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March 2-5, 2022 Long Beach, California

Brigham Young University California State University—Long Beach
Singers Bob Cole Chamber Choir

CSULB’s Bob Cole Chamber Choir has won the
Brigham Young University Singers performs piec- Pavarotti Trophy and Choir of the World at the Welsh
es from nearly every musical genre and many original Isteddfod and First Prize at the Internationalar Chor-
works written or arranged for the choir. They have given wettbewerb at Spittal, Austria. Comprising an extraordi-
concerts in some of the most prestigious halls through- nary collection of musicians, the Chamber Choir tours
out the United States and abroad, and have appeared yearly and has concertized throughout Europe, Australia,
frequently by invitation at state, regional, and national New Zealand, and China. Chamber Choir performed at
conferences of NafME, NCCO, and ACDA. Founded NCCO at Yale in 2009, at the College of Charleston in
in 1984 by Ronald Staheli, the choir consists of 40 stu- 2013, at four Western ACDA Conferences, and the 2021
dents pursuing graduate and undergraduate degrees in ACDA National Conference.
such areas as engineering, law, accounting, and music.
The Brigham Young University Singers will perform the Jonathan Talberg is the recipient of the
2022 Raymond Brock Commission “Stopping by Woods President’s Award from the California
on a Snowy Evening” by Ēriks Ešenvalds. MEA. He is in his 22nd year as director
of choral activities at CSULB’s Bob Cole
Andrew Crane is professor and division Conservatory, where he is conductor of the
coordinator for choral conducting and international award-winning Bob Cole Chamber Choir
ensembles at Brigham Young University, and the University Choir. He earned degrees at Pepper-
where he conducts the BYU Singers. Previ- dine and Chapman Universities and at the University of
ous positions include director of choral ac- Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.
tivities at East Carolina University and California State
University, San Bernardino. His choirs have appeared
by invitation at state, regional, and national conferences
of ACDA, NAfME and NCCO, and have won multiple
first-place prizes in international competitions. Crane

received BM and MM degrees from Brigham Young
University and a DMA from Michigan State University.

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