Events Calendar Sept. 26-27, 2009 Concert Version of La Boheme with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic & Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Pikes Peak Center November 21, 2009, 9AM-10PM Bookfair benefitting the Chorale Barnes & Noble, 1565 Briargate Blvd December 11, 2009 Deck the Hall, Pikes Peak Center December 12, 2009 Deck the Hall Benefit Concert, Cripple Creek January 5, 2010 Auditions by appointment February 21, 2010 25th Chefs' Gala & Silent Auction, Broadmoor West, Rocky Mtn Ballroom April 17, 2010 Choral Gold II, Pikes Peak Center May 11, 2010 Academy Band Spectacular! Pikes Peak Center Follow Us! Kemper Studios Society Board Colorado Springs Choral Society Board of Trustees 2009-2010 Season Esther Ahn – has maintained a private piano teaching studio since 1987 and is an active chamber music performer. Affiliations: founded the Colorado Federated Music Club in 2002 and is currently President of Colorado Springs Junior Club’s Piano Festival with 400 participants. Donald E. Campbell - Senior Judge, El Paso County 4th Judicial District. Private Practice in Mediation and Arbitration. Affiliations: Board member, boards serving youth oriented causes, and professional associations. Former Board Member of Boys Club, Head Start, Pikes Peak Mental Health, and Workout Limited. Linda Ellis Cummings, Secretary - Chemistry teacher, The Classical Academy. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale, Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, Amercian Guild of Organists, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Colorado Chemistry Teachers Association E. Marie Gardner, Assistant Secretary - retired Clerk of the District Court of the 4th Judicial District. Affiliations: Founding mother & member of Colorado Springs Chorale, National Association Trial Court Administrators, past member of Colorado Court Employees Association. Judith Greist, Honorary Senior Advisor - Past Administrative Assistant Colorado Opera Festival. Past Business Manager, Colorado Springs Choral Society. Affiliations: 40-year member Colorado Springs Chorale, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Pikes Peak Opera League. Gaylord Hatler - Retired Chaplain, US Army, retired Senior Pastor of the First Christian Church, bladder cancer survivor. Husband of one wife, father of 3 adult children, grandfather of one, father-in-law of one. Affiliations: President of the Board of the Village at the Bluffs, a very low income senior housing facility subsidized by HUD; President of the Board of the Erindale Park Homeowners' Association; Treasurer and co-chair of membership for the Downtown Partnership Board in Colorado Springs; former member of the board of the Colorado Christian Home, a facility in Denver for the most severely abused children ages 6-13. Richard L. Hilt, Past Chair – Professor, Department of Physics, Colorado College. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale, American Geophysical Union, American Association of Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi. Susanna Kelland, Membership Vice President - Publisher of Apartment Guide since 2002. Affiliations: Chorale member since 1988, Board of Directors of Apartment Association of Southern Colorado 2003 - 2009. Judith Kramer, Vice Chair – Retired Legal Secretary, 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale, Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, Composers in Music, Melodius Accord, Chorus America. Robert Lays, Membership President - Bachelor of Music degree in Voice/Theater at University of Colorado, Boulder. Previous owner/operator of the Palace Hotel and Vaudeville Theater (later: Casino) in Cripple Creek. Have performed in most of the local opera productions in Colorado Springs and many Broadway musicals at the C.S. Fine Arts Center over the past fifteen years. Affiliations: Five-year member of the Colorado Springs Chorale, Opera Theatre of the Rockies. Linda Madden – Shove Chapel Coordinator & Administrator of the Chaplain’s Office, Colorado College. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale, First Presbyterian Church, Woman’s Educational Society Board of Directors, Opera Theatre of the Rockies. Hugh W. Mason – Senior Civil Engineer/Project Manager, US Army Space and Missile Defense Command/US Army Strategic Command. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale, First United Methodist Church Kenneth Myers - Attorney; member of Alpern Myers Stuart LLC. Current Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale; Pikes Peak Opera League; Colorado, El Paso County, and American Bar Associations; Commercial Law League; American Bankruptcy Institute. Prior Affiliation: Former board member of the Colorado Opera Festival. Diane M. Olivieri, Treasurer - C.P.A. Olivieri Accounting Services. Affiliations: YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region, Treasurer. Joseph Pickle, Chair - Retired Professor Emeritus of Religion, Colorado College. Affiliations: Community and State Boards, including Pikes Peak Mental Health Center, Colorado Health Facilities Review Panel, Colorado Board of Health, Marson Foundation. Murl Sickbert, Honorary Senior Advisor - Lt. Col. (ret.) USAF, active in Music and Fine Arts Department of First United Methodist Church. Affiliations: Colorado Springs Chorale 40 years, Colorado Springs Chorale Chamber Singers 7 years, 30 years Colorado Opera Festival Chorus, past Board member COF, Opera Theatre of the Rockies, Pikes Peak Opera League. David Watts - Retired Vice President and General Manager of Amtrak. Affiliations: Board of Directors for Da Vinci Quartet, Hausmusik, World Affairs Council, Cheyenne Mountain Heritage Center, and Pikes Peak Music Volunteers (successor to the Colorado Springs Symphony Volunteers). Also a substitute teacher in District 12. The drawing for a pair of Choral Gold II tickets will be March 26, 2010.