Choral Activities
Chair: Dr. Paul Rardin
Degree Program:
M.M. Choral Conducting
The Master of Music degree in choral conducting is a rigorous, highly select, two-year program of study that combines technique, artistry, and scholarship. It is unique in providing students two distinct degree recitals, one each with the Graduate Conductors Chorus and Recital Chorus. Graduates of this program have gone on to conduct outstanding university, school, community, and professional choirs across the country, including those at Westminster Choir College, Yale University, Central Bucks West High School, Walt Whitman High School, The Susquehanna Chorale, and Coro Allegro.
Graduate students in choral conducting for 2012-2013 are:
Chen Hao
Nathan Lofton
Ianthe Marini
Bethany Wallace
Laurel Wacyk
Michael Weinberg
Christopher Windle
For more information on degree requirements and the application process, click here.
Graduate students in Choral Conducting are normally offered Teaching Assistantships that include partial tuition remission and monetary stipends. These assistantships entail:
- serving as a teaching assistant in undergraduate conducting classes
- assisting conductors of Concert Choir, University Singers, University Chorale, and Women's chorus in rehearsal and performance
- serving as research assistant for graduate conducting and literature seminars
- serving as off-campus performance leader
Contact:
Choral Activities Office
215-204-8304
