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.

"Short and intense with top classical musical direction and wonderful people."

"Stephen puts the bar high, and gives you the desire and ability to reach your highest potential with the music."

"I was amazed and energized by the depth of talent in all sections. Stephen Alltop is, of course, a fabulous conductor. He's also a very personable and positive leader."

"An excellent keyboard soloist, symphony conductor and scholar, Alltop brings a cornucopia of musical gifts difficult to match.....The concert confirmed Alltop's abilities. In Handel or in American spirituals and popular songs, his choristers paid heed to pitch, legato, articulation of consonants and expression in animating each piece and offering it, not as a study, but as a heart-felt performance." --Erik Eriksson, Northeast Wisconsin Music Review

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 of 2007!

* Daily Festival Choir Rehearsals
* Special Enrichment Sessions

Choral Workshop with Hudson Shad

Conducting for Clarity, Efficiency, Results
Musicianship Building

* 2 Culminating Performances!
1) Hudson Shad in Concert, featuring music from varied traditions including Crooner, Comedian Harmonist, and their unique concert style.

2) Choral Gala, A World of Music: Institute Chorus, outstanding soloists, professional orchestra and Hudson Shad performing portions of Bach’s Cantata No. 62: Nun Komm der Heiden Heiland, Missa Johanni Sancti de Deo (Little Organ Mass) by Joseph Haydn, Celebren, publiquen by Manuel Zumaya, Humilty (a Shaker Canon), Give me Jesus, arranged by L L. Fleming, “Va Pensiero” from Nabucco by Verdi, He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands arranged by Liebau, Betelehemu by Olatunji, St. John the Revelator arranged by Ivory and Caldwell. Hudson Shad will collaborate with the Institute Chorus in several of these works and perform pieces on their own. This will be a fabulous experience for singers and audience members alike.

Hudson Shad, Ensemble-in-Residence, formed in 1992 to re-create the music and style of the legendary German group, the Comedian Harmonists, Europe’s top selling vocal ensemble from 1929-1935, Hudson Shad has delighted audiences from the Salzburg Festival to Carnegie Hall and Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion. Their elegant yet funny, imaginative performances range from Schubert to Sinatra, Brahms to the Beatles.