High School Massed Choir Festival • Central Union Church, Honolulu, HI
January 20–22, 2012 • Dr. Karen Kennedy, clinician and festival conductor
Sponsored by ACDA-Hawaii • Lauren Williams, festival chair
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Joining Hawaii high school choral programs, public and private, for a weekend of
fostering new connections, renewing old friendships, and choral music making.
About our clinician:
Karen Kennedy is associate professor and director of choral studies at the University of Miami Frost School of Music, where she conducts the Frost Chorale and other choral ensembles. She is also artistic director of the Master Chorale of South Florida. She previously held the positions of chorus director for the Honolulu Symphony, director of choral activities at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, and director of choral activities at Towson University. She earned a D.M.A. degree in choral music from Arizona State University, a M.M. in choral conducting from Butler University and a B.M. in Music Education from DePauw University. Dr. Kennedy regularly conducts choral festivals featuring major works such as Orff's Carmina Burana, Durufle’s Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and Rutter’s Gloria, to name a few. She has received numerous awards for teaching, including the University of Hawai`i Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching, Arizona State University’s Manzanita “Top Prof” Award and Butler University’s Faculty Distinction Award. Dr. Kennedy is well known as a choral clinician and adjudicator for all-state and festival honor choirs. She has presented workshops at ACDA and MENC conventions and served as the ACDA Eastern Division Collegiate Repertoire and Standards Chair and as a founding member of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. For more information about Dr. Kennedy, click here.
Festival payment information:
• 1st payment (music packet+registration): $15 per student, September 30, 2011
Registration is now CLOSED.
• Final payment (2 meals, festival tshirt, festival fees): $40 per students, November 30, 2011
• All questions should be directed to Lauren Williams, festival chair
Repertoire:
Zulu/de Beer: Amavolovolo
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art
Lauridsen: Sure On This Shining Night
Jagoda/Page: Hamisha Asar
Hewett/Ceballos: Ka Pilina
Tindley/Baker: The Storm Is Passing Over
Participating Schools (as of October 12):
Island Pacific Academy Concert Choir
Island School Alaka'i Chorus
Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus, Gioventu Musicale
Hokuloa Singers of 'Iolani School
Kapolei High School Hurricane Singers
Lutheran High School
Punahou School Chorale and Academy Chorus
Sacred Hearts Academy
St. Andrew's Priory Chamber Singers
Mililani High School Chorus
University Laboratory School Select Choir
Waipahu High School Chorus