Children’s Choir Festival
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Registration Opens Soon!
White’s Chapel United Methodist Church
185 S. White’s Chapel Blvd. Southlake, TX 76092
www.whiteschapelumc.org
Nina Revering, lower elementary (grades 1-3)
Rick Gabrillo, upper elementary (grades 4-6)
Information:
The Children’s Choir Festival, sponsored by the Dallas Chapter Choristers Guild, is a combined event for children in grades 1 through 6. We suggest that children in grades 1-3 be included in the Lower Elementary Choir and grades 4-6 participate in the Upper Elementary choir. We recognize, however, that some choirs have different grade combinations and may want to include 3rd grade with the Upper Elementary singers.
Children’s Choir Festivals provide children with the opportunity to sing with many children from other churches and schools. The purpose of these events is to provide a positive, creative and festive experience for them as they work together with the festival clinicians to make beautiful and memorable music.
We hope to see many of your choristers at this event!
Festival Clinicians:
Nina Revering, Lower Elementary
CYC Co-Director
Conspirare Children's Choir, Director
Ms. Revering's choral music experience began at an early age. While growing up in Brazil, she performed in the Coro Infantil do Teatro Municipal under the direction of Elsa Lakschevitz. After moving to Canada, she joined the renowned Toronto Children's Chorus, directed by Jean Ashworth-Bartle, and performed with noted directors Andrew Davis and Sir David Willcocks. Ms. Revering's musical training included six years of study in Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music in baroque recorder as well as piano. Ms. Revering's educational background includes work at the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky, and Boston University.
She studied baroque recorder with John Tyson of the New England Conservatory and performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus under conductors Seiji Ozawa, John Williams, and John Oliver. Nina Revering has performed widely as a soloist and chorister throughout the region and around the country. Soloist at St. Mary's Cathedral from 1994-1997, she was also Victoria Bach Festival's New Young Artist in 1994. A member and frequent soloist of Conspirare since 1995, Ms. Revering is a featured soloist on both Grammy-nominated CDs, Requiem and Threshold of Night.
Ms. Revering has recently returned to the Bridge Point Elementary School Music Classroom in the Eanes District in Austin, having taught there from 1996-2003. A frequent clinician, guest conductor, and vocal adjudicator around the state of Texas, Nina Revering was one of eight participants selected for the International Symposium for Children's Choirs held in Toronto, Canada in May 2005. Professional affiliations include ACDA and TMEA. She is the founding director of the acclaimed Conspirare Children's Choir, now entering its fifth concert season in Austin, Texas.
Rick Gabrillo, Upper Elementary
CYC Co-Director
Conspirare Kantorei, Director
In addition to his work with the CYC as Administrator and Associate Director, Rick Gabrillo is the Children's Choir Director at St. Louis Catholic Church in Austin, Texas.
After attending the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University, Rick Gabrillo completed his undergraduate and masters degrees in choral music education and choral conducting with Craig Hella Johnson at The University of Texas at Austin in 1999. He was the choral director at Clint Small Middle School in Austin ISD from 1999-2005.
During his time at Clint Small Middle School, Rick Gabrillo was selected as the 2003-2004 CSMS Teacher of the Year, and he was the finalist for the 2004 Austin ISD Middle School Teacher of the Year. From 2002 to 2005, he served as the Region 18 Middle School Vocal Coordinator and UIL Contest Chair, which served the greater Austin area. In 2005, the Clint Small Middle School Concert Choir was honored to perform for the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in San Antonio. In addition to his current work with Conspirare, he is also active as a singer, accompanist, clinician, and adjudicator throughout Texas.
Rick Gabrillo has also remained very active in church music as he has worked as the director of the adult choirs at both First English Lutheran Church and Central Presbyterian Church. He was also the Children's Choir Director at both Central Presbyterian Church, and most recently, at First Presbyterian Church. He is a member of Texas Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, and the American Choral Directors
Repertoire:
TBA
Registration Information:
1-30 students - $65
30+ students - $95
Please make checks payable to Dallas Chapter Choristers Guild