AVA All-State 2006 Clinicians


Steven Curtis, High School SATB Dr. Steven Curtis is the Director of the School of Music at the University of Oklahoma, where he directs the University Choir. His choirs have appeared at state, regional, and national music conventions and have toured and performed in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, England, and Italy. He has conducted elementary, middle school, high school, and college level district, regional, and all state choirs in the Midwest, Southwest, and in Delaware. Dr. Curtis adjudicates extensively throughout the country. He is a specialist in the boys' changing voice and has presented at conferences and con- ventions on this topic. He has been elected to the governing boards of the Oklahoma Music Educators Association and the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association. In 1989, he was awarded the Outstanding Professor for the Norman campus by the University of


Oklahoma Student Association. In July, 1996, he was named Director of Distinction by the membership of the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association. Dr. Curtis holds a BME from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, an MME from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, and a PhD in Music Education from the University of Oklahoma.


Ruth E. Dwyer, Middle School Treble Chorus


Ruth E. Dwyer is a frequent guest conductor and clinician for festivals, conferences, colleges and universities across the United States and abroad. She is internationally rec- ognized as a treble choir specialist and Kodaly educator. In 2000, Mrs. Dwyer was the guest conductor for the OAKE National Children's Choir in Seattle, WA. She has con- ducted numerous MENC, OAKE and ACDA All-State and Honor Choirs throughout the USA. Dwyer has directed the FSI National Children's Choir held in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, NYC and is the Artistic Director of the Northern Lights Choral Festival in Alaska. Dwyer is the Director of Education and Associate Director of the Indianapolis Children's Choir (ICC). Her work with the children's choir has allowed her to tour and conduct in a wide variety of venues. Her choirs have performed for the Indiana Music Educators Association, in Carnegie Hall, the National Orff Schuwerk Conference, the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and across Central Europe. As the ICC Director of Education she is highly involved in curriculum development, program development, and assisting and men- toring the teaching staff. Dwyer is also the Artistic Director of the Columbus Indiana Children's Choir, a co- operative effort of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and the Indianapolis Children's Choir. This program helps to meet the choral arts needs of communities outside of the Indianapolis area. She teaches music methods at Butler University and is a published composer, choral arranger and editor. She is also a consultant for Hal Leonard's choral textbook series. Presently, her choral works are available through Colla Voce , Hal Leonard and Thomas House Publications. Prior to her fulltime position with ICC, Dwyer served the State of Indiana for 19 years as a public school music educator. In 1996, Dwyer was named the Outstanding Elementary Music Educator of The Year by the Indiana Music Educators Association. Her work in the education field involves multi-cultur- al activities, educational needs of inner city youth, and a particular awareness of special needs students. Her teaching experiences have included K through 12 choral/general music, collegiate studies, handbell and church choirs. Ruth Dwyer earned both her Bachelor and Masters degrees from Indiana University where she majored in music education, voice and secondary education. While attending Indiana University she also received her Kodaly certification and is currently a member of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators (OAKE). She is a member of the AOSA , IMEA, MENC, and is a life member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). Mrs. Dwyer has served as Chair of the Children's Choral Repertoire and Standards Committee for the Indiana Choral Directors Association (ICDA) and recently served as the Ethnic and Multicultural Concerns Chair. She is a past member of the Executive Board for the Indiana Music Educators Association.


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