As he concludes his year as the 2009-10 Penn State laureate and passes the title officially to poet Robin Becker, the 2010-11 Penn State laureate and professor of English and women's studies; Anthony Leach, associate professor of music/music education in the College of Arts and Architecture, examines the past year and his greater musical history at Penn State, which began 24 years ago. (more)
As his year as 2009-2010 Penn State laureate winds down, Anthony Leach, associate professor of music/music education in the College of Arts and Architecture, shares the story of his Penn State choir Essence of Joy, how it came to be and what it and its singers have contributed to the choral community locally, regionally and around the world. (more)
In his latest article Anthony Leach, the 2009-10 Penn State laureate and associate professor of music/music education in the College of Arts and Architecture, examines the notion of singing by posing questions: who sings, why, when, what and how? (more)
Before Penn State football had a coach, choral singing was alive and well at our University. Anthony Leach, the 2009-10 Penn State laureate, takes a few moments to recall some of the significant contributions that choirs from Penn State have made over many decades as well as current service to the University Park campus and beyond. (more)
Penn State Laureate Anthony Leach offers his thoughts on his selected theme, "Building Choral Communities," and shares background from his journey as a choral music educator. His goal as laureate to build musical communities extends to Penn State students, alumni and employees, as well as Pennsylvania residents and people around the world. (more)
Anthony Leach, the 2009-2010 Penn State laureate, shares some background on how one of Penn State's premier choral ensembles began, and how its positive impact eventually influenced the creation of two additional choirs -- one for alumni of the original choir, the other for community supporters who wanted to be a part of a similar choral experience -- that demonstrates Leach's theme as laureate, "Building Choral Communities." (more)
Anthony Leach, 2009-2010 Penn State laureate, is scheduled to visit locations across Pennsylvania during the spring 2010 semester. Revisit this link for updated lists of performance dates and locations. (more)
For the second time this fall, Anthony Leach, the 2009 Penn State Laureate, and faculty and students from the School of Music hosted high school choirs from central Pennsylvania for a day of choral workshops and interaction. A Still Life captured a few brief moments of their visit. (more)
When the student choirs from six Penn State campuses "raised the song!" recently in Harrisburg, it brought the University closer together for the nearly 200 singers who participated. The two-hour concert at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts featured choirs from Penn State's Harrisburg, Berks, Altoona, Erie, Schuylkill and University Park campuses, with each performing individually before all joined at the conclusion of the event for Mendelssohn's "Verleih uns Frieden" (Grant Us Peace) and the Penn State Alma Mater, from which the "Raise the Song!" concert title was derived. (more)
Anthony T. Leach, associate professor of music and music education in Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, has been named the University's second Penn State laureate. He succeeds the inaugural laureate, Kim Cook, professor of music in cello. Penn State's new laureate, a tenor vocalist, pianist and music educator, plans to engage audiences and help them connect to music as part of his yearlong duties to raise awareness of the arts and enrich the public's cultural experience. Featured in this video is "Walk Together Children," a song arranged by Leach in 1998 and performed here by Penn State choir Essence of Joy. (more)
