a group that has appeared at consecutive conferences of the American Choral Directors Association
(National
Conference 2009; Central Division 2008). She has held a principal residency with the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival and made guest conducting appearances with the 2009 Texas All-State Mixed Choir, the 2010 Southern Division Honor Children's Choir, and the New Jersey All-State Women's Choir. Snow has appeared as a headline clinician at various ACDA conferences, most
recently
Washington, Alabama, and Kansas. Upcoming guest conducting appearances include the Missouri and Montana All- State Mixed Choirs, the Minnesota All-State Women's Choir, and interest sessions at the 2011 national conference of
the American Choral Directors Association.
Snow is author of the DVD " Conducting- Teaching: Real World Strategies for Success" published by GIA (2009), a resource for conductor-teachers at all levels of teaching. She edits the choral music series In High Voice published by Boosey & Hawkes and is a member of the Choral Music Experience Choral Teacher Certification Board.
president of Dr. KT Productions, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
Classically trained as an organist and as a conductor, Dr. Hampton has taught students from nursery through college levels, served as Director of Music at churches of various denominations and is often sought after as a guest conductor and workshop clinician throughout the US, Germany, Trinidad, and Africa. In October of 2010, the North Central American Choral Directors Association selected Dr. Hampton as one of
Contemporary Composers
the top 25 "whose
composition, Praise His Holy Name, should be standard repertoire for choirs today and for the next 25 years."
Keith Hampton has guest-conducted the Virginia All State Honors' Choir, the Georgia All State Collegiate Chorus, Rhode Island All-State Chorus, ACDA's Eastern Division High School Honor's Choir, Baltimore All-County High School Chorus, and the Pennsylvania Region I & VI High School Choirs.
Middle School Mixed Chorus
Dr. Hampton earned a Bachelor of Music Education Degree from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey; a Master of Arts Degree from Marywood University, Scranton, Pennsylvania; and a Doctor of Music Degree in Church Music from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was twice chosen as one of 14conductors to participate in the Oregon Bach Festival Conducting Master classes. The festival is held at the University of Oregon under the direction of Helmuth Rilling and Thomas Somerville. He also was chosen to conduct in an a cappella music workshop sponsored by Chorus America.
Dr. Keith Hampton (affectionately known as "Doc") is a conductor, composer, educator, church musician, organ performer, adjudicator, and workshop clinician. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Chicago Community Chorus (CCC). In addition, he is the Director of Music of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Country Club Hills, Illinois and
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At Dr. K.T. Productions, Inc., he provides music transcriptions of Black Gospel Music with the use of Finale by Coda Music, he has produced the CD, Celebrate (2009), and has published the book, Praise His Holy Name … And Other Songs in the Gospel Style, for release in the spring of 2011. As a published composer, Dr. Hampton’s arrangements of spirituals and gospel songs can be found at Augsburg Fortress Press, Choristers Guild,
earthsongs Publications, Hinshaw Music and Dr. K.T. Productions.
Middle School Treble Chorus
Joy Ondra Hirokawa is the founder and Artistic Director of The Bel Canto Children’s Chorus. She earned a Bachelors degree with honors in Music Education from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA and a Masters degree in Choral Conducting, also from Temple University. She
has completed
postgraduate work in children’s choral conducting and is currently a DMA student in Music Education at Boston University, nearing completion of her studies. She was a Conducting Fellow at the first Chorus America Orchestral Conducting Workshop for Children’s Choir Directors in 2004, and was a conducting Associate at the 2006 Chorus America Choral-Orchestral Conducting Masterclass. Mrs. Hirokawa is a frequent guest conductor and clinician, presenting regularly at NAfME and PMEA conferences and conducting numerous honors choirs, including the ACDA-PA All State Middle School Honors Choir in 2007 and the ACDA-PA All State Women’s Honor Choir in 2008. Under her direction, The Bel Canto Children’s Chorus has performed locally, nationally and internationally, and has appeared at ACDA, NAfME, and PMEA conferences. Mrs. Hirokawa is also a published arranger, specializing in authentic jazz arrangements for treble voices. Mrs. Hirokawa is currently Visiting Professor of Music Education at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, following 20 years of public school teaching.
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