Hastings Choirs - Directors

Kathleen Hanson
	Kathleen recieved a B.S. in K-12 Vocal Music Education from Moorhead State University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Northern Colorado. Mrs. Hanson performed and toured extensively with the Ensemble Singers of VocalEssence from 1994 - 2003. Prior to teaching in Hastings,Mrs. Hanson was the director of choral activities at Chisago Lakes High School. During the summer months she often works with musical theatre productions.
Tatum Mahlen
	Tatum received her Bachelor of Music from the University of South Dakota. Prior to teaching at Hastings High School, she taught at Mitchell High School in Mitchell, SD where she taught choir and music theory, assisted with marching band, was the co-director of the spring musical and was also the director of the show choir “Friend de Coup”. She was recently the ACDA R&S chair for show choir in South Dakota.
Lin Warren
	Warren received a Bachelor of Music degree from Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska and a Master of Arts in Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. He has been teaching for over 20 years, all of which have been at Hastings Senior High School. In 1988 he received the Outstanding Young Choral Director Award from the Minnesota Chapter of ACDA, and in 1989 was named Hastings Teacher of the Year. His choirs have appeared in MMEA and ACDA state conventions and also at the MENC Divisional Convention in Minneapolis. Lin served 6 years as the secretary/treasurer of the North Central Division of ACDA and was the assistant convention chair for the American Choral Director's National Convention in Los Angeles in 2005.