KREHBIEL
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He had a desire to play football in college, but his father wouldn't let him. After spending a lot of money on music lessons, Mr. Krehbiel did not want his son knocked around on the football field. So, young Clayton ended up playing piano in his undergraduate years at KU.
Clayton Krehbiel, professor of choral music at KU, received his B.A. from KU in 1942. Besides playing piano and tennis, Krehbiel found time to sing in Dean D. M. Swarthout's choir. After graduation from KU, Krehbiel taught school in Oberlin for two years. For the next five years, New York was his home.
WHILE WORKING on his master's degree at Columbia Teacher's College, Krehbiel was associated with the Fred Waring and Robert Shaw chorales. He also did other professional and radio choir work.
During his five-year association with the Shaw group, Krehbiel was assistant conductor and tenor soloist. His wife, whom he met in New York and married in 1948, also sang with the Shaw group. After traveling a year with the Shaw Chorale, Krehbiel returned to KU.
He became a member of the KU faculty in 1949, taking over the responsibility for all choral music at KU in 1955. Presently Krehbiel is also choral director for the Midwestern Music and Art Camp held every summer on the KU campus. Krehbiel's responsibilities include being in charge of the chorus (about 275
voices), the concert and chamber choirs (100 voices), and the chorale (about 25 voices).
Daily Kansan
Friday, February 11, 1966
SEVERAL TIMES since leaving New York, KrebbieI has been asked to again lend his services to the Robert Shaw Chorale. Ending his 15-year KU association this year, KrebbieI will succeed Robert Shaw, who has been named conductor of the Atlanta Symphony beginning with the 1967-68 season, to his position as director of the Cleveland Orchestra-Chorus. He will assume his new duties at Cleveland in September.
Joining the Shaw Chorale again in 1956, Krehbiel went on a tour of 20 European countries with the group. That same year, he joined the chorale in making two record albums.
In 1955, Krehbiel went to San Diego State Teacher's College to conduct a two-month workshop for professional singers and train choruses for Robert Shaw.
Krehbiel was the recipient of the HOPE award given for the first time in 1959 by the KU senior class. The Honors for Outstanding Progressive Educators award carries with it a $100 grant.
IN 1960, he was named adviser to the Lawson Gould publishing firm of New York. His job was to recommend choral works for publication in a new series devoted to symposia.
Going abroad again in 1962, Krehbiel accompanied the Shaw group on a tour of the Soviet Union. He served as soloist and assistant conductor on the tour.
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Krehbiel comes from a wellknown Mennonite family. He was born in Moundridge. Both his parents and his brother enjoyed music and played various musical instruments.
AS A MEMBER of the KU faculty, Krehbiel organized the University Chorale in 1951. The group was organized to perform choral literature done neither by the A Cappella Choir nor the other choral groups. The chorale is a volunteer and non-credit group. It has become one of the state's most popular musical organizations and performs about 50 concerts a year. Krehbibel has also conducted choral clinics in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Iowa, New Mexico, Illinois, and Louisiana as well as throughout Kansas.
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COMING FEB. 12, 1966
7:00 p.m. Until ?
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The University Lutheran Church and Student Center of Lawrence will be dedicated Sunday at the church building, 15th and Iowa streets.
Church Dedication Set
St. Louis, at the 3 p.m. dedicatory service.
The Rev. Alan Bruns, President of the Kansas District of Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, will deliver the morning festival worship at 11 a.m.
RECOGNITION WILL be given to the artistic surroundings used in worship by the Rev. Donald Defner of Concordia Seminary,
The Rev. Mr. Deffner has been associate professor of religious education at the seminary since November, 1959. He previously served as campus pastor for the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, at the University of California in Berkeley, where he received his Ph.D. in 1957.
After the service by the Rev. Mr. Bruns, a luncheon will be served for the guests. Tours will be conducted to view the artistry in construction.
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