July 31, 2008

BCU Conducts 22nd Annual Pre-All-State Choral Music Camp

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University is conducting the 22nd Annual Pre-All-State Choral Music Camp for 260 high school students, Aug. 3-6, on the BCU campus. The intensive three-day choral music camp prepares students for the 2008 Iowa All-State Chorus auditions. 

Serving as musical director for the Pre-All-State Choral Music Camp is Dr. Sean Burton, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Briar Cliff University, with Dr. Mary Day, O.S.F., as the camp’s coordinator. 

Assisting with the camp are Jean Busker, director of choral activities at WIT; and five Briar Cliff alumni -- Jake Delfs, assistant director of choral activities at Bishop Heelan High School, Sioux City; John Flanery, assistant director of choral activities, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Miss.; Brian Johnson, director of choral activities, Lewis Central High School, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Jayne Koch, director of music at First Lutheran Church, Sioux City; and Christopher Miller, assistant director of choral activities, Sioux City West High School.

High schools represented at the camp are Gehlen Catholic, Hinton Community, Hull Western Christian, Lawton-Bronson, LeMars Community, Lewis Central, Council Bluffs, Maple-Valley, Anthon-Oto, Marcus-Meridan-Cleghorn, Remsen, St. Mary’s, Rock Valley, Sheldon Community, Sibley-Ocheydan, Sgt. Bluff-Luton, Sioux Center, Bishop Heelan High School, Sioux City East, Sioux City North, Sioux City West, Spencer Community, Unity Christian, West Monona, and Westwood Community. 

On August 6, the camp will conclude with a 7:30 p.m. concert at the Cathedral of the Epiphany. The concert is free and open to the public.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion. For more information, please visit www.briarcliff.edu.