2017 Honor Band and Choir, Sonoma State University, February 2nd - 4th, 2017
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Conductor Bios:
Dr. Andy Collinsworth, Band
Dr. Collinsworth received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Master of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of Nevada at Reno. He received his Doctor of the Musical Arts degree in Conducting from Arizona State University.
Prior to joining the Sonoma State faculty in 2008, Dr. Collinsworth taught for nearly twenty years in California public schools. From 1996 to 2005 he was Director of Instrumental Music at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, California, where ensembles under his direction were recognized for their superior performances.
Dr. Collinsworth maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout California and the Western states. His critical edition full score to Samuel Barber’s Commando March, is published by G. Schirmer. In addition to his university duties, Dr. Collinsworth is an active member of several professional organizations. He is President of the Bay Section of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), and is President-Elect for the Western Division of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). In addition, he is a member of the National Association of Music Education, the California Band Directors Association, the Northern California Band Directors Association, and is an honorary member of the Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity.
In 2011, he was honored by the California Music Educators Association’s
Don Schmeer/Byron Hoyt Band Educator Award honoring excellence in instrumental instruction and performance.
Dr. Joshua Habermann, Choir
The 2016-17 season marks Joshua Habermann's sixth season as Chorus Director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in the Jean D. Wilson Chorus Director Chair. Habermann is also Music Director of The Desert Chorale, a professional chamber choir based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Prior to his DSO appointment in 2010, Habermann was assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, where he prepared the chorus for performances with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Charles Dutoit. Recordings as a singer with the SFSC include Christmas by the Bay and Mahler's Symphony No. 2, a Grammy nominee for Best Choral/Orchestra Recording.
Habermann has appeared in numerous conferences and festivals, including international engagements in Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Germany, Czech Republic, France, China, and Singapore. As a singer (tenor), he has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling, and made three recordings with Austin-based Conspirare: Through the Green Fuse, Threshold of Night, and Requiem, a Grammy nominee and Edison Music Award winner for Best Choral Recording.
Recent conducting projects include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass, Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil and a collaboration with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in Aaron Copland's rarely-performed masterwork, In the Beginning. Highlights of the current season include performances of Duruflé's Requiem with the Desert Chorale, Bach's Magnificat and Mozart's Requiem with the Berkshire Choral Festival, and a European tour in summer 2014 with the Symphony Chorus.
A passionate advocate for music education, Habermann has served on the faculties at San Francisco State University and the University of Miami, and worked with young singers and conductors in master classes and workshops throughout the United States and abroad. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Texas, where he teaches conducting and choral literature.
A native of California, Habermann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed doctoral studies in conducting with Craig Hella Johnson. He lives in Dallas with his wife Joanna, daughter Kira and son Kai.
Conductor Bios:
Dr. Andy Collinsworth, Band
Dr. Collinsworth received his Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and Master of Music degree in saxophone performance from the University of Nevada at Reno. He received his Doctor of the Musical Arts degree in Conducting from Arizona State University.
Prior to joining the Sonoma State faculty in 2008, Dr. Collinsworth taught for nearly twenty years in California public schools. From 1996 to 2005 he was Director of Instrumental Music at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, California, where ensembles under his direction were recognized for their superior performances.
Dr. Collinsworth maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician throughout California and the Western states. His critical edition full score to Samuel Barber’s Commando March, is published by G. Schirmer. In addition to his university duties, Dr. Collinsworth is an active member of several professional organizations. He is President of the Bay Section of the California Music Educators Association (CMEA), and is President-Elect for the Western Division of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA). In addition, he is a member of the National Association of Music Education, the California Band Directors Association, the Northern California Band Directors Association, and is an honorary member of the Kappa Kappa Psi band fraternity.
In 2011, he was honored by the California Music Educators Association’s
Don Schmeer/Byron Hoyt Band Educator Award honoring excellence in instrumental instruction and performance.
Dr. Joshua Habermann, Choir
The 2016-17 season marks Joshua Habermann's sixth season as Chorus Director of the Dallas Symphony Chorus, the official vocal ensemble of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in the Jean D. Wilson Chorus Director Chair. Habermann is also Music Director of The Desert Chorale, a professional chamber choir based in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Prior to his DSO appointment in 2010, Habermann was assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, where he prepared the chorus for performances with conductors Michael Tilson Thomas and Charles Dutoit. Recordings as a singer with the SFSC include Christmas by the Bay and Mahler's Symphony No. 2, a Grammy nominee for Best Choral/Orchestra Recording.
Habermann has appeared in numerous conferences and festivals, including international engagements in Brazil, Cuba, Costa Rica, Germany, Czech Republic, France, China, and Singapore. As a singer (tenor), he has performed with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus under Helmuth Rilling, and made three recordings with Austin-based Conspirare: Through the Green Fuse, Threshold of Night, and Requiem, a Grammy nominee and Edison Music Award winner for Best Choral Recording.
Recent conducting projects include Mendelssohn's Elijah, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610, J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass, Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil and a collaboration with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham in Aaron Copland's rarely-performed masterwork, In the Beginning. Highlights of the current season include performances of Duruflé's Requiem with the Desert Chorale, Bach's Magnificat and Mozart's Requiem with the Berkshire Choral Festival, and a European tour in summer 2014 with the Symphony Chorus.
A passionate advocate for music education, Habermann has served on the faculties at San Francisco State University and the University of Miami, and worked with young singers and conductors in master classes and workshops throughout the United States and abroad. He is currently an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Texas, where he teaches conducting and choral literature.
A native of California, Habermann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Texas at Austin, where he completed doctoral studies in conducting with Craig Hella Johnson. He lives in Dallas with his wife Joanna, daughter Kira and son Kai.