HYOC Staff Album



	Chris Eilers - Asst. Director Christine Eilers has been an elementary school teacher for 25 years with a variety of private Lutheran schools. She is currently teaching at Our Redeemer Lutheran Schools. She also spent several years as the Education Coordinator and Executive Assistant at the Honolulu Symphony. She taught for many years at Our Savior Lutheran School where she also served as the school’s choir director. She has a BA in Education with a concentration in church music from Concordia University in St. Paul, MN. Ms. Eilers is organist at Christ Lutheran Church in Mililani, and a member of the Honolulu Symphony Chorus and the Hawaii Opera Theatre Chorus. Chris also serves as state secretary for the American Choral Directors Association. She has been with HYOC since the summer of 2000.
Diane Koshi - Asst. Director Diane Sunada Koshi was born in Tokyo, Japan. She holds a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance from the University of Hawaiÿi at Mänoa. Since 1991, Ms. Koshi has been an Assistant Director with the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus where she has directed the Bambini, Angeli, Coro, Cantilena, and Scelto ensembles and prepared children’s choruses for Hawaii Opera Theater productions. She is currently the elementary music teacher and elementary and jr. hi. Choir director at the Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu. During her tenure as the Director of Choirs at St. Andrew’s Priory School for Girls from 1995 through 2004, she developed nine grade level choruses (grades 4-12) and four performing ensembles (grades 2-12). Ms. Koshi performs regularly with Kawaiolaonäpükanileo, a Hawaiian chorus and the Hawaii Opera Theater Chorus. She has co-chaired many Hawaii All-State High School Honor Choir Festivals and served as a clinician for many workshops and festivals. In addition to educating and performing, Ms. Koshi is also a Na Hoku Hanohano Award-winning producer of Hawaiian music. Her most recent endeavor, Our Ohana’s 1st Christmas, (featuring the Priory Children’s Choir) hit the Billboard World Music chart at #14 and was nominated for a Na Hoku Hanohano Award (Hawaiian Grammy Awards). In her spare time, Ms. Koshi is a neophyte student of hula with Halau Hula Ka No`eau. Ms. Koshi holds Level I certifications in Orff Schulwerk, Creating Artistry, and Music Mind Games. Ms. Koshi is a member of ACDA (American Choral Directors Association), MENC (Music Educators National Conference), HMEA (Hawaii Music Educators Association), AOSA (American Orff Schulwerk Association), HOSA (Hawaii Orff Schulwerk Association), NAPAMA (North American Performing Arts Managers and Agents), WAA (Western Arts Alliance), NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), and SAI (Sigma Alpha Iota - International, Professional Fraternity for Women in Music).
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