Crimson Hawks Cavalcade of Choirs

The IUP Choral Area is excited to host our annual Crimson Hawk Cavalcade of Choirs on Tuesday, May 1, 2018. At the Cavalcade of Choirs, each ensemble will have the opportunity to perform for other high school singers in a noncompetitive format.

Ensembles will sing in IUP’s beautiful Fisher Auditorium and be professionally recorded. In addition, choirs will be provided written and verbal feedback from IUP faculty members Ryan Beeken and Craig Denison. Each choir will receive direct instruction via an on-stage clinic. This year’s distinguished guest is Kyle Zeuch, who is currently serving as the director of Children and Youth Choirs at Michigan State University. He also conducts the Olivet College Choir in Olivet, Michigan.

Guest Clinician

Kyle Zeuch

Kyle Zeuch is director of the Olivet College Choir in Olivet, Michigan, in addition to serving as director of Children and Youth Choirs at Michigan State University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University. Zeuch previously taught in Brownsville, Texas, at Rivera High School, where he was named the Texas Choral Directors Association’s Distinguished Young Director in 2010.

During his time as director of Children and Youth Choirs at MSU, Zeuch collaborated with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the MSU College of Music choirs and orchestra, the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, and the University Musical Society of Ann Arbor. Choirs under Zeuch’s direction have performed at Carnegie Hall and on a European tour of Germany and Austria. Zeuch’s choirs performed at the ACDA Michigan Conference (2016) and the Michigan Music Conference (2017).

Zeuch is an active adjudicator and clinician. He conducted the Michigan Music Educators Elementary State Honor Choir and is slated to conduct the Michigan School Vocal Music Association’s 7-8-9 SSA Honor Choir in 2018. He has presented multiple sessions in various states at professional conferences, including Michigan, Ohio, and Texas on the topics of building choral programs, programming repertoire, score study, recruitment, and collaboration with accompanists. 

Rules

The intention is for this to be simple and nonthreatening. You are free to present whatever music you choose. Each choir will have a total of 30 minutes. This includes both performance time and your clinic.

Please be prepared to supply three original copies of each of your scores, with the measures numbered, for our panel. These will, of course, be returned to you.

Each clinician will fill out the enclosed “rubric.” Numbers and ratings will not be used, nor will they be posted. This is simply a form to help guide our listening and provide you with feedback. In addition, recorded comments, a performance recording, and on-stage clinic will be provided.

We respectfully ask that food and drink be kept out of Fisher Auditorium.

Attire

While it is typical that ensembles wear their performance attire for adjudication, this is not required. Changing facilities/dressing room space will be limited. It is suggested that each ensemble wear what they intend to perform in. This is completely at the conductor’s discretion.

Hosts

Each participating school will have one to two IUP students serving as their hosts. These students will meet you when your buses arrive, escort you through campus, help you stay on schedule, and assist you in any way needed. Expect that they will be contacting you via e-mail prior to the event to establish your ETA so that they are prepared to meet you.