Erin L. Stier is in her 13th year teaching choir at West Ottawa Public Schools near the West Michigan lakeshore in Holland, MI. She holds an A.S.A from Northwestern Michigan Community College in her hometown of Traverse City and a B.M.E. from Hope College. Stier is also an active member of MSVMA and has served on the Full Board as a district manager. Under her direction, West Ottawa choirs regularly receive the highest ratings at MSVMA District and State Festivals and have been selected to perform at All State Festival (2023), the Michigan Music Conference (2014, 2020, 2024), and Michigan Youth Arts Festival (2019); in 2018, her students were also invited to perform on Manhattan Concert Productions’ Treble Choir Concert Series at Carnegie Hall. Since the summer of 2016, Ms. Stier has conducted seven summers of the 4th session Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp SSA Choir and she will conduct the Blue Lake International Choir on their tour in June of 2025. Ms. Stier considers herself a life-long ‘choir kid’ and recognizes the life changing importance of a foundation of musical excellence. Stier’s foundation was established early on in her life as a 7-year-old singer in the Northwestern Michigan College Children’s Choir. With NMCCC, she toured yearly and performed in MENC & PBS’ “The World’s Largest Concert” in the Spring of 1995. Stier also sang throughout her secondary years in Traverse City Central’s ensembles and performed at ACDA’s National Convention in San Antonio Texas in 2001 with the TC Central Chorale. While earning her undergrad degrees, Stier sang with the TSO and performed masterworks by Beethoven, Brahms, Faure, Handel, Mendelssohn, Rutter, and Vivaldi; she also toured to Florida, New York, and Washington D.C. with the Hope College Chapel Choir. Stier’s dedication to her various choral communities during the past 33 years has sustained her, empowered her, and has been her respite while shaping her into the choral educator that she is today. In her free time, Ms. Stier sings with the Grand Rapids area ensemble, Choral Connections, and is a gardener, an unserious gamer, and an avid reader and consumer of knowledge. She lives on the westside of Grand Rapids with her wife and their black lab, Eleanor Rigby.
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Jean Enyeart is a passionate music educator and performer in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Since 2002, she has taught 6-8 Choral Music at Menomonie Middle School, where she also directs the school's Drama and Forensics programs. Her MMS choirs have performed at the State Capital several times and consistently receive top ratings at WSMA concert festivals. In addition to her work in the classroom, Jean teaches private lessons in piano, voice, and oboe from her home studio. An active member of the local music community, Jean has been part of the Menomonie Singers since 2014 and the Ludington Guard Band since 2016. She has also served as a church choir director since 2005. Her love of musical theater has included conducting the UW-Stout Pit Orchestra from 2011 to 2016 in addition to various conducting and pit roles with the Menomonie Theater Guild Jean’s dedication to music education extends far beyond her own classroom. She has held leadership roles with the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association, currently serving as the Northwest Representative and coordinating the Middle Level All-State choir in 2006 and 2018-2021. She was Alto coach for the Middle Level Honors Choir and has directed Singing in Wisconsin Festivals and various District Honors Choirs, and served on the WSMA Festivals and Music Selection Committee since 2014. A New Berlin native, Jean holds a Bachelor's in Choral Music Education from UW-Stevens Point and a Master's in Education Leadership from Viterbo University. She resides in Menomonie with her husband and two children. |