{"id":19761,"date":"2014-04-04T15:19:55","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T19:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=19761"},"modified":"2014-04-16T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T18:33:24","slug":"shenandoah-valley-childrens-choir-chooses-emu-music-grad-as-new-artistic-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/shenandoah-valley-childrens-choir-chooses-emu-music-grad-as-new-artistic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir chooses EMU music grad as new artistic director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pile of applications to fill the artistic director\u2019s role with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/svcc\/\">Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir (SVCC)<\/a> included submissions from across the country and beyond. The person ultimately selected for the job, though, lives nearly within earshot of the choir\u2019s rehearsal space in Eastern Mennonite University\u2019s Martin Chapel.<\/p>\n<p>Janet Hostetter, a 1987 graduate of EMU, will begin her new role in August 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted that someone from our very own community rose to the top of the stack,\u201d said Joy Anderson, SVCC assistant director.<\/p>\n<p>After majoring in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/music\/\">music<\/a> at EMU, Hostetter earned a master of music degree in choral conducting from James Madison University. In the spring of 2008, she served as SVCC Guest Director during founding director Julia White\u2019s sabbatical.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SVCC, under the direction of Julia White and [Interim Director] Joanne van der Vat-Chromy,\u00a0has brought a quality of music education to our community that has impacted the lives of many,\u201d said Hostetter. \u201cI am honored to have been chosen for the artistic director position and desire to continue the same level of musical excellence we have all come to enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hostetter now directs choirs and Orff classes at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rockingham.k12.va.us\/wspms\/\">Wilbur S. Pence Middle School<\/a> in Dayton, Va. During her seven years at the school, the choral program has grown from 10 participants to more than 120, and her choirs have received \u201csuperior\u201d ratings at District Choral Assessments. At the middle school, she has also helped produce three musicals, been successful in fundraising and hosted the American Boychoir and the Maryland State Boychoir.<\/p>\n<p>During her career, Hostetter has directed choirs and ensembles and taught music from the Pre-K to the university level. She also supervises practicum students and student teachers at James Madison University\u2019s School of Music.<\/p>\n<p>From 2009-13, Hostetter served as Repertoire and Standards Chair for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vachildrenschorus.org\/\">Children\u2019s Choirs for the Virginia<\/a> chapter of the <a href=\"http:\/\/acda.org\/\">American Choral Directors Association<\/a>, during which time she worked with many nationally recognized children\u2019s choir directors and accepted several invitations to direct honor choirs.<\/p>\n<p>For eight years, Hostetter also led a music ministry at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hmcchurch.org\/HMC-Web\/DesktopDefault.aspx\">Harrisonburg Mennonite Church<\/a>, where her duties included directing the adult choir and a children\u2019s choir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is skilled and comfortable with many of the musical and teaching tools we use in SVCC, including having learned and used solf\u00e8ge since she was a middle schooler herself,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cWe know her to be not only an excellent musician, conductor, and educator, but also a person with a deep love for children and young people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The choir&#8217;s spring performance is Sunday, April 6 at 4 p.m. in EMU&#8217;s Lehman Auditorium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The pile of applications to fill the artistic director\u2019s role with the Shenandoah Valley Children\u2019s Choir (SVCC) included submissions from across the country and beyond. 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