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MSU College of Music Alumni Board Members

Tamara Grove

BM, 2004

Tamara Grove received her Bachelor of Music Education from Michigan State University where she worked with Dr. Charles K. Smith, former Director of Choral Activities, studied conducting with Dr. Jonathan Reed, Asst. Director of Choral Activities, and Dr. David Rayl, present Director of Choral Programs. She has also studied private voice with Jayne Sleder, Robert Bracey, and Richard Fracker.  Her previous positions include an internship as Director of Choirs for the Williamston School District with Sheri Tulloch; Interim Choir Director at Carman-Ainsworth schools in Flint, Michigan; Church Choir Director at the Presbyterian Church of Okemos, Michigan; and Director of Choirs at Christa McAuliffe Middle School and John Glenn High School in Bay City, Michigan. Since July of 2006, Ms. Grove has been the Director of Choirs at Traverse City Central High School in Traverse City, Michigan.  She is a long-standing member of both MSVMA and ACDA. She has also been awarded the Ellis Family Endowed Music Education Scholarship (2003) and the MSU School of Music Voice Scholarship (2000-2003).

Traverse City Central High School Choral Ensembles regularly participate in MSVMA Choral Festival and Solo and Ensemble Festival where they consistently receive superior ratings. Ensembles at TCCHS also regularly perform large works with orchestra, and have commissioned and premièred several new works. Students in Traverse City Central High School Choirs take an active role in their music education through student led sectionals, a peer-governing choir council, student organized and produced revues, student conductors, student composers, and by taking the role of cooperative teacher/learner in daily rehearsals. The TCCHS Choirs maintain a busy yearly performance schedule with regular performances throughout Michigan, and tours to San Antonio, New York, Salzburg and Vienna.

The Traverse City Central High School Choirs have been invited to perform at the Midwestern Music Conference, the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, and the 2001 ACDA National Convention. Students have also had the opportunity to work with notable conductors such as: Anton Armstrong, Janet Galván, Doreen Rao, and Sir David Willcocks.