DIRECTOR STEVEN SEGRAVES
Steve
SeGraves became the Chorus Director in the fall of 1990. He
holds a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Wayne State University
and a Masters degree in Music Composition from Oakland University.
He has been an Assistant Director of the 3-time world champion WSU
Men’s Glee Club and the University’s Chamber Singers, the
Meadowbrook Estate Show Choir of Oakland University, and the Langsford
Singers of Detroit. He currently directs the 55 voice Langsford Men’s
Chorus in part to honor his mentor, the late Dr. Harry M. Langsford.
In the summer of 2008 the LMC was awarded second prize in the International
Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, North Wales. This is one of the oldest and most
prestigious choral competitions in the world, and is in fact where the late
Luciano Pavarotti began his amazingly successful sing career.
Steve has studied jazz voice with April Arabian-Tini, composition with
Stanley Hollingsworth, conducting with Brazeal Dennard, jazz piano
with Matt Michaels, and jazz theory with Phil Mattson. Steve also directs the adult choir
and the Praise Team at his home church, Covenant Baptist Church in West Bloomfield.
He is thankful to God for his church and for all his choirs that so enrich his life.
He is a published arranger, and he has been commissioned several times to compose or arrange songs for area choirs. While on tour in Washington D.C. In May, 2005, the Farmington Chorus joined forces with the United States Army Chorus to premiered his arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner”, Steve is also called upon as a guest artist to lead music workshops with choirs in and out of Michigan.
Steve was married to Amy Anderzak, on September 23, 2007, and they live in Westland. On August 24th of 2009 Amy gave birth to their first child, Brady Alexander SeGraves. Brady is adored by his mom and dad, and of course his sister and brother, Emily and Benji.
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