Conductors 

Alan Rieck, Conductor

Alan J. Rieck, Assistant Professor of Music, conducts the Women’s Concert Chorale, Symphonic Choir, Women’s Chorus, and teaches courses in music education. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Rieck served as Assistant Director of Choral Studies and professor of music education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona where he taught courses in conducting, current issues in music education, and music education teaching methods; and conducted the Men’s Chorale and Women’s Chorale. While in Flagstaff he also served as assistant director of the Master Chorale of Flagstaff, was the founding director of the Children’s Chorale of Flagstaff, and during the 2000-2001 school year served as the NAU Director of Choral Studies.

Gary Schwartzhoff, Conductor

Gary R. Schwartzhoff, Professor of Music, is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire where he conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, The Singing Statesmen, Women's Chorus and teaches conducting. Schwartzhoff received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa and a Master of Music Degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. A recipient of the Helen Kemper Doctoral Fellowship Award, he received a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting at the University of Missouri in Kansas City.

Dr. Schwartzhoff has been active throughout his professional career in the American Choral Directors Association where he served as President of North Central Division of ACDA from 1992-94. Schwartzhoff has presented choirs at the state, divisional and national levels of ACDA including performances at the 1984, 1996, 1998 and 2000 ACDA Divisional Conventions and at the 1997 and 2003 ACDA National Convention.

Schwartzhoff is the artistic director and conductor for the Master Singers, a community chamber ensemble with membership from throughout the Greater Chippewa Valley. He serves as Director of Music at the First Congregational Church in Eau Claire, where he conducts the Chancel Choir. Schwartzhoff has served as guest conductor and adjudicator for numerous choral festivals throughout the Midwest and Canada.
 

Stephanie Trump, Conductor

Stephanie Trump holds a MA degree in Music Education from the University of Hawai’i, Manoa, and BA degrees in Vocal Performance with Departmental Honors and Music Education from Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN.  Stephanie is a member of the Minnesota Music Educators Association, the American Choral Directors Association, and the Music Educators National Conference.  In January 2007 she was featured as the National MENC Choral Mentor, and has been included in several consecutive editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Who’s Who in America.  She has served on the Board of the Minnesota chapter of the American Choral Directors Association, as Fine Arts Representative to the Region 6AA, Choral Music Coordinator for Region 6AA, and is currently a member of the Minnesota Arts Consortium Board.  Stephanie is active as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the state of Minnesota.