Concert Choir
Your daily schedule will consist of both full choir and sectional rehearsals, along with a selection of course offerings, including voice class, conducting, theory, improvisation, vocal chamber music, and instrumental ensembles.
Christopher Kiver, director of the concert choir
Christopher Kiver, who joined Penn State’s faculty in 2005, directs the Penn State Glee Club and the Chamber Singers. Dr. Kiver also teaches classes in choral conducting and choral literature. He received a doctorate in choral conducting from the University of Michigan, a master’s degree in choral conducting from Florida State University, and a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of London.
A native of the United Kingdom, he has received numerous prizes and scholarships including a Fulbright Award, and the 2002 Sydney World Symposium Foundation Scholarship. In February 2006 he was a double Grammy Award winner ("Best Choral Performance" and "Best Classical Album") as a chorus master for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom’s monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience.
Kiver has appeared as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. He currently serves as repertoire and standards chair for men’s choirs for the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.
In the summer of 2008 Kiver will direct the choir at Penn State's Summer Music Camp program.
For information about the concert choir, contact:
Christopher Kiver
E-mail: summermusic@outreach.psu.edu
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Architecture's School of Music
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