys being a choir, band, and softball mom. She lives in North Richland Hills with her husband, Chad, their children, Hagen and Berkeley, and their dog, Stella.
Ellie Kopp - Assistant Director of Choirs
Ms. Kopp is excited to be joining Keller HS as the Assistant Choir Director! Most recently, she was the Director of Choirs at Columbus North HS in southern Indiana, where she taught concert choirs, vocal jazz, competitive show choirs, and vocal directed the musical. Under her direction, the Columbus North show choirs earned numerous Grand Championships, podium placements, and caption awards for Best Vocals, Best Choreography, and Best Band. The choir program also received the Indiana State School Music Association's All-Music Award for program-wide excellence. Ms. Kopp was recognized as the 2025–26 Emerging Teacher of the Year by the Columbus North High School Bull Dog Alumni Association.
Ms. Kopp is a 2023 graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where she earned her Bachelors of Music Education with a minor in Conducting and served as President of the National Association for Music Education collegiate chapter. Ms. Kopp was recognized as an 2023 Outstanding Future Music Educator by the Indiana Music Educators Association. She completed her student teaching at Shelbyville High School with the SHS choir and band programs. A native of Austin, she is thrilled to return to Texas and joining the Keller Choir family!
