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Amy D. Chivington
Department of Music
One Otterbein College
Westerville, OH  43081
(614)-823-1110


achivington@otterbein.edu



 

 

 

 

 


 

 
 

       

    The Kinderchor Chorale and Chamber Choirs tour annually and at least every three years the tour is International. Below is a list of past tours, special conferences, and performances in which Chamber Choir as well as other Kinderchor choirs participated.  

 

International Tours 

July 2006 Kinderchor traveled to the Pacific Rim Children's Chorus Festival In Honolulu, Hawaii.  You can check out the Pacific Rim festival at http://www.pacrimfestival.org/

June 2003 Chamber Choir, Family and Friends Tour Italy, Austria and Germany. The choir held concerts at the St. Peter's Basilica, the Duomo in Florence, the Basilica in Montecatinni, and the cathedral in Salzburg. 

June 2000 Kinderchor Chamber Choir and friends tour England and Wales.

June 1999 Chamber Choir sings at the Niagara International 
Music Festival, Niagara, Canada.

June 1997  Kinderchor Chamber Choir initiates an international outreach, touring in Salzburg and Vienna Austria and Prague, the Czech Republic. The choir offers a concert in the Mozarteum, Proceeds from the concert benefited cancer research for children

 

 

National Tours

May, 2006 and 2007-  Kinderchor Chamber and Chorale traveled to Detroit  and performed at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church Music and Arts Guild Choral Festival. 

March 31-April 4, 2005 - Kinderchor Chamber Choir and Chorale return to New York City and once again performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

June 2004 Chamber Choir traveled to Mid-American Youth Festival in Omaha, Nebraska.

June 2001 Chamber Choir ends session with a trip to Chicago. 

April 1999: Kinderchor Chamber Choir sings in the premiere of "An Independent Project," a multi-media, interdisciplinary art work on the campus of Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas. 

June 1998:  Kinderchor Chamber Choir travels to Orlando, Florida to sing at Walt Disney World.

May 1995 Kinderchor Chamber Choir debuts at Carnegie Hall, NY - singing for the Fifth International Children's Chorus Festival. Directed by Jean Ashworth Bartle from the Toronto Children's Chorus. 

 

 

Conferences

May 2007  Chorale and Chamber choir members traveled to Detroit to sing at the Metropolitan United Methodist Church for the "Festival of Great Choral Music"

January 2007  Chorale sang for the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association Conference

January 2006  Chorale sings at the Ohio Music Education Association State Conference in Cleveland.

Fall, 2006  Kinderchor hosted the "All Ohio Community Children's Choir Festival with guest conductor, Jean Ashworth Bartle.

February 2003 Chamber Choir presented "Growing Young Choral Composers and Harvesting New Music for the North Central Division Conference of Music Educators National Conference and the Ohio Music Education Associationh in Cleveland Ohio                                                                                                      

March 2002 Chamber Choir performs in "Footprints for a Healing Time" in Chicago for the Central Division Convention, American Choral Directors Association.

October 2001 Dr. Randall Stroope joins Kinderchor to work with the Concert and Chamber Choirs. 

March 2000, Chamber Choir performs for the Ohio Department of Education.

1993-1998 Kinderchor choirs sang in sessions and performances at the Ohio Music Education Association State Conference and in other OMEA sponsored Events.

January 22, 1998 Chamber Choir sings at a session presented by Dr. Chivington at the Ohio Music Education Association.

June 1995 Chamber Choir performs at the opening concert of the American Guild of Organist Division V in Cincinnati, OH . 

April 1994  Chamber Choir performs  in a session at the 1994 Music Educators  National Conference in Cincinnati, OH.

June 1993 Kinderchor Chamber Choir sing at the Ohio Choral  Directors Association Summer Conference.

 

Special Performances

May 2004 Chamber Choir joined ProMusica for three performances of Bernstein's Mass at the Southern Theatre to Celebrate their 25th season.

December 2002  Chamber Choir took part in Elijah's Angel with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra at the Southern Theater. 

April 2002 Concert Choir sings for Vaudvillities at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Columbus.  

July 2001
Concert and Chamber Choirs joins together to record Russian songs for the Musica Russica Publishing Company

December 2000 combined Cadet and Cantabile members appear at Nationwide Arena to sing "Love in Any Language"  to a sold out crowd at the Bill Gather Christmas Concert.

April 2000 Chamber joins the Worthington United Methodist Chancel Choir, Ohio Wesleyan Choral Union and members of the Columbus Symphony to sing the St. Matthew Passion by J.S. Bach.

December 1999  - Kinderchor Sings in the "Millennium Countdown" on Channel 4 TV with honored guest former Columbus Mayor Greg Lashutka and incoming Mayor, Michael Coleman.

December 1997 - Concert Choir joins the Westerville Civic Symphony for their holiday concert. 

June 1997 Chamber Choir Performs performs at the West Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church.

May 1996 Chamber Choir sings in the first "Sing! Cincinnati"

April 1996 Chamber Choir opens a concert sponsored by the "Fund for the Future of Our Children" which also featured the Copenhagen Boys Choir.

January 1991-October 1992 Kinderchor records back-up vocals for the 1992 Ameriflora International Exhibition Theme song, "I Love This Land" with T. Graham Brown. The choir sang in the opening and closing ceremonies. Honored guest include President and Mrs. George Bush and Bob Hope.

 

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