Marie
Stultz
Marie
Stultz is author of the acclaimed book on singing with
children, Innocent Sounds, Building Choral Tone and Artistry
in Your Children's Choir–A Personal Journey. She is
also the author of numerous articles for national music periodicals.
Her choral series for treble voices is widely recognized for its
high quality of content. She has also written original music for
both chamber ensemble and chorus with orchestra. Most recently,
Briana Rossi, Stultz’s 18 year old voice student won the
prestigious National Arts Recognition Competition; she is considered
the most gifted high school singer in the country. This is Stultz’s
second competition winner.
As
Founder and Artistic Director of the Treble Chorus, composer and
conductor Marie Stultz has seen her dream of a professional-caliber
children’s choir grow from infancy to artistic maturity.
The chorus, founded by Ms. Stultz in 1975, made its international
debut in 1992, performing at both the Shrewsbury Festival and
London’s famed St. Martin-in-the Fields. In addition, Ms.
Stultz served as festival director of the combined children’s
choirs at Shrewsbury. In November of 1992, she returned to London
with the Treble Chorus where it garnered more kudos, ushering
in Christmas in New England at Harrod's and acting as New England’s
youngest cultural ambassadors. In 1994, the choir made its Canadian
debut with the Toronto Children’s Chorus. In 1996, they received
critical acclaim in Leipzig and Dresden, Germany. In April of
1999, they made their first appearance at Disney World, performing
at the Epcot American and German Pavilions. In the summer of 2001,
they performed at the Crescent Music Festival in New Orleans to
high praise.
As
part of its 25th anniversary, the Treble Chorus hosted the first
Boston National Choral Festival for treble voices in May, 2000.
Concerts and workshops were held at Old South Church in Boston
and at the Rogers Center for the Arts at Merrimack College under
the baton of renowned composer and conductor Sir David Willcocks.
The major choirs of the TCNE program were joined by the Mississippi
GirlChoir, Lillian Lee, conductor.
Ms. Stultz is recognized as a fine composer, music educator, and
choral consultant. Her summer music program, Singers’ Workshop,
has contributed to the superior education of children since 1976.
As choral consultant and researcher for over twenty years, Ms.
Stultz has developed an extensive choral research library for
other professional musicians at Spectrum Music in Lexington, Massachusetts.
As part of her duties, she writes a quarterly newsletter, The
Choral Room. She has also contributed many articles to The
Choral Journal–Literature Forum. She holds bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in music from Southern Methodist University
and has studied conducting with Carlton Young, Lloyd Pfautsch,
and Allen Lanom and composition with John Heiss, Anthony Milner
in London, and Robert Sirota. She has served on the faculty of
the Boston Conservatory of Music. She regularly conducts workshops
for professionals engaged in singing with children. Ms. Stultz
was artistic director of the Merrimack College Concert Choir from
1996-1998.
Stultz’s musical compositions have received numerous performances,
including reading sessions by Composer’s Forum in New York,
as well as awards from the Massachusetts Arts Lottery and Cultural
Council. She has received an ASCAP award for the past seven years
in recognition of her fine writing. Her major works Ode to
Shelley and Song of Solomon are published by MorningStar
Music; her Suite on the Nativity, opus 3, for SATB voices,
children’s chorus, and chamber orchestra and Ode to Shelley
have been recorded on CD by the Treble Chorus of New England.
Her operetta, The Tethered Colt, was taped for national
syndication by WBZ-TV, CBS, Boston.
Ms. Stultz is editor of The Treble Chorus of New England Choral
Series published by MorningStar Music Publishers. The series
has been recorded on CD by Emmanuel Music and entitled Innocent
Sounds from Cascia Hall. She is included in the Who’s
Who of International Composers and The Boston Composer
Project. She received a Massachusetts Senate citation in
1995 for her contribution to the arts. Robert Paige, Secretary
of Education for the United States government, wrote, "Please
accept my congratulations and my gratitude for your abiding commitment
to serving our nation and to ensuring that no child be left behind."
She received the Teacher Recognition Award from the Presidential
Scholars Program in Washington on June 26, 2002.
Choral
music by Marie Stultz
