Western Washington University Announces Summer Choral Arts Institute
Western Washington University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts, in partnership with the Bellingham Festival of Music, has announced a weeklong Choral Arts Institute for music educators, choral directors, voice conductors and students July 16-21 on Western's campus, 90 miles north of Seattle, WA.
Western Washington University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts, in partnership with the Bellingham Festival of Music, has announced a weeklong Choral Arts Institute for music educators, choral directors, voice conductors and students July 16-21 on WWU’s campus.Choral Arts Institute aims to help choral directors, music educators and voice conductors to increase their knowledge and abilities in their field.
Choral Arts Institute is instructed by Maestro Vance George, the chorus director emeritus of the San Francisco Symphony, and Maestro Michael Palmer, artistic director of the Bellingham Festival of Music.
Choral Arts Institute participants will spend six days of intense study of vocal and conducting techniques using Mozart’s Mass in C Minor. A final culminating performance of the Mass will be held with Bellingham Festival of Music on July 21.
“I am very excited to be working with Maestro Palmer to build upon our long standing relationship with the Bellingham Festival of Music in bringing this new opportunity to the region,” said Daniel Guyette, dean of Western Washington University’s College of Fine and Performing Arts.
Participants can earn three graduate credits or 30 clock hours. Formal admission to Western is not required.
Details and registration are available at http://www.wwu.edu/educators, by e-mail at ExtendedEducation(at)wwu(dot)edu or by phone at (360) 650-3308.
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