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Photo above:
Marcia Hendricks, CSCC Executive Director, is honored with a song by the children at the Annual Awards Ceremony.


CSCC ACCOMPANISTS

Mrs. Colleen Peterson
Accompanist for Summit Ensemble

Mrs. Peterson holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in organ performance from the University of Kansas in Lawrence. In addition to accompanying the Summit Ensemble, she works as a free-lance musician for many organizations, including Colorado College’s Shove Chapel and the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel. She has served as Organist/Director of Music for the British Embassy-affiliated St. Paul’s Anglican/Episcopal Church in Athens, Greece; for Plymouth Congregational Church in Lawrence, Kansas; and for Broadmoor Community Church in Colorado Springs. Mrs. Peterson also has worked as a choir accompanist at Janitell Jr. High School and at Mitchell High School. She currently works full-time at the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Human Resources division. Mrs. Peterson joined the Children’s Chorale staff in March 1995.

 

Mrs. Lori Gasper
Accompanist for Sunrise Singers

Lori is delighted to be in her second year as the accompanist for Sunrise Singers. She & her husband Allen have lived in Colorado Springs since 1982 & have raised their four children here. Lori has enjoyed accompanying a variety of church choirs, vocalists & instrumentalists since 1972. She earned her BA in Music Education from the University of Southern Colorado, and teaches kindergarten at Trailblazer Elementary in School District #11.

 

 

 

Mrs. Lynn Branford 
Accompanist for Springs Singers

Mrs. Lynn Branford attended the University of Northern Colorado, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. She retired from Colorado Springs School District 11 after 37 years of public teaching: six years at Heath Junior High School in Greeley, 23 years at Sabin Junior/Middle School in Colorado Springs and 8 years at Doherty High School. Lynn’s Sabin Chamber Singers performed at CMEA on four different occasions. In 1998, Lynn accepted the position of Director of Choirs at Thomas B. Doherty High School where she was also the Department Chair of the Performing Arts Department. Her Doherty High School Odyssey Chamber Singers performed at CMEA in 2001 and 2006 and at Lincoln Center in New York City in April 2003. The Springs Singers of the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, which Lynn conducted from 1991 to 2000, performed at CMEA in 1994. In 2006 Lynn re-joined the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale as the accompanist for the Springs Singers.

Lynn was president of the Colorado American Choral Directors Association from 2000 – 2003 and is a member of ACDA, MENC, CMEA and the International Thespian Society.

Mrs. Branford serves Colorado as a choral clinician, adjudicator, director of Honor Choirs and All-State Choir judge. In 1985, she had the honor of being Colorado Teacher of the Year from Colorado Springs and has been included in Who’ Who Among America’s Teachers on six separate occasions.

Mrs. Nancy Lingbloom
Pikes Peak Singers Accompanist

Mrs. Nancy Lingbloom is a native of Colorado having left the state only long enough to attend Kearney State College in Nebraska where she earned her BA in Music Education. After a few years of private instruction and substitute teaching, she began her teaching career in Sterling, Colorado in 1979. In 1993, her one-hundred-voice Sterling Middle School Eighth Grade Choir was selected to sing for the Colorado Music Educators Association Conference at the Broadmoor. After teaching in Sterling for fifteen years, her family relocated to Colorado Springs and Mrs. Lingbloom went to work for the Widefield School district. Nancy retired in 2006 after twelve years in Widefield at Watson Junior High, Widefield High School and French Elementary. In 2001 and 2004, she was honored to direct the Watson Junior High Select Choir in their performances for the CMEA Conference. She was nominated by her students in 1992, 2000, and 2002 for inclusion in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. Mrs. Lingbloom is a member of Christian Educators Association, MENC, and ACDA, having served several terms as the Colorado Repertoire and Standards Chair for Middle School/Junior High. She continues to present workshops, serve as adjudicator for various festivals, and direct honor choirs. Nancy is active in the music program at First Christian Church where she sings in the chancel choir, in a small women’s ensemble, and rings handbells. Nancy is excited to be joining the Children’s Chorale family as accompanist for Pikes Peak Singers.

Mrs. Joan Kuemmerle
Accompanist for Tuneful Trebles

This is Joan’s second year as a member of the Children’s Chorale staff. Joan has accompanied many groups, starting while she was in 7th grade playing for high school choirs, musicals and jazz bands. By the time she reached high school herself she was busy playing for a variety of choirs, vocal and instrumental soloists, church choirs and musicals. She earned an AA from Cotty College and a BME with choral emphasis from Eastern New Mexico University, where she continued to keep busy with a variety of accompanying. She has taught K-12 music, band and choir in New Mexico, and was the accompanist for the Young Artist Chorale in San Antonio for 5 years. Joan and her family live in Peyton, Colorado. She has four daughters in the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale, all of whom also participate in the Chorale’s Eastern Plains Youth Choir.