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DISTINGUISHED CONDUCTOR JANEAL KREHBIEL IS FEATURED GUEST CLINICIAN AT WEST COAST’S ONLY “TREBLE CHOIR CONDUCTORS SYMPOSIUM,” HOSTED BY Symposium Held August 5 – 8, 2008, in Pasadena, CA,
(PASADENA, CA) February 19, 2008 – Noted conductor Janeal Krehbiel, co-founder and artistic director of the Lawrence Children’s Choir in Kansas, will serve as the featured guest clinician at the “Treble Choir Conductors Symposium” presented by Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC). The four-day symposium, the only one of its kind offered on the West Coast, is open to participants across the country and runs from Tuesday, August 5 to Friday, August 8, 2008, at the Pasadena Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, California. It is designed to give children’s choir conductors and music teachers strategies and techniques to enhance choral tone, improve vocal technique and increase choral energy. The symposium offers three separate tracks to accommodate beginning conductors, those with moderate experience and those with extensive experience. Participants will also expand their knowledge of treble choir repertoire, enhance their leadership skills, learn rehearsal management techniques, take part in workshops on vocal health, and observe and conduct children’s choruses in residence. Symposium faculty includes LACC artistic staff members Anne Tomlinson, artistic director; Mandy Brigham, associate artistic director; Amy Brehm, Assistant Artistic Director, Gail Homan, musicianship coordinator; Charlotte Smurthwaite, vocal coach; and Twyla Meyer, principal accompanist. In addition to her work with the Lawrence Children’s Choir (LCC), Janeal Krehbiel has served as a clinician and choral festival judge throughout the United States. Her appointments include featured clinician at St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir College, Montreal Music Conference and North Carolina Summer Institute of Choral Arts. Krehbiel has spent more than 30 years in public school vocal music, the last 27 teaching the mid-level singer and conducting Lawrence Children’s Choir. Her publishing credits include numerous articles about children's and youth choirs. She is also past president of the Kansas Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. In July 1999, Krehbiel received the Harry Robert Wilson Award for outstanding contribution to choral art in Kansas. Generous support for Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ Treble Choir Conductors Symposium has been provided by Nestlé. Tuition for the four-day symposium is $425, which includes lunch daily and a closing banquet. To request a free brochure or more information on the symposium, please call (626) 793-4231 or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org. # # #
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