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Welcome to Black Hills High School Choirs!
 

 

 

 

 

Name: Kathleen Alviar (She/Her)
Room: 70 (Choir Room)
Subject: Choral/Vocal Music
Phone Number: (360)709-7526
 
 
Schedule
 
*1st-3rd Periods at Tumwater Middle School*
 
4th Period - Concert Choir (Non-Auditioned Mixed Choir)
 
5th Period - Symphonic Choir (Auditioned Mixed Choir)
 
6th Period - Con Brio (Auditioned Treble Choir)
 
 
Mrs. Alviar's Zoom Meeting Room (for virtual meetings, lessons, and - in event of closure - all classes)
 
Important Dates
 
Sep. 28 - BHHS Spirit Fire/Parade/OPEN HOUSE
Nov. 14 - "A Dark & Stormy Night..." Fall Recital, 7PM (BHHS Commons)
Dec. 19 - BHHS Choir Winter Concert, 7PM, BHHS PAC
Jan. 3 - CMEA Regional Vocal Solo/Ensemble Competition Fee Due
Feb 1 - CMEA Regional Vocal Solo/Ensemble Competition, Timberline HS 
Feb 13-16 - WMEA All-State/All NW Choir, Spokane WA (By Audition)
Feb 20 - BHHS Arts Gala
Feb 14 - Singing Val-O-Grams (in school and community)
Feb 16-19 - WMEA All-State Choir, Yakima
Mar. 12 - BHHS Honors Concert, 7PM BHHS PAC
March (TBD -CMEA Regional Choir Festival)
Apr. 25/26 - STATE Solo/Ensemble Competition, CWU
May 28 - BHHS Choir Awards & Senior Recognition Concert, 7PM, BHHS PAC
June 5 - GRADUATION (St. Martins Pavilion - Symphonic & Con Brio, 7PM)
 
 
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Professional Biography

 

Kathleen Alviar is currently the director of choral music at Black Hills High School and Tumwater Middle School. She received her BA in music education (Magna Cum Laude) from Eastern Washington University in 1996 and her MM in Choral Conducting (With Distinction) from the University of Washington in 2011. Prior to teaching in Tumwater, Kathleen was the director of choral music at Hermiston High School, in Oregon, where she also taught audio technology, music theory & history, percussion, and theater.  In addition to her years as a music educator, Kathleen directed the choirs at Lincoln Heights United Church of Christ in Spokane, First Christian Church in Olympia, and an inmate chorus at the Two Rivers Correctional Institute in Umatilla, Oregon. She has also served as a clinician and guest conductor in Washington and Oregon. 

 

Aside from music, Kathleen enjoys hiking, traveling, writing, painting, and spending time with her family (husband James and daughters Claire & Sophia) and two Bassett Hounds (Beau & Cecil.)

 

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