Biography
Dr. Allyss Haecker is currently the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies at Emory & Henry College (VA) where she teaches voice, conducting, choral methods, aural skills, and directs the Concert and Chamber Choirs. Dr. Haecker formerly served as the Director of Vocal Studies at Newberry College (SC) and the National Music Conservatory in Amman, Jordan. As a recipient of the T. Anne Cleary International Research Fellowship, Dr. Haecker lived, studied, and performed throughout South Africa. For sixteen years, Dr. Haecker served on the vocal and conducting faculty of the Performing Arts Institute, a summer festival for students of music, dance, and theater. Previously, she taught choral music in the Fenton Area Public Schools (MI) and was the Artistic Director of the Saginaw Youth Chorale (MI). Dr. Haecker received her Doctorate of Musical Arts in choral conducting at the University of Iowa, her Master’s of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of Illinois, and her Bachelor’s of Music Education degree in choral music education from Converse College (SC). Dr. Haecker is a frequent adjudicator and guest conductor for district, state, and regional choral festivals and has served on the South Carolina ACDA Board of Directors.
Dr. Haecker is also an active soloist having performed Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Bach’s Magnificat and St. Matthew Passion, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Hor mein Bitten, Haydn’s Creation, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Faure’s Requiem, Haydn's Missa brevis Joannis de Deo. Dr. Haecker's operatic and musical theater performances include Montreverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Verdi's La Forza del Destino and La Traviata, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffman, Delibes' Lakme, Sondheim's Into the Woods, and Miranda's In The Heights.
Dr. Haecker is also an active soloist having performed Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Israel in Egypt, Bach’s Magnificat and St. Matthew Passion, Mahler’s Second Symphony, Mendelssohn’s Hor mein Bitten, Haydn’s Creation, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Mozart’s Coronation Mass, Charpentier’s Te Deum, Faure’s Requiem, Haydn's Missa brevis Joannis de Deo. Dr. Haecker's operatic and musical theater performances include Montreverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea, Verdi's La Forza del Destino and La Traviata, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Cosi fan Tutte, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffman, Delibes' Lakme, Sondheim's Into the Woods, and Miranda's In The Heights.