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2024 ACDA Northwestern Region Conference January 24-27, 2024 Spokane, Washington

Idaho State University Memorial High School
Chamber Choir Varsity Treble Choir - Lorelei

The Idaho State University Chamber Choir is a se-
lect mixed collegiate choral ensemble open to all stu-
dents of the University by audition. Chamber Choir The Memorial Varsity Treble Choir is one of five
singers rehearse twice per week and are selected based performance ensembles at Memorial High School.
upon exemplary levels of musicianship and artistic This is an auditioned group comprising thirty-eight
commitment. Representative choral literature from the students in grades 10-12. This group rehearses outside
early Renaissance through the twenty‐first century may the school day and is a combination of students from
be studied, rehearsed, and performed during a semes- our advanced treble choir (Bel Canto) and our varsity
ter. The ISU Chamber Choir has performed in twenty mixed choir (Meistersingers). The choir program is one
countries around the world during nine international of the most diverse organizations at Memorial High.
tours since 1994, and has been selected for perfor- Members have performed abroad and regularly qual-
mance at eight ACDA or NAfME regional conferences ify for state and national honor choirs during TMEA,
since 1998. SWACDA and ACDA conferences. This group per-
formed for the 2021 Texas MEA Virtual Convention
Scott Eric Anderson begins his thirtieth and the 2022 Southwestern ACDA Region Confer-
year as professor of music and director ence.
of choral activities in the Department
of Music at Idaho State University. An- Lawrence Johnson is in his thirteenth
derson received his BM from Whitworth year as the director of the Memorial High
College, an MM in choral conducting from Westmin- School Choirs in Houston, TX, and his
ster Choir College, and a DMA from the Conserva- twenty-seventh year of teaching overall.
tory of Music at UMKC. Anderson has led the ISU Johnson has also led middle school and
Chamber Choir or Camerata Singers on performance high school choir programs throughout Texas. Choirs
tours of more than twenty-five countries over the past under Johnson’s direction have traveled domestically
three decades. Anderson serves as the artistic director and abroad. His choirs have also won best-in-class and
of the Idaho International Choral Festival held every best-in-festival awards at various festivals throughout
three years in Pocatello, Idaho. He has conducted more Texas. Yearly, his students qualify for region, state, and
than 100 choral festivals in eighteen states and Canada. national choirs. Johnson has served as an adjudicator
and clinician throughout Texas.

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