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 At the end of the 2009-2010 season, Artistic Director and Conductor, Brian Patrick Leatherman will have led the Cherry Creek Chorale for half of its 30 year existence. Mr. Leatherman leads a multi-faceted life as conductor, teacher, singer, and clinician. A fully certified Orff-Schulwerk teacher, Mr. Leatherman is a vocal/general music specialist in the Douglas County Colorado schools. His students have performed at the National Conference of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association and the Colorado Music Educator's Association annual Clinic/Conference. He is active as a choral clinician and adjudicator. As a performer, Mr. Leatherman has appeared as tenor and counter-tenor soloist with the National Repertoire Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, Greeley Philharmonic, Aurora Symphony, San Antonio Symphony, Fort Collins Symphony, Breckenridge Music Institute Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Chorale, Columbine Chorale, Repertoire Singers of Colorado, Larimer Chorale, Pueblo Chorale, Desert Chorale of Santa Fe, the Robert Shaw Festival Singers, and the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus.
Bitten by the conducting bug in high school, he was the first junior to conduct the pep band, as well as the first student to conduct both the Concert Chorale and the Symphonic Band in concert. Prior posts include directorship of the Pueblo Choral Society and the Douglas County Children's Chorus. He has been guest conductor for the Greeley Chorale, the Colorado Springs Chorale, and the Pueblo Symphony. He has conducted opera and ballet with Opera Fort Collins, the Colorado Opera Troupe, and the Colorado Ballet.
Mr. Leatherman has served on the Board of Directors of the Colorado Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Orff Schulwerk Association. He holds the BME and the MM degree, with emphasis in choral conducting, from Colorado State University, and cites as his two greatest influences Barbara Grenoble in pedagogy and Robert Shaw in choral work.
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 Associate Conductor, Greg Marsh, is a graduate of Arizona State University, earning a Master's Degree in Choral Conducting. He has been a choral director in Arizona and Colorado for more than twenty years, and is a past conductor of the Colorado Mormon Chorale. Mr. Marsh is currently a vocal music teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, CO.
Mr. Marsh is frequently a featured soloist of Cherry Creek Chorale, with a solo repertoire that includes Elijah, Messiah, The Creation, The Tales of Hoffman, Hansel and Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Bartered Bride. He has starred in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Side by Side by Sondheim, also working as a professional jazz singer.
In addition to leading many full-chorale and sectional rehearsals, conducting portions of each concert and participating as a singer, Mr. Marsh is the musical director for the annual Showcase Concert Concert. He prepares the chorale for the Breckenridge Music Festival in the summers, and for Colorado Opera Troupe performances.
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 Principal Accompanist: Cindy Runkel began her musical training in kindergarten and studied piano with Elizabeth Pastor, renowned concert pianist and faculty member at The Cleveland Institute of Music and Ashland University (OH).
Ms. Runkel served as accompanist for her award-winning high school choral program and received a full piano scholarship to Miami University (OH), where she held leadership roles, accompanied and sang in multiple choral ensembles including a "Beautyshop Quartet", performed in two European concert tours and earned a Bachelor of Music degree in piano and voice.
Cindy performs professionally in the Denver area for a variety of private and corporate events, has recently served as accompanist for The Choral Arts Society of Palm Coast, FL, and is thrilled to become a member of the Cherry Creek Chorale as its new Principal Accompanist.
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 Assistant Accompanist, Debbie Johnson, grew up playing Beethoven & Chopin and singing Rodgers & Hammerstein! She has taught music and drama--at Children's Music Academy in the Denver area and in Tucson public and private schools. Currently, she is Executive Director of UEMI, a non-profit working with impoverished children and women in India. Previously, she served as VP of Programs with the Dalit Freedom Network, and founded and directed DenverWorks, an inner-city jobs program. She did graduate work at the University of Denver and received her Masters in Music Education from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkansas. In addition, she has done extensive accompanying and directed choirs/ensembles in churches and colleges. She loves the artistry, excellence, and FUN of the Cherry Creek Chorale!
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The Cherry Creek Chorale, P.O. Box 3272 , Greenwood Village, CO 80155
