Staff
Barbara C. Beattie, Artistic & Executive
Director
bcb@wsyouthchorus.org
David Pulliam, Accompanist
336/703-0001 WSYC office phone & fax
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Barbara C. Beattie, Artistic & Executive Director
Founder, Artistic & Executive Director Barbara Beattie, a longtime resident of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, always knew she wanted to direct choruses. By age 16, she was the student director of The A Cappella Choir at her high school. At Virginia Commonwealth University she earned the Bachelor of Music degree in piano, and continued her music studies, at the post-graduate level, in voice and vocal pedagogy with Joan Jacobowsky at Salem College and in education at UNCG..
Throughout her career she has continued to study, in the VoiceCare Network's Impact and Conducting courses; the Master Schola on Cape Cod; chant study with Dr. Mary Berry, which included directing Gloriae Dei Cantores (praised for their "expert renditions of Gregorian chant"-NY Times); American Boychoir School with clinician Doreen Rao; Alexander Technique with Alice Pryor and Babette Lightner; work with and directing for Dr. George Guest, Dr. Gerre Hancock, Dr. Jim Litton, and David Hill; and in the conductors' section, under Robert Shaw, at The Robert Shaw Festival. Mrs. Beattie has participated in workshops with outstanding choral directors and composers, including Dr. John Cooksey, Pat Feit, Liz Grefsheim, Margaret Hillis, Ben Hutto, Simon Lole, Bruce Neswick, Dr. Donald Neuen, John Rutter, Paul Solomonovich, André Thomas, and Dr. Bingham Vick.
Barbara Beattie is known for her acuity in hearing, analyzing, and interpreting choral voices and repertoire, and for her complementary strengths as a director, vocalist and coach, pianist, teacher, and mentor. She has taught grades K - 12, as well as Advanced Placement courses in music theory and history, and singing in the Drama Department of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
A highly regarded builder of choirs, Barbara Beattie expanded the choral program of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, where she was Director of Music for 23 years, from two choirs to eight and inaugurated the Royal School of Church Music program there. She also founded and directed the Spectrum Singers, an ensemble of 12-16 adult singers performing a wide spectrum of memorized repertoire. Her most recent building project is the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus.
Barbara C. Beattie, Executive Director
336/703-0001 voice & fax
bcb@wsyouthchorus.org
David Pulliam, Accompanist
This performing season marks H. David Pulliam's seventh year with the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus. He received the MMus and BMus in Organ Performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts as a student of Dr. John Mitchener. Further study was at the Calgary International Organ Academy with Simon Preston and David Higgs.
Described as "...remarkably fine" by Classical Voice of North Carolina, solo and collaborative performances have taken David to England, Italy, Canada, and both coasts of the United States, performing in venues such as: the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jack Singer Concert Hall in Calgary, Canada; the National Basilica; the National Cathedral; Piccolo Spoleto Festival; and solo performances for the Organ Historical Society, the Hymn Society of the United States, and the Music Teachers National Association.
David has served on the choral faculty of the NC Governor's School, the Royal School of Church Music's Summer Training Courses, and is the Vocal Coach and Collaborative Pianist at Salem College. He is Organist and Choirmaster at Christ Church (Episcopal), Martinsville, VA, where he administers a Royal School of Church Music program.
2010 - 2011 Board of Directors
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Cheryl Lindsay Bonnie Poindexter Robin Miller Athena Karahalios Sally Reed Edward Hardy
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BOARD MEMBERS Hannah Appel Alyson Francisco David Hastings Louis Edward Hernandez Rebecca Miller Anna Morris Stephanie Nelson Lucia Rosenblatt Tina Stearns Jake Wharton
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Arts Council Liaison Aurelia Eller Advisory Board Constance F. Gray
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