50th Anniversary Christmas Concerts
December 11th & 12th, 2010
The second half of the 50th Anniversary year will feature concerts next December 11 and 12, 2010. The Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah, along with other works will be performed on Saturday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the Schauer Center and will be accompanied by the Kettle Moraine Symphony. This concert will require tickets as a regular part of the Schauer Center Season Series. A second concert on Sunday, December 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Holy Hill will feature piano accompaniment with the same repertoire. There is no charge and tickets are not required though a free-will donation will be taken.
Please note:
Former chorus members are cordially invited to join us for these Christmas concerts. Please "register your intent to sing" with the Hartford Recreation Department before the end of September 2010. Contact Sarah or Brenda at 673-8226 or go to the Recreation Center to register in person. You may also use the "Contact HCC" tab, above, to send us a message. It is important that every singer be able to attend rehearsals regularly.
Ruth A. Knoll - Biography
Photo circa 1962
Ms. Knoll's entire teaching career was spent at Hartford Union High School. From 1958 to 1998, she directed all the choral activities there, including four choirs, giving group, individual voice lessons, and overseeing the musical aspects of the musical theater productions. Since that time, she has been invited to participate in various choral activities such as helping to keep alive the traditional Christmas Eve music at Holy Hill.
She holds BA and MA degrees from Kalamazoo College and UW Madison respectively.In 1960, she founded the Hartford Community Chorus and is still serving as its only director. Ms. Knoll has also been music director at the First United Methodist Church in Hartford for the same length of time.
Her summer workshop experience includes work with Robert Shaw, William Vennard, Julius Hereford, John Rutter, Sir David Willcocks and Weston Noble.
Ruth served the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association as Secretary-Treasurer and Registration Co-Chair for regional conventions in 1980 and 1990. Her auditioned Concert Choir appeared twice with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
Honors she has received include Teacher of the Year, a Herb Kohl Fellowship, a Paul Harris Fellow (Hartford Rotary), and the WCDA Morris D. Hayes Award. The Ruth A. Knoll Theater at the Schauer Arts and Activities Center in Hartford is named in her honor.