NC ACDA Fall Conference 2012
Dates: September 21-22, 2012
Location: UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance
Guest Clinician: Ann Howard Jones
Dr. Ann Howard Jones is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Boston University. She conducts the Symphonic and Chamber Choruses, supervises conducting students in the Concert Chorus and the Women’s Chorale, teaches graduate choral conducting, and administers the MM and DMA programs in Choral Conducting. Dr. Jones is also the conductor of the BU Tanglewood Institute Young Artists’ Vocal Program Chorus, an auditioned ensemble of high school singers which rehearses and performs at Tanglewood in the summer.
Recognized as a distinguished clinician, adjudicator, teacher and conductor, she has led many all state and regional choruses, workshops and master classes in the US, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia.
From 1984-1998, Dr. Jones was the assistant conductor to the late Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony choruses where she was Assistant Conductor for Choruses, sang in the alto section, assisted with the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers and helped to organize the Robert Shaw Institute.
Ann Howard Jones has been selected by the American Choral Directors Association to receive its prestigious Robert Shaw Choral Award for 2011 which was presented at the 2011 ACDA National Conference in Chicago. The Robert Shaw Choral Award is given every two years to a choral leader who has made unusual contributions to the art of choral music.
Male Vocal Arts Symposium Info and Application
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