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Deirdre Francis, Assistant Professor of Music, received the Associate of Fine Arts degree in Music from Anderson College (1982), the Bachelor of Music Education degree from Furman University (1984), and the Master of Music degree from Westminster Choir College of Rider University (1990). At Westminster she was a member of the world-renowned Westminster Choir. Francis joined the music faculty at Anderson College in 1996 as an Adjunct Instructor and became full-time in 2002. Francis principally teaches voice majors and minors, but she also teaches vocal pedagogy, class voice, and vocal diction. She teaches both classical and music theater students. She was recently the musical director and vocal coach for the AU production of Annie, Get Your Gun. Francis is also the conductor of the Anderson University Choir. Francis’ voice students have earned honors at the state and regional level at the National Association of Teachers of Singing annual auditions, both in classical and music theater categories. She also maintains a private voice studio teaching children, youth and adults in all styles of singing. Francis attended the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Institute at Shenandoah University, studying under Jeannette LoVetri, and is certified in Somatic Voicework® Levels I, II, and III. Francis is in demand as a choral clinician, adjudicator, and Honor Choir conductor. She is the conductor of the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium Girl Choir, an auditioned community choir for girls grades 3-8. As a soprano, her performing careers spans the genre of opera, oratorio, recital, and music theater. Her performances this past year included being soloist in the Faurč Requiem, soloist in the GAMAC Pops Concert, and the role of Fastrada in Pippin. She also premiered the song cycle, Confrontation with God: Prayers of Isaiah for voice and cello, on her faculty recital. The piece was composed for her by AU colleague Richard Williamson. The work was selected for performance at the College Music Society’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter Conference at Gardner-Webb University. The piece was then selected for the National Conference in Salt Lake City, and she performed the piece on the New Music Recital III. She currently serves as Vice-President of the SC Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and is a member of The American Choral Director’s Association. |
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