AVA All-State 2006 Clinicians Dan Krunnfusz, Middle School Mixed Choir
Dan Krunnfusz (b. 1955) is in his twenty-sixth year of public school teaching, 23 of which have included Jr. High/Middle School chorus. He is currently in his second year at Toki Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he teaches Choir and Musical Theatre. Dan is one of the founder/directors of BACh2, the Baraboo Area Children's Choir, now in its second year serving children from 3rd through 8th grade. Previous to the founding of this choir, he spent 14 years as the Artistic Director of the Madison Boychoir, a treble-voiced group of boys, ages eight to fourteen. Mr. Krunnfusz holds both a Master's and a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a wide variety of additional studies ranging from VoiceCare with Axel Theimer and Leon Thurman to World Music Drumming with Will Schmid to composition with Alice Parker. A member of ACDA, MENC and the VoiceCare Network, he has conducted numerous All State Jr. High Honor's Choirs, including the 2000 ACDA Southern Division Jr. High Choir. Mr. Krunnfusz is also an active composer and arranger with several works in print with various publishers. Mr. Krunnfusz lives in Baraboo, Wisconsin with his wife Cathy, his two children, Andrea (17) and Jason (15) and his two step-children, Connor (16) and Katie (12).
David N. Childs, High School SSA
David N. Childs, b. 1969 at Nelson, New Zealand, has a Bachelor's degree in compo- sition and musicology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand; a Master of Music degree in conducting from the Florida State University, Tallahassee; and a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University. Dr. Childs serves as Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, and as Minister of Music at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Franklin. He is music director for the Vanderbilt Opera Theater program, having con- ducted performances of Mozart's The Magic Flute, Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball, Fantasticks, Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, and Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music. He has received conducting instruction
from Dr. Kenneth Fulton, Dr. André Thomas, and Professor Rodney Eichenberger. He has received additional instruction from Helmuth Rilling as a master class conductor at the Oregon Bach Festival. Dr. Childs is an active clinician and adjudicator in the United States, working at the grade school, college, and community levels. He has conducted All-State and honor choirs in Tennessee, Virginia, Louisiana, Oregon, Alabama, and Florida. His compositions frequently appear at state festivals and workshops, and at ACDAstate, regional, and national con- ventions. In addition to conducting and teaching, Dr. Childs has over 30 choral works in print with Santa Barbara Music Publishers, Alliance Music, and Colla Voce. Childs was recently invited to be a guest conductor with Manhattan Concert Productions, New York.
Breaking News……………….
On February 9, 2006 the “Course of Study Arts Education” was presented to the State Board of Education for review and approval. More information will be made available in subsequent issues of Ala Breve and at workshops offered throughout the State. Don’t miss these opportunities to learn more about the implementation of Music Content Standards at the local school level! February 2006
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