All-State Honors Choir
All music will be provided to the students and mailed to their directors in March 2023. High School All-State Honors Choir Conductor Dr. Cara Tasher - The University of North Florida Dr. Cara Tasher has served as Director of Choral Studies at the University of North Florida since 2006 relishing the opportunity to provide relevant life and professional experiences for her students in Jacksonville, and around the world. Global and cultural competency is a focal point of her teaching. Proficient in several languages, Tasher’s engagements as singer, conductor, and adjudicator, have brought her to over 20 countries for concerts, competitions, festivals, and workshops, with regular engagements as guest conductor for Mexico’s Coro de Teatro de Bellas Artes. Ensembles under her direction have toured to the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia and South Africa. Prior to UNF, Tasher has been professionally involved with the Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Conspirare, Trinity Choir-Wall Street, Xavier University, and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City. Her training took place at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, University of Texas at Austin, Paris IV-La Sorbonne, and Northwestern University. Dr. Tasher is highly active as a clinician, within the American Choral Directors Association, International Federation of Choral Music, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization in various leadership capacities. At the university, Tasher conducts two ensembles, teaches the graduate conducting curriculum, and oversees the choral program and its leadership team, receiving awards for outstanding teaching and international leadership, and grants to support her Jacksonville SINGS! initiatives. Cara presented at the World Symposium of Choral Music (WSCM) in Seoul, Korea, on “The Conductor as Voice Teacher” and recently served as a clinician in the Europa Cantat Leading Voices Workshop in July 2022 in Utrecht, Netherlands. She is grateful for the opportunity to work with the talented singers in Michigan where music education is highly valued. Todd Schreiber, Accompanist
| Emily Verdonk Director of Honors Choirs Sarah Price Anna Bolton annabolton@msvma.org 2022 - 2023 Schedule February 6 All-State selection announced May 11-13 All-State Honors Choir Rehearsals Thursday, May 11- Saturday, May 13th MSU College of Music, East Lansing, MI Performance Saturday, May 13 at 3 PM Fairchild Theater, East Lansing, MI |
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Michigan School Vocal Music Association
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