Friday, February 10, 7:00 p.m., St. Mary’s of the Visitation Church, Huntsville
Sunday, February 12, 3:00 p.m., Providence Baptist Church, Huntsville
Ian Loeppky, Conductor
The Chorale will perform William Byrd’s Mass for Four Voices, as well as other highlights from the Golden Age of the Renaissance, such as Fair Phyllis, The Silver Swan, If Ye Love Me and Now is the Month of Maying.
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Ian Loeppky is an Associate Professor and Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Alabama since the fall of 2003. Mr. Loeppky studied at the University of Manitoba, the University of Minnesota, and the College – Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati.
He is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Convention, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, the Alabama Vocal Association, the International Federation for Choral Music, Phi Mu Alpha, and Pi Kappa Lambda. Currently he is the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Multicultural Choral Music for the Alabama chapter of ACDA.
Mr. Loeppky directs all four choral ensembles at UNA and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting, choral techniques, and graduate choral literature. In addition, he directs the choir at Trinity Episcopal Church and is founder and artistic director of Florence Camerata.
Ian has also worked as a singer, scholar, conductor, clinician, adjudicator, and arranger in Canada, the United States, and Portugal. He conducted the premiere performance of Haydn’s The Creation in Varna, Bulgaria, and led the World Voices Festival in Costa Rica with Kingsway International in the spring of 2011. He is a frequent contributor to the Choral Journal and the Alabama Reprise.