Choral & Collaborative Music Making Camp (CCMMC)
July 26 - 30, 2010
Time and location to be announced
See the registration form or the fee summary for fee information.
Choral & Collaborative Music Making Camp will bring together vocalists, pianists, and string players to create a unique chamber music experience for participants aged twelve to adult. Vocalists will prepare choral music and they may be invited to perform a solo in the final recital. Solo vocalists will receive individual coaching and choir members will have daily SATB rehearsals.
Pianists will learn about collaborative performance as they accompany or sing in the choir, and prepare choreographed performances with a duet partner. They will have the opportunity to play from lead sheets, rehearse with other instrumentalists and receive workshop sessions with conductors and teachers of piano, voice and strings.
This intense week of training offers an innovative approach to ensemble music.
Teacher Profiles
Winston Noren, conductor and voice
Mr. Noren is a versatile musician who has been active as a teacher, conductor and soloist for over 20 years. In 1981, he became a faculty member of the distinguished Mount Royal College Conservatory (now Mount Royal University) where he has a studio of 40 voice students. As well, Mr. Noren has given master classes throughout Alberta and is frequently engaged as a vocal clinician for numerous choral organizations, including Mount Royal Junior Children's Choir and MusiCamrose. Mr. Noren is also sought after as an adjudicator at regional festivals across Western Canada.
Mr. Noren was a founding member of the Conservatory's successful Academy of Vocal Studies program. Many of his students have gone on to study at distinguished institutions in Canada and abroad, and several are actively pursuing successful careers as singers. He is Past President of the Calgary Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Noren has extensive experience as a choral conductor and artistic director. For several years, he conducted the Cecilian Singers, a women's choir which was frequently recorded for broadcast by CBC radio. He has been conductor of the Boys Choir at MusiCamrose, Director of the Mount Royal Children's Choir, assistant conductor of the Calgary Philharmonic Chorus, and conductor for the Calgary Gilbert and Sullivan Society. He is now Music Director at the Anglican Cathedral Church of the Redeemer in Calgary and the ProArts Men's Choir.
Mel Kirby, conductor and piano
MEL KIRBY has been a well-known member of the Calgary music community as a performer, teacher, and conductor for over 30 years. He has served as Artistic Director of the Festival Chorus of Calgary since 1991, conducting performances of major works with orchestra by J.S. Bach, Handel , Haydn, Mozart, and Brahms. He has also held positions with the U. of C. Music Department, the Banff Centre's Music Theatre Program and the Vocal Academy and Diploma Programs at Mount Royal College Conservatory. At present he is Coordinator of the Emerging Artist Development Program, Calgary Opera’s young artist training program. Described by the Calgary Herald as the "always excellent" recital accompanist he has performed with vocal and instrumental soloists in Western Canada, the United States, and Germany, as well as recorded for the C.B.C.
Colleen Athparia, piano coach
Colleen Athparia, an internationally recognized pianist, has made a career for herself as both a solo and chamber musician, a reputable teacher and as a recording artist with seven CDs to her name. A member of MRU Conservatory Faculty since 1981, she has toured as a performer and guest instructor from Mexico to Taiwan, Russia, Israel and the Far East. Her background includes a Master of Music degree with distinction from Indiana University, studying under the legendary pedagogue G.Sebok, as well as receiving the gold medal and placing first in the Canadian Music Competition as a student of Margaret Parsons-Poole.
As an experienced teacher, she has adjudicated festivals in Western Canada including the BC Provincial Finals. Colleen has also been a Senior Examiner for the Royal Conservatory of Music since 1980 and has three former students who are now also examiners. She has been a consultant for the new RCM Licentiate Piano Syllabus and is also co-author of the book, Impressionism: A Resouce Guide, and Music Consultant for Adopt a Competitor Program through the Honens International Piano Competition Foundation. Colleen travels extensively to give workshops on such topics as “Creative Practising”, “The Art of Polishing”, “Creative Technique”, and “Transforming the Mundane into Magic”.
Her studio in Calgary features some extremely talented students who have won national and international competitions, but most importantly who love music!
Often a guest on CBC radio, she has also been heralded by the National Post as one of the top five Canadian pianists of contemporary music today. In November 2009 Colleen was honoured in Ottawa as one of the top 50 musicians who have contributed significantly to the Canadian music scene.
Linda Kundert-Stoll, piano coach
Ms. Kundert-Stoll holds a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Calgary. She obtained an Associate Teacher’s Diploma in Piano from the Mount Royal College Conservatory and an ARCT Piano Teacher’s Diploma from The Royal Conservatory of Music. For three summers, she attended the Banff School of Fine Arts as a scholarship student. Ms. Kundert-Stoll’s performance experience includes recordings for CBC radio and giving solo and chamber recitals both in Canada and the United States.
Ms. Kundert-Stoll is a member of the College of Examiners for the Royal Conservatory of Music, is a reviewer and editor for the Frederick Harris Music Company and is the Co-Founder, President and Artistic Director of the Calgary Arts Summer School Association. Ms. Kundert-Stoll is actively involved in many music teachers’ associations and received the Alberta Registered Music Teachers’ Association Recognition Award in 2006.
Ms. Kundert-Stoll has been a successful independent studio teacher for over thirty years. She has worked as a Mount Royal College branch teacher, was a piano coach for Musicamrose, and accompanied for the Elaine Case voice studio for several years. Many of her former students are now professional musicians. Her students regularly excel in festival classes and often win awards (including RCME silver medals) for highest marks in exams. In addition, Ms. Kundert-Stoll is an experienced adjudicator and workshop clinician. For fun, she likes to sing, and she enjoys riding her horses, Doc and Jack.
Gemira McClary, vocal coach
Gemira McClary holds a bachelor of music in vocal performance with distinction from the University of Saskatchewan. Additional studies have taken her to The Banff Centre, Johanason International School of the Arts in Victoria, and International Meetings of Chamber Music in Italy. She is active as a performer, adjudicator, and clinician and is a voice instructor for The Conservatory at Mount Royal University.
Derek Stoll, sessional teacher
Derek Stoll obtained a bachelor of music degree in composition from the University of Calgary. He has composed works for concert band, jazz band, small ensembles and solo instruments. Mr. Stoll has travelled extensively with show bands throughout Canada, the US and Japan, performing on keyboards, bass, tuba and trombone. He studied jazz and brass performance at the Banff Centre. He has taught science and music in the BC school system, and was the Director of MusiCamrose from 1989 to 1995. He teaches jazz piano at Mount Royal College in Calgary and is currently active as a clinician, adjudicator, and composer. He performs with countless groups in the Calgary area including the Verismo, Bob Day Quartet, Terrain, Prime Time Big Band, Masacote and Caravan.He recently lectured at Boston University and is a consultant for Conservatory Canada’s new Contemporary Idioms syllabus. He is active in Alberta’s music scene, and is a Board Member of the Calgary Arts Summer School, Calgary Musicians’ Association, and the Classic Aircraft Collection and Restoration Society. He is a co-founder of Alberta Musician Development Workshop
