MARIE STULTZ
has devoted most of her life to the training of young singers
in the classics. A published composer as well as the author of
Innocent Sounds~Building Choral Tone and Artistry in Your Children's
Choir~A Personal Journey, she is a leading authority on training
treble voices. She has created an extensive choral literature
project for the Choral Excellence Series based in Waitsfield,
VT. Choral Literature for Treble Voices: Your Guide to the
World's Finest Choral Literature includes both a book and
on-going flexible website containing an extensive annotated bibliography
in a searchable database form. Stultz also edits Innocent Sounds
for Treble Chorus for MorningStar Music Publishers. She has been
the choral researcher at Spectrum Music in Lexington, MA, for
over 25 years and has been writing a quarterly new-release newsletter,
The Choral Room, since the summer of 1991. She is the Founder of
three major arts organizations: The Treble Chorus of New England,
The Young Opera Company of New England and The Young Classical
Singers. All are based in the Boston area. Stultz has received
many commissions, including choral music with orchestra and chamber
works that have been performed worldwide. She has written numerous
articles for major music periodicals and she has received an ASCAP
recognition award every year since 1996. In June of 2002, she
received the Teacher Recognition Award from the Presidential Scholars
Program and the National Department of Education. Stultz just
recently received her second citation from the Massachusetts State
Senate in recognition of her contribution to the arts. In 2006
she made treble voiced literature presentations at the ACDA Eastern
and Southern Division Conventions. In March of 2006 she conducted
the Georgia All State Middle School Girls Honor Choir. Stultz
made her first National ACDA appearance most recently in Miami,
Florida. She has made many guest conducting appearances throughout
the US and in Europe and is in constant demand for workshops worldwide.
Her last major appearance was in February 2008 at the Texas Music
Educators Conference. As a member of the Andover Rotary Club,
she has been recently recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow. This
international award is for service to the community and the world.
She has been invited by MidAmerica Productions to conduct at Carnegie
Hall in the spring of 2010.