

Udland rehearses the 120 voice Concert Choir which regularly performs with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra and Butler A Cappella which performs pop a cappella repertoire. Mack published Ice Breakers 3 through Shawnee Mission Press.Īt Butler, Mr.
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His professional choral experience includes clinician work as well as travel with professional period music ensembles. He is an active member and presenter at ACDA and MENC conventions and has been the managing editor of the Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education for eight years. He has performed across the United States in multiple regional and national tour musical theatre productions. Matthew Udland holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Oklahoma City University in Music Theater and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Valerie was honored as the 2002 Butler Master Teacher, has delivered commencement addresses, and is in demand as a motivational speaker for numerous events. The Smorgaschord barbershop quartet has continuously placed in the International Collegiate Barbershop Competition.

Valerie's newest resource book, Putting the SHOW in Choir! covers every aspect from staging a choir to auditioning, hiring a choreographer to dancing with style, recruiting males to dealing with stage moms.Īt Butler, Valerie directs the Headliners Showchoir, the Smorgaschords Barbershop Quartet, and teaches tap dance and private voice. Valerie and Todd Schreiber co-authored Olympic Games for the Music Classroom. Her best-selling books, IceBreakers: 60 Fun Activities to Build a Better Choir and IceBreakers 2 include favorite team-building activities and fun games as well as encourage students to be positive, focus-minded musicians. Her choreography has been featured at Carnegie Hall, Disney World, national ACDA conventions and MENC workshops, the Miss America pageant and various national showchoir competitions and festivals around the country. Valerie Lippoldt Mack, music and dance instructor at Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas has gained experience and recognition as a music educator and professional choreographer throughout the United States.
