BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//github.com/ical-org/ical.net//NONSGML ical.net 5.1.4//EN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:    Come join us!  Friday\, December 4th at Noon Location: D oubleTree by Hilton Hotel\,  1775 E. Cheyenne Mt. Blvd\, Colorado Springs .   Speaker: Daniel Price Daniel Price is an accomplished and award-winni ng conductor with a Doctorate in Choral Conducting from the College-Conser vatory of Music in Cincinnati. He began his 25-year career in the Air Forc e as the conductor of The United States Air Force Singing Sergeants\, a 24 -voice professional choir based in Washington\, D.C.  In addition to lead ing numerous organizations of up to 60 professional musicians with budgets in excess of $1M to present more than 500 performances a year\, he was ho nored by being appointed Air Force Chief of Music in 2011. During his care er he led numerous performances in the White House and the Naval Observato ry for 5 Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States\, a command p erformance for King Rama IX of Thailand\, and numerous Independence Day pe rformances at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.  After commanding The U SAF Academy Band in Colorado Springs for 6 years he became co-founder and Artistic Director of ChoralSong of Colorado Springs in 2023. Program Title : Building Community Through Music Music surrounds us so completely we ha rdly realize it’s there. But can you imagine watching a movie with no mu sic? Sitting through a church service without music? Attending a professio nal sporting event with no pre-game\, national anthem\, or half-time show?   Music surrounds us first and foremost because we enjoy it. But music al so surrounds us because we’re affected by it—and this should cause us to stop and think carefully about what’s happening. Human cultures throu ghout history have crafted and used music in a wide range of ways. Why\, a nd to what end? How should we be thinking about music as community leaders ? How can organizations like ChoralSong of Colorado Springs strengthen our city’s sense of community?     Square Link: Skip the Line at the Do or Click this Link to Pay for Lunch!    RSVPs:  Due Monday\, 5 pm fo r all members and guests.    Guest RSVP Members\, please register your g uest via your invitation link.   If your guest has dietary restrictions\, please email me separately to ensure I let the venue know.     Lunch M eal Charge: Guests and non-invoiced members have a $35 meal charge.  Pay via Club Runner\, the invitation link\, or at the door with cash\, credit card\, or check.  DTEND:20261204T203000Z DTSTAMP:20261115T133348Z DTSTART:20261204T184500Z LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:December 4th - Building Community Through Music UID:44666677-b2e9-4cc0-bb3b-ed34ab339629 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Friday\, December 4th at Noon

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Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\,

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Speaker: Daniel Price

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Daniel Price is an accomplished and award-winning conductor with a Doctorate in Choral Conducting from the College-Conserva tory of Music in Cincinnati. He began his 25-year career in the Air Force as the conductor of The United States Air Force Singing Sergeants\, a 24-v oice professional choir based in Washington\, D.C. \; In addition to l eading numerous organizations of up to 60 professional musicians with budg ets in excess of $1M to present more than 500 performances a year\, he was honored by being appointed Air Force Chief of Music in 2011. During his c areer he led numerous performances in the White House and the Naval Observ atory for 5 Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States\, a comman d performance for King Rama IX of Thailand\, and numerous Independence Day performances at the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial.  \;After commandi ng The USAF Academy Band in Colorado Springs for 6 years he became co-foun der and Artistic Director of ChoralSong of Colorado Springs in 2023.
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Program Title: Building Commun ity Through Music

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Music su rrounds us so completely we hardly realize it&rsquo\;s there. But can you imagine watching a movie with no music? Sitting through a church service w ithout music? Attending a professional sporting event with no pre-game\, n ational anthem\, or half-time show? \; Music surrounds us first and fo remost because we enjoy it. But music also surrounds us because we&rsquo\; re affected by it&mdash\;and this should cause us to stop and think carefu lly about what&rsquo\;s happening. Human cultures throughout history have crafted and used music in a wide range of ways. Why\, and to what end? How should we be thinking about music as community leaders? How can organizat ions like ChoralSong of Colorado Springs strengthen our city&rsquo\;s sens e of community?

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