Mollie Stone- Associate Conductor, Concert Choir

Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir Conductor

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Mollie Stone holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College and a Master of Music degree in conducting from Westminster Choir College. She served as the Graduate Associate for the Amherst College music department in 2001, where she taught music history and theory, and assisted in directing all of the college choirs. During this time, she also served as a conductor for the Hampshire Choral Society’s Young People’s Chorus, and the Western Wind summer program’s children’s choir.

In 2001, Ms. Stone received a grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation to travel to South Africa to create a DVD on how to teach black South African choral music in the oral tradition. Ms. Stone has studied at the University of Cape Town, and currently gives workshops on black South African choral music across the U.S. She recently gave workshops on South African music through Ravinia’s Outreach Program, and presented her DVD, “Vela Vela”, in an interest session at ACDA’s Eastern Division conference in New York City.

Last year, Ms. Stone received another generous grant from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation that enabled her to return to South Africa this summer to study how South Africans are using choral music in the struggle against HIV. Since her return, she has been working with the nonprofit organization “Yes Is A World” to create educational performances about South African choral music and HIV education and prevention.

Ms. Stone grew up singing in Chicago Children’s Choir, and is proud to return as the Associate Conductor of the Concert Choir, director of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir, and director of the Concert Choir’s Madrigal Ensemble.