Noteworthy News
March 23, 2010
In this issue:
- Music for Conductor Auditions
- Singer Evaluation Forms of Conductors
- Conductor Audition Schedule
- Bios for Auditioning Conductors for
Tuesday, March 23 (March 30 bios coming next week)
- Online Music Resources for Broadway
- Coffee Fundraiser - delivery date March
30
- Donations In Kind Needed (Copy Paper)
- This Week's Birthdays
Music for Conductor Auditions
After surveying the choir last week on who has the Brahms Requiem
and who does not, very few of you had it at home. Therefore, we will be
making copies of the two movements (3 and 6) and will have them on your
chairs when you arrive. These copies are on loan for March 23 and 30 and
must be returned at the conclusion of the auditions. Please bring all of
your Broadway music for both March 23 and 30.
Singer Evaluations of Conductors
Bring a pen or pencil!! When you arrive on Tuesday, you will find
two evaluation forms (one for Timothy Koch and one for Gregory Fuller) on
your chair. On March 30th, you will have two more for Joe Holt and James
Bass. Please note that the conductor's name will be on the form. Please
turn in both evaluations by the end of rehearsal. The evaluation results
will be compiled by Kara and will remain anonymous. The results and all
comments will be shared with the search committee. Comments will not be
made public. Please refrain from writing information regarding personal
attendance issues or any other notes for the office on these forms.
Conductor Audition Schedule
Tuesday, March 23:
7:30 - 8:30pm - Dr. Timothy Koch rehearses MC with Brahms 3 and "Sunday"
from Sunday in the Park with George
9:00 - 10:00pm - Dr. Gregory Fuller rehearses MC with Brahms 6 and the
"President Jefferson Sunday Luncheon March"
Tuesday, March 30:
7:30 - 8:30pm - Dr. Joseph Holt rehearses MC with Brahms 3 and his choice of
Broadway music
9:00 - 10:00pm - Dr. James Bass rehearses MC with Brahms 6 and "For Good"
from Wicked
Auditioning Conductor Short Biographies for March 23:
Timothy Koch serves his tenth season as Music Director and Conductor
of the Carolina Master Chorale in 2009-2010. His tenure has been marked by
notable growth in artistic achievement, extensive touring, acclaimed
performances of the masterworks for chorus and orchestra, opera productions,
commissioning of numerous major new works, formation of the Carolina Youth
Chorale, and expanded educational programming. Koch has led the CMC in tour
performances throughout Italy in 2003, and Denmark, Germany, and the Czech
Republic in 2005, to New York's Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in 2007,
and throughout Spain in June 2008.
Koch holds degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University and the University of
Illinois and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music in
Rochester, New York. He has taught on the faculties of the Eastman School of
Music, Syracuse University, The University of Southern Mississippi, where in
1998 he was chosen as the sole USM recipient of the Mississippi
legislature's HEADWAE award, the University of South Carolina, the College
of Charleston, and Illinois Wesleyan University, where he served as Visiting
Director of Choral Activities in Spring 2009 . He is married to Grand Strand
native and CMC member Jo Nell (Brown) Koch. He also serves the community as
Music Director at First United Methodist Church, Myrtle Beach.
Gregory Fuller
In his tenth year as Director of Choral Activities at The University of
Southern Mississippi, Gregory Fuller conducts the Southern Chorale and the
Hattiesburg Choral Union, teaches graduate conducting courses, supervises
candidates in the master's and doctoral conducting program, serves as the
chair of the Conducting Division, and is a member of the School of Music
Executive Committee. In 2004 he launched the first Southern Invitational
Choral Conference, an event that now hosts over fifty participating
institutions each September. Since arriving in 2000, he has presided over
growth that has more than doubled the number of vocal/choral majors at
Southern Miss. He has appeared in more than 20 states as a clinician and
conductor and has performed at nine conventions of the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA) and Music Educators National Conference (MENC).
In March, The Southern Chorale will appear in the world-class Cannon Center
for the Performing Arts in Memphis for the Southern Division Convention of
ACDA. Dr. Fuller has organized and executed over 60 concert tours, study
tours, and pilgrimages, including 28 international trips to three
continents. Gregory Fuller grew up and attended public school in historic
Jefferson City, state capitol of Missouri. He attended Oklahoma Baptist
University, in Shawnee, to earn a bachelors degree in Cello and Voice. He
then returned home to mid Missouri to complete Masters and Doctoral degrees
from the University of Missouri and remains a loyal Tiger fan. Dr. Fuller
resides in Hattiesburg with his wife Valerie, son James, daughters Avery and
Maren, and terriers Madison and Jackson.
Online Music Resources for Broadway
There are several YouTube videos of the Broadway pieces we are performing
online in the Singer's Section.
www.masterchorale.com/singers.htm
Coffee
Fundraiser
Coffee Delivery Date: Tuesday, March 30
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