Clarion Hosts H.S Choir Festival

The Department of Music is proud to host the Sixth Annual Clarion University High School Choral Festival on October 20 and 21 in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium. The festival will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m. on each day.

The schools and their directors who will participate include:

Wednesday, October 20

Bradford High School	Chad Young
Brookville High School	Patrick Tatman
Forest Area High Schools	Brian Rosen
Keystone High School	Fran Nesta
North Clarion High School	Christine Cohlhepp
Redbank Valley High School	Carrie McIntire

Thursday, October 21

A-C Valley High School	Kathy Larimer
Clarion Area High School	Zac Covington
Clarion-Limestone High School	Tina Bennett
Oil City High School	Steve Luxbacher
Rocky Grove High School	Jodi Hoover
Union High School	David Gibson

 

Each ensemble will perform for 20 minutes. The performances will be followed by a critique and clinic by Clarion University’s Director of Choirs, Dr. Henry Alviani.

The public is invited to attend each day’s performances free of charge. For more information, contact Dr. Alviani – 814-393-2384 or halviani@clarion.edu.

 

Clarion Hosts PCCA Festival

This week Clarion University and the Department of Music will host the annual Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association Festival. The Festival brings together 120 outstanding collegiate vocalists from colleges and universities across Pennsylvania for 3 days of intense rehearsal, culminating in a free public performance on Saturday, February 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium.

The program will include:

“Music Spread Thy Voice Around” by G. F.  Handel
“Sicut cervus” by Giovanni Palestrina
“Kyrie eleison” from Missa secunda by Hans Leo Hassler
“Let Thy Holy Spirit” by Paul Tschesnokoff
“Go, Lovely Rose” by Halsey Stevens
“O Magnum Mysterium” by Morten Lauridsen
“The Promise of Living” by Aaron Copland;
“The Battle Hymn of the Republic” arranged by Roy Ringwald

The gust conductor for the Festival is Director Emeritus of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and past director of the choral music program at Loyola-Marymount University, Paul Salamunovich.

Clarion University will be represented at the Festival by first sopranos Megan Heilbrun, Rebecca Hofmann, and Danielle Watt (MUED); second sopranos Caitlin Boyle (MUED), Mary Fahringer, and Lynnea Fiorentino (MUED); first altos Jena Gruver (MUED), Katie Rogers, and Jen Tame (MUED); second altos Marissa Coffey, Amanda Hershey (MUED), Cami Shumaker (MUED), and Nikki Toy; first tenor Ross Bish (MUED); second tenors Stephen Benton (MUED) and Jon Mracko (MUED); first basses Vince Angelo (MUED) and Justin Ringeisen (MUED); and second basses Kyle Hart (MUED) and Seth Robertson.

More information on the PCCA Festival and guest conductor Paul Salamunovich can be found on the Pennsylvania Collegiate Choral Association website – http://www.pacollegiatechoral.org/

4th Annual CUP High School Choral Festival

On October 22 and 23, 2008 high school singers from from 10 area schools will meet in the Marwick-Boyd Auditorium on the campus of Clarion University to participate in the 4th annual Clarion University High School Choral Festival, hosted by Clarion University’s Director of Choirs, Dr. Henry Alviani.  Each school’s choral ensemble will present a 20-minute concert with a critique period immediately following. Participants from all schools are seated in the audience during the performances, benefiting from each ensemble’s performance and critique. Each day’s activities will conclude with all groups singing The Irish Blessing together.

Participating in this year’s Choral Festival are:

October 22
Redbank Valley High School – Carrie McIntire, director
Clarion Area High School – Zac Covington, director
North Clarion High School – Christine Cohlhepp, director
Keystone High School – Fran Nesta, director
Rocky Grove High School – Jodi Hoover, director
Oil City High School – Steve Luxbacher, director

October 23
Clarion-Limestone High School – Tina Bennett, director
Allegheny-Clarion Valley High School – Kathy Larimer, director
Brookville High School – Patrick Tatman, director
Union High School – David Gibson, director

The event is FREE and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 814-393-2287.