31. "Art has the Power to teach Empathy" with Dr William Sauerland
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Today we had a conversation about the life of the artist, countertenor performer. pedagogue, choir conductor, and more with Dr William Sauerland from Purdue University Fort Wayne.
"William Sauerland (he/they) is an Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies for the School of Music at Purdue University – Fort Wayne, conducting choral ensembles, teaching applied voice lessons and classes in music education, and supervising student teachers. Sauerland is also an adjudicator and voice faculty member for the Schmidt Vocal Arts Institute, and Assistant Chorus Master for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus. He was previously a Lecturer in Voice at San Francisco State University, and the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Chabot College. Dr. Sauerland taught choral music at Lick-Wilmerding High School for six years, and served as Associate Music Director for the Grammy Award-winning Pacific Boychoir Academy. He also has 10 years of experience in directing community choruses in San Francisco and Oakland.
Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for “limpid tone and astonishing eloquence,” Dr. Sauerland remains active as a professional countertenor. A former member of the Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer, Sauerland has sung throughout the world, and recorded multiple albums for Warner Classics. As a researcher, Dr. Sauerland has presented at dozens of international, national, and regional conferences. His publications appear in the Choral Journal, Journal of Singing, Journal of Music Teacher Education, VOICEPrints, and in two choral textbooks, Resonance (Pavane Publishing, 2021) and The Choral Conductor’s Companion (GIA Publications, 2020). His book Queering Vocal Pedagogy was published by Rowman & Littlefield in June 2022. Dr. Sauerland has forthcoming chapters with Oxford University Press and Routledge Press. "( Sauerland, W., 2024)
Music Credits:
Monteverdi's Pur ti Miro
Countertenor Dr. William Sauerland & Soprano Eleanor Blythman
Handel's Se un di m'adoro
Countertenor Dr. William Sauerland
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