Artis and apprears on five studio CDs on SonyClassical label.


In her fifthteenth year as Artistic Director of Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, Elena Sharkova has prepared and conducted the chorus in over 40 major choral-orchestral works such as Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem, Serenade to Music and Five Mystical Songs, Handel’s Messiah, Mozart’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Brahms German Requiem and Nanie, Bruckner’s Te Deum, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and many others. Under Sharkova’s direction, Chorale presented complete performances


of the monumental


masterpiece of Russian liturgical music – Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil in 2008, and in 2011 premiered the new edition of Ippolitov-Ivanov’s All-Night Vigil, op. 43. Artistic Director of the 300-voice strong Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley since 2004, Elena Sharkova conducts CYS’s top performing and touring choirs, Vocalise and Ensemble, and oversees all educational and performance aspects of the program. Under her direction, Cantabile made solo appearance on the legendary stages of Carnegie Hall and Chicago Orchestra Hall and toured Estonia, Finland, Russia, Canada, and England. Elena Sharkova was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she received an undergraduate degree in music education and piano, and a graduate degree in conducting from St. Petersburg State Rimski-Korsakov Conservatory. In 1996 Ms. Sharkova received her second graduate degree in conducting from Western Michigan University where she studied with Dr. Craig Arnold.


Ms. Sharkova joined the music faculty of San Jose State University in 1998 and served as Director of Choral Activities until 2006. In demand as guest clinician, Elena has had the priviledge to conduct all-state, divisional, and national honor choirs for American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Organization of American Kodàly Educators, Association for Music in International Schools, Manhattan Concert Productions, Music


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International, Distinguished Concerts International and Heritage Festivals of Gold. Elena lives in San Jose with her wine-maker husband Tony and their nine-year old son Sasha.


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Named one of the 25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2012, Anthony Trecek-King, began his tenure as Artistic Director with the Boston Children's Chorus (BCC) in September 2007. Since that time BCC has obtained a reputation as an ensemble of high distinction. As a conductor and clinician, Mr. Trecek-King has earned recognition


presenting and conducting engagements this year in Canada, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Mississippi, Kentucky,


Middle School Treble Chorus


Middle School Mixed Chorus


conducting choirs and orchestras throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. He has worked with the University of Cologne Chamber Choir, the National Youth Choirs in Great Britain and members of the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, the Juvenil Schola Cantorum, and the University Simón Bolívar. At BCC, Mr. Trecek-King has established a unique music education curriculum that fosters independent thinking among young musicians. Students develop musical skills and receive leadership and life skills training. Before joining BCC, Mr. Trecek-King was a Professor of Music at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Artistic Director of the Nebraska Choral Arts Society.


Dr. Andrea Ramsey holds an appointment in choral music education at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where she teaches choral methods, undergraduate conducting, and conducts the University Chorus. A native Arkansan, Andrea has thirteen years of teaching experience with children’s, public school, and university choruses. She received her Ph.D. in Music Education from Michigan State University where she was a University Distinguished Fellow and her M. M. in Choral Conducting from The University of Kansas. Enjoying regular guest conducting and presenting opportunities, Dr. Ramsey looks forward to


Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, North Carolina, Minnesota, and West Virginia. An ASCAP award-winning composer, Dr. Ramsey composes for a wide range of voices and ability levels and has over 60 works in press with publishers such as Hal Leonard, Boosey & Hawkes, Alliance, Santa Barbara, Walton, Colla Voce, and Carl Fischer. She is composer-in-residence to the Allegro Choirs of Kansas City where she has twice toured abroad with the choirs to Italy, Austria, and the Czech Republic.


Missing the forms?


Visit the AMEA website www.alaba- mamea.org and download the forms you need. Click on “AMEA Forms” located in the menu on the left side of the AMEA home page. l Hall of Fame Nomination Form l Outstanding Music Educator Nomination Form


l Outstanding Young Music Educator Nomination Form


l Outstanding Administrator Nomination Form


l Barbara Odom Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form


l FAME Registration Form l Call for Sessions Form l Performance Application l Young Composers Competition Application


l Lobby Performance Application 27


Anthony Trecek- King


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