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Performing Choirs

Cedar Falls High School Chicago Chamber Choir

Concert Choir

The Cedar Falls High School Concert Choir is a
70-voice auditioned choir of students in grades 11 and The mission of the Chicago Chamber Choir is to
12. Their repertoire is diverse, incorporating music of create experiences that engage our community in high-
many time periods, languages, cultures, and styles. In quality choral art. Our vision is to be Chicago’s preem-
2013, Concert Choir was selected to sing at the Luther inent avocational choral ensemble through diverse and
College Dorian Choral Invitational, and in 2016 Con- innovative programming, excellence in artistry, and
cert Choir sang at the NCACDA Convention in Sioux community enrichment. The Chicago Chamber Choir’s
Falls, SD. The choir also made an appearance as the 40 singers come from a variety of backgrounds: profes-
guest choir at the Wartburg College Meistersinger Sing- sional musicians, teachers, and careers in fi elds as diverse
er Honor Choir Festival in 2018. The CFHS Concert as law and medicine.
Choir has a long tradition of excellence in performance
and has consistently received Division I ratings at state Christopher Windle is the artistic direc-
contests tor of the Chicago Chamber Choir. He
also serves as the associate director of
Eliott Kranz is in his 18th year of music ed- music and choirmaster at the Church of
ucation, the last ten serving as the Cedar the Atonement in Chicago, IL, where he
Falls High School Choir director, where he conducts the Schola, Atonement Choir, and St. Cecilia
leads the Bass Clef Chorus, Treble Clef Choir. Additionally, Windle serves on the faculty of the
Chorus, Concert Choir, and Vocal Jazz, DePaul University School of Music, where he conducts
as well as being the vocal director of the musical. He is the Treble Choir. Previously, he served on the faculties of
a graduate of Luther College in Decorah, IA, and re- Benedictine University as Instructor of Choral Studies
ceived his MME from the University of St. Thomas. and Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Mu-
sic. He holds a BM from St. Olaf College, an MM from
Temple University, and a DMA from Northwestern Uni-
versity.

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