Clinician: Heather Potter

Heather is Associate Conductor of the Charlotte Children’s Choir in Charlotte, NC. She also serves as the Director of Youth and Children’s Music at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina. As an active clinician, Dr. Potter frequently conducts treble ensembles for music conferences and festival choirs and presents children’s choir training workshops. She serves on the Choristers Guild National Board and on the advisory board for the Choristers Guild Institute. She is also the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s Choirs for North Carolina American Choral Directors Association (ACDA). 

Potter holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from Furman University, a Master of Music degree in Choral Music Education from Arizona State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition, she has completed Level III in the Choral Music Experience certification course and holds Choristers Guild Children’s Choir Leadership certification. Potter is a member of ACDA, Choristers Guild, and Music Educators National Conference. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, Kenney, director of the Choir Connection Teen Choir.

Repertoire 

Do You Know Your Shepherd’s Voice?, Suzanne Lord  (Choristers Guild CGA673)

Praise the Lord! Ye Heaven’s Adore Him, HYFRYDOL arr. Reeves  (Choristers Guild CGA1128)

The Heavens Declare the Glory of God, James Brighton  (Choristers Guild CGA1172)

We Welcome Glad Easter, Michael Bedford  (Choristers Guild CGA1080)

Each choir is to purchase and learn music prior to the festival. Music may be ordered from a dealer of your choice.

Registration Deadline:  January 21, 2011

Tentative Schedule:  

    9:30 a.m.      Registration    
    10:00 a.m.     Rehearsal begins
    11:30 a.m.     Lunch provided at the church
    12:30 p.m.     Rehearsal Resumes
    1:30 p.m.       Break
    2:00 p.m.       Closing Concert