Dr. Anna Hamre

Anna Hamre is in demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator, having made appearances outside the continental United States in Hawaii, Mexico, China, Italy, Austria, and England. She has guest-conducted twice at Carnegie Hall.

At California State University, Fresno, Dr. Hamre teaches undergraduate conducting and graduate conducting and literature, and she is responsible for the management of the choral program. She conducts the Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Community Chorus Master Chorale and Coro Piccolo, frequently collaborating with the Fresno Philharmonic Orchestra. Her various positions have given her the opportunity to conduct numerous new works, including the American premiere of Philip Wilby’s 2004 reconstruction of Mozart’s Mass in C (Novello).

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.

Recent honors include the Fresno Arts Council Horizon Artist Award (2007), the California Association for Music Education (CMEA) Choral Conductor Award (2006), the CMEA Central Section College/University Music Educator Award (2006), the Fresno-State College of Arts and Humanities Excellence in Teaching Award (2003), the Fresno-Madera Counties Music Education Association Choral Educator Award (2003), and recognitions from Fresno-State music fraternities.

Dr. Hamre is the author of The High-School/University Sight-Singer (Masterworks Press of Olympia, WA), a music-literacy method in use in every state, plus the District of Columbia, Guam, British Columbia, Hong Kong, and Indonesia. Her new publication, The Weekly Sight-Singer: An Abbreviated and Accelerated Method, was released in the summer 2011.

She has presented sessions for various choral-conducting and music-education organizations at local, state and national levels.  Her articles have appeared in state music magazines plus the International Choral Bulletin, The Choral Journal, and Spotlight on Teaching Chorus.

Currently Dr. Hamre is serving as Repertory and Standards Chair for California ACDA Community Choirs, Choral Chair for the California Music Educators Association, and as an advisory member of the Choral Council for the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). She also holds membership in the College Music Society, National Collegiate Choral Organization, Chorus America, Early Music America, Southern California Vocal Association, Organization of American Kodály Educators, and the Fresno-Madera County Music Educators' Association. She is a member of the citizen's advisory board for KVPR Radio Station in Fresno.

Contact director Dr. Anna Hamre by phone at 559-278-2539 or by e-mail at ahamre@csufresno.edu