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NHACDA OFFICERS President - Madelyn Gearheart Madelyn Spring Gearheart is the founder and conductor of the New Hampshire Youth Chorus and the New Hampshire Women’s Chorus. She earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from the University of New Hampshire, a Master of Science in Music Education from the University of Illinois, and a Doctorate in Music and Music Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. A lyric coloratura soprano, Dr. Gearheart performed with the Venice Opera, Teatro La Fenice, and the Verona Opera, L’Arena di Verona, during the seven years she lived in Italy. She has been guest conductor and vocal coach for the Summer Youth Music School at UNH and Phillips Exeter Academy. Madelyn currently operates a private voice studio and appears locally as a soloist, clinician and adjudicator. Committed to the power of music and the benefits it can provide to everyone, last Fall, Madelyn founded a women’s chorus, Voices Within, at the Strafford County Correctional Facility. Dr. Gearheart is the Artistic Director for a musical excursion in Venice, Italy, called, “Diva For A Day”, and an opera workshop in Verona, “Opera Viva!” Explore the website for these programs at www.divaoperaviva.com. Vice President & Treasurer - Gwendolyn Baker Choral Director - Portsmouth Middle School & High School Newsletter Editor - Joshua Desrochers Choral Director - Goffstown High School Josh Desrochers has been the Choral Director at Goffstown High School since 2003. He also assists with the band and orchestra. Under Josh's direction, Goffstown's vocal ensembles have sent students to the All-State Chorus every year since 2005. The GHS Select Vocal Ensemble was the featured choir at the All New England Choral Festival in October of 2005 and regularly performs at the University of New Hampshire's Choral Gala. Josh did his undergraduate work at the University of Miami (FL) and is currently working on his Master's degree at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He sings in the choir at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Goffstown and maintains a private voice studio. He is very active with the New Hampshire Music Educators' Association, currently serving as chairman of the Clinics/Workshops committee. He lives in Bow with his wife Jill and three children. Secretary - Jay Chandler Music Director - Pelham High School jchandler@pelhamsd.org Jay Chandler began his musical career as a boy in Manchester singing in the Grace Church Boys Choir. He studied piano and organ in high school where he also participated in the band. He attended Keene State College in the 1970's, was in business for over 25 years and returned to KSC in 2002 where he received a BA in Music Theory and M. Ed in 2005. Jay Chandler served as Organist of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Springfield, Vt, Music Coordinator at Sunshine Baptist Church, Minister of Music at the United Church of Jaffrey. He has been involved and led church choirs, cantata and festival choirs, choral seminars and clinics, and was a barbershopper. Jay has been active in the American Guild of Organists and serves as Dean of the Monadnock Chapter of the AGO. Jay and his wife, Judy, live in Peterborough and have four grown children. |
