B-W Men’s Chorus
The B-W Men’s Chorus is one of the newest additions to B-W’s Conservatory Outreach program. The Men’s Chorus garnered rave reviews for its inaugural performances at the Cathedral of St. John in Cleveland and at B-W. The group is open to members of the B-W Community (faculty, staff and students) as well as men (college age and up) from the Greater Cleveland area. The choir sings a wide variety of choral literature written especially for the male voice. This includes classical literature, as well as some pop and Broadway. The chorus is conducted by Frank Bianchi, Director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus and Adjunct Faculty member at Baldwin-Wallace College.
For information about auditioning for the Men's Chorus, call Sara Schimelpfenig at 440-826-8065 or email her at sschimel@bw.edu. Auditions for the Spring 2009 semester will be announced in November.
Frank Bianchi has spent 30 years teaching vocal music in the public schools. He is recently retired from Medina High School where he spent the past 20 years conducting seven award winning choirs. His choirs have performed at 14 OMEA, ACDA and MENC State, Divisional and National Conventions. He is a graduate of Cleveland State University (BA in Music Education) and The Cleveland Institute of Music (MM in Choral Conducting) and is also a past recipient of the Outstanding Music Educator Award given annually by the Ohio Music Education Association. Mr. Bianchi is currently directing The Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus and the Holy Martyrs Catholic Church Choir. This fall, Mr. Bianchi will be teaching in the Music Education department at Baldwin Wallace College and will conduct the Women’s Chorus. He has conducted choral workshops for music educators, honors choirs, regional and all-state choruses throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
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