Conductor

Dr. Anna Hamre

Contact Information

Anna Hamre assumed duties as Director of Choral Activities at California State University, Fresno in August 1999.  There she is responsible for the management of the choral program, and she directs the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Community Chorus.

Dr. Hamre also teaches undergraduate conducting and graduate conducting and literature.  She was honored on August 19, 2003 by the College of Arts and Humanities as the "Outstanding Teacher" award winner for the 2003-03 academic year.  Dr. Hamre holds a BA degree in vocal and instrumental music education from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD; an MM degree in choral music from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley; and a DMA in choral literature and performance from the University of Colorado in Boulder. An active clinician and adjudicator, Dr. Hamre has worked with primary school, secondary school, university, church, and community choirs.  She has conducted a number of honor choirs in California and Colorado, and her choirs have performed at music conventions in both states.  Her various positions have given her the opportunity to premier several works, most recently including Misuzu McManus's Three Japanese Folksongs (Santa Barbara Press), Anna DeFoe's "Give me Jesus" (National Music Publishers), Brad Nelson's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (Gladde Music), and the American premier of Philip Wilby's A New World Dancing (Maecenas Music).

Dr. Hamre has written articles for the Choral Journal, MENC's Spotlight on Teaching Chorus, and the International Choral Bulletin.  She has presented sessions for the California and Colorado chapters of the American Choral Directors' Association, Colorado Music Educators' Association, the California Music Educators' Association, and the Central California Kodály Educators.  Masterworks Press of Olympia, WA publishes her music-literacy method, The High School/University Sight-Singer.  She has served on the California state boards of both ACDA and CMEA.  

Ensembles:

Fresno State Chamber Singers
Fresno State Men's Choir
Fresno State Women's Chorus