2009 All-State Show Choir Festival Clinicians
Paul Gulsvig, vocal clinician, taught vocal music for 33 years, and retired in 2006 from Onalaska High School in Onalaska, Wisconsin, where he taught for 28 of those 33 years.
Paul Gulsvig has begun a new career with a new company, More Than Music. Paul's new career includes; retreat presenter, show doctor, motivational speaker, leadership workshops for high school, in-service workshops for school districts and show choir adjudication. He has been able to assist a wide variety of schools, including elementary, middle & high schools, college and graduate programs. His expertise has taken him to Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, West Virginia, Iowa, Nebraska, Arizona, South Dakota, Indiana and Michigan, as well as his home state of Wisconsin.
He is most proud of his three children who have college degrees in music. Two are choral conductors while the third is working for “havefunorgohome.”
In his spare time, you will find Paul on the golf course, working out at the fitness center or spending time with his grand twins, Hailey and Riley.
Kevyn “Kye” Brackett, choreographer, currently resides in Los Angeles and is often referred to as God’s Dancing Joy. Kye has had roles in both Broadway and L.A. productions of Sophisticated Ladies, Dreamgirls, Five Guys Named Moe (for which he garnered an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award Winner for Best Supporting Actor) and Rent. He was also asked to give a command performance for the Queen of England in the critically acclaimed theatrical event Hey, Mr. Producer. His favorite roles were as “Richard” on television's Full House, and as a back-up singer for Barry Manilow. His relationship with Manilow gave rise to his becoming choreographer and staging director for his Here At The Mayflower tour, as well as for Could It Be Magic, the world premiere musical for which Kye received a Jeff Award nomination for Best Choreography.
Currently performing self-written motivational concerts that are performed as a one-man show, Kye integrates his talents as entertainer and teacher to fulfill his life’s mission as an artist--to unite the community of individuals who choose to create trust and passionate expressions of life as an expanding collective.