OUR DIRECTORS

Meet the creators of Reprise

MEET JANET REITER & APRIL B. DUVIC, the dynamic directing duo behind Reprise.
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Photo Credit: Katherine Brock at Brock Photography

April B Duvic

Co-Artistic Director
APRIL BROOKINS DUVIC joined the music faculty at Clark College in Vancouver, WA in 1990; teaching Applied Voice, Music Education and Music Appreciation classes as well as directing the Women's Choral Ensemble, Concert Choir and the Clark College Chorale prior to her retirement in June 2016. She was the first two-time recipient of the College's Exceptional Faculty Award (2001 & 2007) and is a frequent adjudicator for both choral and solo vocal competitions and master classes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. She is an active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) , the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) as well as a member of the National Association for Music Education (NAME). Her voice students have enjoyed success at many NATS auditions over the years and she has received recognition as the teacher of two MTNA high school national performance competition winners. She maintains a private vocal studio with students ranging in age from 10 to senior citizens in Vancouver, WA.

Active in musical theatre at Clark College and in the Portland/Vancouver area, Ms Duvic has received awards for her musical direction of Evita, West Side Story, and Guys and Dolls. Her most recent musical direction was Urinetown in 201, which marked her 17th production at Clark College. No stranger to the stage, her favorite roles include Lizzie (110 in the Shade), Arlene (Baby), Mother Abbess (The Sound of Music).

Ms. Duvic earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Whitman College and her Masters of Science in Teaching from Portland State University. Ms Duvic has been featured as a vocal soloist with the Clark College Orchestra; she was a member of the Leyden Singers, the Oregon Symphony's Vocal Pops ensemble, the Portland Opera Chorus and is currently a member of Chor Anno.
Photo Credit: Katherine Brock at Brock Photography

Janet Reiter

Co-Artistic Director
JANET REITER retired from full-time teaching after 21 years in the Evergreen School District, as the Choral Music Director at Mountain View High School. After her retirement, she was the choral director at Skyview High School for 3 years, and also taught Vocal Jazz at Clark College for 9 years. While still teaching at Clark, she and April Duvic founded and co-directed the Clark College Chorale for many years.

While at Mountain View High School, Ms. Reiter's concert choirs and vocal jazz ensembles were frequently featured at Music Educator's State and Northwest conferences. In addition, her vocal jazz ensemble performed at the International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE) conferences in Chicago, New Orleans and San Antonio. Ms. Reiter was a 2002 recipient of the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) Hall of Fame Award. She serves as the founding director of the 70-voice Seton Catholic Concert Choir located in Vancouver, WA. Ms. Reiter is a University Supervisor in the Graduate Teacher Education Program (GTEP) at Portland State University. She continues to be an adjudicator and choral consultant at festivals and competitions throughout Washington and Oregon.

Ms. Reiter earned her Bachelor of Arts in Music from Central Washington University and her Masters in Teaching from Lewis and Clark University. In 1986 she received a second Masters Degree in Piano Performance, also from Lewis and Clark University. She continues to perform with Chor Anno, a 30-voice choral ensemble comprised of choral music educators and professional singers from WA, OR and WY. 
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