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E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall - FreeThe inaugural WashU Choir Invitational brings together four outstanding high school choirs from the St. Louis region - Clayton High School, Ritenour High School, Triad High School (IL), and Webster Groves High School - for a celebration of choral music and the work of composer, conductor, and educator Dr. Brandon Williams. The WashU Chamber Choir will also join the festival, with each ensemble performing a work by Dr. Williams. The evening will culminate in a combined performance of Seeking Light, led by the composer himself.
Inaugural WashU Choral Invitational with guest Conductor and Composer Dr. Brandon Williams, Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities, Rutgers University
Program
Ritenour High School Chamber Choir
Stephanie Ruggles, conductor
Kimberly Carson, piano
And So It Goes by Billy Joel, arranged by Bob Chilcott
Winter Wind by Brandon Williams
Webster Groves High School Chamber Singers
Jaylen Davis, conductor
Malachi Williams, piano
Lorelei by Clara Schumann, arranged by Brandon Williams
From the Window of Despair by Eric Tuan
Clayton High School Chamber Choir
Brian Parrish, conductor
Malachi WIlliams, piano
Sing Out Your Joy by Victor Johnson
Fierce Love by Brandon Williams
Triad High School Treble Chamber Choir
Veronica Rice, conductor
TBD, piano
Only in Sleep by Eriks Esenvalds
TBD, soloist
Allerseelen by Richard Strauss, arranged by Brandon Williams
WashU Chamber Choir
John McDonald, conductor
Yeon-Kyung Kim, piano
Voices of the Earth by Brandon Williams
RIUH (Chaotic Joy) by Tracy Wong
TBD, soloist
Wilson Hou, vocal percussion
Combined Choirs
Brandon Williams, conductor
Yeon-Kyung Kim, piano
Seeking Light by Brandon Williams
Biography
Brandon Williams is an associate professor and the director of Choral Activities at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, where he conducts the Rutgers Kirkpatrick Choir and the Rutgers Glee Club. Previously, he conducted the Rutgers Voorhees Choir, which was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall (2019) and Eastern ACDA (2020, 2024). Dr. Williams also appears internationally as a guest conductor, clinician, and presenter.
Dr. Williams amassed a decade of middle and high school teaching experience in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also served on the voice faculty at Maryville University and as a conductor with the St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus and the St. Louis Children’s Choirs. His school ensembles received invitations to perform at the 2010 and 2013 Missouri Music Educators Association conventions, and his middle school ensemble was featured on GIA’s DVD “How to Make a Good Choir Sound Great!” Dr. Williams has won numerous awards, including the 2009 Missouri Choral Directors Association Prelude Award, an Outstanding Teacher Award from the University of Missouri-Columbia Honors College, the 2020–21 Rutgers Provost’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovations, the Mason Gross Inclusive Community Faculty Award, and the 2021–22 Rutgers Presidential Fellowship for Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr. Williams holds degrees from Western Illinois University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Michigan State University. He also completed an Artist Teacher Diploma from the Choral Music Experience–Institute for Choral Teacher Education. He is the editor of Choral Reflections: Insights from American Choral Conductor-Teachers, and his writing appears in the Choral Journal, Music Educators Journal, and Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education. Dr. Williams also edits The Brandon Williams Choral Series with Gentry Publications. His choral compositions and arrangements are published with Hal Leonard, G. Schirmer, Mark Foster, Colla Voce, Morningstar Publications, and MusicSpoke.
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The 560 Music Center, 560 Trinity Ave, St Louis, MO 63130-4315, United States, Clayton
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