Glenyta Hanson began teaching music in 1963. She has taught
at all levels in Sioux Falls beginning at Cleveland Elementary
School, Patrick Henry and Axtell Park Junior High Schools
then for the last sixteen years at Lincoln Senior High School.
After teaching vocal music forty-four years in the Sioux Falls
Schools, Mrs. Hanson retired in May of 2007. She holds both
a BA and an MA from Augustana College in Sioux Falls and has
done extensive post-graduate work at numerous colleges and
universities.
During her career in junior high and high school, her choirs
sang at many state conventions and in 2006 was one of six
choirs selected for the NCMENC Convention. Several of her
students have been selected to sing in state, regional and
national honor choirs. Mrs. Hanson’s choirs have traveled
all over the United States. Mrs. Hanson was the director
of the Singing Boys of Sioux Falls, a community boychoir,
for nineteen years and has been the SDACDA Boychoir Chair.
Mrs. Hanson has been on various boards in the community
and also served as a Girl Scout Leader and PTA President.
Mrs. Hanson is currently the choir director at Eastside
Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Hanson has been on the SD Music Educators Association
board for forty years and is currently the state manager
of that organization. She received the SDMEA Distinguished
Service to Music Award in October of 2005. Mrs. Hanson is
also a lifetime member of American Choral Directors Association.
She currently serves as the North Central ACDA Senior High
Repertoire and Standards Chair. In 2006, Mrs. Hanson received
the SD-ACDA Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of
her significant impact on the lives of students in the pursuit
of excellence in choral music. In 2007, she was the recipient
of the SD High School Activities Association Distinguished
Service to Music Award. In 2008, Mrs. Hanson received the
Sioux Falls Mayor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in Performing
Arts. |
