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 Nationally
recognized as a leader in the field of youth chorus
directors, Ms. Ellsworth
has served as Artistic Director of Anima - Young
Singers of Greater Chicago (formerly the Glen Ellyn
Children's Chorus) since 1996. She brings to her
work a passion for the vocal art and a love for
young people and their enormous potential. Under
her direction, Anima has won the 2008 Margaret Hillis
Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America,
the 2001 ASCAP award for adventurous programming,
and the 2000 U.S. Library of Congress' Local Legacies
Award, acknowledging the chorus as one of nation's
cultural treasures.
She has prepared the Chorus for performances with
the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
and Chorus, the Ravinia Festival, the Grant Park
Symphony, Music of the Baroque, and Chicago Sinfonietta
for conductors including Sir Georg Solti, Claudio
Abbado, Christoph Eschenbach, John Nelson, James
Conlon, Nicholas Kraemer, Jane Glover, and Carlos
Kalmar. She has conducted the Chorus in appearances
with Julia Roberts, Garth Brooks, Dennis DeYoung,
and the Canadian rock group Barenaked Ladies; featured
broadcasts on Chicago's classical radio WFMT; five
CD recordings; regional and national conventions
of the American Choral Directors Association, the
Organization of American Kodaly Educators, and Chorus
America; and concert tours of Italy, Australia,
New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, China, and South Africa.
Ms. Ellsworth serves as editor for the Opera Workshop
series with Boosey and Hawkes Publishers. She has
over 20 years of university teaching and singing
experience, and has been honored to serve on the
music panel for the National Endowment for the Arts.
In great demand as guest clinician, she leads workshops
and festival choirs throughout the United States.
She has also led festivals in the Republic of Ireland,
England, and given presentations for the national
association of choral directors in Brazil. She is
the Repertoire and Standards Chair for children's
choirs for the Central Division of the American
Choral Directors Association, and earned her Master
of Music degree from the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles.
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The Team
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Emily Ellsworth,
Artistic Director
Priscilla Smith,
Executive Director
William Buhr,
Principal Accompanist
Lauren
Sklar, Concert Chorus Conductor
Hannah Bingham,
Treble Chorus Conductor
Marcia
Smits, Concert Chorus Accompanist
Janel Greaves, Treble Chorus Accompanist
Mona
Jethmalani, MEC Instructor
Grace
Schwanda, MEC Instructor
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Emily
Ellsworth, Artistic Director