Gerald Blanchard, Artistic Director, teacher, conductor and lyric baritone is a native of Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Mr. Blanchard has concretized throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. He is featured on several commercial recordings including his solo compact disc "With A Song In My Heart" on Blue Griffin Records and Mozart’s Requiem Mass with the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra on Orchestra Hall Records. At present, Mr. Blanchard is the director of vocal/choral music at Kellogg Community College, Battle Creek. He recently served on the voice faculties of University of Michigan (Flint), Adrian College, Lansing Community College, Michigan State University Community Music School and was the Director of youth choral activities and voice faculty at the Darlington Fine Arts Center. Mr. Blanchard received the Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from West Chester University's School of Music in Pennsylvania and the Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from Central Michigan University's School of Music in Mt. Pleasant. At present, he is a Doctoral Candidate in voice at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
Upcoming 2009/2010 Events:
Sunday, October 11 3pm
Faculty and Friends Recital, Binda Performing Arts Center
Saturday, November 7 7pm
TWO Tenors and a Baritone, Battle Creek Country Club
Benefit concert for the Music Center of South Central Michigan
Saturday, December 5 7:30pm
Kantata No.63 by J. S. Bach, St. Mark's Episcopal church, Coldwater
Branch County Community Chorus, Coldwater, MI
Sunday, December 13 2:30pm
Messiah by G. F. Handel,Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Monroe, MI
Monroe Chorale and Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, January 17 6:30pm
Martin Luther King Ecumenical Service
First United Methodist Church, Battle Creek, MI
Sunday, February 28 11:00am
Black History Month Celebration
Second Missionary Baptist Church, Battle Creek, MI
KELLOGG COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHOIR TOUR 2010
LOCATION: Michigan,Pennsylvania, New York and Boston, MA.
Gerald J. Blanchard, conductor
Thursday, June 10- Ann Arbor, MI
Friday, June 11- Bloomsburg, PA
Saturday, June 12- New York, NY
Sunday, June 13 & 14- Boston, MA
PENDING RECITALS:
Sunday, October 10, 2010 3pm
Lecture Recital: THE EVOLUTION OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ART SONG SPIRITUAL: A JOURNEY FROM THE COTTON FIELDS TO THE CONCERT HALL
Davidson Auditorium, Battle Creek, MI
Date: TBD
Lecture Recital: Art Songs by African American Women Composers
Location: TBD
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