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 William
Enjoying a national reputation as an accompanist,
chamber musician, adjudicator and clinician, William
Buhr's work as a collaborative pianist has taken
him to performing engagements in over thirty countries
on six continents. Equally at home on the stages
of the world's most prestigious concert halls or
in the world of musical theater, Mr. Buhr's musical
partnerships are numerous and richly varied. He
has served on the accompanying staff of the Chicago
Symphony Chorus at the invitation of founder/director
Margaret Hillis, and has accompanied James Levine,
Michael Tilson Thomas, Yo-Yo Ma, June Anderson,
Berndt Weikl and others at the Ravinia Festival.
He has also worked with Stephen Sondheim, Patti
LuPone, Audra McDonald and Michael Cerveris in the
Ravinia Festival productions of Sunday In The Park
With George and Anyone Can Whistle.
Holding degrees from the University of Illinois
and DePaul University, Mr. Buhr has appeared in
many international festivals as well as numerous
national and regional conventions of major musical
and educational organizations. He is a voting member
of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,
and holds membership in many other professional
organizations. Mr. Buhr has served on the faculty
of the Choral Music Experience Institute for Choral
Teacher Education with Doreen Rao since its inception
in 1986, and has played for the national touring
companies of numerous Broadway musicals including
Showboat, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and The
Phantom of the Opera. He has served as the Associate
Director and accompanist of the New Classic Singers,
the resident professional choral ensemble at the
College of DuPage, since 1986, and has enjoyed an
association with Anima - Young Singers of Greater
Chicago since 1984.
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The Team
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Emily Ellsworth,
Artistic Director
Priscilla Smith,
Executive Director
William Buhr,
Principal Accompanist
Lauren
Sklar, Concert Chorus Conductor
Hannah Bingham,
Treble Chorus Conductor
Marcia
Smits, Concert Chorus Accompanist
Janel Greaves, Treble Chorus Accompanist
Mona
Jethmalani, MEC Instructor
Grace
Schwanda, MEC Instructor
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William
Buhr, Principal Accompanist