Emily Crocker
Bio:Emily Holt Crocker, founder and artistic director of the Milwaukee Children's Choir is recognized nationally as a leading expert in children's choirs. The Milwaukee Children's Choir has received acclaim for performances with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, the Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra, the American Choral Directors Association, the Chiba People's Festival in Japan and the Canterbury (England) International Children's Choir Festival. As a composer, Ms. Crocker's works have been performed around the world and she has received ASCAP awards for concert music since 1986. She is well known for her work in developing choral instructional materials and is an author of Experiencing Choral Music, choral textbook series for grades 6-12, published by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe. As a guest conductor, she led the Midwinter Children's Choral Festival in Carnegie Hall in 1999 and 2001 and has conducted the Milwaukee Symphony Pops Orchestra and the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra in performances with the Milwaukee Children's Choir. In 2002 she was awarded the Excellence in Youth Music award from the Civic Music Association of Milwaukee. In 1989, after a 15 year teaching career in her native Texas, she joined the music publishing industry and is now Vice President of Choral Publications for Hal Leonard Corporation in Milwaukee. From www.singers.com
Titles:
- 1988 SC261 – Psalm 42
- 1987 SC236 – All Things Are Thine
- 1985 SC170 – Now Each Flow’ry Bank Of May
- 1983 SC135 – Autumn Song
- 1985 SC172 – Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May
- 1995 SC491 – Sing to the Lord
- 1986 SC199 – Lord Jesus Christ Be Present Now
- 1988 SC262 – Cooling Streams
- 1984 SC148 – Maiden’s Song
- 1983 SC136 – Summertime Dream
- 1985 SC181 – Sing to the Lord
- 1985 SC171 – The Echoing Green
- 1984 SC149 – We Are the Music Makers
- 1989 SC297 – Star of the East
- 1983 SC137 – Like a Rose in the Summer
- 1984 SC147 – Maiden’s Song