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and Orff's "Carmina Burana") and Classical Album of the Year. The SFS Chorus was also nominated for a fifth Grammy (Best Crossover Recording, "Christmas by the Bay").
The SFS Chorus won its first Emmy Award under George for the 2001 concert production of Stephen Sondheim's "" (broadcast on KQED).
Vance George graduated from Goshen College and Indiana University, and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1997 by Kent State University. In 1999, Chorus America presented him with a Lifetime
George Vance
George Oakley Vance (25 May 1828 – 1910) was the Dean of Melbourne from 1894 until his death.
The son of William Ford Vance, who had been the vicar of Coseley, Vance was born in London and educated at King's College School, London and Lincoln College, Oxford. Emigrating to Australia he was ordained by Charles Perry, Bishop of Melbourne, in 1854. After curacies in Melbourne and Geelong he was appointed headmaster of Geelong Grammar School. He then held incumbencies in Chewton, Kyneton