NANCY ANDERSON
Nancy Anderson is our beloved director. Since beginning with us in January 2007, her wealth of choral conducting experience, passion for making good music, and unfailing store of sense and good humor have made her invaluable.
In her more than 16 years as Choir Director at Sheldon High School, her choirs and vocal jazz ensembles have sung at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin four times; been invited to appear with the [Russian] Red Army Band at the National Concert Hall of Ireland in Dublin; taken awards at music festivals including the Spirit of Vancouver [B.C] Award; and performed with the Willamette University Chamber Choir, at the invitation of their director Dr. Wallace Long, at Carnegie Hall! Nancy has also directs the Chancel Choir at First Christian Church.
She sings with and directs Companions All, a small group of friends who perform Renaissance music and morph into Dickens carolers for the month of December.
A native Nebraskan, Nancy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, a Master of Arts in Dance from the University of Oregon and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Pacific University. Her zeal for both music and dance and her commitment to education have brought her recognition in both fields: she was named Dance Educator of the Year for the Northwest District in 1998, and has been named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers three times.
Nancy enjoys working with the Peace Choir. She very much supports the concept of using the arts to spread the message of the necessity and urgency of the global community learning to live and work together in harmony.
