Participating Ensembles:
Pennsbury High School Concert Choir, Pennsbury High School Women’s Ensemble & The Pennsbury Community Chorus
The group typically comprises 60-100 area residents, including Pennsbury students, graduates, teachers, arents, staff, and friends of the Pennsbury Community. Performances include a variety of choral repertoire and literature, often with guest soloists and orchestras. Recent works have included the Requiems of Mozart and Faure, the Magnificats of Pergolesi, Bach and Rutter, and Orff's Carmina Burana.
Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus (Australia)
With over 80 members, it performs several concerts of its own each year, as well as receiving contracts to perform with other arts organisations in South Australia. Recent highlights have included Australian premieres of Karl Jenkins' Stella Natalis (2011) and James Mullholland's Missa Romantica (2012).
Aldis is Head of Music and Deputy Principal at Marryatville High School, teaching choral and orchestral programs. Since 2007, Aldis has led the Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus in many choral concerts including the Australian premiere of Karl Jenkins' Stella Natalis in November 2011.
Brisbane Chorale (Australia)
Emily Cox, Music Director of the Brisbane Chorale since 2003, is known as one of the leading figures in Australian choral music. She is also founding Music Director of Canticum Chamber Choir (which represented Australia at the 7th World Symposium on Choral Music in Kyoto, Japan, 2005). Emily is Choir Director at St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point and Lecturer in Choral Studies at the Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University where she teaches conducting and directs the Conservatorium Chamber Choir.
As a conductor and chorus master with a diverse repertoire, her work is in demand by professional performing arts companies and major arts festivals. Through the innovative repertoire she explores with all of her ensembles, she has introduced Brisbane audiences to many unusual and beautiful works. A graduate of Dartmouth College (USA) and the Queensland Conservatorium, Emily has trained overseas with noted specialists in her field and continues to pursue professional development with these colleagues. She is known nationally for her work as a festival and workshop director, adjudicator and choral educator for all age groups.
Vocal Spotlight (OH)
Liberty," the world famous eight part harmony a cappella group. In and out of the Director's role, Donnalynn is a vibrant ambassador for music and an inspiring leader, drawing singers and audiences into music with an approach that is compelling and uniquely her own.