The Upper Peninsula Choral Leadership Award

Background

In celebration of its twentieth anniversary, the Marquette Choral Society introduced its Upper Peninsula Choral Leadership Award. The first awards were presented at the December, 1991 concert. Since then, the award has been given at the spring concert.

Criteria for the award are:

The award may be posthumously presented, and a maximum of two awards per year may be granted.

Here is a listing of past recipients of the Upper Peninsula Choral Leadership Award. Follow the links for photos and biographical information on them.

April, 2002:
  • Gretchen Betts, Marquette
  • Jeanne Trost, Marquette
April, 2001:
  • Douglas Amman, Muncie, Indiana
  • John Kiltinen, Marquette
 April, 2000:
  • Mildred Johnson, Marquette (posthumously)
  • Milton Olsson, Houghton
April, 1999:
  • Sandra Balmer, Marquette
  • Mary Ganfield, Negaunee Public Schools
 April, 1998:
  • Gladys Freethy, Ishpeming
  • Arthur J. Hill, Chassell (posthumously)
April, 1997:
  • Mary Trolla, Negaunee
  • Wayne Hanmer, Marquette
 April, 1996:
  • Hildegarde Johnson, Marquette
  • Floyd Slotterback, Marquette
April, 1995:
  • Conrad Beck, Escanaba (posthumously)
  • John Beck, Escanaba
 April, 1994:
  • Mary Wood, Sault Ste. Marie
  • Sharon Green, Marquette
April, 1993:
  • Ellen Clement, Marquette
  • David Erfourth, Rudyard
 December, 1991:
  • Paul F. Cowen, Gladstone
  • Ruth Matthews, Marquette


To Make a Nomination . . .

Nominations for the award are solicited in January and the deadline for them, together with letters of support and other supporting materials is in mid-February. Watch the web site for each year's announcement indicating the address to which the nomination should be sent.

A nomination is strengthened by letters of support from people who can speak of their personal knowledge of the nominee's choral leadership and who can tell of the influence the nominee has had on them.
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