St. Martin's Chamber Choir

Mark Sheldon Conducting Internship

The conducting internship is one of the few, perhaps the only one of its kind in the US. It provides this unique opportunity for college conducting students to conduct a professional choir on an ongoing basis during a concert season. Potential interns go through an application process and the intern is selected by St. Martin's Artistic Director, Tim Krueger. The intern is expected to attend all rehearsals, assist in rehearsals, and conduct when Mr. Krueger is unavailable. Perhaps most unusually, the intern is also assigned at least one piece to conduct in nearly every concert. The intern is warmly welcomed into the St. Martin's family and builds a rapport with singers and staff, attends St. Martin's board meetings, and serves on the Education and Outreach committee of the board. With all these duties also comes an internship stipend. The expectations are rigorous, but the rewards are immeasurable (see quotes below.)

Past conducting interns and their universities are:
2005 - 2006 Heather Kohl, University of Denver (DU)
2006 - 2007 Gabrielle Dietrich, University of Colorado (CU)
2007 - 2008 Ace Edewards, DU
2008 - 2009 Jill Schroeder, DU
2009 - 2010 Brian Stone, CU
2010 - 2011 Adam Kluck, University of Northern Colorado (UNC)
2011 - 2012 Hannah Wunsch, CU

Quotations from past Mark Sheldon conducting interns:

"Working as the Mark Sheldon Intern was one of the most valuable experiences I had as an aspiring conductor. It was a rare and privileged opportunity to stand in front of an ensemble of professional singers, who were also kind and supportive!" - Jill Schroeder

"This is a singularly unique opportunity where we as conductors are able to have the high caliber musical experience of a professional choir." - Brian Stone

" The Mark Sheldon internship proved to be a most rewarding educational and artistic experience. Conducting an ensemble of the highest musical caliber, in such a warm and supportive environment, is of infinite value to the young conductor." - Ace Edewards

Current Mark Sheldon Conducting Intern:
We welcome our current conducting intern for the 2011-2012 season, Hannah Wunsch.  Hannah comes to us as a graduate conducting student from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Future opportunities:
The Mark Sheldon conducting internship is ongoing. If you are a conducting graduate student in Colorado, please consider applying for this program. If you are a college choral music professor, or if you know of Colorado conducting students who would be interested, please let them know about this internship. 

All inquiries and applications should be directed to St. Martin's Artistic Director, Tim Krueger.