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1. 1. Dyersburg State Gazette: Story: Boston named Choral Society director

   www.stategazette.com/story/105 - [Cached]

   Published on: 1/12/2004   Last Visited: 1/13/2004

   Boston named Choral Society director
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   Dr. Kris Boston
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   Along with teaching voice, Boston has had experience in several opera roles, oratorio roles, musical theater roles on and off Broadway and made concert appearances. She also performed the first and second soprano solos of Mozart's "Grand Mass in C Minor" with the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall.
   
   Starting Jan. 15, Boston will add another notch to her resume when she becomes the fifth director of the Choral Society.
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   We are pleased to have someone with Kris' experience and musical background working with us."
   
   Boston replaces Cooper Patterson who became director in August 2001, replacing Mark Locke who directed the group for 15 years.
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   Boston began singing professionally in choirs when she was 16. Her formal singing career began in New York City when she was awarded a two-year Metropolitan Opera scholarship by the Rudolph Bing regime and was a winner in the Lincoln Center "New Voices" competition.
   
   Over the next seven years, she sang professionally throughout the United States and in Italy with opera companies such as Santa Fe, Central City, Eastern, Queens, Bel Canto, Turneau, Ruffino and Opera Colorado, and was featured soloist with the Denver Chamber Orchestra, Florida West Coast Symphony, American Festival Orchestra and Savannah Symphony.
   
   She has worked with esteemed artists such as Leonard Bernstein and Alan Lerner, performing with the Philadelphia Grand Opera and in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, such as "My Fair Lady," "A Little Night Music," "Brigadoon," "The Sound of Music" and "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue."
   
   Boston holds bachelor of music and master of music in vocal performance degrees from Wichita State University and a doctorate of musical arts in vocal performance/directing from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.
   
   She is a member of the College Music Society, National Association of Teachers of Singing, American Guild of Musicians, Actors' Equity Association, American Choral Directors Association and a lifetime member of Actors' Fund of America.
   
   Boston began teaching at DSCC in 1987 prior to receiving her master's and doctorate degrees. She joined the adjunct faculty in September 2003.
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   "Kris has some very good ideas for the future," Latham said.
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   "We're excited about Kris," Dean said.