Personell

Luanne Murphy has a

Bachelor of Music

degree from the Crane

School of Music at the

State University of New York at Potsdam, a Master of Music degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and thirty post-graduate hours in music education and vocal pedagogy. She taught music to students in grades Preschool through twelve for thirty-three years before founding the Heartland Community Chorus with three other women in the community. Private teaching included piano, guitar, and voice lessons. She has done musical direction for over eighty shows, ranging from first grade plays to high school productions to community theater. She and husband Richard own Murphy Music Service; they tune and repair pipe organs in Southern Illinois and the St. Louis area. There are three married children and three grandsons, in Brooklyn, NY, Columbus, OH, and Eugene, OR that they see as often as possible. Her favorite night of the week is Monday, because that is the rehearsal night for the Heartland Community Chorus, when she gets to make music with her friends.

Artistic Director

Luanne Murphy has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Crane School of Music at the State University of

New York at Potsdam, a Master of Music degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and thirty post-graduate hours in music education and vocal pedagogy. She taught music to students in grades Preschool

through twelve for thirty-three years before founding the Heartland Community Chorus with three other women

in the community. Private teaching included piano, guitar, and voice lessons. She has done musical direction for

over eighty shows, ranging from first grade plays to high school productions to community theater. She and

husband Richard own Murphy Music Service; they tune and repair pipe organs in Southern Illinois and the

St. Louis area. There are three married children and three grandsons, in Brooklyn, NY, Columbus, OH, and

Eugene, OR that they see as often as possible. Her favorite night of the week is Monday, because that is the

rehearsal night for the Heartland Community Chorus, when she gets to make music with her friends.

Luanne Murphy has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Crane

School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, a

Master of Music degree from Southern Illinois University at

Edwardsville, and thirty post-graduate hours in music education

and vocal pedagogy. She taught music to students in grades

Preschool through twelve for thirty-three years before founding the

Heartland Community Chorus with three other women in the community. Private teaching included piano, guitar, and voice lessons. She has done musical direction for over eighty shows, ranging from first grade plays to high school productions to community theater. She and husband Richard own Murphy Music Service; they tune and repair pipe organs in Southern Illinois and the St. Louis area. There are three married children and three grandsons, in Brooklyn, NY, Columbus, OH, and Eugene, OR that they see as often as possible. Her favorite night of the week is Monday, because that is the rehearsal night for the Heartland Community Chorus, when she gets to make music with her friends.

Board of Directors

President: Jeannie Korte

Vice President: Keith Schroeder

Recording Secretary: Melisa Hemann

Financial Secretary: Kelsey Louvier

Treasurer: Kathy Clark-Eller

Members: Christine Miller, Richard Murphy, Vicky Rankin, Steve Safford