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Jerry Perales | Artistic Director PDF Print E-mail

Jerry Perales is currently in his fifteenth year as the Amarillo Youth Choirs’ Artistic Director.  Mr. Perales spent thirty years as a music educator in Corpus Christi, Azle, and Canyon, Texas teaching at the junior and senior high levels.  He continues to be an active senior and junior high choral clinician throughout the state of Texas, and has served on the Music and Dance Panel for the Texas Commission on the Arts.  In addition, he has served as the Director of Music Ministries at Polk St. United Methodist Church, St. Stephen United Methodist Church, and First United Methodist Church in Dumas, Texas as well as various other churches throughout the state of Texas.  Mr. Perales received his Bachelor of Music Education from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.  His choral studies include work with Mr. Ron Shirey, Dr. Bev Henson, Dr. Laura Hoggard, and Lois Land.  He also has worked with the late Robert Shaw, Paul Salomonovich, and numerous other noted choral legends.

Mr. Perales has performed as a guest soloist throughout the state as a tenor and counter-tenor.  His operatic roles include the Caliph in Kismet, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Little Bat in Susannah, and Smiley in The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.  He has performed in numerous Broadway productions but his favorite is the role of Tony in Westside Story. Mr. Perales has also been seen on the stage of Amarillo Little Theatre as Gerard Carriere in Phantom, for which he was awarded two ALTAs.   He has performed with regional theatres and professional choruses in Amarillo, Corpus Christi, with the Dallas Symphony Chorus, and with the West Virginia Opera Company.  He was the Music Director of TEXAS for seven years where he met his wife, Katrina.
 
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Board of Directors

Executive Committee

President Scott Stark
2106 South Polk Street
Amarillo, Texas  79109
806-371-8850

President-elect Jeff Tormey
702 East Bonita Avenue
Amarillo, TX 79108
806-381-9649

Vice President Gaylia Cochran
6703 Calumet
Amarillo, Texas  79106
806-355-0024

Secretary Edy Flippin
3526 Bremond Drive
Amarillo, Texas  79109
806-331-0036

Treasurer Agnes Ballard
6913 Kingsbury Drive
Amarillo, Texas  79109
806-353-0907

Parliamentarian Brad Burks
3506 Farwell
Amarillo, Texas  79109
806-356-6025


Committee Chairmen

Fundraising Chairman Dawn Willburn
4020 NE 13th
Amarillo, Texas 79107
806-383-5628

ABC Historian Pam Drubé
6831 Club Meadows Drive
Amarillo, Texas  79124
806-352-0269

AGC Historian Jennifer Sather
9 St. Andrews Dr.
Amarillo, Texas  79124
806-353-9753

ABC Uniform Chairman Cindy Hassell
3320 Palmetto
Amarillo, TX 79106
806-676-0029

AGC Uniform Chairman Kathy Martin
4703 Cherokee Tr.
Amarillo, Texas  79109
806-354-0481 or 382-4928

Vocal Camp Chairman Beverly Zearley
7514 Westover Place
Amarillo, Texas  79119
806-352-0739

Concert Logistics Chairman Frank Leal
7509 Westover Place
Amarillo, Texas 79119
806-467-1759

Member-at-Large Debbie Morrison
4509 Harvard St
Amarillo, TX  79109
806-677-0975

Hospitality Katherine Stribling
7617 Countryside
Amarillo, Texas  79119
806-356-6904
 

2010 - 2011 Season

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Fall Concert - Sunday, October 17, 2010, 3:00 pm - Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

Songs of the Season Concert - Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 7:00 pm, Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts

Spring Concert - Sunday, April 17, 2011, 3:00 pm - Amarillo Civic Center Auditorium

 

Other AYC dates:

X-treme Music Theory and Vocal Boot Camp - August 2 - 6, 2010, 9:00 - 12:00 noon - St. Stephen United Methodist Church

Amarillo Girl Preparatory Choir (AGPC) rehearsals - August 23, 2010, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen United Methodist Church Choir Room  Rehearsals will be held every Monday during the school year.

Amarillo Girl Concert Choir (AGCC) rehearsals - August 23, 2010, 5:15 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen United Methodist Church Choir Room  Rehearsals will be held every Monday during the school year.

Amarillo Boy Preparatory Choir (ABPC) rehearsals - August 24, 2010, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen United Methodist Church Choir Room  Rehearsals will be held every Tuesday during school year.

Amarillo Boy Concert Choir (ABCC) rehearsals - August 24, 2010, 5:15 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen United Methodist Church Choir Room  Rehearsals will be held every Tuesday during school year.

Auditions for new applicants - August 26 - 27, 2010, 4:30 - 6:30 pm - St. Stephen United Methodist Church

AGPC Parent Meeting - August 30, 2010, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

AGCC Parent Meeting - August 30, 2010, 5:30 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen UMC

ABPC Parent Meeting - August 31, 2010, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

ABCC Parent Meeting - August 31, 2010, 5:30 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen UMC

Uniform Fittings - September 18, 2010, Times TBD - St. Stephen UMC

Group & Individual Photos - September 25, 2010, AGPC - 11:00 am, ABPC - 12:30 pm, ABCC - 1:00 pm, Spotlight - 2:00 pm, AGCC - 2:30 pm, Pizzazz - 3:30 pm  Location TBD

ABCC Rehearsal Night - October 1, 2010, 5:30 - 10:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

AGCC Rehearsal Night - October 15, 2010, 5:30 - 10:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

ABPC School Tour - December 1, 2010, 8:00 - 2:45 pm - Schools TBD

AGPC School Tour - December 2, 2010, 8:00 - 2:45 pm - Schools TBD

Vocal Camp –
January 22, 2011, 8:00 - 3:30 pm - The Church at Quail Creek, 801 Tascosa Road

Amarillo Boy Concert Choir Spring Tour – 
February 16-21, 2011 – New York City

Awards Luncheon - May 1, 2011, 12:00 noon, Amarillo Civic Center Grand Plaza

Greater Southwest Music Festival –
May 5, 2011 – Globe News Center for the Performing Arts

ABCC School Tour - May 11, 2011, 8:00 - 2:45 pm - Schools TBD

AGCC School Tour - May 12, 2011, 8:00 - 2:45 pm - Schools TBD

Auditions –
May 11 – 12, 2011, 4:30- 6:30 p.m. –
St Stephen United Methodist Church, 4600 S. Western

Amarillo Girl Concert Choir Spring Tour – 
May 13-15, 2011 – Arlington, Texas

Last AGPC rehearsal - May 16, 2011, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

Last AGCC rehearsal - May 16, 2011, 5:15 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen UMC

Last ABPC rehearsal - May 17, 2011, 4:00 - 5:00 pm - St. Stephen UMC

Last ABCC rehearsal - May 17, 2011, 5:15 - 6:45 pm - St. Stephen UMC

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The Mission of the Amarillo Youth Choirs, Inc.


To provide boys and girls in the Amarillo and Panhandle area
who have special musical abilities with an opportunity to study
and perform challenging choral literature.

To bring talented boys and girls from all ethnic, religious, and
economic backgrounds together to work and sing in harmony.

To build self-esteem, create musical awareness, instill self-discipline,
promote responsibility, and develop musicianship.

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Patty Fuentes | Administrative Asst. E-mail

Patty Fuentes joined the Amarillo Youth Choirs staff in March 2009 as the Membership Coordinator.  Prior to this, she held an Amarillo Youth Choirs board position as the Historian for the girl choir from 2007 through 2009.  Mrs. Fuentes's professional work history includes working for Western/Anderson Merchandisers.  During her nine years of employment for Western/Anderson Merchandisers, she held various positions ranging from Accounting Clerk to Book Buyer.  In 1999, Mrs. Fuentes decided she would become a stay at home mom.  This not only allowed her to raise her children, but to also volunteer at Western Plateau Elementary School as an assistant to teachers for the past six years.
 
Noel-Paul Laur | Accompanist PDF

Noel-Paul Laur joined the Amarillo Youth Choirs staff in 2001 as the rehearsal and concert accompanist. He currently serves as the Organist and Associate Music Director for Polk Street United Methodist Church in Amarillo, the accompanist for the Amarillo Master Chorale and the Amarillo College Concert Choir, and the Organist for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School’s weekday Chapel services. Dr. Laur and his family have a long and involved history with AYC. His youngest son, Carter, was a member of the Amarillo Boy Choir for five years. His oldest daughter, Carling, was a member of the Amarillo Girl Choir for three years. His youngest daughter, Caitlin, was a member of the Amarillo Girl Choir for five years.

Dr. Laur was born in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada. He has the following degrees to his credit: A. Mus. Perf. (Organ Performance) from the University of Western Ontario, London, ONT; B. Mus. (Organ Performance) from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Wheaton, IL; M. Mus. (Church Music: Organ, Conducting) from Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ. Most recently, he completed the degree D.W.S. (Worship Studies) from the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, Orange Park, FL in June, 2008.

Also to his credit are the following certificates from the American Guild of Organists, New York, NY: Service Playing, Colleague, Associate, Choir Master, Fellowship. His teachers have included: piano – Joyce Laur and William Phemister; organ – Laura Bragg, John Inch, Edmund Wright, Stephen Cushman, Donald McDonald, Mark Brombaugh, Frank McConnell, Charles Parsons and Peter Brown; conducting – Rex Hicks, John Kemp, Frauke Haasemann and Joseph Flummerfelt.

Dr. Laur is married to Debra who serves as the Director of Early Childhood Ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Amarillo, TX. His oldest son, Chrysler (U.S. Army Sergeant) is attending Amarillo College. Carter (U.S. Navy Corpsman) is stationed at Twenty-nine Palms, CA and Afghanistan. Carling is a sophomore at Amarillo College, enrolled in physical therapy. Caitlin, a senior at Randall H.S., is a cadet in the Civil Air Patrol and will join the U.S. Marines in June, 2010.  Dr. Laur and his family enjoy their home in Lake Tanglewood.
 
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