Henry Leck | |
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Birth name | Henry Leck |
Born | 1946 |
Genres | Classical |
Occupation | Conductor |
Years active | 1986–Present |
Website | www.icchoir.org |
Henry Leck (born c. 1946) is the founder and previous Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Children's Choir and the Indianapolis Youth Chorale. He is a choral clinician and a specialist on boys' changing voices.
In 1986, Leck formed the Indianapolis Children's Choir[1] which has toured internationally with much acclaim.[2]
Leck has conducted festival choirs in nearly every state in the U.S., and has led many international children's choir festivals, including the Musica Mundi Tuscany Children's Choir Festival in Italy, the Central European International Children's Choral Festival, the International Children's Choir Festival in Beijing, China, the Vienna Children's & Boys Choir Festival with the Vienna Sangerknaben, and the KI Concert Spain Festival. He recently conducted the Tokyo International HS Honor Choir in Japan. Leck founded the ARCI São Paulo Children's Honor Choir in Brazil, where he conducts bi-annually.[3]
Until his retirement in 2016, Leck served as Artistic Director of the Indianapolis Children's Choir for 30 years, where he built the legacy of one of the most respected Children's Choirs in the United States.[4] Leck also served on the Choral Faculty at Butler University for 27 years. He retired from his position as Associate Professor of Music at Butler in 2015,[5] and now serves as Professor Emeritus. He is also recognized as an Honorary Associate Professor at the Hong Kong Institute for Teacher Education.[6]