This episode of Central Stage features selections from a concert presented October 21, 2018 in Staples Family Concert Hall by The Central Michigan University Choirs, under the direction of Dr. Amon Eady, Director of Choral Activities at Central Michigan University. Dr. Eady talks with Sue Gamble about each ensemble and provides information about the wide variety of selections on the program.
Dr. Amon Eady, Director of Choral Activities, directs four ensembles and teaches choral conducting. He taught at both the middle school and high school level for nine years in the White Station Community in Memphis, Tennessee, where he served as a mentor teacher in musical literacy instruction in the urban environment. Dr. Eady has presented at state, regional, and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education on developing the male chorus, the building of a comprehensive choral program, and new and diverse methods of teacher training. Dr. Eady was also recognized by the Tennessee Music Educators Association as Music Educator of the Year in the Spring of 2014.