MEET OUR DIRECTOR
Mr. Sayer serves as an active adjudicator and clinician for the MSHSAA as well as Music in the Parks. He served the West Central District of Missouri as All-State Choir Coordinator for ten years, and as 9-10 Grade Honor Choir Coordinator for three years. He currently directs a church choir as well as serves as organist at three churches in the Marshall area.
Mr. Sayer is the recipient of the SFCC Teacher Achievement award, the Distinguished Service Award from the MSHSAA, the Outstanding District Director Award from the Missouri Choral Directors Assoc., the Kansas State High School Activities Association Service and Leadership Award, Marshall High School Teacher of the Year award in 2006 and 2010, the Sharon Murphy Award for Dedication to the Profession of Teaching, the Missouri Fine Arts Academy Teacher Appreciation Award, the UMKC Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs Honor Award, and the UMKC University Scholars Award for 1981-82.
Mr. Sayer is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, the Missouri Choral Directors Association, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the National Pastoral Musicians Association, the American Guild of Organists, the Royal College of Organist's, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Pi Kappa Lambda.
This will be Mr. Sayer's 16th year at the podium of the Marshall Community Chorus.
Ron Sayer brings over 40 years of experience and knowledge to the podium of the Marshall Community Chorus. Having taught music at all levels of education, he retired from full-time teaching and as the Music Arts Coordinator at State Fair Community College in July of 2019. He currently serves as an Adjunct Instructor of Music at State Fair Community College, and Missouri Valley College.
He served as the National Coordinator for Community Choruses for the American Choral Directors Association from 2010-2015. He has a special interest in the role of life-long singing and the effects of aging on the singing voice. He was able to continue his research into this area in July of 2022
when he was selected to be a delegate to the first ever
Summit on Voice Pedagogy held in conjunction with the Aspen Summer Music Festival, and led by opera legend Renee Fleming.