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Cantala (Lawrence University Women’s Choir) Concert Choir

Cantala (Lawrence University Women’s Choir) is a The Lawrence University Concert Choir is an au-
select ensemble comprising women (mostly freshmen ditioned SATB ensemble of 32-48 singers situated in

and sophomores) whose fields of study represent mu- a conservatory of music within a liberal arts college of
sic and the broad diversity in a liberal arts education. 1,400 undergraduate students. Like peer liberal arts col-
Founded in the fall of 2000, the choir performs a wide leges, Lawrence’s student body is entirely undergradu-
range of unique and challenging literature that includes ate.
traditional women’s literature and is proud to perform
and record new compositions by established and emerg- Stephen Sieck is an associate professor at
ing composers from around the world. Cantala annually Lawrence University in his 11th year of
joins forces with all LU choirs and orchestra in perfor- teaching. Previously, Sieck served as the di-
mances of choral-orchestral masterworks. rector of choral/vocal studies at Emory &
Henry College. He completed his BM at
Phillip Swan is co-director of choral stud- the University of Chicago, after which he served as the
ies at Lawrence University and musical di- director of music at a 7th-12th grade college prepara-
rector for LU Musicals. Swan directs Can- tory school in Los Angeles and sang professionally as a

tala and LU Vocal Spectrum, and teaches tenor. He received his MA and DMA from the Univer-
courses in conducting and music education. sity of Illinois.
He is active in the Appleton community, serving as ar-
tistic director and conductor for newVoices (recipient of
the 2016 Chorus America Education and Community
Engagement Award), and is worship choir director at
Appleton Alliance Church. Swan received degrees from
Concordia College (Moorhead), University of Texas at
El Paso, and the University of Miami (Florida).

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