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Dr. Anna Hamre
As Director of Choral Activities at California State University, Fresno,
Anna Hamre is in demand as a conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. She
has worked with university, church, community choirs and school ensembles
of all ages. She has been a guest conductor of a number of honor choirs,
and several ensembles under her direction have been invited to perform at
music conventions. Her various positions have given her the opportunity
to premier numerous works, including the American premiere of Philip Wilby's
2004 reconstruction of Mozart's Mass in C (Novello). She conducted
the Fauré Requiem for MidAmerica Productions in Carnegie Hall, February
2006. Her spring 2008 projects include serving on the adjudication staff for World Project's Pacific Rim Festival in Hawaii and conducting a California massed-choir concert in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in a Kingsway International choral tribute to the 2008
Beijing Olympics.
At Fresno State she is responsible for the management of the choral program, and she directs the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Community Chorus. She also teaches undergraduate conducting and graduate conducting and literature. Her honors include the Fresno Arts Council Horizon Artist Award (2007), the California Association for Music Education (CMEA) Choral Conductor Award (2006), the CMEA Central Section College/University Music Educator Award (2006), the Fresno State College of Arts and Humanities Outstanding Teacher Award (2003).
Dr. Hamre holds a BA degree in vocal and instrumental music education from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; an MM degree in choral music from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley; and a DMA in choral literature and performance from the University of Colorado in Boulder.
She has written articles for state music magazines, the International Choral Bulletin, the Choral Journal, and Spotlight on Teaching Chorus. She has presented sessions for various choral conducting and music education organizations, and in March she will travel to Denver to lead a conducting workshop at the national convention of the Organization of Kodály Educators. Masterworks Press of Olympia, WA publishes her music-literacy method, The High School/University Sight-Singer. She has served on the California state boards of both ACDA and CMEA, and she also holds membership in the College Music Society, National Collegiate Choral Organization, Chorus America, Southern California Vocal Association, Organization of Kodály Educators, and the Fresno-Madera County Music Educators' Association.