Time:
Thursday
December, 15, 2016
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Location:
Ballroom W190
Category
CHAMBER ENSEMBLES
Performer Details
Performer Bio Synopsis
The Walton High School Chamber Music Society is a supplemental ensemble of the Walton High School Orchestra program. Students form their own groups and rehearse outside of the school day. They are coached by the Walton directors and professional musicians from the Atlanta area. The Walton Chamber Music Society performed at Midwest Clinic in 2008 and in conjunction with a session at ASTA in 2009.
Walton High School Chamber Music Society
Conductor's Bio
Perry Holbrook holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, a Masters of Music degree from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Wichita State University. He received his teaching credentials from the University of Georgia. Professional affiliations and memberships include: ASTA, MENC, GMEA, and the Atlanta Federation of Musicians, Local 148-462.
Dr. Holbrook has spent the last sixteen years of his nineteen-year career at Walton High School. Since his arrival, orchestra enrollment has continued to increase from 130 to 365 string students. His groups have received four invitations to perform at The Midwest Clinic (2001, 2005, 2008, 2012), have received two invitations to perform at the ASTA National Conference (2009, 2012), and have performed five times at the Georgia Music Educators Association In-Service Conference (2001, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012). Dr. Holbrook’s groups have also traveled and performed internationally, participating in two European concert tours (2004, 2007). The international performances included cities of Austria (Salzburg, Vienna, Graz), Germany (Berlin), and the Czech Republic (Prague). String quartets (2009, 2010) from Walton High School have also performed in Spain (Salamanca).
Dr. Holbrook is active as a guest conductor. Summer conducting engagements have included the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (2011, 2012) and the Orchestra America Summer Symposium (2006, 2007). He has guest conducted honor groups in Texas, South Carolina, and Georgia. Dr. Holbrook has presented clinics at the Midwest Clinic (2006); the ASTA National Conference (2004, 2009); the Georgia Music Educators Convention (2006, 2010); and the Texas Music Educators Convention (2005). In 2007, he was the featured clinician at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, presenting a series of five clinics. In addition to teaching orchestra, Dr. Holbrook teaches AP Music Theory. He was named the S.T.A.R. teacher of Walton High School in 2004.
Dr. Holbrook lives in Marietta, Georgia. His daughter, Bailey, is a cello performance major at Indiana University. In his free time he can usually be playing tennis or cycling.
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