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Nancy Menk Nancy Menk holds the Mary Lou and Judd Leighton Chair in Music at Saint Mary's College. She earned the B.S. and the M.A. degrees in Music Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and the M.M. and the D.M.A. degrees in Choral Conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
At Saint Mary's College, Dr. Menk conducts the Women's Choir, the Collegiate Choir, and prepares the Madrigal Singers for the annual Christmas Madrigal Dinners. She is founder and conductor of the South Bend Chamber Singers, an ensemble of 30 select singers from the Michiana area. Winners of the 2004 ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, the Singers were also finalists for the prestigious Margaret Hillis Award, given annually by Chorus America, in 2000. Dr. Menk also serves as Conductor of the Northwest Indiana Symphony Chorus. She is editor of the Saint Mary's College Choral Series, a distinctive series of select music for women's voices published by earthsongs of Corvallis, Oregon. Dr. Menk serves regularly as a guest conductor and choral adjudicator throughout the United States, and has spent two summers teaching and conducting in Hong Kong. She has conducted All-State Choirs in Delaware, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, and Pennsylvania. In November 2005 she made her fourth appearance at Carnegie Hall, conducting music of Gwyneth Walker for women's voices and orchestra.
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