Arthur Broadbent III:  

Life As with you, I've been busy over the years since graduation. Never married, I've focused on career; probably more than I should have. I've taught choral music in Norfolk, Virginia since 1984 on both the Middle and High School levels. This year, so far, has been a big one for me: in the fall of 2010 I received my National Certification through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and I conducted my first (hopefully not my only) District Chorus event. For 15 years, 1989-2004 I performed in the professional core of the VA Symphony Chorus often as a featured soloist in the early formation of the chorus in the Classical series programs. As the chorus grew and funds became more available for out of town artists those opportunities faded, however I was often pulled in to solidify the bass section. With the Symphony Chorus I toured Europe in 1999 and 2001; and in 2004 I performed at the Breckenridge, Colorado Music Festival. The Virginia Chorale has always had a special place in my heart. I performed with them from 1989 through the spring of 2010; twenty-one years! In the Spring of 2007, I announced my retirement from the group (so I could have a life) and then the director up and resigned! So it was back in the group again as part of the Artistic Committee to reconfigure and search for a new conductor whom we found in June of 08. With his arrival I continued on for a few more years. I would still be with them now if not for the change in rehearsal times which occurred the fall of 2010 that would conflict with the choral group I now conduct. I performed ...Expand for more