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John Koza, Music Director
John Koza earned his Master's Degree in choral conducting and his Bachelor’s Degree in voice at San José State University. In addition to conducting the Camerata Singers he is the Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival Youth Chorus and the Assistant Conductor for the Carmel Bach
Festival Chorus and Chorale; Director of Music for First Presbyterian Church of Monterey, and is on the faculty of Hartnell College. John has performed throughout Europe with the Choraliers (San José State University), winning five of the highest awards in the Seghizzi Choral Competition in Gorizia, Italy as well as performing for the World Symposium of Choral Music in Rotterdam. In September 2000, the American Choral Directors Association published his Master’s Thesis: “Twentieth-Century Choral Settings of Psalm 150” in the Choral Journal. Well known in the Monterey Bay area for his imaginative programming, John, dedicated to mentoring singers in the disciplines and joys of choral singing is now being recognized for his passion, dedication and instinct for music.
Barbara Shuler, writer for the "Intermezzo" feature in the Monterey Herald wrote about John recently, click here to read more.
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