LE DONNE DIRECTOR
Dr. Angela Kasper has 32 years of experience serving as Director of Choral Activities
at the university level where she conducted choirs and taught undergraduate and
graduate courses in conducting, choral methods, global choral traditions, and choral
literature. Angie is constantly redefining what makes a meaningful choral experience and how
best to place this evolving view at the center of her work with her own choirs. No longer
bound to a choral ideal that was espoused during her own university education, she is
exploring the choral community as a place to expand cultural awareness while
experiencing the world’s group singing traditions. Collaboration with culture bearers and
traveling abroad for her own study help her realize how little she knows about the vast
subject she teaches.
Dr. Kasper is passionate about sharing what she has learned over the course of her
career with other practicing choral teachers. She hopes to empower young conductors
to recognize and celebrate their unique strengths while encouraging them to lead with
authenticity and vulnerability. In teaching undergraduate music education students, her
goal is to help these future educators understand that collaborative choral rehearsals
with ample time for student voice, student leadership, and student input into artistic
interpretation are a much more enjoyable and equitable approach to ensemble music
making than is the podium-driven model.
Angie is so fortunate to have met and worked with many young people while conducting
honor choirs throughout the United States and abroad. Whether it be fourth graders in
Indiana or high school students in the United Arab Emirates, she considers every
experience to be a reminder of our shared humanity and the power of music to unite us.
As she continues this work, Dr. Kasper is focused on inclusive enrichment activities that
can serve all students regardless of economic status and experiential level.
Angie is forever grateful to all her teachers and mentors including Dr. Mary Goetze, Mr.
Robert Porco, Dr. Dennis Shrock, Dr. Karen Howard, Dr. Michael Rogers, Dr. Julie
Schnepel, and Dr. Jean Sinor. Mostly though, she is grateful for her mom who gave up
her own dream of being a choral director in order to raise a family in a manner that
would allow her daughter to realize that dream instead