Anita Kupriss
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Dr. Anita Kuprisa dzimusi 1958. gadā Masačūsetsā (ASV). Ieguvusi divus maģistra gradus koŗa diriģēšanā un kompozīcijā Jaunanglijas Konservatorijā Bostonā (1990). No Bostonas Universitātes ieguvusi doktora gradu koŗa diriģēšanā (2009). Jaunradē orientēta uz praktiskajām vajadzībām: gan amerikāņu, gan ASV latviešu sabiedrībā un plašā diapazonā - no bērnu un populārām sadzīves dziesmām līdz avangarda technikās komponētiem koŗdarbiem un kameransambļiem. Pašlaik Anita kopā ar vīru Richard Douglas vada profesionālu kori Labyrinth Choir, kas 2016. gadā jūlijā uzstājās Helsinkos, Tallinnā un Rīgā un saņēma burvīgas atsauksmes.
Dr. Anita Kupriss (b. 1958) is a conductor and composer. In 2009 she graduated from Boston University with a doctorate in choral conducting, studying with Dr. Ann Howard Jones. She received two master's degrees in composition and choral conducting from New England Conservatory in 1989 and 1990. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell with two bachelor's degrees in composition and music education in 1979 and 1980. From 1991 to 2005 she was the director of music at Hancock Church in Lexington, Massachusetts. Currently Dr. Kupriss is the artistic director of the professional mixed choir Labyrinth Choir, founded in November 2011. She and her husband, Richard Douglas, lead Labyrinth, which in July of 2016 toured to Helsinki, Tallinn and Riga to great acclaim.