Casulana Artistic Director
Janwin Overstreet-Goode
Janwin Overstreet-Goode is a secondary choral music consultant, following 36 years as a high school choral director, primarily in Texas. She holds BM and BME degrees from Murray State University and an MM from the University of Kentucky. Choirs under her direction twice performed for the Texas Music Educators Association convention (Sam Rayburn HS Chorale Women in 2001; Friendswood HS Campus Singers in 2008). Her choirs were consistent Sweepstakes and superior ratings recipients at the University Interscholastic League contests, and were named Best in Class at contests in Florida, Louisiana, California and Texas.
Overstreet-Goode served as Vocal Division Vice-President, President-Elect, President and Past President of TMEA from 2011-2016, and served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Texas Choral Directors Association from 2007-2009. Overstreet-Goode was honored by the Houston Symphony Orchestra and Fidelity FutureStage as the 2008 Outstanding Music Educator in the Field of Choral Music. She was the conductor/clinician of the 2006 Kentucky All-State Women’s Choir. While at Friendswood HS, Goode was twice recognized for Best Musical Direction by the Houston-area Tommy Tune Awards: in 2010 for Oklahoma, and in 2017 for Les Miserables.
Casulana Artistic Director Emerita and Co-Founder
Neena Taylor
Neena Taylor is a graduate of the University of Texas at Pan American, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Voice. She completed post‑graduate studies in voice and conducting at the University of Houston. During her 24 years of teaching at Jersey Village High School, her choirs consistently received Sweepstakes awards at Concert and Sight‑Reading Contest as well as Best in Class honors at state festivals. She has presented three workshops at the Texas Choral Directors Association Convention and has conducted numerous Region Clinics throughout Texas. Under her direction, the Jersey Village Varsity Women performed at the 2003 Texas Music Educators Association Convention.
Taylor has been active in the Houston music community as a church choir director and as a singer with the Houston Symphony, the former professional Concert Chorale of Houston, and the Houston Chamber Choir. Her professional affiliations include TCDA, ACDA, TMAA, and TMEA. She continues to conduct workshops and clinics across the state.