by Katherine R. Hinck*, ELCA News Service
Cyril M. Stretansky, director of choral activities, Susquehanna
University, Selinsgrove, Pa., received the Elaine Brown Award for
Choral Excellence at the summer conference of the American Choral
Directors Association of Pennsylvania, held August 6-8 at The Pennsylvania
State University, State College, Pa. Named after a long-time
professor of music and director of choral activities at Temple
University, Philadelphia, the award recognizes leadership and
excellence in choral conducting. Susquehanna University is one
of 28 colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America.
A native of Nanticoke, Pa., Stretansky graduated from Mansfield
(Pa.) University and earned a Master of Music degree from Temple
University. He also studied at the Meadowbrook School of Music,
Rochester, Mich., and the University of Cambridge, England.
Stretansky holds the Stretansky Distinguished Professorship Chair
in Choral Music, the first endowed chair in fine arts created at Susquehanna University established in his honor in 2001. He
recently completed a 24-year tenure as music director and
conductor of the Susquehanna Valley Chorale and Orchestra of the
Susquehanna Valley Chorale.
*Katherine R. Hinck is a senior journalism and religion major at
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D. This summer she is an
intern with the ELCA News Service. Information was provided by
Susquehanna University.
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