Background
George, Vance was born on September 30, 1933 in Bremen, Indiana, United States.
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Vance George, American Conductor. E-mail: [email protected]. Recipient Grammy award for Best Choral Performance, 1992; nominee Grammy award Mahler Symphony #2, 1994. Member IFCM, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Education
Bachelor in Music Education, Goshen College, Indiana, 1955. Graduate, Bhatkande School Music and Dance, India, 1959. Student, Goethe Institute, Germany, 1961.
Master of Music in Conducting, Indiana University, 1963. Mus D in Conducting, Indiana University, 1965. Mus D (honorary), Kent State University, 1998.
Career
Chorus master, Opera Theater, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1963-1965;
director, Women's Chorus, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1963-1965;
director choral activities, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1965-1971;
instructor, Choral Institute, American Choral Foundation, Madison, 1967, 69;
director choral activities, Kent State University, Ohio., 1971-1982;
associate chorus conductor, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, Cleveland Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Ohio., 1977-1983;
professor conducting, Festival of the Rockies, Whitefish, Montana, 1987;
conductor, Phoenix Bach Society, Arizona, 1988-1990;
director, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, California, since 1983. Board directors Choris American. Former chairman Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, School of the Cleveland Orchestra.
Guest chorus director Kent State University Chorus, Canton Symphony Orchestra, 1976-1977, 80-81. Visiting associate professor University California, Berkeley, 1983, 85, 87, 88.
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Membership
Member IFCM, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Pi Kappa Lambda.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1955
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1959
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1961
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1963
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1965
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1998
Career
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1963 - 1965
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1963 - 1965
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1965 - 1971
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1967
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1971 - 1982
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1977 - 1983
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1983
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1987
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1988 - 1990
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