Complete bios can be found at www.acda.org/western Special Guests IIncheonncheon CCityity CChoralehorale CChanticleerhanticleer Chanticleer will present an interest session and evening perfor- mance at this conference. They are also performing at the Central The Incheon City Chorale was reorganized Division conference. Their photo and bio can be found on page 30. in 1995 by the current music director, Hak-won Yoon. Through regular performances, diverse repertories and consistent record production, the chorale is recognized for and revered for WWestoneston NNobleoble their beauty and musicality. Weston Noble is a highly accomplished Hak-Won Yoon is the artistic director and conductor of Incheon and honored American music educator and City Chorale. He is a conductor, professor, composer, and clinician. conductor. Now the Johnson Professor Emeri- He graduated from the College of Music at Yonsei University with tus of Music, he had a fi fty-seven year tenure a major in composition. He studied choral conducting and voice at as a conductor and teacher at Luther College Lowell University Graduate School. He received an honorary doc- in Decorah, Iowa. Noble has received acclaim toral degree of church music from Midwest University. from across the country and the world as the conductor of the Luther College Nordic Choir from 1948 to 2005. He is a charter member of ACDA. Conference Finale Concert TThehe AArizonarizona ChoirChoir The Arizona Choir is the pre- mier graduate choral ensemble CConductoronductor at the Univer- sity of Arizona William Hatcher resides in Escondido, School of Music. California, having retired in 1999 from the Recent perfor- University of Iowa after 43 years of conduct- mances include ing and teaching choral music. He was the Brahms’s Ein National President of ACDA from 1991–93, deutsches Requiem, Bach’s monumental St. Mat- and also served as Chair of the ACDA Endow- thew Passion, Mozart’s C Minor Mass, and Terry ment Trust. Riley’s Sun Rings. Bruce Chamberlain, conductor of The Arizona Choir, is on sabbatical during the spring semester. Christopher Thomas, will prepare The Arizona Choir under Chamberlain’s guidance. Christopher is a graduate of Millikin 52 Choral Journal • January 2010 Complete bios can be found at www.acda.org/western March 3–6, 2010 2010 Western Division Conference - Tucson University and taught high school choral music for several years in NNorthernorthern ArizonaArizona UniversityUniversity Illinois. He graduated summa cum laude with the MM in choral conducting at The University of Arizona and is presently completing SShrinehrine ofof thethe AgesAges ChoirChoir degree requirements for a DMA. AArizonarizona SStatetate UUniversityniversity SymphonicSymphonic ChoraleChorale Symphon- ic Chorale is Arizona State University’s premiere cho- ral ensemble. The Northern Arizona University Shrine of the Ages Choir, This group is founded in 1933, received national recognition through its annual comprised of participation in the NBC radio broadcasts of the Easter Sunrise highly-select Service from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (also known singers (pri- as the “Shrine of the Ages”). Shrine has maintained a tradition of marily graduate voice, conducting, and music excellence performing at state, divisional, and national conventions education majors) performing a diverse range of of ACDA and MENC. accompanied and a cappella literature, including masterworks from Renaissance to the Twenty- Edith A. Copley, director of choral studies and conductor of the First Century. Shrine of the Ages Choir, is on sabbatical during the spring semester. Ryan Holder, the associate director of choral studies at NAU and Gregory Gentry is director of choral performance at Arizona conductor of High Altitude, will conduct and prepare the Shrine of State University’s school of music, where he administers the graduate the Ages Choir in her absence. His photo and bio can be found on and undergraduate choral conducting programs. He is in his fourth page 55. season as chorus master with the Phoenix Symphony. Honor Choirs HighHighSh School l TrebleTbl Jeffery L. Ames serves as director of Cheryl Dupont is the artistic director choral activities at Bel- of the New Orleans Children’s Chorus and mont University. His Youth Chorale. Although prior appointments in- she is known throughout CCollegiateollegiate clude assistant director the United States for of choral activities at her work with children’s Weston Noble will be the conductor of Baylor University and choirs, she is equally the Collegiate Honor Choir. He is a special director of choral activi- experienced at working guest at this conference. His photo and bio ties at Edgewater High with mixed choirs on can be found on page 52. School and Lincoln High the high school, college, School in Florida. and adult levels. Choral Journal • January 2010 53 Complete bios can be found at www.acda.org/western Performing Choirs CCrystalrystal Children’sChildren’s ChoirChoir ConcertConcert ChoirChoir Crystal Chil- AAmericanmerican RRiveriver CollegeCollege VocalVocal JazzJazz EnsembleEnsemble dren’s Choir was founded in The the San Fran- Ameri- cisco Bay Area can River in 1994 with College the mission of Vocal providing excel- Jazz En- lent choral music education semble throughout a child’s life, and has re- to blend the best of Eastern ceived and Western musical traditions. acclaim nationally and internationally. Member- Since then, Crystal has grown ship ranges in size from 6 to 8 members and is to over a thousand members determined almost entirely on how successfully and continues to provide its members a warm, a student can hear extended jazz harmonies. loving, and fun community in which to sing. Arthur Lapierre is currently the director of vocal jazz ensembles Jenny Chiang co-founded Crystal Children’s Choir in 1994 and at American River College, where he also teaches studio voice, jazz has served as artistic director ever since. In the summer of 2000 history, and jazz/pop styles He directed the Berklee College of Music and the spring of 2005, she studied choral conducting with Charlene Jazz Ensemble and served as the ACDA Eastern Division R&S Chair Archibeque at San Jose State University. for Jazz/Show Choirs. Karl Chang is the co-founder of two choirs in Silicon Valley, California. He has received his MS in engineering from University of Texas and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He is the President AAzusazusa PPacificacific UniversityUniversity Men’sMen’s ChoraleChorale of Crystal Children’s Choir. HHarvard-Westlakearvard-Westlake HighHigh SchoolSchool ChamberChamber SingersSingers Established with the 1991 merger of Harvard and Westlake Schools, the Harvard-Westlake Chamber The Azusa Pacifi c’s Men’s Chorale is com- Singers have maintained a prised of mostly freshmen men from all disci- sterling reputation through- plines and majors offered at APU, this 70-voice out California. The choir ensemble performs regularly at churches, was featured in convention schools and civic organizations around the performances for CMEA in United States. They performs regularly at Dis- 1997, ACDA Western Divi- neyland’s annual Community Artist’s Showcase. sion in 2000, and ACDA National in 2005. Harold Clousing director of the Men’s Chorale, teaches Applied Rodger Guerrero conducts the Bel Canto, Voice, recruitment, and career development at Azusa Pacifi c Univer- Chamber Singers, Jazz Singers and Wolverine sity and is choral director at Glenkirk Church in Glendora, California. Chorus and teaches Voice and Sight Singing classes at Harvard-Westlake High School. He is an Idyllwild Summer Arts Faculty member and Director of Music at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. 54 Choral Journal • January 2010 Complete bios can be found at www.acda.org/western March 3–6, 2010 2010 Western Division Conference - Tucson MMountainountain VViewiew HighHigh SchoolSchool A CappellaCappella ChoirChoir MMurrietaurrieta ValleyValley HighHigh SchoolSchool ChamberChamber SingersSingers The Mountain View High School A Cappella Choir consists of 130 junior and senior students The Murrieta Valley High School Chamber who have been recognized for their excellence Singers are an elite ensemble comprised of in academics, leadership, athletics, and the thirty-four select singers. In 2008, they received performing arts. Their repertoire ranges from 1st place in the small choir division at the pres- classical to broadway and from contemporary tigious Golden State South Choir Competition. to Renaissance music. They have toured New York, San Francisco, and Italy. Rosemary Mathews was a professional opera singer for many Jaclyn Johnson received her BMs in conducting and music edu- years and has performed 20 leading operatic roles. In 1996, after cation from the Chapman University and is currently working on a many years of teaching at universities and colleges, she began her masters in conducting at California State University, Long Beach. She career as a music educator in the public schools. is the music minister at Upland First United Methodist Church and is one of the co-directors at Arrowbear Music Camp. MMountount SSanan AAntoniontonio CollegeCollege ChamberChamber SingersSingers NNorthernorthern ArizonaArizona UniversityUniversity HighHigh AltitudeAltitude Northern Ari- zona University’s High Altitude is one of the pre- miere vocal jazz ensembles in the Southwest. This select vocal jazz ensemble offers During the past fi fteen years the Chamber an opportunity for Singers has been extremely active, winning advanced, in-depth study