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Adult Choir Festival by the Sea
January 23-24, 2009
Charleston, SC
Constantina Tsolainou, Clinician
 Constantina Tsolainou, Paul S. and Jean R. Amos Faculty Chair and Director of Choral Activities at the Schwob School of Music Columbus State University, has held conducting positions at Southern Methodist University, Westminster Choir College, New England Conservatory, McGill University (Montreal, Quebec), Oregon State University, and Oklahoma City University. She has served as Artistic Director of the Canterbury Choral Society in Oklahoma City, Director of Music at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church and Artistic Diretor and Conductor of the Aria Chamber Chorus in Dallas, Texas. During her tenure at SMU, Ms. Tsolainou established the SMU/Dallas Vocal Arts Ensemble; while in Montreal she was the Artistic Director and Conductor of Anima Musica, an ensemble formerly known in Canada as the Donovan Chorale.
Ms. Tsolainou has presented workshops, master classes and concert performances in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, and throughout the U.S. In collaboration with James Jordan of Westminster Choir College, she developed the instructional video Ensemble Diction: Language and Style, Principles and Application, and participated in a second video entitled Group Vocal Technique: The Choral Ensemble Warm-up. Trained first as a singer, Ms. Tsolainou has appeared in opera and musical theatre productions in addition to numerous performances on the concert stage.
She has prepared choruses for operatic productions and other collaborative performances presented by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Oklahoma, Columbus Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, Opera Columbus, Opera Festival of New Jersey, Tulsa Opera, and Voices of Change, SMU’s resident contemporary music ensemble. Conductors with whom she has worked include Leonard Bernstein, Charles Dutoit, Eric Ericson, Joseph Flummerfelt, Carlo Maria Giulini, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti and Robert Shaw.
Festival Location:
First Baptist Church,
Charleston
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