Ohio Choral Directors Association

In addition to her work with the children’s choir, she teaches general music at the Montessori Academy of Cincinnati and is Educational Coordinator for the Linton Chamber Music Series’ Peanut Butter and Jam Sessions, a Post Corbett Award winning classical music concert series for preschool age children. Level III Orff Schulwerk certified, she is an experienced general music specialist in public and private schools, has worked in churches with musicians of all ages, and has taught voice privately.
Regularly serving as a guest conductor, she has directed international, state and regional honor and festival choirs, most recently in Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. Her choirs have performed for State, Regional, and National professional development conferences. In demand as a clinician, she has presented workshops on choral artistry and vocal development for Music Educators National Conference regional conventions, Ohio and Indiana Music Educators Associations, Northeast Ohio Education Association, and Orff Schulwerk workshops. In addition, she has presented techniques for educating and performing chamber music for young children at the Chamber Music America National Convention.
Mrs. Lana regularly prepares her choirs for performance with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Vocal Arts Ensemble, the Cincinnati May Festival, international festivals and CCM choirs and orchestras. She has also had children perform with a Broadway Touring Company and regularly prepares them for performance with the CCM Opera Division. In addition to preparing CCC for three compact disc releases and regularly recording concerts, Mrs. Lana has prepared them for two Telarc label recordings with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Erich Kunzel and two national recordings for Earthsongs Publications.
The visionary for CCC, Mrs. Lana initiated CCC’s Composition Competition. Through that now annual event and a rich history of commissioning composers, she has originated and is editor for the Cincinnati Children’s Choir Choral Series with publisher Colla Voce. The series launched in fall 2008. National publications include American Choral Director’s Association’s (ACDA) Choral Journal, Choristers Guild’s The Chorister, and Chamber Music America’s CMA Matters. She has served the Ohio Choral Director’s Association (OCDA) as Children’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair developing and implementing the first state children’s honor choir in Ohio. As ACDA Central Division Children’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair, she organized and administrated a multi-state honor choir.
She continues to serve OCDA as Chair of the Honor Choir and is presently serving ACDA as the National Children’s Choir Repertoire and Standards Chair. Mrs. Lana is also a member of Chorus America, MENC, AOSA, and IFCM. She earned both Bachelor and Master degrees in Music Education from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. With a focus in Choral Conducting, Mrs. Lana earned a Cognate in Voice and has done post-graduate work with Henry Leck at Butler University.

Directions to Cowan Hall, site of the performance of the OCDA Children's Honors Choir. Parking is available around the hall but is limited; please plan ahead when considering parking. More information can also be viewed through the Otterbein campus map.


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The postmark deadline for all materials is April 15, 2011. Please see your nominating teacher for more details, as they may want to submit materials earlier than the deadline in the hopes of securing your child a place in the honor choir.