Robyn Lana Choral Series | Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Inc.

Robyn Lana -

Founder, Managing Artistic Director, Cincinnati Youth Choir, Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Choral Faculty, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

Interpreting choral music for diverse audiences in a way that is relevant to young people while maintaining the highest standards of music education and performance sums up the work of Robyn Reeves Lana.

When not teaching at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio or leading Cincinnati Youth Choir, Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, over the 30 years, Mrs. Lana has served as conductor and clinician across the United States and at internationally acclaimed venues such as The Forbidden City Concert Hall (Beijing), The World Expo (Milan), St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City), Minatomirai Hall (Yokohama). Internationally she has served as a clinician in China (Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen), Malaysia, Ireland, Italy, and Singapore. Closer to home, she has been a featured guest conductor at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Cincinnati’s Music Hall. She has served as clinician or guest conductor at state and regional choral events in over 30 states. Lana has served on the choral faculty at Xavier University and has been a guest professor at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Lana is the editor of a choral series with Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Her book, Voices in Harmony is a collaborative resource that celebrates many successful philosophies in choral education. Having often published in the ACDA Choral Journal, she served as it’s guest editor in 2016 and 2019. She also is also published in Chorister Guild’s The Chorister, Chamber Music America’s CMA Matters, and ChorTeach.

Achieving an extensive list of orchestral and operatic repertoire for children and praise from collaborating conductors including Craig Hella Johnson, John Adams, Louis Langrée, John Morris Russell, Robert Porco, Marcus Huber, James Conlon, Earl Rivers and Mark Gibson among others, Lana regularly prepares her choirs for collaborations with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Cincinnati May Festival, Cincinnati Opera, and CCM choirs and orchestras. She prepared CYC for two Telarc label recordings with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra under the direction of the late Maestro Erich Kunzel.

Nationally, Lana has served on the Chorus America Board of Directors (2015-2024) and ACDA in two leadership positions: Children’s Choir and Community Youth Repertoire and Standards Chair (2007-2013) and Chair of Advocacy and Collaboration Standing Committee (2016-2021).

Robyn Reeves Lana earned her bachelor and master of degrees in music education with a cognate in voice and a concentration in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She holds Level III Orff-Schulwerk Certification and has done focused study on children’s choirs at Butler University with Henry Leck. Ms. Lana’s work has earned many awards including CCM’s Distinguished Alumna Award (2012), a gold medal in the World Choir Games (2012 - placing first in the United States), the American Prize for Choral Performance (2015), the Chorus America ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming (2016), Chorus America Award for Education and Community Engagement (2018), and Cincinnati CityBeat’s Best Local Vocal Arts Group (2015 and 2017). Most recently she was celebrated in the book Imagineers • Impresarios • Inventors: Cincinnati’s Arts and the POWER OF HER which tells the inspiring stories of the formidable influence of women in the arts throughout Cincinnati’s dynamic history.

42 Octavos from the Robyn Lana Choral Series
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TITLE

COMPOSER/ARRANGER

VOICING

And Now Abide

Marcus Paus

SSAA

As the sun opens the flower

Andrew Miller

SSA

Ban, Ban, Caliban

Dan Forrest