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 SANDY ROBINSON MARRONMASTER DIRECTOR 700, LIONS GATE CHORUS, 2008 INTERNATIONAL BRONZE MEDALISTS 2010 INTERNATIONAL SILVER MEDALISTS TENOR, BRAVA!, 2004 INTERNATIONAL QUARTET CHAMPIONS TENOR, MARTINI QUARTET 2010 INTERNATIONAL 4TH PLACE QUARTET APPROVED SOUND JUDGE CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL FACULTY PROFESSIONAL BARBERSHOP COACH, SAI & BHS Sandy comes from a diverse background of musical experience and education including 12 years of piano and theory training with the Royal Conservatory of Music in Canada, 5 years in Choral Music Education at the University of Victoria, singing and conducting classical, jazz and musical theatre. Sandy received her Bachelor of Arts & Education degrees in Psychology and Music Education from the University of Victoria in 1986, after which she moved to Vancouver. A year later, she discovered Sweet Adelines. Sandy joined the Burnaby Chorus in 1987 and within one year became Tenor Section Leader. In her second year, she was appointed Assistant Director and immediately enrolled in the Directors Certification Program. After completing the DCP in 1991, she accepted the challenge of becoming the front line director of the Lions Gate Chorus and has been with them ever since. Under Sandy’s direction, Lions Gate Chorus has achieved 7 regional gold medals, and as a result, has competed on the International Competition stage 7 times...so far. With each appearance as competitors, the chorus' score has always improved over the last appearance. Their placement record is as follows:
Sandy is a Master Director 700 in the Sweet Adelines International Directors Certification Program, a 17 year member of the Regional Music Faculty, and an Approved Sound Judge in the International Judging Program. She also serves as Certified International Faculty, and as such, teaches at the International Education Symposium (IES) each summer, and is hired by other regions to do music schools. Sandy also sang tenor with Brava!, the 2004 International Quartet Champions, crowned “Queens of Harmony” in Phoenix, Arizona. Brava! is the first quartet from Canada to ever win the International Championship. She now sings with a brand new quartet called Martini, who won the Region 26 quartet competition in April 2008, qualifying them to compete at International in the fall of 2008 in Honolulu. Sandy is a professional coach, and travels the world coaching choruses and quartets in both the Sweet Adelines & Barbershop Harmony Society organizations. She coaches and teaches all over the world, including  Canada, USA, Scotland,
England, New Zealand, Australia and Germany. Two years ago, Sandy married Tim Marron, and has since moved to Tacoma, WA, where she happily resides with Tim and his two beautiful sons, Connor (12) and Austin (10). Tim is a Police Sergeant for Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and is a barbershopper, too, currently singing lead in a fabulous quartet called Jet Set, the 2007 Evergreen District Champions. Although the newly blended family is living in Tacoma, WA, Sandy still commutes north to Vancouver each week to direct Lions Gate! If you would like to contact Sandy, send an email to queensandy@comcast.net.
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