The internationally acclaimed Syracuse Children’s Chorus has named Carolyn Weber of DeWitt as the Interim Conductor of Chorale for the 2010-2011 concert season. Deborah Cunningham and Marcia DeMartini will continue their roles as Associate Director and Assistant Director, respectively, as Barbara M. Tagg assumes the role of Founder and Director Emeritus.
Carolyn Weber is an instructor of voice at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music and is Chancel Choir Director at DeWitt Community Church. Ms. Weber was a vocal/general music teacher at Wellwood Middle School in the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District for ten years, and was also featured as a guest conductor for the OCMEA Elementary All-County Chorus. As a mezzo-soprano, she has performed principal roles in opera and musical theater including the Third Spirit in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and the Witch in Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” with the Syracuse Opera Company. She has also performed as a soloist with the Syracuse Symphony Pops Chorus. Most known to Central New York as an oratorio soloist, Carolyn has performed works by Bach, Brahms, Fauré, Handel, Kean, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rutter and Vivaldi with community choruses throughout the region including the Marcellus Chorale, Hamilton College Community Chorus and the Oneida Area Civic Chorale, and Park Central Presbyterian and DeWitt Community Church (DCC) choirs. At DCC she was soloist and alto section leader for over 20 years, and directed the DCC Junior choir for five years.
Mrs. Weber holds a bachelor of music in Choral/General Music Education from Indiana University and a master of music in Vocal Performance from Syracuse University. Mrs. Weber, a native of Central New York, maintains a private voice studio in her DeWitt home where she lives with her husband and three children who have been members of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus throughout the past 10 years.
“Carolyn is a beloved member of the Syracuse arts community” said Dr. Barbara M. Tagg, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Syracuse Children’s Chorus. “We are fortunate to have her join us!”