| MOLLIE STONE SOUTH AFRICAN CHORAL MUSIC & WORKSHOPS |
| For more information, contact Mollie Stone at VelaVela@MollieStone.org |
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| Mollie Stone, Director of the Northwestern University Women's Chorus, is pursuing her doctorate in choral conducting at Northwestern University and conducting at the Chicago Children's Choir. She received her master’s degree in conducting from Westminster Choir College and her bachelor’s degree from Amherst College. In 2001, she served as the graduate Associate for the Amherst College music department, where received a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to create a DVD on black South African choral music. She gives numerous workshops on black South African choral music, and is currently studying its role in the struggle against HIV. Mollie also serves as the associate conductor for Yes Is A World. |
BACK TO SOUTH AFRICA--2009, August 5th-27th Mollie is returning to South Africa to create another DVD and continue her research on choral music and HIV! MOLLIE AT ACDA--2009, Winter Mollie gave a workshop on her DVD "Vela Vela" at the ACDA National Convention in Oklahoma City on March 4th. *Check out a list of references on black South African choral music and Mollie's work on South African choral music and HIV in South Africa MOLLIE AT ACDA--2008, Winter Mollie gave a workshop on her DVD "Vela Vela" at the 2008 ACDA Eastern Division Conference in Hartford in February. MOLLIE AT MMEA--2007, Spring Mollie gave two workshops on her DVD, "Vela Vela", and one workshop on her work on South African choral music and the struggle against HIV at the 2007 MMEA Conference in Boston on March 22nd & 23rd, and at the MMEA Conference in Portland, Maine on May 18th. BACK TO SOUTH AFRICA--2006, Summer Mollie was awarded another generous grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to return to South Africa in 2006 to study how choral music is being used in the struggle against HIV. MOLLIE AT ACDA--2006, Winter On February 17th, 2006, Mollie presented an interest session on Vela Vela at the 2006 ACDA Eastern Division Convention in New York. |
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