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Green Lake Festival of
Music
Amidst
Wisconsin's renowned Green Lake vacation area, the Green Lake Festival
Choral Institute offers conductors, teachers, and all those who love to
sing an opportunity to enhance their skills, gain new insights and
experience musical enjoyment in a supportive atmosphere. Rehearsals,
workshops and opportunities for socializing all contribute to a
rewarding experience.
What the critics are saying:
The Green Lake Festival Choral Institute is held at Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin. The college offers modern air-conditioned rehearsal and instructional facilities and recreational opportunities that include an indoor swimming pool, tennis and racquetball courts, a gymnasium and the Ceresco Prairie Conservancy with its natural restored prairie and wetlands. Hiking trails are also available in nearby South Woods, a native woodland area. Ripon adjoins Green Lake, the oldest resort west of Niagara Falls, which features boating, superb restaurants, golfing, unique shops, and the beautifully restored Thrasher's Opera House. A bit west of Green Lake is the city of Princeton, with its famous flea market, antique shops and galleries. Three outstanding golf courses are within ten miles of the campus, and a half-hour's drive will take you to museums, one of the state's finest arboretums and a historic village. Also within a half-hour's drive are the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture Museum and the Prime Outlet Center. Highlights for 2011
Staff & Guest Appearance Bios
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GLFM's mission
is to entertain, inspire and educate through musical
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Choral Institute
Stephen Alltop, Music Director,
enjoys a multi-faceted career as a
conductor of both orchestral and choral ensembles and as a keyboard
soloist. As Music director of the Apollo Chorus of Chicago, Mr.
Alltop has led the Chorus at the Ravinia Festival, and prepared them for
Ravinia appearances with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Mr.
Alltop is Music Director of the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra and has
served on the conducting faculty at Northwestern University since 1992.
As a keyboard soloist and guest conductor, he has appeared with
orchestras across the United States and Europe, including the Peninsula
Music Festival, where he serves as Associate Conductor.
Calland
Metts, Assistant Conductor,
is enjoying a widely varied
singing career. Currently Metts is a member of the voice faculty and
artistic director of Voyageurs, a graduate performance outreach
troupe at the University of Minnesota-Duluth. After earning a
Master’s Degree and an Artist’s Diploma in opera performance from
Northwestern University, Mr. Metts embarked on a widely varied
career in opera, oratorio, musical theater and theater. He has
previously served as Assistant Conductor at the Festival in 2007.
Seong-Kyung
Graham, Guest Conductor,
a native of Korea, received her Bachelor of Music degree from
Sungshin Women's University in Seoul before moving to the United
States in 1989. After earning her Master of Music degree at
the University of North Texas, she pursued additional graduate
studies in conducting at the University of Illinois and the College
Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. Ms.
Graham has a wide range of conducting experience with orchestras,
choral groups, and chamber ensembles. In addition to her
position at Ripon College as a Visiting Instructor of Music, she is
Music Director of the Civic Symphony of Green Bay and the Adult
Choir Director at Pilgrim Congregational Church in Green Bay.
She was previously Music Director of the Bradley Chamber Orchestra
at Bradley University and the Ripon College Orchestra, and the
Assistant Conductor of the Lawrence Symphony Orchestra at Lawrence
University.
