Welcome our conductors! We are proud to present two talented artists at the podium of the White Heron Chorale this season!
Welcome
Phillip Swan Phillip joins us for the fall and Christmas concerts. He has been a member of the Lawrence University Conservatory for eight years and currently is Co-Director of choirs where he conducts Cantala, the Jazz Singers and the newly formed Hybrid Ensemble. He is also the musical director for all LU musicals. He has completed course work for DMA in Choral Conducting, has received numerous professional awards, and is a sought-after clinician.
Welcome
Stephen Sieck Stephen joins the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music as Co-Director
of Choirs where he directs the Concert Choir and Viking Chorale. Prior to Lawrence,
he served as Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Emory & Henry College in
Virginia. Stephen is an active clinician on voice-building and diction study as well as
a published scholar and conference presenter on the works of Benjamin Britten and
Frank Martin. He received his D.M.A. and M.M. degrees in choral conducting from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.A. in music from the University of
Chicago.
John Stangel, Assistant Conductor John, a member of the Chorale since 2004, is the Instrumental Music Director with Kaukauna Area Schools. He received his Bachelor of Music Educaton degree from UW-Stevens Point and his Masters from the VanderCook College of Music. John has served the wider community as co-director of the Music, Art, Drama and Dance (MADD) camps for the UCC, a founder/director of the Peninsula Symphonic Band, and has provided instruction for many music classes, choirs and summer music camps throughout the state of Wisconsin. An accomplished tuba player, John has performed and continues to entertain in ensembles in the area, and is currently a member of the Dorf Kapelle orchestra.
Sue Neebel, Accompanist Sue has dedicated over twenty years to accompanying the White Heron Chorale. Prior to her years with the Chorale, Sue accompanied a chorale in Racine. She graduated from Carthage College in music education and currently teaches elementary music in the Appleton Area School District. Chorale members love Sue for her talent, dedication and spirited attitude.
