{"id":12721,"date":"2024-07-30T13:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=12721"},"modified":"2024-07-30T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:37:50","slug":"colleen-chester","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/music-department\/faculty\/colleen-chester\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleen Chester\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A native of California, Colleen\u202fChester\u202fis Assistant Professor and Director of Choral Activities at Winona State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before her graduate studies, she was previously the Director of Vocal Music at San Luis Obispo High School and Laguna Middle School in San Luis Obispo, CA. While seeking her doctorate at Michigan State University, she conducted\u202fViridis&#8211;the university\u2019s non-auditioned treble ensemble&#8211;in addition to teaching courses in undergraduate conducting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her passion for engaging singers at all levels has led to her work with numerous non-profit organizations, including Choral Arts Initiative, San Luis Obispo Master Chorale and SLO Opera, Hillsdale Arts Chorale, and Oregon Bach Festival. She has also served on state ACDA boards in both California and Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr.\u202fChester\u202fmaintains an active professional agenda as a clinician, presenter, adjudicator, solo performer, as well as a proud ensemble member of&nbsp;<em>Mirabai<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>DMA: Choral Conducting | Michigan State University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MM: Conducting | University of Georgia <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA: Music Education | California State University, Fullerton <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                            <div class=\"h3\">Contact<\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n            \n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Colleen Chester\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Assistant Professor, Director of Choirs\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p>DuFresne PAC 243<\/p>\n<p>507.457.5251<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\" href=\"mailto:colleen.chester@winona.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Email Colleen Chester<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about the academic background of Colleen Chester, a faculty member of WSU&#8217;s Music Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":10220,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[330],"class_list":["post-12721","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-music","tag-contact-profile"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12721"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15243,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12721\/revisions\/15243"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}