Headliners 2016 Central Division Conference Special Concerts 2016
2016 Central Division Conference HHeadlinerseadliners Voces8 Ola Gjeilo is the conductor of Voces8. His photo and bio are on page 49. Voces8 is a headliner at this conference. Their photo and bio are on page 49. 2016 Central Division Conference SSpecialpecial CConcertsoncerts Chicago Children’s Choir Medal, which recognizes achievement through research in authorship, in invention, for discovery, for unusual public service or for anything deemed of great benefi t to humanity. In 2012, she received the Roman Nomitch Fel- lowship to attend the Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofi t Management, a program that provides opportunities for senior executives to examine their missions and develop strategies for the new global economy. Lee received a bachelor’s in piano performance from DePaul University and a master’s in conducting from Northwestern University. Founded in 1956 during the height of the Civil Rights Judy Hanson holds a bachelor’s from Movement, Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC) is a non- the University of Illinois and a master’s profi t organization committed to peacefully uniting a from Northwestern University. As direc- diverse world through education, musical expression, and tor of choral programs, Hanson over- excellence. Serving more than 4,000 children annually, sees and directs the coordination and CCC empowers singers to bridge cultural divides and presentation of all Chicago Children’s become ambassadors of peace in their communities. With Choir programs and guides conduc- programs in more than seventy Chicago schools, ten after- tors in serving more than 4,000 children each year. She school neighborhood programs, an ensemble for boys with serves as the associate director and choreographer for the changing voices, and the internationally acclaimed Voice world-renowned Voice of Chicago and the conductor of of Chicago, the diversity of CCC refl ects the cultural DiMension, a choir for young men with changing voices.
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