This course explores the breadth of women's choir literature in a historical context, focusing on various composers and genres across all historical eras. Amplify your knowledge of what is available for female voices of all age levels. Scores, audio/video examples and performance practice materials are used to help you program creative women's choir concerts.
Instructor: Lisa Frendenburgh
Under the leadership of Lisa Fredenburgh, the University Chorale and Chamber Choir perform both on campus and away serving the AU community and communities throughout the Midwest. She has held previous conducting posts at University of Central Missouri, Meredith College in Raleigh, NC and with the Opera Company of North Carolina and Capitol Opera Raleigh. She holds a DMA and two MM degrees from the University of Arizona where she studied under Maurice Skones, Thomas Hilbish, Jerry McCoy and Kenneth Jennings. Her BA in music education was earned at Luther College, under Weston Noble.
Fredenburgh often serves as guest conductor, lecturer and clinician locally, nationally and abroad. She has conducted All-State Choirs in Tennessee, Georgia, New York, Arkansas, and North Carolina. She has conducted and taught master classes in the Dominican Republic, Panama and in Bolivia. She is a frequent presenter at national-, regional- and state-level professional organizations in the fields of Women’s Choral Music, and the Music of Latin America. She currently serves as Central Division Chair for the Women’s Choir Repertoire & Standards Committee for the American Choral Directors Association and was formerly a member of the steering committee for the 50th Anniversary National Convention in 2009.
Read more: http://www.aurora.edu/academics/undergraduate/music/lisa-fredenburgh.html#.VtnWeMcfVBw#ixzz41xe66JfJ
SUMMER ONLINE COURSES
The registration deadline for summer online courses is Friday, June 2nd at 12:00 p.m. (noon) CDT. All Online Courses begin at 8:00 a.m. CDT on Monday, June 12th, and "officially" conclude at 5:00 p.m. CDT on Friday, August 4th.
Course Information
7686 Repertoire for Women's Choir: A Historical Survey from the Renaissance to the Contemporary
3 graduate credits
Tuition: $960, due in full with registration.
ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 25
SUMMER ONLINE COURSE DETAILS
VanderCook Online is powered by Schoology (www.schoology.com). Through this learning management system, you'll be able to interact directly with your instructor, students in your classes, and members of the greater VanderCook Online community.
The summer online term officially begins on Monday, June 10. The week prior to June 10, you'll be added as a new Schoology user. Be on the lookout for an email from noreply@schoology.com or wfong@vandercook.edu with log-in instructions. Once you are given credentials, simply visit www.online.vandercook.edu to login. On the morning of June 10, you'll have access to your classroom and course material.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
You’ll have the opportunity to work at your own pace each week while completing assignments and posting responses to discussion questions. You’ll constantly be interacting with your instructor and classmates online, and working through new material each week. We know how crazy summer schedules can get, so our instructors try to make everything as flexible as possible!