Honors Band
In 1999, award winning composer and conductor DAVID R. HOLSINGER joined the faculty of Lee University, Cleveland, Tennessee. He is the inaugural conductor of the Lee Wind Ensemble and teaches composition, orchestration, and conduct- ing. He holds degrees from Central Methodist University, University of Central Missouri, and the University of Kansas.
Dr. Holsinger’s compositions have won four national competitions, including a two time ABA Ostwald Award. His works have also been finalists in the NBA and Sudler composition competitions. In the summer of 1998, Holsinger was fea- tured as the HERITAGE VI composer during the Texas Bandmasters Association convention in San Antonio. This prestigious series celebrating American wind composers was founded in 1992 and had previously honored Morton Gould, Ron Nelson, Robert Jager, W. Francis McBeth, and Roger Nixon. When not composing or conducting, he models HO scale trains.
Honors Chorus
A sought after conductor and clinician all across the United States and in Asia, DR. PEARL SHANGKUAN is a professor of Music at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan where she directs choirs and teaches choral conducting and choral literature. She is also the chorusmaster (endowed Covenant Chair) of the Grammy-nominated Grand Rapids Symphony. Her performances and preparation of choruses consistently receive outstanding reviews for their combination of precision, artistry and passion. In addition to her signature Mosaic choral series for earthsongs, she serves as the music editor of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship choral series, published by GIA. A student of pre-eminent American choral conductor and New York Philharmonic chorusmaster Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, she received a Bachelor of Music in Church Music summa cum laude and Master of Music in Choral Conducting with distinction from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, and a DMA in Choral Conducting from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Honors Orchestra
KEVIN NOE is Director of Orchestras and head of the graduate orchestral conducting program at Michigan State University. A passionate supporter and promoter of composers, creators, and the arts of our time, he is also the Ex- ecutive Artistic Director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (PNME), and has commissioned and premiered over sixty new works so far.
Having a strong background in the theatre, he has a particular interest in works employing a variety of art forms and serves regularly as conductor, stage director, actor, and filmmaker for a variety of mixed-media, operatic, and theatrical produc- tions. During his tenure with the PNME, attendance at performances has grown 700%, they have recorded four new albums, and the troupe was invited to give an eighteen performance run of a new work entitle “Just Out of Reach” at the festivals in Edinburgh, Scotland. Mr. Noe’s principal conducting teacher was Larry Rachleff, and he also studied conducting with Robert Spano, Gustav Meier, and Seiji Ozawa.
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