COUNCIL ROCK HIGH SCHOOL NORTH

Department of Choral Activities

Director’s Bio

Director: Mr. W. Edward McCall  

Telephone: 968-7120

Email: singnorth@aol.com

 

Mr. E. McCall is a former student from St. Michael's Choir School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  As a student, he participated in dozens of concert tours, recordings, television shows, and local concerts.  After graduating from the University of Toronto, Mr. McCall began his conducting/teaching duties at the Choir School with a performance during the Papal Visit in 1984.    During his tenure, Mr. McCall conducted the 90-voice Tenor-Bass choir comprised of students from 9th grade through 12th grade.  In his final year, Mr. McCall gave a lecture-demonstration at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) as part of a concert tour.

Mr. McCall obtained a Masters degree in Music Education and Choral Conducting from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.   He served as graduate assistant to Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt, one of America's premier choral conductors.  At Westminster, Mr. McCall sang at the Spoleto festival in North Carolina and Italy. 

Over the years, Mr. McCall has served as choir director/organist in a number of churches both in Canada and the United States.  Recently, he was the conductor of the Lawrenceville ConcertSingers, an outreach choir from Lawrenceville Presbyterian.  From 1994 until this year, Mr. McCall has served as a music director for the Off-Broad Street Theater in Hopewell, NJ.

Mr. McCall came to Council Rock in 1994 as the general music teacher and choral conductor for Newtown Junior High.  In seven years, he has conducted hundreds of students and directed 7 fully-staged musicals for CraftPlayers.  His choirs have participated annually in the Music in the Parks Festival at Kutztown University receiving excellent and superior ratings.

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Last Updated: 02/18/03