Anacrusis 7/8 Girls Honor Choir ~ November 21, 2008
Beth Holmes, Director

Chair Person: Jamye Casperson   jkcasperson@isd194.k12.mn.us

Audition Deadline:  October 1, 2008

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Literature List:

- Be Simple Little Children - Bob Chilcott (Oxford).... SSA

- Praise Ye the Lord - Telemann, arr. Depue, (Alfred).... 3-part A Capella

- Un moto di gioja - Mozart, arr. Ellsworth... Unison

- Sesere Eeye - As taught by Matthew Doyle Publisher Mark O’Leary YVM058 SSA

- The Wind – SSA Brumfield (Colla Voce)

- I'm Going to Sing! – 3-part Treble Ken Berg (Hal Leonard)

Beth Holmes

Beth Holmes currently conducts the Millikin Women, a choir comprised primarily of freshmen students, and teaches private voice at Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois. In addition she is the Artistic and Musical Director of the Millikin University Children & Youth Choir Program, and conducts its premiere ensemble, the Concert Youth Chorale, featuring singers in grades 6-12. This program, an extension of Millikin’s Music Preparatory Department, includes a full year complement of programming, touring, multiple staff, and Millikin student internships for each of its 4 choirs.

A graduate of Kansas State University, Beth subsequently completed a Masters in Choral Conducting at Arizona State University. She has directed university choirs for more than 10 years, first at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and then at Millikin University. When she took a leave from college teaching to home educate her three children in 1995, Beth became an advocate of excellence in vocal music education among Illinois home educators. She and her husband Brad wrote curriculum and were invited to teach and perform with their three children at both of Illinois’ state home educator conventions.

Beth is an active guest conductor, directing festival choirs on District and All-State levels as well as church music clinics throughout the Midwest. She has conducted Honor Choirs and led workshops on rehearsal and vocal techniques for choral directors at several state music conventions, and is frequently called upon to adjudicate in both solo and ensemble settings. Beth has had an influential role in the area of Repertoire and Standards for Women’s Choir, serving on state boards in both Iowa and Illinois for the American Choral Director’s Association.