Middle Level Choir

2018-19

Important Dates
Nov. 8 - Entries due
Jan. 4 - Fees due - NCKMEA Invoice Generator
Jan. 12 - ML Band & Choir Clinic/Concert @ Junction City Middle School

Clinician
Matt Hanne is Director of Fine Arts at The Independent School in Wichita, KS, where he teaches 6th-12th grade choir, Music Theory, and AP Psychology, and he also teaches applied voice at Newman University. Matt has conducted honor choirs for the Wichita Area Diocese as well as conducting the SWKMEA Elementary Honor Choir. He is a frequent clinician at local, state and national levels on various topics related to choral rehearsal techniques and improvisation. During the summers, he teaches Musicianship and Conducting classes to graduate students at Wichita State University and in Bakersfield, California. Matt has studied internationally at the International Kod´ly Seminar and Summer School in Kecskemét, Hungary. He is the director of music at Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, the director of the Wichita Broadway Singers and the Ad Astra Singers, and has served as music director for shows with Music Theatre for Young People in Wichita. He has served as the tenor section leader for the Wichita Symphony Chorus, and is often a member of the Wichita Chamber Chorale. When not at a rehearsal, Matt enjoys reading and caring for his cat, Cleo.

Accompanist
Lisa Berggren