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ver the past 8 seasons with BCC, Mr. Trecek-King has prepared choruses for performances with esteemed conductors including Keith Lockhart, John Williams, Simon Halsey, Federico Cortese, David Hoose, Gil Rose and Jeremy Lipsitts, has collaborated with a wide array of performers such as Yo Yo Ma, Melinda Doolittle, Patti Austin, Kyle and Chris Massey, Leslie Odem Jr., Cindy Blackman-Santana and NFL Star Patrick Chung, and has established a unique music education curriculum that fosters independent thinking among young musicians. Students develop musical skills, such as sight-reading and ear training. They also receive leadership and life- skills training, including mentoring, fundraising, running workshops, and community service.
As a conductor and clinician Mr. Trecek-King has earned international recognition working with choirs and orchestras throughout the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, including the University of Cologne Chamber Choir, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, members of the Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, the Juvenil Schola Cantorum, the University Simón Bolívar, Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, and Polifonija, a state chorus of Lithuania. He spent a semester in residence at the Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany as a guest conductor of both the choir and orchestra. In 2005 and 2006 Mr. Trecek-King was the only American selected to participate in both the Eric Ericson Masterclass (Netherlands), and the Eric Ericson Award Competition, an international conducting competition (Sweden). Recently he directed the American Choral Directors Association National Junior High/Middle School Honor Choir in Dallas, Texas, and has conducted many other All State and festival choirs (Germany, Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Texas, and Vermont).
In addition to Mr. Trecek-King’s conducting work, he hosted the choral music radio program “Together in Song” which aired on WCRB classical New England and WQXR radio in New York City and he has presented two talks and performance (2012 & 2014) for TEDx Boston. In the spring of 2014 he will play host on the new choral music television series “Sing That Thing” airing on WGBH-TV.
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, the state’s oldest and largest community choral organization. He earned a B.M. in Cello Performance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting from Florida State University, and recently completed a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from the Boston University. Born into an Air Force family from the South, Mr. Trecek-King spent most of his youth in North Dakota and Nebraska.
MISSOURI ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATORS Joel Vanderheyden, president
It is an incredible honor for me to serve as President of the Missouri Association for Jazz Education. I am deeply inspired by the commitment of the MOAJE executive board and their tireless efforts to help jazz education flourish all across Missouri. This year, we are thrilled to welcome New York-based drummer, Matt Wilson as our 2017 Missouri All-State Jazz Ensemble Director. I had the opportunity to watch Matt in a clinic at an IAJE conference in New York several years ago, and I’ll never forget how engaging and hilarious he was, all while disseminating really valuable information. At one point, he invited a student volunteer up to his drum set and blindfolded him with a backwards-facing Darth Vader helmet to discuss perception and listening skills. I think our all-state jazz students are in for a treat!
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