Choirs

2019

Ann Howard Jones – Interim Residency
Former Assistant Conductor, Atlanta Symphony Choruses
Professor of Music Emerita
Boston University, Boston, MA

Sharon A. Hansen – Interim Residency
Chorus Director, Arizona MusicFest
Professor of Conducting and Choral Music Emerita
University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, WI

Richard Bjella – Interim Reidency
Artistic Director, San Antonio Chamber Choir
Director of Choral Studies Emeritus
Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX

2018

Charlene Archibeque – In Residence (CU alumna)
Conducting naster classes; Guest Conductor, Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral Activities Emerita
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Joan Catoni Conlon – Guest Scholar
Master class on Igor Stravinsky and Les Noces
Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Choral Research Emerita
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

John Leavitt – Composer and Guest Artist
Choral music reading session and master class
Composer and editor, Hal Leonard Music Publishers

2017

Amanda Quist – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Madrigal Festival in Macky Auditorium
Chair of Conducting, Organ and Sacred Music
Westminster Choir College (of Rider University), Princeton, NJ

Brook Larson – Guest Men’s Chorus consultant
Master class on recruitment and men’s choral literature
Artistic Director, Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix

Scott Farthing – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Honor Reading Choir in Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral and Vocal Music
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA

Duain Wolfe Guest Scholar
Master class on Verdi Requiem
Conductor of Chicago Symphony Chorus  
Conductor of Colorado Symphony Chorus

Stephen Futrell – Guest Jazz Artist and Clinician
Vocal jazz workshops and master classes
Director of Choral Activities, Elon University, Elon, NC

2016

Edith Copley – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Madrigal Festival in Macky Auditorium
Regents Professor and Director of Choral Activities
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Vernon Huff – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Honor Reading Choir in Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral Music Education
State University of New York, Fredonia, NY

Vance George – Guest Scholar
Master class on Brahms Requiem
Emeritus Conductor of San Francisco Symphony Chorus

John Leavitt – Guest Artist
Choral music reading session and master class
Composer and editor, Hal Leonard Music Publishers

Todd Thomas – American Baritone and Guest Artist
Master classes: Importance of choral music for professional singers
Solo Recital, Grusin Concert Hall with Jeremy Reger, collaborative pianist
Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, Seattle Opera, et al.

2015

Peter Bagley – Guest Conductor and Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Madrigal Festival in Macky Auditorium
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Emeritus
University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT

Eph Ehly – Guest Artist, Choral Clinician and Keynote Speaker (CU alumnus)
George Lynn Centennary Symposium
Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities Emeritus
University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music, Kansas City, MO

Maria Guinand – Guest Artist and Choral Clinician
Master classes on Conducting and Latin American Choral Music
Conductor Cantoria Alberto Grau,
Artistic Director of Schola Cantorum de Venezuela, Universidad Simon Bolivar
Caracas, Venezuela

Gregory Stapp – American Bass and Guest Artist
Master classes: Importance of choral music for professional singers
San Francisco Opera, New York City Opera, Opera Company of Philadelphia, et al.

Joan Catoni Conlon – Guest Scholar
Master class on the works and life of Johann Sebastian Bach
Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Choral Research Emerita
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Scott Buchanan – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Annual Honor Reading Choir in Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral Activities
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN

2014

Susan McMane – Guest Artist
Master class on conducting and treble choral literature
Artistic and Executive Director
Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco

Sandra Snow – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Madrigal Festival in Macky Auditorium
Professor of Choral Conducting and Music Education
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

James Stegall – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Honor Reading Choir in Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral Activities, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL

2013

Richard Nance – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area annual Madrigal Festival in Macky Auditorium
Director of Choral Studies, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA

Gary Weidenaar – Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Annual Honor Reading Choir in Grusin Concert Hall
Director of Choral Studies, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA

Joan Catoni Conlon – Guest Scholar
Master class on the works and life of Claudio Monteverdi
Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Choral Research Emerita
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Thomas Jaber Guest Conductor Clinician
CU Choral Area First annual Honor Reading Choir 
Director of the Houston Masterworks Chorus
Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Vocal Coaching
Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, Houston, TX