Allison Oster
Public Relations Manager
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APU Hosts Summer Symposium in Choral Music
June 11, 2008
AZUSA, Calif. –
Renowned conductors Donald Neuen and Charlene Archbeque, DMA, join Azusa Pacific University’s School of Music for a week-long choral-music symposium in the Warren Music Center on June 24-27.
The symposium, which will focus on Handel’s Messiah and Brahm’s German Requiem, helps participants refine their knowledge and skills through intensive study in choral conducting, methods, pedagogy, and rehearsal techniques. Students take part in roundtable discussions and lecture sessions with Neuen and Archbeque, as well as several APU music faculty.
Internationally acclaimed director Neuen has been referred to as “the great choral conductor of his generation.” As a professor and director of choral activities at UCLA, Neuen heads one of the most respected graduate choral conducting programs in the U.S. He also conducts the Crystal Cathedral Choir in Garden Grove, Calif., and appears weekly on their internationally televised “Hour of Power” broadcast.
Archibeque recently retired after 35 years as professor of choral music at San Jose State University. Under her guidance, the SJSU Choraliers recorded 7 professional compact discs and completed 16 concert tours throughout Australia, Europe, and Asia. Archibeque has conducted in Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic, and Schauspiel Hall. She remains active in the field as a clinician, guest conductor, adjudicator, and teacher.
APU’s School of Music offers a Bachelor of Arts in Music with emphases in theory, applied music (performance), education, commercial music, and church music; a Bachelor of Music in Performance; and Master of Music degrees in Music Education, Conducting, and Performance. For more information or a brochure with concert listings, contact (626) 815-3848.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, 26 master's degree programs, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
