Thursday, July 14 – Sunday, July 17 | 2011
CME 2011 Kenosha, WI (North of Chicago)
2011 Institute for Choral Teacher Education
Doreen Rao, PhD and Lee Kesselman
with Special Guests
Emily Ellsworth and Anima!
(formerly the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus)
SPOTLIGHT ON OPERA FOR CHORUS:
The Benefits of “Theater” for Children and Youth Choirs
Peter Denee, Institute Host
Megan Marshall, Coordinator and Teacher
Hosted at the beautiful Lake Michigan Campus
of Carthage College (north of Chicago)
An Intensive Conducting Workshop and Choral Teacher Certification Course featuring
PERFORMANCE DEMONSTRATIONS
with Emily Ellsworth and Anima
REPERTOIRE WORKSHOPS AND CONDUCTING MASTERCLASSES
with Doreen Rao
SCORE PREPARATION AND PRODUCTION PLANNING
with Lee Kesselman
Repertoire Focus
Day 1
Focus: Bernstein, MASS
(Adapted and arranged by Doreen Rao)
Day 2
Focus: Benjamin Britten, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(A Opera Suite for Young Choirs adapted and arranged by Lee Kesselman)
Day 3
Focus: Imant Raminsh, The Nightengale
(Suite adapted by the composer)
Plus a wide range of opera related reading repertoire for young choirs
(from arias and duets to scenes and full productions)
Boosey & Hawkes CME Opera Workshop Series
Emily Ellsworth, Choral Advisor
Repertoire and Conducting
Rehearsal Pedagogy
Staging and Production
More about the CME Course of Study [PDF]
Visit ChoralMusicExperience.com for program details, registration information, course tuition and festival fees. For more information, email Mandy Miller at: choralmusicexperience@yahoo.co.uk