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 Artistic Director and Conductor, Brian Patrick Leatherman, leads a
multifaceted musical life as conductor, teacher, and performer. 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 various groups, including The National Repertoire Orchestra, the
Colorado Springs Symphony, the Greeley Philharmonic, the Aurora Symphony, the San Antonio Symphony, the Fort Collins Symphony, the Breckenridge Music Festival, the Larimer Chorale, the Desert Chorale of Santa Fe, and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers.
This season marks Mr. Leatherman's 13th year as Artistic Director and
Conductor of Denver's Cherry Creek Chorale. Previous posts have included the Pueblo Chorale and the Douglas County Children's Chorus. He has been guest conductor for the Greeley Chorale, the Colorado Springs Chorale, and the Pueblo Symphony. Recently, he has expanded to 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. From Colorado State University, he attained a Bachelor degree in Music Education and a Master's degree in Music with emphasis in choral conducting. He cites Barbara Grenoble in pedagogy and Robert Shaw in choral work as the two greatest influences on his choral career.
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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 February Showcase 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, Beth De Boer, joined The Cherry Creek Chorale in 2004. Classically trained, Ms. De Boer performs a variety of music genres including Broadway, light opera, new age, and sacred music. She is presently the principal organist at Christ Congregational Church in Denver and accompanies both vocal and instrumental soloists as well as small ensembles at arts-related events at the church and elsewhere within the community. Ms. De Boer is associated with the community theater, serving as accompanist for productions in and around the Denver, CO metropolitan area.
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 Assistant Accompanist, Susan Cicirello, has a Bachelor of Music Education degree (piano major/organ minor) from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, and a Master of Arts in Music Education with Orff-Schulwerk Certification from the University of Denver. She taught music in the public schools for 33 years. Twice her Orff performing ensemble was selected to play at the Colorado Music Educators' Clinic/Conference. Ms. Cicirello currently teaches music at Fairview Elementary in the Denver Public Schools. In addition to teaching, Ms. Cicirello is an organist/accompanist at several Denver area Lutheran churches. Currently, she serves as associate organist at Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Wheat Ridge, CO.
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The Cherry Creek Chorale, P.O. Box 3272 , Greenwood Village, CO 80155
