(701) 777-2814
joshua.bronfman@und.nodak.edu
www.undmusic.org

Hughes Fine Arts Building Room 122
3350 Campus Road Stop 7125
Grand Forks, ND 58202

Joshua Bronfman is Director of Choral Activities at the University of North Dakota where he directs the UND Concert Choir and Varsity Bards. He also teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in choral conducting, choral literature and choral methods. In addition to his duties at UND, he is the Artistic Director of the Grand Forks Master Chorale, a select chamber choir.

In 2005 Joshua was selected as a Conducting Fellow for the Eric Ericson Masterclass in the Netherlands, where he directed the Netherlands Chamber Choir and Netherlands Radio Choir. He is an active clinician in the region, directing honor choir festivals at the middle, high school and collegiate levels. His published articles and presentations on choral music and choral music education have reached state, regional, and national audiences.

Joshua is currently completing his Ph.D. in Choral Music Education and Choral Conducting at Florida State University. Joshua received his Master's degree from Oregon State University, and his Bachelor's degree from Florida State University. Prior to pursuing his graduate degrees, Joshua was a music specialist in Oregon where he taught at the elementary and middle levels. He currently lives in Grand Forks with his wife Niki, daughter Lucia, and his dog Wyatt.

(701) 777-6190
www.undmusic.org

Hughes Fine Arts Building Room 162
3350 Campus Road Stop 7125
Grand Forks, ND 58202

Dr. L. Grace St. Pierre, mezzo soprano, joined the UND faculty in 2008 as Associate Director of Choral Activities and Instructor of Voice, where she teaches Voice, Allegro Women's Choir, Vocal Methods, and Music Appreciation. Prior to coming to UND, Dr. St. Pierre was Director of Choral Activities at Southern Utah University where she taught Voice, Concert Choir, OPUS, Advanced Choral Conducting, and Choral Methods/Literature. She has also taught at Indiana University Southeast, Augustana College, and Fort Hays State University. Grace’s career has brought her performances as a soloist at the Kennedy Center, the White House, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Washington Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Washington Oratorio Society, and with the St. Louis Symphony. She has performed all over the world as a former member and soloist of the United States Air Force Singing Sergeants, Washington, D.C. and has sung, studied and coached internationally under such notable conductors as Craig Jessop, Leonard Slatkin, Sarah Caldwell, Norman Scribner, Margaret Hillis, and Christopher Hogwood. Currently a Guest Conductor with the Orchestra of Southern Utah and Director of the Cedar City Festival City Community Chorale, Grace has conducted numerous professional, university and community choirs, musical theater and opera.

Professional affiliations include President of NATS Las Vegas chapter, former Board of Directors and member of the American Choral Directors Association, as Utah’s Co-chairman for Repertoire and Standards-Four Year Colleges and Universities. Active in the community and state as an adjudicator, conductor and clinician, Grace has just returned from Manaus, Brazil, where she conducted concerts with one of Brazil’s finest professional choirs, the Coral do Amazonas as a visiting artist and guest of the Brazilian Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Having completed extensive doctoral studies in voice performance at the University of Texas-Austin, Grace holds her DMA in Choral Conducting from University of Missouri-Kansas City-Conservatory of Music, a M.M. in Voice Performance and Bachelor’s degrees in both Music Education and Voice Performance, all from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Sigma Alpha Iota and holds Lifetime Teaching Certification in Missouri.