Dalton R. Criss ADK High School Honors Gospel Festival Clinic feat Dr. Raymond Wise
Schedule
Fri Apr 19 2024 at 08:00 am to Sat Apr 20 2024 at 10:00 pm
Location
Strand Center for the Arts | Plattsburgh, NY
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On behalf of the Plattsburgh State Gospel Choir and the Lake Champlain Mass Choir, it is our great joy to invite you and a select number of your high school chorus members to the second Adirondack High School Gospel Honors Festival, April 19 & 20, 2024! The renowned PSU Gospel Choir, co-directed by Dr. Dexter Criss and Andrea Ogle, would like to welcome you and your students into the rich musical culture that gospel choir has to offer. We are striving to bring together 100+ of the Champlain Valley’s top high school musicians (both singers and instrumentalists) to celebrate this music in a two-day festival at Plattsburgh State that culminates with a Saturday evening concert at the Strand Theatre. This festival is a unique opportunity for you and your students to experience the region’s best gospel music with a world-class conductor, a Plattsburgh-based orchestra, a gospel band, and soloists from within the PSU Gospel Choir. Students will experience two days of intensive rehearsals, similar to the Area All-State festival, after having prepared their music prior to their arrival at the festival. Lunch and Dinner will be provided, and hotel accommodations are underway for those who may have a significant distance to travel. There is a nominal registration fee of $125 per student, $75 for chaperones and bus drivers- teachers are our guests! The extended registration deadline is March 15, 2024. The music scores are now available!
We are blessed and honored to welcome Dr. Raymond Wise to lead the 2024 festival! Professor Wise currently serves on the faculty of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, where he serves as Professor of Practice in the African American African Diaspora Studies department and instructs courses in African American music. He is the associate director of the African American Arts Institute, an IU division devoted to the perpetuation and performance of African American music and art. Wise conducts the African American Choral Ensemble. He has also served on the faculties of The Ohio State University, Denison University, and Trinity Lutheran Seminary.
Because of the profound social, emotional, educational, and spiritual impact we’ve experienced through this music and community at the Ithaca College High School Gospel Choir Festival over the past 15 years, as well as our 2019 inaugural festival weekend, we plan to continue in the same spirit of excellence with you and your students!
We hope that you will join us and look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Jennifer Moore
Willsboro CSD, PreK-12 Music Teacher
Boston University, DMA Candidate
Dexter L. Criss, PhD
Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry
Artistic Director of Gospel Choir
State University of New York, Plattsburgh
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Where is it happening?
Strand Center for the Arts, 23 Brinkerhoff St, Plattsburgh, NY 12901-4562, United States,Plattsburgh, New YorkEvent Location & Nearby Stays: