STATEWIDE ELEMENTARY HONOR CHORUS Jeff Kriske holds a Master of Music Education degree as well as a Master Class certificate in Orff Schulwerk and spent the first part of his teaching career as an elementary music specialist for the Clark County School District where he was named Teacher of the Year in 1985. He then became the Director of Music Activities at The Meadows School, a pre-K through twelfth grade college. Jeff Kriske has studied with Henry Leck in the Creating Artistry program at Butler University. He is also the co-founder of the University Children’s Chorale at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This choir has toured to New York City and sung at St. John the Divine Cathedral as well as traveled to Canterbury and London where they participated in a mass choir under the direction of Henry Leck and David Flood. Mr. Kriske has conducted various honor choirs across the country and had students perform at two national AOSA conferences.
JEFF KRISKE
He is the co-author of GAMEPLAN – An Active Music Curriculum for Children which he wrote with Randy DeLelles. He has sung under William Hall, David Thorsen, Paul Salamunovich, Robert Shaw, Helmuth Rilling, and David Weiller. He continues to sing in two ensembles each week – the Varsity Men’s Glee at UNLV and the Las Vegas Master Singers.
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