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Repertoire: Sacred/ Secular muisic American composers / Celtic Music
The Johns Creek Chorale is dedicated to bringing together women and men from diverse backgrounds to experience the joy of singing and to continue a life-long love for choral music. The Chorale strives to nurture the unique gift each person brings, and to encourage all to reach for excellence. Guided by the vision of its creator, Dr. Nathan Frank, The Johns Creek Chorale will focus on the choral music of the 20th century as well as great masterworks from the classical music canon.
ng together women and men from diverse backgrounds to experience the joy of singing and to continue a life-long love for choral music. The Chorale strives to nurture the unique gift each person brings, and to encourage all to reach for excellence. Guided by the vision of its creator, Dr. Nathan Frank, The Johns Creek Chorale will focus on the choral music of the 20th century as well as great masterworks from the classical music canon.
Dr. Nathan Frank hails from Humble, TX and is a conductor, educator and singer. As a singer of both operatic and the musical theater genres, he has been heralded as a heroic tenor with rock star appeal.”
As a choral conductor, Nathan has conducted groups in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C, Washington State and the Czech Republic.Before moving to the Atlanta, Nathan has had teaching positions at Southern Methodist University, University of North Texas, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Pacific Lutheran University. Before his career in education, Nathan was active in the musical community of Dallas-Ft. Forth Metroplex. In Dallas, he was the Associate Conductor of Schola Cantorum of Ft. Worth and the Director of Music at FUMC Plano.Most recently, he serves as Director of Worship and Fine Arts at Johns Creek United Methodist Church leading a music ministry of over 250 musicians. He actively serves as a choral clinician and has given numerous workshops on applying Bel Canto vocal techniques to the choral palette. In addition to his work with the Johns Creek Chorale, Nathan is the artistic director of The Choral Pickup, an all-professional choral ensemble.
Harmonia Atlanta is dedicated to choral excellence and compassion to support, educate, and inspire both singers and the broader community. Founded in 1978 as The DeKalb Choral Guild, Harmonia Atlanta has continually served the Metro Atlanta area providing singers and audiences with a high-quality choral music experience. Under the leadership of William O. Baker, its founder, and his successor, Mary Evelyn Root, it grew over the first half of its existence from a vision into a choral organization recognized for the breadth and creativity of its programming, its high level of performance, and its sense of community for its performing members and the diverse constituencies of Atlanta. The quality and recognition the chorus had developed provided numerous opportunities to perform in locations beyond its home region of Atlanta. Some of the more notable moments include concert performances in the Piccolo Spoleto Arts Festival in Savannah, Vatican City (where it sang for a service at St Peter’s Cathedral), Wales, and Washington DC. Its stature and sound financial management also enabled Harmonia Atlanta to commission and perform the premiere of major choral works such as The MLK Celebration Mass by Sharon Willis as well as individual choral works by Jiri Laburda, Donald McCullough, Chris Owenby, N. Grant Pfeifer, and John Noel Wheeler. The future of Harmonia Atlanta looks bright as it moves forward under the sound management of its Board of Trustees, its creative musical leadership, and a commitment to expand upon its role as a source of musical nourishment and a champion for compassion in our community.
Dr. Tom FitzStephens holds a Bachelor of Choral Music Education from The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, a Master of Music in Conducting from Michigan State University’s College of Music, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Teaching and Learning from Georgia State University. He studied conducting with Dr. Jerry Blackstone, Dr. Sandra Snow, Dr. Jonathan Reed, and Dr. David Rayl, and voice with George Irving Shirley and Molly Fillmore. Dr. FitzStephens currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, and has taught middle and high school music since 2004. He also serves at choir director for Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur, Georgia. He lives in Decatur with his wife, Jamie, and dog, Stella.
The Galway University Alumni Ensemble is a small chamber choir comprised of singers from the early 2000s. The singers have sing together for almost 25 years and perform at many festivals around Ireland and Europe. The group have a mixed repertoire and recently specialise on popular music. The choir won the National Chamber Choir title at the 2019 Cork Choral Festival and 2024 Irelands Choir of the Year title at the Navan Choral Festival.
Peter Mannion is their Choir director , Peter has been conducting for over 20 years and currently leads the Galway Baroque Singers, the University of Galway Alumni Ensemble, and several community choirs.
He has a background in science, specializing in botany and seaweed, and holds a master’s degree in Irish Studies in Music. Mannion has also been involved in social activism, studying Diversity and Equality at the School of Social Justice in UCD.
His work with the Galway Baroque Singers includes performances at Galway Cathedral, featuring pieces such as La Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez, alongside other South American compositions.