Wartburg College Department of Music

The Wartburg Choir (2023-2024) will be singing at St. Paul's Lutheran Church & School in Waverly on Sunday, September 10 at the 11am service. All are welcome!

The Meistersinger All-State Camp prizes are bobbling out into the mail!
Are you one of the lucky winners?!?!
Socks & stickers & ties & bobbleheads & more!
🎶🧡🖤🎶

Have you registered for RitterSing 2023, yet?
We look forward to welcoming Tenor and Basses, grades 7 to adult singers on Saturday, October 7 along with m-pact!
You can find all of the registration materials, invitation letter with details, music information, concert ticket release date and more at:
www.wartburg.edu/festivals
Remember you register by credit card or register by requesting an invoice! Deadline is Sunday, September 17 at 11:59pm.

Contact Sarah Bouska at:
[email protected] for further information or questions!

RitterSing 2023 will be Ritter-pactfull!

Happy 1st Day of Wartburg to our very own,
Dr. Lia Snead, Director of Bands!
Wishing you the very best! 🎶🧡🖤🎶

m-pact - "Come Together" (live 'virtual' performance) Recorded for the 2021 SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival. Broadcast live on May 29, 2021.

Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra Auditions are fast approaching! There is a place for everyone! Both majors and non-majors are welcome.

Auditions will occur between Sunday Sept. 3 and Wednesday Sept. 6. Please click on the following QR code below for more details. You can also reach out to Professor Josh Hankanson (jazz band), Dr. Rebecca Nederhiser (orchestras), or Dr. Lia Snead (bands) for additional information. Thank you!

Wartburg has choirs for all interest and ability levels (you do NOT have to be a music major to sing!) Even if you have never been in a choir before, we would love to have you join us. We have both non-auditioned (non-touring) and auditioned (touring) ensembles which allow for different levels of weekly time commitment.

Sign up for a choir placement time slot on Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 4-6 at:

https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/8050f44a5af2ba46-wartburg

We have a choir for every voice! We look forward to seeing you on campus this year 🎶

Please see the email from Dr. Nelson, Dr. Toliver & Dr. Black with all the additional details!

Registration for RitterSing 2023 opens on Friday, August 25! Join us for a day of igniting all things Tenor & Bass for the school year on Saturday, October 7, 2023! All Tenor/Bass singers, 7th grade through Adult welcome!

This year’s guest performance ensemble is
m-pact! Check them out at: www.m-pact.com.

RitterSing ensembles will be conducted by our very own Dr. Lee Nelson and guest conductor, Dr. Steven Hankle from the University of Dayton, OH!
You can find information regarding registration, literature, schedules, & more at: www.wartburg.edu/festivals
While you’re there, check out all the exciting festivals coming up at Wartburg this year!

Contact Sarah Bouska with additional questions at: [email protected]

From Georgia to Iowa: How the Sneads became band directors at Wartburg, Tripoli Music brought Derrick and Lia Snead together at Savannah State University in Georgia in 2002. In 2023, music brought both of them to Bremer County.

Head Counselors,
Derek Jordan-Ouverson & Lennon Schriever
Lifting these two up with tremendous gratitude for the 2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp!
They have been present every step of this journey! Calm, thoughtful, solution-focused, demanding that excellence is easily achievable through communication, grace, planning & thoughtfulness. They have the ability to lead by bringing people along to walk side by side & empowering others to use their gifts to uplift & help. We continue to grow & create amazing things here are Wartburg because we are surrounded by people like Derek & Lennon!
We are ever grateful to have you on our team & have adored walking through all things with you!
Let’s hear it for Derek & Lennon 👏🏻🧡🖤👏🏻

2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp Session 2
has come to a close! Many more amazing photos & reflections to come…

Thank you to the incredible Julie Drewes for capturing this session 2 camp photo🧡🖤

🎶2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp All-Star Staff🎶

SESSION 2 of the
2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp is ready for you 🎶🧡🖤🎶

A HUGE grateful shout out to our incredible Wartburg graphic designer, Mike Tyer for this stellar design for our 2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp shirts! We can’t wait to see more than 1000 campers in this new design! Thank you to Splash Multisport & Custom (Eric, Courtney, Margaret & Staff) for your tremendous customer service, production, & guidance. What a team we get to work with for all we do⭐️

Reminder that registration opens at 10:30am on Tuesday, August 1 for Session 1 at Neumann Auditorium at Wartburg College!

See you soon 🎶🧡🖤🎶

Counting down the days until Session 1 of the 2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp begins on August 1! We’re all shaking our heads, yes!
We can’t wait to see you on campus!

Let’s meet our other Head Counselor for the 2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp! Lennon Schriever!!!

Lennon is a third year Vocal Music Performance major here at Wartburg. Wartburg is their second home. They love the close personal connection they have with their professors and all the amazing friends they've made here. They can't wait to see all of these amazing young musicians come together, create beautiful music, and have the most amazing time at camp!

Let’s meet our Head Counselors for the 2023 Meistersinger All State Camp! Starting with Derek!

Hey, I'm Derek Jordan-Ouverson,

I just finished my third year studying music at Wartburg; I'm so excited to watch and listen to all the campers grow as they tackle this year's All-State repertoire.

Wartburg has given me many experiences to be thankful for: from leadership opportunities in The Wartburg Choir and Ritterchor, to helping run this camp, there has always been something to push my skill set further. But, my time has been more than just those experiences; I've gone through it all, thick and thin, surrounded by some of the best people I've ever met.

I can't wait to have everyone back on campus next week to learn some great music and have lots of fun doing it.

ONE week from today, we will welcome the 1st session of the 2023 Meistersinger All State Camp!

We look forward to seeing all the campers & educators for Session 1 (August 1-3) & Session 2 (August 5-7)!

Make sure to read all of the information in your email packets!

Educators, your email is coming as well! You are welcome to our Educator Sessions on August 1 & August 5, from 3:30pm to 5:30pm. Sessions will begin with Thad Driskell, Executive Director of IHSMA & Jason Heitland, All-State Chair, followed by opportunities to visit with Iowa All-State Adjudicators, talk with other music educators at the session, & walk through all things All-State & beyond! Refreshments provided!

A reminder that all rehearsals & sectionals are open to all educators as well!

Questions?
Contact: [email protected]

📣Attention Meistersinger All-State Campers, Parents/Guardians & Directors!

An informational email was released to you at 4:43pm & 4:44pm for
Session 1: Aug. 1-3 Commuter & Residential
And
Session 2: Aug. 5-7 Commuter & Residential

This email went to the email of the camper you entered, the parent/guardian email(s) you entered, and the director you identified.

Please check
☑️ your email (s)
☑️ your spam/junk email

DIRECTORS,
you may receive 1 to 4 versions of this email as you may have students who are attending Session 1 and/or 2 AND be commuters and/or residential campers! Campers identified their directors & emails on their registration.

Please read ALL of the information! The 2023 Meistersinger All-State Camp FAQ’s includes everything about registration, what to pack, numbering your measures, & everything else that comes up as questions!

A reminder that a RESIDENTIAL camper means you have housing on campus.
A COMMUTER camper means you registered to commute & NOT have housing on campus.

We are sorting through the numerous calls & emails regarding waitlists, missed registration deadlines, etc… Thank you for your patience! We’ll get to each of you.

Still need additional information?
Please email: [email protected]

The Wartburg College St. Elizabeth Chorale has been invited to sing at the 2024 Midwestern American Choral Directors Association Regional Conference next February in Omaha, Nebraska.

The choir was selected by a two-tiered, blind audition where the screening committee does not know the identity of the choir or conductor. Each choir must submit unedited recordings of past choral performances from the previous three years.

Read more: https://www.wartburg.edu/2023/07/18/st-elizabeth-chorale-invited-to-sing-at-regional-choral-conference/

We are so proud of these powerful, hard-working, service-centered artists. The 'Lizzies' are thrilled to represent and honored to perform! 🌹

The Wartburg College St. Elizabeth Chorale has been invited to sing at the 2024 Midwestern American Choral Directors Association Regional Conference next February in Omaha, Nebraska.

The choir was selected by a two-tiered, blind audition where the screening committee does not know the identity of the choir or conductor. Each choir must submit unedited recordings of past choral performances from the previous three years.

Read more: https://www.wartburg.edu/2023/07/18/st-elizabeth-chorale-invited-to-sing-at-regional-choral-conference/

Follow Dr. Nelson’s cue and make sure you are registered for the 2023 Meistersinger All State Camp! Registration will close on July 18 at 11:59pm!

Session 1: August 1-3
Session 2: August 5-7
*housing is currently FULL for session 2, however you can still register as a commuter*

Registration: www.wartburg.edu/camps

Questions?
Contact: [email protected]

🎶Register to win a Dr. Lee Nelson Bobblehead at All State Camp! There’s magic happening here at Wartburg College & we can’t wait to share time with you in August!🎶

A reminder that educators are welcome to all rehearsals, sectionals, & educator sessions! More to come…

Exciting announcement!

We are thrilled to have the nationally renowned and Grammy nominated ensemble Neave Trio on the Wartburg campus this upcoming year (2023-2024) as visiting artists in residence! https://www.neavetrio.com/

The residency is made possible by the Dr. William E. Hamm Visiting Artists in Residence Fund. The fund is named in honor of Bill Hamm, Wartburg class of 1966 and a prior interim Wartburg president, who proposed the idea and covered the cost of the first year of residency prior to his death last month.

Neave Trio will be working with students in masterclasses/ workshops and will be our featured artists for our January 27, Meistersinger Orchestra Festival. https://www.wartburg.edu/festivals/

Read the article below for more exciting details!

Wartburg College partners with Neave Trio for visiting artist-in-residence program - Wartburg College Neave TrioWartburg College will host the Boston-based Neave Trio as visiting artists-in-residence during the 2023-24 academic school year. The ensemble, fe,

Plan ahead to attend RitterSing 2023!!!
RitterSing 2023 is excited to welcome m-pact as our guest artists!

Saturday, October 7, 2023
Registration for Tenor-Bass Singers, grades 7 to adult opens August 25!

Dr. Lee Nelson will conduct the Knights’ Chorus & Festival Ensemble!

Dr. Steven Hankle of the University of Dayton, OH, will conduct the Squires’ Chorus!

We look forward to you joining us for this amazing opportunity to uknight voices together with world renowned conductors & artists!

More information will be available at:
www.wartburg.edu/festivals

Learn more about m-pact below & at:
www.m-pact.com

Hailed "one of the best pop/jazz vocal groups in the world" by the San Francisco Chronicle, m-pact is respected worldwide as a cutting edge trailblazer in the realm of vocal music. Emerging from an age of auto-tune and overproduction, this Los Angeles-based ensemble has cultivated a new generation of ears hungry for the fresh, raw power of nature's "first instrument" - the human voice.

From the beginning, the "pact" of these well-studied masters has been to stay true to Music, regardless of style or genre. Their sophisticated sound and accessible appeal have garnered vast accolades, from Vocal Group of the Year (the LA Music Awards), an Indie nomination (the Independent Grammy), and Artist of the Year (Seattle Music Awards), to Grand National Champs of the Harmony Sweepstakes competition and Billboard Magazine’s “Best Unsigned Band”.

Touring renowned fine arts halls and jazz festivals across four continents, m-pact has performed with pop superstars Sheryl Crow, Boyz II Men, Natasha Bedingfield, and Ray Charles to name a few; as well as with jazz legends Natalie Cole, Bobby McFerrin, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Maynard Ferguson Big Band, and many others. Over the last 2 1/2 decades, their signature sound has been used in both TV themes and animated Disney feature films, and is enjoyed on jazz and pop radio worldwide.

Around the globe, audiences are mesmerized by the thrill of m-pact's vocal acrobatics, innovative orchestrations, and commanding yet authentic stage presence.

In 2020, m-pact celebrated their 25-year anniversary. While the pandemic may have derailed many of their anniversary plans, m-pact fans were delighted by the release of a 2-volume collection called "25 Years of Harmony". This 24-song retrospective included 14 remastered favorites, 6 rare/limited-release recordings from the archives, and 4 brand new, never-before-heard tracks. m-pact also released a 25th anniversary music video of "Change in My Life", featuring 19 past and present band members. For 2023, the guys are working hard to complete their 9th full-length album - a long-awaited collaborative project with Grammy-nominated arranger & producer, Roger Treece; and they continue to break new ground with exciting music videos and inspiring live performances. All of this leaves no doubt that m-pact's music will continue to reach the ears and hearts of music lovers around the world for many years to come.

ANNOUNCEMENT📣
As of 8:40pm tonight, we have reached housing capacity for the Meistersinger All State Camp Session 2: August 5-7!

First, keep breathing…your intonation, tone quality & musicianship depend on it!

What does this mean? What are the options?
We have reached FULL housing capacity for August 5-7, but we have NOT reached full camp capacity for August 5-7.

Options…
1. Register for Session 1: August 1-3, residential or commuter. Both options are currently available.

2. Register for Session 2: August 5-7 as a commuter. Then you would need to find your own housing, such as a hotel.

3. Be added to a waitlist for Session 2: August 5-7 as a Residential Camper, but there is no guarantee that housing will open for you.
If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please email us at: [email protected]
State your name (camper name), contact information, voice part, & school name/director name. Specify that you would like to be added to the waitlist for Session 2: August 5-7 as a residential camper.
All requests will be time stamped.

4. Please show grace & patience! We need time on our end to work through emails & questions.

All inquiries go to: [email protected]

Registration for All State Camp will remain open through July 18, or until we’ve reached capacity for registrations.

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We look forward to seeing you at Wartburg College this August!

2023 Meistersinger Music Camp

What a glorious week! More reflections & photos to come!
Thank you to the amazing Julie Drewes for these photos🧡🖤