Conductor, teacher, and singer, Dr. Meredith Y. Bowen is the Director of Choral Activities at Radford University where she conducts three choral ensembles and teaches courses in conducting, vocal pedagogy, and choral methods. Bowen was recently selected as one of three conducting fellows from a national competition by Chorus America and was a finalist for the 2014 choral conducting award from The American Prize. Her doctoral research focused on restoring music of seventeenth-century Italian nuns for contemporary women’s choruses. Six restored editions are currently under review for publication. Previous to her appointment at Radford, Bowen taught K-12 general music, choir, and band in Lansing, MI, and was the Artistic Director of multiple ensembles in Michigan including: Sistrum – Lansing Women’s Chorus, Holland Chorale, Battle Creek Girls Chorus, and Battle Creek Community Chorus. Bowen holds a B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University, an M.M. and a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University.
2018-2019 Borough Honor Choir Festival
October 22-23, 2018 – Soldotna High School
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Selections to be presented:
Babethandaza – SATB and percussion, arr Ysaye Barnwell (Taught by rote on-site)
Ave Regina Caelorum – SATB and keyboard, Isabella Leonarda
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Tutti
Ballade to the Moon – SATB div and keyboard, Daniel Elder
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto
Tenor 1
Tenor 2
Bass 1
Bass 2
Peace of Wild Things – SATB div and keyboard, Joan Szymko
Wanting Memories – SSATB unaccompanied, Ysaye Barnwell
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Tutti
Solo
Let Everything That Hath Breath – SATB, keyboard, bass, and percussion, Jeffery Ames
Soprano 1
Soprano 2
Alto
Tenor 1
Tenor 2
Bass
Tutti
Accompaniment
Solo
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Conductor, teacher, and singer, Dr. Meredith Y. Bowen is the Director of Choral Activities at Radford University where she conducts three choral ensembles and teaches courses in conducting, vocal pedagogy, and choral methods. Bowen was recently selected as one of three conducting fellows from a national competition by Chorus America and was a finalist for the 2014 choral conducting award from The American Prize. Her doctoral research focused on restoring music of seventeenth-century Italian nuns for contemporary women’s choruses. Six restored editions are currently under review for publication. Previous to her appointment at Radford, Bowen taught K-12 general music, choir, and band in Lansing, MI, and was the Artistic Director of multiple ensembles in Michigan including: Sistrum – Lansing Women’s Chorus, Holland Chorale, Battle Creek Girls Chorus, and Battle Creek Community Chorus. Bowen holds a B.S. in Music Education from West Chester University, an M.M. and a D.M.A. in Choral Conducting from Michigan State University.