What do teachers do over the summer? If you’re Director of Choirs Joshua Harper, you sing\u2014and conduct, and learn from a world-renowned professor\u2014all through Williston Northampton professional development funds. This week, Mr. Harper reports that he’s embarking on\u00a0an exciting professional development opportunity at\u00a0the Yale Summer School Festival at Norfolk.<\/p>\n
Mr. Harper will be attending the Chamber Choir and Conducting Workshop<\/a> from August 16-22\u00a0and will be studying with Professor Emeritus of Conducting Simon Carrington (founding member of The King’s Singers,<\/a> an acclaimed ensemble from Kings College, Cambridge University).\u00a0Mr. Harper\u00a0received an\u00a0Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship and\u00a0professional development funds for tuition to the program.<\/p>\n According to the program’s website<\/a>, the workshop is “divided into coaching, master classes, rehearsals and seminars for advanced singers and choral conductors. Repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the 21st century and includes both choral and instrumental music.” At the end of the week, the Fellows of the Workshop hold a concert in the\u00a0Music Shed<\/a>\u00a0in Norfolk, CT.<\/p>\n In February,\u00a0Mr. Harper’s edition of Schubert were\u00a0presented at the American Choral Directors Association<\/a> (ACDA) national conference\u00a0and his\u00a0a cappella edition of “Die Einsiedelei” <\/a>was published by Colla Voce LLC.\u00a0As the high school chair for the Massachusetts chapter of the American Choral Directors Association<\/a>, Mr. Harper said that one of his goals was to make classical music more accessible to high school students and conductors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What do teachers do over the summer? If you’re Director of Choirs Joshua Harper, you sing\u2014and conduct, and learn from a world-renowned professor\u2014all through Williston Northampton professional development funds. This week, Mr. Harper reports that he’s embarking on\u00a0an exciting professional development opportunity at\u00a0the Yale Summer School Festival at Norfolk. Mr. Harper will be attending the … Continue reading Joshua Harper at Yale Summer School<\/span>