Alabama School of Fine Arts Choir
Meet the Alabama School of Fine Arts Music Department… ..talented instrumentalists grades seven through twelve enrolled in a unique curriculum of academics, music instruction and performance. During the past fifty years these dynamic ensembles have given hundreds of performances for thousands in audiences throughout the United States. The ensembles have appeared at the Alabama State Legislature, Alabama State Council on the Arts, the United States Capital in Washington, D.C., New York City, Florida, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Imagination Celebration, to name a few.
Each ensemble has successfully
competed in national and state-wide festivals and competitions where they’ve consistently achieved superior ratings and special recognition. The ensembles are in constant demand for their polished and professional approach to performance and have been recognized for their varied concert repertoire of Renaissance through Twentieth Century standards, jazz standards, light classics
and spirituals. Members of these ensembles have been awarded grants for summer study at Interlochen, Eastern Music Festival, Brevard, Sewanee, Rocky Ridge Music Center, and the Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute. Alumni have distinguished themselves with scholarships to such prestigious institutions as the Juilliard School, Cincinnati College-Conservatory, Boston University, Oberlin, Yale, Harvard and Berklee.
Cathy Spence conducts the ASFA Choir and Concerto Delle Donne (Women’s Ensemble). She also teachers Intermediate Music Theory and Advanced Ear Training. Cathy has taught for several years and her teaching experience includes all ages, from preschool through college age students. Under her direction, choirs have consistently earned Superior ratings throughout the State in district and statewide festivals. Students from her private voice studio have also excelled in solo vocal competitions throughout the region. She is a member of Sigma Alpha Iota, National Association for Music Education, Alabama Music Teachers Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Alabama Vocal Association. In addition to her teaching career, Cathy has had extensive performance experience in the field of opera. She has performed as soloist with the Alabama Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and the Kansas City Civic Orchestra. She was a district and regional finalist in the Midwest Metropolitan Opera Auditions and has performed numerous roles with the Kansas City Civic Opera, and the Opera Theater of Kansas City, She may also be heard in solos on various cd recordings of the Grammy award winning Kansas City Chorale. A graduate of Birmingham- Southern College, she holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Music Education in Vocal Music, as well as a Master of Arts in Education from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Thursday 7:00 PM BJCC East Ballroom
Concert Program Ubi Caritas.......................................................................Ola Gjiello...............................................Walton Music, WW 1386
Five Hebrew Love
Songs..............................................Eric Whitacre.........................................Walton Music, WJMS 1038 Karalyn Harper, violin
Sure On This Shining
Night.......................................Morten Lauridsen............................................Hal Leonard 00229069 Twa
Tanbou................................................................Sydney Guillaume.....................................Walton Music, WJMS 1101
Light of a Clear Blue
Morning.......................................Dolly Parton.................................................Hal Leonard 08750799 Diamond Sparks, soprano
If I Got My
Ticket......................................................arr. Robert Shaw.................................................G. Shirmer, Inc. 9933 Jaeden Henderson, tenor
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