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VOLUME 1, NUIVIBER 2 JANUAFiY 1984

OFFICIAL PUBLICATloN OF NORTH CENTRAL ACDA Cover: First Lutheran Church, Sioux Falls, S.D. Concert Site for North Central Convention

NORTII CENTRAL DIVISION OFFICERS

President: Wayne Kive]] 1003 Maple Northfield, MN 55057

President Elect: Diana Leland 221 W. 59th St. Minneapolis, MN 55419

Edi(or: Sandra Chat)man 1209 Avenue C Fort Madison, IA 52627

Ace Editor: 1300 Anderson 201 W. Orange Mt. Pleasant, IA 52641

State presidents 1983-85 IOWA Gnp Schwartzhoff 909 llth St. Charles City, IA 50616 Hm. 515-228-2179

MINNESOTA Roger Tenney 758 Rolling Green Dr. Owatonna, MN 55060 Hm. 507451-3595

NEBRASRA Paul Swauson 1521 Urbana Lane Lincoln, NE 68504 Hm. 402464-1108 Wk. 402466-2371, x 367

NORTH DAKOTA Teny Eder 921 32nd Ave. S., #18 Grand Forks, ND 58201

SOUTH DAKOTA Stephen Parker 219 Polley Ave. Spearfish, SD 57783 Hm. 605-642-7161

WISCONSIN Mark Aamot 121 N. Hartaell Waukesha, WI 53186 Hm. 414-542-8631

-2- NC Convention ln 'Land of Infinite Variety' Lives Up To Its Billing: Concerts, Interest Sessions and More! Holiday Inn City Centre -Sioux Falls, SD -March TIS

From the Thursday morning keynote ad- Choral Music. Mr. Peterson is a frequent Panelists are: John French, Sioux Falls dress to the final chords of Orffs "0 clinician for show choir clinics and has College; Tom Janssen, Ankeny, Iowa; Dr. Furtuna" on Saturday, South Dakota, produced consistent winners in numerous Ronald Becker, Sioux Falls Public Schools. "The Land of Infinite Variety, " promises swing choir and jazz festivals. With the an excellent setting for a varied and quality assistance of Scarlet and Cream, he will SPECIAL SESSIONS Some of South Dakota's contributions to convention. present "The Show Choir . . . What Makes it Go!„ the convention will be heard in four special INTEREST SESSIONS Theo Lindenbaum is an internationally sessions: Elementary, junior and senior high levels known vocal pedagogue on the factilty of Ecumenica] Service "Sing Joy" will be the theme of the of choral activity are included in the In- the Nordwestdeutsche Musikakademie in terest Session offerings. Each session will be Detmold, . He has served as a lec- convention Ecumenical Service. Combined presented twice and includes: turer, vocal workshop instructor, concert choirs of First Lutheran and Our Savior's Sister Loma Zemke is Chairperson of the and oratorio singer, and is an accomplished Lutheran will be the participating choirs. Division of Fine Arts and the Department accompanist. He received his training at the Both were chosen from audition tapes sub- of Music at Silver Lake College and is a Musik Akademie in Germany and studied mitted to the convention committee. In nationally and internationally recognized with the renowned artist/teacher, Frederick addition to the choirs directed by Don Kodaly Music Education specialist. She re- Husler. He will present, "Physiology of the Levson, Our Savior's and Jerry Hansen, ceived her Bachelor of Music degree from Voice. " First Lutheran, participants will include: Silver Lake College and MM and DMA Mark Lehman will moderate the two-part , ; Fr. Leon- from the University of Southern California, session featuring a panel consisting of a ard Thury, Holy Family Church, Mitchell, Los Angeles. She has studied the Kodaly college placement director, school admin- S.D.; Augustana College Brass Choir, Concept in the United States and Hungary istrator, and a choral director. The first Harold Krueger, Director; combined Hand and will present "Children Can Sing Well session will focus on tips from marketing Bell Choirs of both churches. The service . . . Teaching Singing in the Elementary the prospective teacher and preparation for music will be enhanced by the 40 rank, 30cO Classroom. " job applications and interviews. pipe Acolian Skinner organ. A graduate of Northwestern College and The second session will deal with mar- The Augustana Brass Choir, formed in St. Cloud State University, Richard Schir- keting a choral program and surviving the 1965, is a major contributor to campus and macher has taught junior and senior high all-important first year of teaching. community music with a repertoire varying music in the Robbinsdale Area School Dis- from 16th C. antiphonal to 20th C. expe- trict of Minneapolis. His love and under- rimental works. Dr. Harold Krueger, their standing of junior high students has given director, received his BA from Luther him numerous opportunities to serve as a College and his Masters and Doctorate clinician for choral festivals, workshops, from the University of No. Colorado. and clinics. He will share his success in Don Levsen, Choral Director at Our "How to Mold, Motivate, and Maneuver Savior's Lutheran is a graduate of Northern Junior High Choirs. " State College and the University of Min- Jeanne Opitz is currently teaching choral nesota. He holds lay staff accreditation music in grades 7-9 at Central Middle with the American Lutheran Church. School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. She has Jerry Hansom, Director of Music at First BS and MS degrees from the University, of ZEMKE SCHI RMACHER Lutheran, has a BA from St. 0laf College Wisconsin at Whitewater and is a frequent and is currently on staff at Augustana clinician in Iowa, Wisconsin, and Min- CONVENTloN continued page 4 nesota. She has conducted workshops in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois and will present "Music Reading Skills . . . Academically Relevant: ``How They Are Applied.„ A native of South Dakota, John Windli is on the music faculty for Carthage Col- lege, Kenosha, Wisconsin, having pre- viously taught in grades 5-12 in Iowa and Wisconsin public schools. At Carthage he FIRST LUTHERAN CHOIR conducts three college choral groups, a community oratorio chorus, and teaches conducting and music history. He has taught conducting at Florida State Uni- versity and studied at Northwestern Uni- versity and the Mozarteum in Salzburg, . ``Pacing the Choral Rehearsal" will be the title of his Interest Session. Presently serving as Director of Choral Music at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Jon Peterson is on leave from Lincoln East High School where he has been Director of PETEFtsoN LINDENBAUM LEVSEN HANSOM -3-

- .____ We in the choral profession are SOUTH DAl(OTA HONORS CHOIR colleges and universities was selected by a constantly besieged by promotional nine-member committee and represent materials - from publishers, from fund- Yankton College, Dakota Wesleyan raising concerns, from robe companies, University, Sioux Falls College, Augustana from handbell makers, from colleges College, Freeman Junior College, South seeking our singers. The list goes on and on. Dakota State University, Dakota State Everyone is trying to sell us something, and College, Black Hills State College, usually you pay dearly, then get a product Northern State College, and the University that doesn't live up to its advertising. of South Dakota. Their performance is a Many times, we too are called upon to be yearly tradition at the State ACDA promoters. The ideal situation would be Convention. one in which we can promote only the Carl Orff's Carmina Burana will be choral art, pure and untrammeled, for ALICE LARSEN presented by the SD Collegiate Chorale, the adoring audiences who have magically been CONVENTION continued .... ACDA Director's Chorus and the South lured to the concert hall. The fact, however, College. He has been a church choral Dakota Symphony under the direction of is that nearly all of us have no staff director while pursuing a career in aviation, Kenneth Klein. promoter, no PR man to make the world electrical engineering and the Air Force. aware of what we do. All the promotion is left to us. We manage the light bulb and South Dakota Honors Choir fruitcake sales to keep the program afloat, The tenth All-State Honors Choir we design (and sometimes print) the consisting of 150 high school juniors and programs, we push the tickets. we write the seniors is chosen in competitive auditions of news releases, we work with the parent over 500 applicants. In July of 1983, the groups and/or the parish council, we accept choir enjoyed a busy and productive week the civic and ch.urch invitations to perform of intensive rehearsals and organized any and everywhere at any and all times. recreational activities on the Black Hills There's no one else to do it, so either the State College Campus. As in past years, the program gets good press through our work, members have been instructed by one of the KLEIN, SD SYMPHONY or it gets no press at all. OK, fine; 1'11 accept country's outstanding choral directors. that as part of the job. It's not the fact that Alice Larsen is the first native South South Dakota Symphony it's necessary to be PR agents for our Dakotan to direct the choir. The South Dakota Symphony is programs that galls me; it's the total Alice T. Larsen is presently an Associate composed of 80 musicians, 10 of whom are immersion in PR that some choral directors Professor of Music at St. 0laf College in full-time performers. The remainder of the engage in. North field, Minnesota. Born and raised in Symphony's musicians are music teachers I'm talking about directors whose choral South Dakota, she received her under- from area schools and colleges, pro- programs are all promo and no substance. graduate degree from St. 0laf College and fessional people, students and home- They are the programs that I not so lovingly has her Master's in Voice Performance makers. It is a well established musical or- call ` `Trash with Flash. ' ' It is relatively easy from the University of Colorado at ganization which recently completed its to convince the public that something is Boulder. 60th season. happening in a choral program when there She is a popular adjudicator in both voice Kenneth K]ein, the South Dakota Sym- is a flurry of press releases, when you have and choral and frequently serves as a choral phony's new Music Director and Con- groups sing for every civic event from festival director. ductor, made his Sioux Falls debut in sewing circles of six ladies to the Cub Scout March of 1983. He is also the current Music Banquet, when you take kids away from Music of the Sioux Indians Director of the Nassau Symphony of Long their own churches to sing hither and yon South Dakota will hold true to its claim Island, the Long Island Festival of the Arts, on Sunday, and when you keep a of "Land of Infinite Variety" in its the Santa Cruz Symphony, and the New gladhander's high profile in the concurrent special feature "Music of the York Virtuosi. Born and educated in Los community. I'm not anti-PR by any means, Sioux Indians." The Porcupine Singers Angeles, Klein attended Stan ford Univer- and the Resident Tenor and I are not from Porcupine, South Dakota, are one of sity and graduated from the University of exactly anonymous in our town. What I'm the premier traditional Indian singing Southern California School of Music. advocating here is a balance between groups in the United States. They have promise and product, cover and core. First performed throughout the United States Directors Chorus things first, in other words. and Canada and have won numerous na- ACDA members of the North Central So what should come first? Let's go tional contests. They have recorded on Division join talent and technique to pro- through the back away; these things Canyon Records and are acknowledged vide the remaining part of the chorus in shouldn't be on anyone's list of priorities: Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The chorus widely for their performance and interpre- (1) a show choir to trot around town that tation of traditional Lakota music. Dr. Ron continues to provide choral directors a has good presence and can dance like mad, Thiesz will present an Interest Session practicum opportunity. but can't sing its way out of a bag, (2) appropriate to all levels of music education. For fun and relaxation on Thursday accepting more outside performances than night, be sure to pack your western wear you and your singers should have to handle Collegiate Chorale and join us for a real Chuekwagon Stam- This 90-voice choir from South Dakota's pede! EDITOR continued page 5 -4- EDITOFi continued .... for groups of 15 people, just so you don't offend anyone; (3) getting easier high ratings by repeating literature and under- PLANNING YOUR ANNUAL MUsloAL? selling your choir's potential with simplistic and/or inferior literature to please the crowd; (4) putting all your energy into a ®o. small select group that shows you off, while you virtually ignore the rest of your choir; MAY (5) serving your church & community, ACDA, or whatever for self-aggrandize- ment, or because it'll get you a better job down the line. If these things are wrong-headed, what are the plusses of PR, and why bother help you with yoiir costuming alid set meetls? anyway? Most choral directors are, at base, pretty sincere types who know that glitz and glitter do not music make. A little glitz, Peasonable prices - over 2,000 costumes in stock - over 100 however, can bring in an unschooled colleges, Sr. High Schools and Community theater groups served listener for the first time. He may have throughout the midwest! come just because the promos promised Highlights from 0, Calcutta! Coke, OK?), Costumes $7.50 -$10.00 on production basis but he'll come back because he discovered Sets $250.00 -$500.00 depending upon show he really liked that Britten piece. A little glitter may get the football players out for choir, but they'll stay because your love for for available musicals Brahms is contagious. Asking an ad- Write: ministrator to M.C. a concert may be hype, LARRY MITCHELL or Phone but he/she may not have ever seen the 326 . 8lh Av®. N. before-concert process that's so important. Fort Dodge, la. 50501 5155735.1S:o5:.fi:78:8#:#®y®kends The PR is to draw people in - singers, the community, whomever - so that you can get on with the business of sharing the choral art that will keep them in. If it takes the tinsel and the packaging of PR is that Minnesota. a little pzazz to promote the substance, so priceless product, music. Offer it purely The 1983-84 concert tour is made in be it. Remember though: glitter fades, arndrty_yordregrffty cooperation with Eastern Airlines and pzazz pales. Substance lasts. If your included performances in Washington D . C . , program is all show and no go, the sewing Boston, the Dominican Republic in the circle may not know, the Chamber of Carribean, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Commerce may not know, some the singers Florida, Mexico City, Phoeniz, Arizona, San may not even know. But you'll know! We Diego, Los Angeles and San Francisco, may not pledge to "preserve and protect" California. or take the Hippocratic oath to heal, but we On December 3 and 4, 1983, Luther have an obligation to deliver a quality Luther College Sets College presented its 112 and 113th annual product. Fine literature, diligently 'Eastern Airlines' Tour performance of Handel's Messiah. This is prepared, and performed with integrity is the 65th year this work has been given at one of the few products that still comes Luther. Conducting was Weston H. Noble, with a lifetime warranty. It'll be worth the The Luther College Nordic Choir, directed this being his 83rd performance of this price you and your public paid; under all by Weston H. Noble and now in i`ts thirty- oratorio. eighth season, makes annual tours 780 Luther students comprised the throughout the United States. massed chorus. Fifteen student soloists In 1966 this choir appeared on the were heard in the solo roles. The Luther program of the American Choral Director's College Symphony Orchestra of seventy-five National Convention held in Kansas City. members performed the accompanying role. Since that time they have appeared on four Nearly one-half of Luther's student body was North Central Division Conventions. involved in this Christmas event. The Nordic Choir was one of three choirs chosen to represent the United States at the Second International Choral Festival sponsored by Lincoln Center in 1969. In 1976 the choir represented the state of Iowa in the Bicentennial Parade of American Music at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Luther Choir appears in the film, ` `The Joy of Bach," which has been shown on national Public Television for the last three years. Iowa Public Television has featured this choir twice in special performance broadcasts. For four consecutive seasons they have appeared in the annual "Luther College at Orchestra Hall," Minneapolis, -5- 7Jerfurfu S6ow# ?th

BULLEN JUNloR HIGH CONCERT CHOIR LEFLER SELECT JUNIOR HIGH CHOIR for her Master's Degree in Choral Conducting at the University of Nebraska. Ms. Evans' Choruses have appeared at both Nebraska Music Educators and Nebraska Choral Directors Conventions. Bullen Junior High Concert Choir The Bullen Junior High Concert Choir is one of five choirs at Bullen Junior High School. Located in Bullen, Wisconsin, the Concert Choir numbers from 50-60 members from the eighth and ninth grade levels. The choir rehearses daily for a 45-minute period. Appearances by the choir include school and community events and the D. CROUCH J. EVANS University of Wisconsin - Madison Summer C. BULLER A. BERG Music Clinic. JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH Calvin Buller, in his fifth year as a Director of Donald W. Crouch is in his ninth year as the Freeman Academy Choir, holds a BME from SCHOOL CHORUS Choral Director at John Bullen Junior High Tabot College in Hillsboro, Kansas and a MME Six quality choral groups representing two School. Mr. Crouch received his BA from the from Wichita State University in Kansas. His junior highs. two small high schools and two large University of Minnesota, MM Ed. from St. Cloud, Masters Thesis "The Development of Singing high schools will appear at the convention. They Minnesota State University, and has done Among the Dutch-German Mennonites of Central are: additional study at the University of Minnesota, Kansas," has been published in The Choral Lefler Select Junior High Choir University of Wisconsin, University of Colorado Joumal, Lincoln, Nebraska is the home of the Lefler and Northwestern University. Compositions and The Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran H-igh School Select Junior High Choir under the direction of arrangements by Mr. Crouch for the junior high Concert Choir Ms. Joan Evans. The choir is composed of 30 voice and men's voices have been published by The Fargo Oak Grove Lutheran High School eighth and ninth grade students. Students must Curtis Music Press and Studio/PR-Columbia. Choir, a 52-voice Concert Choir, is made up of Freeman Academy Choir pass a rigorous audition and rehearse at 7: 15 a.in. juniors and seniors selected by auditions in the This choir has performed with the University of The Freeman Academy Choir is an auditioned fall and was designated the official "Governor's Nebraska's Oratorio Chorus. This year the choir group of 32 voices from a student body currently Choir" for the state of North Dakota. The choirs, a will perform with the UNL's Pueri Cantores and numbering 53. Freeman Academy is a Christian tradition at Oak Grove since the beginning of the the Lincoln All-City Girl's Choir. High School most directly affiliated with the school in 1906, were women's choruses when it Joan Evans is the Director of the Lefler Select General Conference Mennonite Church and was a seminary for girls. The mixed chorus, Junior High Choir and also teaches at Lincoln East supported by various churches in the area. The organized in 1937, has performed for the North High School. Ms. Evans received her under- choir performs four school concerts yearly, makes Dakota Education Association, the MENC graduate degree from Marymount College of numerous appearances in churches, and has long National In-Service Conference, and regularly Kansas, has taken advanced study at San Jose enjoyed a tradition of choral music. Sixty percent appears in the community. State University, and has completed chorus work of the choir is currently taking voice lessons.

FFtEEMAN ACADEMY CHOIR OAK GROVE CONCERT CHOIR -6- PERFORMING continued .... composed of 65 junior and senior students who college groups of fine reputation: Mr. Arvid S. Berg, the Director, also audition from an enrollment of 1600. They are Enis Street Singers conducts several other choirs as well as the one of six vocal performance groups. The Ellis Street Singers of Mankato State Concert Band. In addition to his school duties, he In addition to a regular concert schedule, they University, is a show choir of 22 singers and directs the chorus for the l88th Army Band. He is have performed with the South Dakota instrumentalists who perform pop & standard an Augsburg College graduate who has done Symphony. The choir has sung at State ACDA Conventions, Education Association Con- show music in a coordinated, staged program. graduate study at Wisconsin State University, The group has appeared in over 200 communities Stevens Point; University of Wisconsin - ventions, and has made three tours to the East and in several states as well as Poland, the Soviet Marsh field; Bemidji State University and North Coast. Several of its members have been selected Union, Bulgaria, Romania, and at two World Dakota State University - Fargo. to sing in the South Dakota All-State Honors Choir and the South Dakota All-State Chorus. Fairs. They served as the chorus in the soldcout Waver]y-Shell Rock Chamber Choir Guthrie Theatre productions of "He Lived the The Waverly-Shell Rock High School Dione Peterson, the choir's Director, is a Good Life." Chamber Choir, established in 1968. is one of graduate of Mankato State University with a BS four full-time choral groups in the high school degree in Music Education and a MM in Vocal Dr. A]]en Wortman, the founder and Director and is comprised of thirty students in grades ten Performance. She is the SDMEA Public of the group, is also the Director of the Concert through twelve. Relations Chair, the Publicity Chair for the Choir, Chamber Singers, and Music-Theater at The choir enjoys a busy concert schedule Sioux Falls North Central Convention, has Minnesota State University. He holds a BA in including its annual Madrigal Dinners, has served as South Dakota Honors Choir Chair, Music Education from Central College in Pella, consistently earned Division I ratings in the State and is an adjudicator and festival director in Iowa, and MA and Ed. D. Degrees in Music Contest Series, has appeared as guest festival Minnesota and South Dakota. Education from the University of Northern choir at several colleges, and with the Wartburg Colorado at Greeley. Community Symphony Orchestra. In December Scarlet and Cream Singers of 1982, they became the second choir since 1972 Known as the University's "Ambassadors of to win the Gold Medal at the International Goodwill, " the Singers have captured the hearts Jubilee Choral Festival in Washington. D.C. of audiences across the country with their Alan J. Hagen, in his twenty-first year at dynamic and versatile presentation of song and Waverly-Shell Rock High School, received his dance. The group will serve as an Interest Session BA from Luther College and the MA from the demonstration choir and also will be featured at University of Northern Iowa. Hagen served on the Chuckwagon Stampede. the Program Committee for the 1982 North Dr. Ray Miller, in his loth year as the Director Central Division ACDA Convention in Cedar of Scarlet and Cream, is UN Professor of Music, Rapids, was Convention Chair for the 1982 teacher of voice and choral conducting, and ICDA Summer Convention and Choral Sym- A. HAGEN D. PETERSON directs the Varsity Men's Glee Club, Wesley posium, and has served on the ICDA Board of Chapel Choir, and is Director of the Fine Arts Directors. Program. He is a graduate of Westchester State Washington High School Concert Choir SHOW CHOIR College in Pennsylvania and the University of The Washington High School Concert Choir is Selected to perform in this category are two Colorado in Boulder.

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r PERFORMING continued .... involved in community and University musical degrees from the University of Iowa. Dr. Malmin theatre. has served on the music faculty at Augustana Dordt College Concert Choir College since 1 970, where he is the third Director The Choir, consisting of 44 members from in the choir's history. In addition to his teaching throughout the United States, has been touring duties, he is active as a clinician, adjudicator, the nation and Canada since 1959. This spring festival conductor, recital accompanist and they will make their first overseas trip to . vocalist. Dale Grotenhuis, recently awarded one of the Outstanding Educators of America, is the Choir's Director and has served as director of music festivals in various states. He has composed numerous choral and symphonic band works. A. WORTMAN R. MILLER Nordic Clioir The Luther College Nordic Choir, now in its COLLHGE AND UNIVERSITY 38th season, makes annual tours throughout the CHORUSES United States. Four concert tours in Europe have The choirs selected in this division represent included countries from to Rumania. The 1983-84 concert tour includes per- private and public colleges and universities of G. BFtuBAKEF` ~ D. GROTENHUIS varied enrollments and include: formances in Washington, D.C., Boston, the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse Women's Carribean, Florida, Mexico, Arizona and Choms California. One of four large choral ensembles at the Weston Noble is known internationally as a University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse, the Women's conductor and clinician. He has served as guest Chorus consists of 35 to 40 members drawn from director for music festivals in 43 states, Canada, all classes and majors at the University. and Europe. It is believed that he is the only Auditions are not required, but all members are director asked to conduct all-state groups in all expected to strive for musical excellence. The three areas of band, chorus, and orchestra. Chorus tours a portion of Wisconsin each year Augustana Choir and performed for the 1982 State American The Augustana Choir, of Sioux Falls, South Choral Directors Association Convention. Dakota, was founded in 1920 by Dr. Carl F. Gwen Brubaker received her B.M. from Youngdahl, beginning the choir's tradition of Hastings College, M.M.E. from Drake polished performances of the finest in choral W. NOBLE O. MALMIN University, and Ph.D. in Music Education from literature. The choir has toured in Europe, Northwestern University. She has been Canada, and the four corners of the United The Varsity Bard's Men's Chorus conductor of the University of Wisconsin- States. This spring it will be featured on one of The Varsity Bard's Men's Chorus was formed Lacrosse Women's Chorus since 1980 and also the nationwide telecasts of Reflections, a new on the University of North Dakota campus in conducts the Camerata Singers and Vocal Jazz television version of the well known Lutheran February of 1952 by a group of interested male Ensemble. She is Director of Music at Trinity Vespers radio series. students, thus beginning a long tradition of fine Lutheran Church in Lacrosse and is frequently Ohf Malmin received his MM and Ph.D. male singing. During their 30 years of existence,

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LUTHER COLLEGE NORDIC CHOIR AUGUSTANA CHOIR -8- PERFORMING continued ..... Music as well as Director of the Varsity Bard's functions and frequently brings in guest artists the Bards have brought many honors to the Men's Chorus and the University of North Da- and clinicians including Dr. Elaine Brown, Dr. University and to the state. Three times during kota Concert Choir. In addition, Mr. Eder is James Fritschel, Salli Terri and Robert Ray. their history they have been named as the Of- Music Director and Conductor for the newly- ficial State Choir. The choir annually takes a formed Grand Forks Master Chorale, an Carol Stewart, currently the Director of Music and Fine Arts of the Plymouth Church, su- tour during the spring semester and is dedicated auditioned 30-voice community choir. to singing and to the study and performance of a The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Singers pervises a seven choir program which weekly involves more than 300 singers of all ages. Carol variety of styles of male choral literature. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Singers, having a lengthy tradition of outstanding per- holds a BME degree from Drake University and formances and superior performers, have been a MM degree in Choral Conducting from South- ern Methodist University. Carol's past conducted by such eminent conductors as Robert experience includes teaching in all levels of public Shaw, Margaret Hillis and Henry Veldi. It has music education. performed with the Philadelphia Symphony, the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, and the Lincoln Valley Male Chorus Symphony. The University Singers, founded in The chorus, in existence since 1970, is 1938, is now directed by Dr. G. Bruner. composed of thirty men who are members of the Dr. G. Edward Rruner, Director of Choral three Christian Reformed Churches in Rock Activities, received his Bachelors and Masters Valley, Iowa. They rehearse from September degrees in voice and composition from Drake through May, giving approximately 15-20 University and completed his doctoral studies in concerts a year in area churches and take a five conducting and literature from the University of day tour. The proceeds from each of their TERRY EDER Illinois. A guest clinician and adjudicator concerts go to Hope Haven, a local Christian Tlie University of North Dakota Concert Choir throughout the Midwest and New England, he is rehabilitation facility for handicapped people. The University of North Dakota Concert also an editor of Choral music for Choral Music The chorus is composed of men from au walks of Choir is a select mixed chorus dedicated to the Publishers. life who have a love for singing and are willing to study and performance of the great master- invest time, money, and effort in it. works of choral literature. Membership of the CHURCH AND COMMUNITY choir includes music majors and minors as well CHOIRS as students majoring in other fields. Several Providing a varied program of mixed and male concerts are given on campus each year and the choruses in secular and sacred music will be these choir annually takes a tour during the spring adult choirs: semester. In addition, the group mounts a full- The Plymouth Chancel Choir scale Madrigal Dinner in December each year. The Plymouth Chancel Choir of Plymouth Terry Eder received his M. Ed. from Texas Congregational United Church of Christ in Des Christian University and his D.M.A. in Choral Moines, Iowa, is a 90-voice, adult choir with a Conducting from the University of Oklahoma. tradition of emphasis on music for the worship Since 1978, he has been at the University of and eurichment. Active in the commissioning of North Dakota, Grand Forks, where he is Di- choral works, the choir will sing a composition rector of Choral Studies and Coordinator of on peace by the Norwegian composer, Knut Ny- Vocal/Choral Division in the Department of stedt. This choir has sung for numerous ACDA C. STEWART C. CANAAN

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SINGERS THE PLYMOUTH CHANCEL CHOIR -9- PERFORMING continued .... The Charles City Singers has steadily grown Choirmaster/Organist at Trinity Lutheran Charles W. Canaan, Director of the chorus, during its first ten years through various ac- Church, Eau Claire. holds an BA degree from California State Col- tivities and styles of choral repetoire and has The Paul Kaye Singers lege at Long Beach, a MA from Western Mich- appeared on two occasions before the Iowa The Paul Kaye Singers, founded by its present igan University, and is pursuing a DMA in Choral Directors Association State Convention. director in the summer of 1980, is formed largely Choral Music at Arizona State University. In April of 1983, the Singers placed first at the from fine alumnae with the desire of continuing Having taught music at the secondary schools in Johnny Mann Great American Choral Festival their experience of artistic choral singing at the Michigan for 12 years, he has been an Assistant and are the host for the annual Charles City community level. The group's repertoire is pri- Professor of Music at Northwestern College in Choral Fest. They tour annually and have marily unaccompanied and ranges in style from Orange City, Iowa for the past five years. recorded a Christmas album. the Renaissance to the 20th Century. It has been The Charles City Singers Gary R. Schwartzhoff holds a BA degree in cited as one of the best four professional choirs Music Education from Central College, a MA in in the Twin Cities. Choral Conducting from the University of Paul Kaatrud, the Director, has served since Northern Iowa, and presently teaches at Charles 1974 as Director of Music at St. Thomas the City High School. He is currently the President Apostle Church, Minneapolis. In 1977. he re- of the Iowa Choral Directors Association, has ceived a Ph. D. in Music History from the served as the North Central ACDA Chairman of University of Minnesota. A Fellow in the Community Choirs, and chaired the 1980 ICDA American Guild of Organists, he is heard Summer Convention and Choral Symposium. periodically as an organ recitalist in the Twin The Eau Claire Musical Arts Chorale Cities. The Eau Claire Musical Arts Chorale, a post- college age chamber choir composed of singers seeking to perform excellent choral music from all periods are active soloists and/or conductors throughout the Chi|)pewa Valley region. Found- ed in 1978, the Chorale has for two years been funded as a community resource by the Wisconsin Arts Board and maintains a four concert season. They were Community Chorus Division winner at the 1982 "Great American Choral Festival" in Minneapolis. Gregory Vancil received his DMA in Choral Music from the University of Southern Cali- fornia is a student of Rodney Eichenberger. He G. SCHWARTZHOFF G. VANCIL holds BA (organ) and MM (Choral Conducting and Organ Performance) degrees from the University of Washington, Seattle, and has BE THERE! SIOUX FALLS studied in Salzburg, Austria. Dr. Vancil has served on the music faculty of the University of NCACDA, MARCH 1-3 PLYMOUTH CHANCEL CHOIR Wisconsin -Eau Claire since 1979 and serves as

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