The will perform in a concert for the N.C. State Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18th. The concert will be offered in the Recital Hall at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
The 72-member voice ensemble is the premier of Â鶹APPand its touring concert choir. Under the direction of , director of Choral, Vocal and Sacred Music Studies and associate professor of music at the College, the choir works to develop advanced level skills in singing, musicianship, sight-reading, performance, literature, and stylistic specificity.
In 2009, the Catawba Singers sang a solo performance in New York's prestigious Carnegie Hall, joining forces with the New York Chamber Orchestra and Catawba's world-class vocal faculty soloists for a performance of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" under Oakley's baton. include a performance at the Washington national Cathedral.
Oakley has taught at two national conventions of ACDA, has served as clinician for numerous divisional conventions, and is a frequent headliner at state ACDA conventions. He holds the Master of Music degree in Conducting from Boston University where he was a Dean's Scholars and a student of Dr. Ann Howard Jones. He holds two undergraduate degrees from Friends University, one in Organ Performance and another in Sacred Music. He was a Presser Scholar in Music.
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