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Blackwell, Leslie J.

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  Kennesaw State University Upcoming Music Events      Sunday, December 2, 2007 Kennesaw State University Gospel Choir 5:00 pm • Bailey Performance Center Concert Hall                             For the most current information, please visit http://www.kennesaw.edu/arts/events/        Department of Music  presents    Kennesaw State University  Choral Ensembles Holiday Program    Dr. Leslie J. Blackwell, conductor Sherri Barrett, accompanist    Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center Concert Hall     Twenty-third concert of the 2007-2008 season Kennesaw State University KSU Choral Ensembles Holiday Program  Dr. Leslie J. Blackwell, conductor Sherri Barrett, accompanist   November 29, 2007 8:00 pm Dr. Bobbie Bailey and Family Performance Center Concert Hall   PROGRAM    KSU Combined Choirs and Brass  Choral Fanfare Gustav Holst      Personent Hodie      KSU Chorale  Masters In This Hall arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw    Carol of The Bells arr.  Peter Wilhousky    Gloria Paul Basler      from Missa Kenya Andrew Burgess* and Kevin O. White*, soloists    * KSU AlumniSherri Barrett Accompanist  Sherri N. Barrett received her bachelor’s degree in piano performance from the University of Michigan and her master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Tennessee. She studied with Eugene Mancini of the Cleveland Institute of Music and Arthur Rivituso from the Juilliard School of Music. Mrs. Barrett is an active soloist, accompanist, and teacher in the Atlanta area.            Leslie J. Blackwell Director of Choral Activities  Dr. Blackwell is the director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music and Music Education at Kennesaw State University where she has taught since 1998.  Dr. Blackwell's duties include conducting the choral ensembles; KSU Chorale, KSU Women’s Ensemble, KSU Men’s Ensemble, and KSU Chamber Singers; teaching choral conducting, choral literature, and supervising student teachers.  Under Dr. Blackwell 's baton, her choirs have performed master works including the requiems of Fauré, Duruflé and Mozart, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the Rome Symphony Orchestra, Brahm’s Requiem, Rutter’s Gloria, and Handel’s Messiah with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra.  The Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers performed at the 2002 and 2006 Georgia Music Educators Association State Convention.  Also, Dr. Blackwell lectured at the annual GMEA In-Service in Savannah, Georgia in January 2007 along with the KSU Men’s Ensemble.  The lecture was entitled “Men: Can’t live with them, Can’t sing without them!”  The Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers are scheduled to perform at the closing concert of GMEA in January 2008.  Dr. Blackwell received a Chancellor’s Award in May 2007 to study Latin American Choral music in Salta, Argentina.  Dr. Blackwell studied with Luis Benavidez and Julio Cesar Reynaga, director del Coro Gaudium and renowned arranger of Latin American Choral music in Argentina.  She returns to Argentina in May 2008 as conductor del Coro Festival Internacional.  April 1, 2008 the KSU Chamber Singers with guitarist, Mary Akerman and percussionist, John Lawless will perform a lecture recital featuring the music of South America.  As Artistic Director of the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus, the chorus was selected to perform for the American Choral Directors Association State Convention at Spivey Hall, which preceded their appearance at the International GALA Festival in Montreal, Canada.  The AGMC was featured on "The Atlanta Music Scene" broadcast for WABE 90.1 public radio and released recordings "A Real Family Holiday" and "Live at the Cathedral".   Dr. Blackwell earned her A.D. from Gordon College and her B.M. in music education from West Georgia College.  She also holds a M.M. from Georgia State University and a D.M.A. from the University of Kentucky.  Influential musicians with whom she has worked are Robert Shaw, Ann Howard Jones, Yoel Levi, David Maslanka, Rodney Eichenberger, and Jefferson Johnson.   During her twenty years as a music educator in Georgia, Dr. Blackwell taught seven years at McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, where her Chamber and Women's choirs performed, respectively, at the 1992 and 1994 Georgia Music Educators Association State Conventions. McIntosh Chamber Choir was selected to sing at the American Choral Director's Association Southern Division Convention in 1996.   In 2007 Dr Blackwell, the founding director of the newly formed Kennesaw State University Community Alumni Choir, began its inaugural season with membership reaching nearly 100 voices.  In addition to her commitments at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Blackwell is currently Minister of Music at Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church.  She is also active as a conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the southeast, and holds memberships in MENC, GMEA, and ACDA.  KSU Chamber Men  Goin’ to Bethlehem Jay Althouse     KSU Chamber Singers  Gloria Daniel Pinkham      from Christmas Cantata   The First Noel arr.  Rhonda Polay    Glory Hallelujah To The New Born King arr.  Mark Butler  Clay Mooney, soloist     KSU Combined Choirs    Hallelujah George Handel      from Messiah      Kennesaw State University Chorale  Soprano Tenor Karen Chunat Vincent Brooks Barbara Cramer-Reed David Carlisle Maggie Crossett Jay Caudle Andrea Ducas Gerald Davis Christen Engels Chris Ellis Erin Gallagher Steven Hickerson Katie Good Steve McCullough Helen Hernandez Jay Moss Judy Jascomb Cody Nichols Rosalie Masoero  Hayley McCloud Bass Katie McCollum Reid Atcheson Maria McDonald Neil Calvin Marina Orbidan Brett Carson Kristen Pacitti Alex Carstens Rabeya Rahmatullah Stephen Chamblee Tsuey Wei Seah Nick Davidow Stephanie Slaughter Jeremy Hay Julie Turner Ben Heller Alison Webster Brett Kelly Sarah Wellman Paul McCarthy Emily Wysocki Christopher Mills  David Newman Alto Jim Sadler Erin Bell Preston Shinall Flavia Bitussi Otto Stoy III Amanda Bocchi Jared Strawn Julie Cross John Wesely Brittany Cupp  Emily Helf  Greta Henry  Cristina Hernandez  Aliya Hutcheson  Yuiko Ishida  Deborah Kellett  Jennifer Richards  Gabrielle Robinson  Kylee Rutledge  Michelle Slifcak  Jasmine Thompson  Jackie Tudor  Kim Vandenberg Jessica Washington Sarah Winograd   Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers  Soprano Tenor Kristen Brent Michael Alcorn Melody Hauschild Joshua Lawson Reiff Laura Hettinger Michael Sperr Amy Hoelscher Zachary Strickland Lauren Larson Jonathon Warthman Jenn Mack John White Amanda Newton     Alto Bass Rachael Alexander Shawn Keswani Stephanie Daniels William Massie Rachel Espenshied Mark Miller Sarah Heagy Clay Mooney Dileesa Hunter Gregory Poirier Whitney Mawer Jason Royal Leanne Smith William Scott Walters  Leigh Sumruld Christopher Weaver       Kennesaw State University Brass Choir  Danny Evans, Lee Rutledge, Mark Walther, Graham Watt, trumpets; Robert Hays, Mike Ishmael, Ryan Payne, Crystal Penland, trombones; Vince Jackson, tuba  Brass transcription on the Personent Hodie, Gustav Holst by Andrea Ducas.    

Choral Ensembles Holiday Program

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