Vital Voice: St. Louis Men’s Chorus gets new Artistic Director
Posted by aerosynth on December 4, 2008
FROM THE VITAL VOICE:
By Joan Lipkin
It’s a big deal when a new artistic director comes to town. When the artistic director is Dr. Jeffrey Richard Carter and joins the Gateway Men’s Chorus, now in its 22nd season, it’s a very big deal. Carter’s considerable credentials include a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Kansas, and a Master of Arts degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Central Missouri.
A native of Kansas City, he is a versatile conductor and teacher whose performance experience and training ranges through nearly 1,000 years of western musical tradition. He has had significant success with university ensembles, amateur choral groups, show choirs, volunteer church choirs, and festival choruses alike. His performing and educational endeavors have taken him to the continents of Asia, South America, and Europe, in addition to the continental United States.
Gateway Men’s Chorus aficionados and prospective audience members will have an opportunity to see Jeffrey Carter at work at his debut holiday concert “Peace on Earth” on December 12 and 13 at 8 p.m. at Union Avenue Christian Church (773 Union Blvd in the Central West End.) Tickets are available through www.gatewaymenschorus.org, Botanical Design Studio, Mokabe’s, Left Bank Books and at the door.
I sat down with Carter at the GALA Festival that we were both attending in Miami last summer. Clad in a blue tropical shirt in recognition of the tropics, Carter was warm, genial and focused.
What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation.
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