| KEN
BERG, a native of the Virginia / North Carolina region, graduated
from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama with a BME in 1977
and an MME in 1981. For 28 years he was the Director of Choirs and
Fine Arts Chairman at John Carroll High School in Birmingham before
retiring in 2005 to become the Music Minister and Resident Composer
at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. (ken@mbbc.org)
In 1978, Ken
and Susan Berg were appointed Music Directors of the Birmingham
Boys Choir (www.birminghamboyschoir.com),
a position they still hold. They are the parents of two sons, Michael
and David; both fine musicians in their own right!
Ken has served
as a State and Southern Division officer with the American Choral
Directors Association (ACDA) and has also served on the Training
Courses Committee of the Royal School of Church Music in America.
In addition to touring extensively throughout Europe and North America,
his choirs have sung at ACDA, OAKE and MENC State, Division and
National Conventions.
Ken often serves
as clinician and adjudicator throughout the U.S. His music is published
with Carl Fischer, Choristers Guild, Colla Voce, Emerson Music,
Hal Leonard, Kjos Music, MorningStar, National Music Publishers,
Pavane Music, Santa Barbara Music Publishers and Walton Music. He
enjoys writing, yard work and ballroom dancing with Susan!
Ken's email
is ken@birminghamboyschoir.com
(April 1,
2008)
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