SATB Choir
Dr. Joe Miller
Westminster College, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ

     Joe Miller is conductor of two of America’s most renowned choral ensembles – the Westminster Choir and the Westminster Symphonic Choir.  As director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton, N.J., he oversees an extensive choral program that includes eight ensembles.  He is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for two weeks each summer on the Westminster campus in Princeton.   
       His recent seasons with the Westminster Choir have included the release of their first full recording, Flower of Beauty; described as “consistently excellent” by American Record Guide; concert tours throughout the United States and annual residencies at the Spoleto Festival USA.  His recent seasons with the Westminster Symphonic Choir have included performances of major choral works in Newark and Princeton with the Westminster Festival Orchestra, as well as collaborations with the New York Philharmonic and conductor Alan Gilbert, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and conductors John Adams and Sir Roger Norrington, the Lucerne Festival Orchestra and conductor David Robertson and the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. 

TTBB Choir
Dr. Michael Schwartzkopf
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

     Michael Schwartzkopf, Professor of Music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, is a member of the Alliance of Distinguished Rank and Named Professors at Indiana University and holds the Pam and Jack Burks Professorship Chair in Music.  He has an undergraduate and masters in music education and choral conducting from Indiana University and the D.M.A in Choral Conducting from the University of Iowa.
     His philosophy of music is reflected in his diverse involvement and activity in the areas of performance, conducting, teaching, and administration.  At Indiana University he is the music director and conductor of the Grammy nominated Singing Hoosiers and teaches courses in choral music education and conducting at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has been the Chair of the Music Education Department and the Interim Chair of the Choral Conducting Department.  He is the past President of the Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and begins his sixteenth-year as the Director the Chancel Choir of the First United Methodist Church in Bloomington.
     Under his direction, the Singing Hoosiers have performed for audiences throughout the United States and recently in Wales, England, and Greece.  In January of 2009 they were invited to perform for the Inaugural Ball of the Indiana Society of Washington D.C.  They have two recordings on the TELARC label with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of the late Eric Kunzel, the most recent was “Christmastime is Here” released in 2006.
     He continues to be active as an adjudicator, lecturer, clinician, and festival conductor and has conducted numerous state, regional, and all-state choirs throughout the United States and Canada.  As a singer/performer, Professor Schwartzkopf has performed in the theaters, on the concert stages, and in the cathedrals of Europe and the United States with various orchestras and choral ensembles in a wide variety of styles.                     http://info.music.indiana.edu/sb/page/normal/875.htm

• All State Chorus Acceptance Form (Form D) (must contain all   signatures) due to State Choral Chair.
• All State Medical Form (one per student) due to State Choral Chair.
• All State Rules and Regulations for Participation Form
 (one per student) due to State Choral Chair.
• All State Chorus Music Order Form due to KMEA Office.