Ellen J. Bowen is the director of the nationally known Pointe Singers Show and Classical ensemble from Grosse Pointe South , mother of two daughters, Traci and Amy and Grandmother to three boys, Quin, Evan, and Deagan. The Pointe Singers under Ellen’s direction group has won three Showstoppers Grand Championships and was Honors Choir for Showstoppers at the Marriott Marquis in New York City 2002-2005 as well as at Disney in 2007 . The Pointe Singers have been featured performers with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for over 50 performances and will again in December of 2008 be featured in the DSO Holiday Pops Concerts Dec. 18-21st. . Most recently the choirs have performed with the Professional Detroit Chamber Winds throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area where on Dec. 14th, 2998 they will again perform together at Christ Church, Grosse Pointe. Ellen’s groups have performed throughout Russia, Romania, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Prague, and again Spain in ‘08. Her groups have also appeared at many ACDA, MENC, and MSVMA conventions.

Ellen also is the Music Theater director at South as she also was at Macomb Community College. She has also conducted National Equity Tours of “Camelot”, “Hello Dolly” and “Gypsy”, college and university productions as well as over 120 High school and community shows. In 2003 her group presented the musical “She Loves Me” and was awarded a main stage spot at the International Thespian Festival. The South Thespian group was featured in the October 2003 issue of Dramatics Magazine, the International Thespian Publication. Last year South’s production of Les Miserables was featured in USA Today Magazine as the Top Musical in the State Of Michigan for 2008. You may see this at http://besthighschoolmusical.blogspot.com/

Ellen is a trained mezzo- soprano and has taught private voice throughout the Metropolitan Detroit area. Presently she has over 20 former students in International opera companies, on Broadway or in National television shows and films. She is a judge and a classical clinician for the Michigan School Vocal Music Association, the 1990 Caroline Leep Scholarship Award Winner from the Michigan School Vocal Music. She has been listed in Who’s Who in Education twelve different times and the Governor of Michigan and the City Council and Mayor of Grosse Pointe Farms awarded her outstanding citizen awards. In 2004 the Grosse Pointe Rotary awarded her the Outstanding Vocational Award. In February of 2003 Ellen was awarded Outstanding Woman of Wayne County during the Women’s History Month. She has been on the State Board for Both the Michigan School Vocal Music Association and the American Choral Directors Association. Ellen also was the Chairperson of the Music Curriculum Committee in Grosse Pointe and the Chairperson for the Humanities curriculum committee at Macomb Community College.

Ellen has a BS from Ball State University in vocal performance ; MS in Education from Butler University, Master of Music in Orchestral and Choral conducting from Oakland University and Post grad work in Music Technology and Educational Administration from the University of Michigan. She is the founder and developer of a 26 station music technology lab at Grosse Pointe South

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