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Dr. Diane Retallack, Artistic and Executive Director of the Eugene Concert Choir and Eugene Vocal Arts Ensemble, is now in her 22nd season with the choirs. She was the recipient of the 2005 Bishop Arts and Letters Award for extraordinary contribution to arts and culture in Eugene. Formerly Director of Choral Activities at Seattle University, she has experience in every level of choral direction, including college and high school teaching, church choirs, children's choruses, and community groups.
Retallack earned a Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University where she studied conducting with Margaret Hillis, the late Founder and Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, and score analysis from the late renowned choral scholar Julius Herford. She holds a bachelor's degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and a master's from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Retallack has also studied conducting with Helmuth Rilling at the Oregon Bach Festival and the Bach Sommerakademie in Stuttgart, Germany. She participated as a singer at Carnegie Hall in several Robert Shaw Choral Workshops. Dr. Retallack is an American Choral Directors Association certified adjudicator for the state of Oregon.
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Darrel Kau has been a familiar participant in the local arts scene. With a M.S. in Arts and Administration and B.M. in Music Education from the University of Oregon, Darrel is currently the Director of the EMU Cultural Forum at the University of Oregon where he is actively involved in developing diverse programming, providing expertise and direction with program planning, fundraising, grant acquisition, and training students. Darrel is also an Adjunct Faculty member of the UO Arts and Administration Program who annually teaches a course on Marketing the Arts, and he serves on the Board of the Eugene Ballet. |
