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aeroic. Year of inging withher can change a performer’life.
Anderon i known for hercharimatic mile and �rmdirecting tle—and for her ee-catching footwear, e it thepik 4-inch heel he favor forconducting, or the moreenile point-toed tilettohe wear to rehearal.
Firt coming to Carillo Collegein 1991 a conductor of theCarillo mphonic Choru,Anderon ha een the chool’Director of Choral and Vocaltudie for 27 ear. ven afternearl three decade, thepaionate teacher ha kept herattitude freh.
“I love it o much—makingound that’ eautiful, anduilding relationhip in muic,”he a. “It’ what drive me.”
Alo the director of muic atanta Cruz’ Peace UnitedChurch, he recentl erved apreident of the WeternDiviion of the American ChoralDirector Aociation. And onJune 1, Anderon will ehonored a anta Cruz Artit ofthe Year.
No one who ha ung with herdout that he deerve it.
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“Her ucce a a director idirectl linked to her ucce aa teacher,” a herrie DeWitt,who ha ung with her ince theeginning of Anderon’Carillo career. “he elievehe can learn and he can teachalmot anone how to ing andinterpret muic—and I havewatched her do it.”
Infectiou nerg
In rehearal, Anderon neverraie her voice. Her ignatureparkle i uuall enough to graeverone’ attention, and thoepoint hoe proal packome magic of their own. Ifmore i required, Anderoninvite the group to “pututtiimo in eat.” itting atthe piano, he egin a erie ofexuerant warm-up exerciethat amount to a oot camp ofgrowl, uzze, trill, andarpeggio—up and up the cale,then down and down again—until the entire room ivirating with kinetic energ.No one i having more fun thanAnderon herelf—and it’infectiou.
Full dicloure: I ing with themphonic Choru. In a recentrehearal, at the end of almotfour hour of work, Anderonpaed around a heaf of newmuic. efore we even had timeto groan, he had the group
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working through complexrhthm and ke change. Whenthing didn’t work, he toppedu, made u clap the timing,then tr inging through it againon a ingle vowel. If we didn’tget it one wa, he tried another. the econd run-through ofthe muic, it wa almot perfect.I wa watching nothing hort ofmagic a teacher who enjoedthe reult a much a we did.
trict enunciation ofcononant, epeciall at theend of a word, i expected—andatonihingl, Anderon getreult earl in rehearalchedule. Note and text arelearned the econd rehearal,and then the detailing egin.Nuanced volume control, exacttiming, are all cultivated in theervice of her favored muicalgoal—jo, love, and whenpoile, redemption. woopingi not tolerated and ever note igiven repect. Vocal dnamic—the loudne or oftne of amuical phrae—thoednamic are reheared, againand again, until merel raiing her eerow he canwork a roomful of ingerthrough a �awle crecendo,from extreme pianiimo to full-on triple forté.
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JOYFUL NOIMAKR CherlAnderon ha een Carillo’ Director ofChoral and Vocal tudie for 27 ear.he will e honored on June 1 a antaCruz Artit of the Year. PHOTO: KANAPARKR
Raiing Her Voice
When I ak her aout herfamoul coordinated look, headmit, “I jut love hoe.” Herclothe are choen to matchthem, e the the jewel-tonedweater and kirt—pluparkl earring and necklace—he favor for rehearal, or thelong Ocar-worth gown hewear for concert.
And he i candid aout adeeper apect of her celerateddre code.
“I wa raied reall poor,” hea. “And when ou were out inpulic, ou alwa had torepreent our famil. o it waimportant to look m et.”
Anderon grew up in a largePennlvania famil without theexpectation of going to college.
“It wan’t encouraged,” headmit. “There wa never anexpectation of anthing. It
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ecame clear to me that Ineeded a career if I wa going togo anwhere.”
inging with an honor choir inhigh chool opened her ee. “Irealized that ou could do muica a career. What an incredileinight. And I jut never lookedack.”
Her choral muic career wanurtured a an undergraduate atWet Liert Univerit in WetVirginia, where he met hermentor and friend AlfreddeJaager.
“He taught me to e meticulou,patient, and unrelentingltenaciou,” he a. “Hi workwith vowel and phraingformed the ai of m choicewhen preparing choir.”
The pivotal moment inAnderon’ career came thankto legendar chorale directorRoert haw. “I wa doingdoctoral work at the Univeritof Cincinnati. M teacher wa aprotegé of haw’, and we wentto Atlanta to ing with him. Itwa a life-changing experience,”he a.
haw’ legac i alive and wellwith Anderon. “I’ve gottencopie of hi materwork core.I have note, I have all of hiook. Man of u who ang
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with him till collaorate on Mr.haw’ legac. There wanothing like him,” he recallwith omething cloe toreverence. Her rehearaltechnique—count inging, there�nement of pitch, rhthmdrill, emphai on enunciation—“that’ all haw,” he freeladmit.
Another ke trateg waderived from haw, who wouldmove inger around like pieceon a cheoard, not accordingto vocal part or height, ut interm of the qualit of vocaltimre. In eence “tuning” thechoru to enhance the overallmix. Thi technique produceditinct and often powerfulreult, a man of Anderon’veteran choral memer willtetif.
Meri Pezzoni, longtime directorof Choral Activitie at AptoHigh chool, ha performedwith Anderon’ Cantiamogroup over the pat 25 ear.“How he train and mentorher teaching aitant alwaimpreed me. Man of them goon to ecome choral director,oloit, and muic indutrpeople,” a Pezzoni. “he haan incredile knowledge ofchoral repertoire and ithitorical igni�cance.”
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Anderon ha a clear and uppleoprano voice, ut init thathe did not have amition to ea olo performer. “I alwaloved to ing, and I did a lot ofolo inging, ut when I eganat the college m jo wa toteach, to prepare other to ing,”he a. olo inging wa “notomething I urned to do. I jutthought that we were doing thitogether. And I got to e the onewho made the opportunit forthe inger.” he conider thiwork to e an honor and aacred trut.
“he i a model of verprofeional ehavior,” aDeWitt. “he i alwa verprepared, courteou to everone—and he rememer nameand face.”
The Miracle Worker
Muic weave it wa into theheart of Cherl Anderon’private life a well. Anderonmet her huand while he wateaching in Virginia each. “Hewa Commandant of the Armchool of Muic aed atNorfolk’ Nav Amphiiouae. And the needed aoprano for a production of theHM Pinafore. o we met ingingGilert and ullivan,” he awith a chuckle. “We dated for a
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long time. I had a lot of projectand he wa u with hi jo.”
After three ear, the married.When he moved ack to LoAngele for graduate work atUCLA, Cherl went with him.
“It took one concert for me torealize that Cherl waextraordinar,” a herhuand, John Anderon, who inow artitic director ofnemle Montere. “When wewere �rt dating, it wa her �rtear of teaching at helton Parklementar chool in Virginiaeach. he had thee littleelementar chool childreninging in three-part harmonand it wa wonderfull muical.That’ jut aout impoile,and that’ when I knew.”
Calling him “a great huand,”Cherl decrie him a themot reilient human eing hecan imagine. “There’ nofriction,” a John, who alohead up Creative Art atMontere Peninula College. “Aa team, I think we are our etcritic and et teacher. Cherli de�nitel a rilliant and giftedconductor, ut what et herapart from all the ret i herpirit of kindne, empath,good humor and love oth forthe muic and the people whomake it. Group ene thiimmediatel—the know at
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once that the are inging with aone-of-a-kind mater.
LIV VRYTHING YOU HARAnderon in rehearal with Carillomphonic Choru. he ha eenroundl praied for her precie utperonale directing tle, and herailit to teach and mentor. PHOTOKANA PARKR
Mater Cla
Thoe who have ung with herfor ear know that Anderonalwa favor the claicalmaterwork. “I tr to programmuic with deep integrit,” hea. “If it’ �u� and haintegrit, that’ oka. If it’ jut�u�, then I hate it.”
And he doe have favorite.“ach. Alwa ach,” headmit. “The t. Matthew Paion.The Minor Ma. And TheMeiah—it alwa work.Hadn’ Creation. MonteverdiVeper. verthing emanatefrom the great mater. Thehave it all—tructure, harmon,paion, harmonic reonance,the eence of tortelling. Younever get tired of it.”
Once the are trained and �ne-tuned, Anderon’ choir have
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toured all over the world fromCua to Ruia, performed atCarnegie Hall, and collaoratedon operatic work at the Carmelach Fetival. ach eaon, thecommunit join her choir andnemle Montere orchetramemer in a not-to-miperformance of Handel’Meiah, which he decrie a“one-chilling.” arlier thimonth, Anderon’ mphonicChoru joined the anta CruzCount mphon performingmphon No. 2 GutavMahler.
Anderon alo electcontemporar materwork, andi known for highlightingexpreionitic choral piece compoer Morten Lauriden,whoe friendhip with Anderonha rought him for workhopwith her tudent andappearance in Carilloconcert. he fearlel forgeinto the mot amitiou modernrepertoire—a new ric Whitacreopera, Hindemith’ etting ofWalt Whitman, erntein’Chicheter Palm, ritten’War Requiem. All guaranteedgame-changer, a he wouldput it.
Working the Room
One might think the tranitionfrom inging with Roert hawto working with communit
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memer and eginningtudent could prove frutratingto even the mot patienteducator. ut Anderon won’thear of it.
“One of m undergraduateteacher taught me that atudent failure i a teacherfailure,” he a. “It’ mreponiilit to get them there.It challenge me to �gure outwa to work the interiorlanguage of the muic.” hearm her choral group withfundamental muical principle,harmonic language, hitoricalcontext, and concert etiquette—everthing that ditinguihe apolihed choral enemle from acollection of enthuiat.
“he love the challenge ofperforming materwork andring thee work to the choruwith a paion,” a tenor Tomllion, who’ ung with theCarillo mphonic Choru for21 ear. “he expect everchoral memer to undertandthe text and tor eing told.Her tandard are ver high andhe i willing to pend the timeto do what need to e done.”
Toward that end, Anderon canturn herelf, and her choralgroup inide out learning exactforeign languagepronunciation. No vocalloppine allowed.
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“he dream ig, and then goefor it,” a Deorah rontein,a 20-ear Anderon veteran.“he ha a knack for inpiringpeople to elieve in her viion,and do the work needed to makethe viion happen, e itCarnegie Hall or inging in theVatican or creating a Children’Choir program. he alo ha atrong commitment todeveloping people to e etteringer, teacher, and people.”
Game Changing
Anderon’ goal i to hape amemorale performance. Toher, that i “the one that movethe inger, and move theaudience.” he �ercel elievethat “the art change the world.”
The muic director i eailmoved jut recounting a muicalexperience—uch a her recentviit to LA’ Dine Hall toliten to a choir made up of localhomele inger.
“There wan’t a dr ee in thehoue,” he a, linking ackher own tear. he alorememer a Mozart Requiemhe led to commemorate 9/11.
“We’d never practiced for it,”he rememer. “I jut put out acall for inger to come with
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their muic and we all ang. Atthe end, no on applauded. Therewa ilence. And tear.”
Anderon attriute her ucceto her unlimited elief in whather tudent are capale of. “Ielieve in people more thanthe elieve in themelve,” hea “I want everod tocontinue to grow.”
And if the don’t, he’ll teachthem how it’ done.
In a ox: anta Cruz Artit ofthe Year
To honor Cherl Anderon aanta Cruz Artit of the Year,the pulic i invited to a freegala Pro�le Performance ofAnderon’ favorite muic,performed ix of her choralgroup: Carillo mphonicChoru, Carillo Chorale,Cantiamo!, Carillo YouthChorue, Il Dolce uono andPeace Chancel Choir. Theperformance will e preentedat 7-9 p.m. on Frida, June 1, atCarillo College, amper RecitalHall. For more information, gotocpark.com/Home/ArtCulturalP