The Kentucky Children's Chorus, comprised of 5th and 6th grade students will perform as part of the Kentucky Music Educator's Association Professional Development Conference held in Louisville, February 9-12, 2011. This chorus will perform on Thursday, February 10, 2010 at 5:15 pm.

Sandy R. Holland, the Artistic Director of the Charlotte Children's Choir, has been with the Choir since 1991. Ms. Holland received her Bachelor’s degree from Pfeiffer College and Master’s degree from Indiana University where she served as assistant conductor of the University Children’s Choir under the direction of Dr. Mary Goetze. She was recently selected as a Chorus America Masterclass Conducting Fellow with Dr. Joseph Flummerfelt and Dr. Ann Howard Jones.

Sandy is the founding director of the “Children’s Celebration in Song” summer program for 150 children in the greater Charlotte area, and co-founder of the Annual Piedmont Invitational Children’s Choir Festival for children’s choirs across the state of North Carolina. Under her direction the Charlotte Children’s Choir has appeared at Carnegie Hall, on the A&E Television Special “Judy Collins Christmas at Biltmore”, appears regularly with the Charlotte Symphony, with Opera Carolina, and was featured in 2006 on NPR’s “From the Top”. Her choirs have also sung for regional and national music educator’s conferences, including the 2006 National Kodály Conference, the ACDA Southern Division Convention in 2000 and 2008, and the American Orff-Schulwerk Association National Conference in 1996 and 2007. An experienced and sought after choral clinician, Sandy has conducted all-state choruses, workshops and clinics in twelve states.

Ms. Holland is a member of the Organization of American Kodály Educators, American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Chorus America, and the American Choral Director’s Association. She is certified in Orff-Schulwerk and has received the Artist Teacher Diploma from the Choral Music Experience Institute with Doreen Rao. Sandy is the past-chair of the Repertoire and Standards Committee on Children’s Choirs for the Southern Division of ACDA, and the 2008 Chair of the ACDA Southern Division Honors Choir.