OMEA 2002 Conference:

Andrea Klouse
Middle School Honor Choir Conductor

Andrea S. Klouse has gained international recognition as a choral writer, teacher and guest conductor. Andrea's choral works are published by Hal Leonard Publishing School, Warner Brothers/Chappell Music, and Hinshaw, among others. An active clinician and director, Andrea has conducted numerous choral festivals and All-State choirs throughout the United States. She is also a veteran teacher of 25 years utilizing a strong mixture of sight-singing and theory to fuel her students' musical "baptism" into the culturally rich areas of world music and language. Many of her groups have been featured at MENC and ACDA conference performance venues and are repeat trophy winners at The Best in the Northwest Choral Festival at the University of Portland (2000 and 2001). In addition to acclaimed program at Frontier Junior High, Andrea is also the Founder and Executive Director of The Vivace! Choral Program, currently in residence with the Bethel School District at Frontier Junior High. Vivace!'s mixed choral program offers beginning, intermediate and advanced choral students from the South Puget Sound area the ability to explore choral opportunities in addition to their regular school-day music programs. Vivace! also offers special summer projects such as Vivace! Summer Choir Camp (all ages) and "Cathedrals of Washington" -- a traveling summer tour program for advanced singers. Andrea's work with her students is creative, energetic and imaginative. She was named Outstanding Music Educator in 1998, and in April she was nominated for Disney's American Teacher Award 2002.