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January 2010:
Master Singers Conductor Wins Award
Dr. Gary Schwartzhoff, conductor of The Master Singers and professor of music and director of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, recently was awarded the Morris D. Hayes Award for outstanding contributions to choral music in Wisconsin.
The award, established by the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association in 1985, is not given annually,
but is reserved for choral musicians of outstanding merit. The late Hayes was professor emeritus of
music at UW-Eau Claire and one of the WCDA founders, holding leadership positions at the state, regional and national levels of the association.
"I am honored to receive this prestigious award in
the name of my predecessor and friend, Morris D. Hayes," said Schwartzhoff. "Upon my appointment
as director of choral activities in 1991, Mr. Hayes
was very generous with his time in making me feel welcome at
'Wisconsin's Singing University.'"
Schwartzhoff conducts the university's Concert Choir, Chamber Choir and The Singing Statesmen, and teaches conducting and choral repertoire. He is the artistic director and conductor for The Master Singers, a community chamber ensemble, and serves as music director at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Eau Claire. Schwartzhoff also has been a guest conductor and adjudicator for numerous choral festivals throughout the United States and Canada.
"I am grateful for the experience of teaching in the public schools for 15 years in Iowa before my current appointment at UW-Eau Claire," said Schwartzhoff. "My career has been touched by many great students who have gone on to their careers as educators and professionals. I would like to thank my colleagues in the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association for this recognition."
For further information, please visit:
Dr. Schwartzhoff Bio Page | Official UW-Eau Claire Press Release
December 2009:
The Master Singers Featured on Local Radio Program
The Master Singers, will be featured on “Local
Class,” a program aired by Eau Claire community
radio station WHYS 96.3 FM. The Master Singers
will have three songs featured from 10am-10:30am on Friday, December 18 and will be featured exclusively on the program Christmas Day.
Tune
in to support both The Master Singers
and Eau Claire community radio.
WHYS 96.3 FM is only available in the immediate
Eau Claire, but can also be streamed online via their website: www.whysradio.org
December 2009:
Holiday Specials Take the Air on Wisconsin Public Radio
The Master Singers, an Eau Claire-based chamber music ensemble, will be featured
in a holiday music special Sunday,
December 13 at 2 p.m. on Wisconsin
Public Radio stations across the state.
The broadcast will be a recording of the December 2008 Christmas Concert -
Love Came Down at Christmas -
performed at First Congregational - United Church of Christ in Eau Claire.
The programs will be broadcast in west
central Wisconsin on 89.7 WUEC / Eau
Claire and 90.7 WVSS/ Menomonie.
The NPR News/Classical Music Network of Wisconsin Public Radio is also accessible
through
the streaming service on its website: www.wpr.org
December 2007:
Holiday Specials Take the Air on Wisconsin Public Radio
The Master Singers, an Eau Claire-based chamber music ensemble, will be featured
in a holiday music special December 23 at 12:30 p.m. on the NPR News and Classical Music Network of Wisconsin Public Radio.
The broadcast will be a recording of the December 2006 Christmas Concert
performed at First Congregational –
United Church of Christ in Eau Claire.
It as one of nine special holiday music programs, including Wisconsin-based performances as well as concerts from
the great halls of Europe, that will be broadcast in the coming weeks on the
NPR News and Classical Music Network of
Wisconsin Public Radio.
The programs will be broadcast in west central Wisconsin on 89.7
WUEC / Eau Claire and 90.7 WVSS/ Menomonie. The NPR News/Classical
Music Network of Wisconsin Public Radio is also accessible through the
streaming service on its website: www.wpr.org