Fall Concert Saturday November 15th, 2025
Janice Vlachos
Artistic Director The Choral Forge and Director Ageless SSAA Choir
Janice Vlachos received her Bachelor of Music in 1992 from Belmont University in Nashville, TN.
During her 29 1/2 years as a high school director, 17 vocal groups under her direction have been selected to sing at the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA) annual conference.
Beginning her Colorado teaching career in 1993 at Lyons Junior/Senior High School followed by eight years at Wheat Ridge High School and three years at Chatfield High School, she returned “home” in 2005 to Fairview High School in Boulder where her love of music began as a student, under the direction of Mr. Ron Revier and Jim Keller.
At Fairview, Ms. Vlachos directed five choirs, served as chairperson of the fine arts department, and produced and directed the annual fall musical and spring Pops shows.
· Her SATB and SSA jazz ensembles performed at the Jenerations Jazz Festival.
· Age of Guinevere, the SSAA jazz ensemble that Ms. Vlachos started in 2007, won the 2011 Downbeat Award for Large Jazz Groups; in 2013, they performed at the National American Choral Directors conference in Dallas and, in 2017, performed on the main stage at the Jazz Educators conference in New Orleans. In 2020, Age of Guinevere performed alongside highly acclaimed artist Lauren Kinhan at CMEA.
· Ms. Vlachos is a member of CMEA, JEN, and ACDA, serving as past R & S chair for COACDA, as well as past Women’s and Jazz Repertoire and Resource chair for Southwest ACDA.
· In 2019, Ms. Vlachos had the opportunity to co-teach a jazz seminar with Jennifer Barnes at the University of North Texas Jazz Camp and was honored to be the guest conductor for the 2022 Oklahoma All State Jazz Choir.
· Janice contributed a chapter in the book Rehearsing the vocal jazz ensemble published by Gia Publications.
· In her retirement she stepped into the position of COACDA President for 2022-2024, loves working as a clinician.
· In 2025 she was inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Hall of Fame.
She also loves hanging out with her family, Pilates, cooking, reading, playing Mario, and has started her own business as a cut flower farmer.
