Dr. Brandon Boyd, and Dr. Andrew Crow join Joseph Flummerfelt, André Thomas, Kent Hatteberg, John Byun, Lynda Hasseler, Jason Max Ferdinand, Karen Kennedy, Stacey V. Gibbs, and Artistic Director, Henry Leck to complete the 2019 National Choir Festival artistic panel.
Dr. Brandon Boyd, Assistant Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at University of Missouri will serve as evaluator/clinician for the 2019 National Choir Festival. “Each year at Music for All National Choir Festival, the organization strives to honor their mission by celebrating musical excellence through life-changing choral experiences. This year will be no different. As a member of the blind-listening and choral artistic committee, I am excited to see the impact the festival will have on these talented choral ensembles as they experience the joy of singing in a national community of choirs and working with international professional conductors. The featured conductor this year is the world-renowned conductor and composer, Dr. AndrĂ© J. Thomas, who will bring a wealth of knowledge and compassion to this year’s festival that will penetrate the hearts and minds of participants and attendees for years to come. What an exciting experience this will be for ALL!” – Brandon Boyd
Together, Dr. Boyd and Dr. Andre Thomas will present a Gospel Master Class during the festival. Hear them improvise a joyful holiday piano duet here:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pn5QkFa-zrg
The Festival Singers of Florida perform Dr. Boyd’s arrangement of Until I Reach My Home:
Dr. Andrew Crow, Director of Choral Activities at Ball State University, served on the blind listening panel for the 2019 National Choir Festival, and will be Master of Ceremonies for the 1:30pm National Festival Choir performance, Saturday March 16, 2019 at the Palladium Center for the Performing Arts in Indianapolis. “Hearing a wide range of choirs through the blind listening process of recorded applications allows us to listen intently to each ensemble and evaluate them without distraction. We hear a broad range of repertoire and listen independently for key elements of vocal tone, intonation, ensemble balance, blend, and the mechanics of singing. Plus, with several contrasting songs, we can observe the singers’ ability to adapt stylistic nuance for each piece.” –Andrew Crow
Listen to the Ball State Statesmen performing The Cardinal Call, a medley of school songs:
All videos are being used with expressed, written permission of the composers and arrangers.
