Conductors

 Lawrence Doebler, professor, director of choral activities.

  • M.M., Washington University; B.M., Oberlin College.
  • Studies with Robert Fountain.
  • Formerly, faculty, Smith College, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Extensive touring as conductor of the Ithaca College Choir and Madrigal Singers in the U.S. and Ireland.
  • Guest conductor and clinician in choral movement; published editor of Renaissance music.
  • Musical director, Cayuga Vocal Ensemble.
  • Title IV NDEA fellowship, WARF research grant at the British Museum, Dana teaching fellow at Ithaca College.
    ldoebler@ithaca.edu

Lawrence Doebler

 Mark Fonder, professor, music education.

Janet Galván, professor, music education; conductor, women's chorale, chorus.

  • Ed.D., M.M., BM, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
  • Studies with Richard Cox, Peter Paul Fuchs, Jack Jarrett, William McIver.
  • Formerly, faculty, University of Nebraska at Kearney; teacher, North Carolina public schools.
  • Guest conductor, national, regional, and state choral festivals throughout the U.S.
  • Artistic Director, Ithaca Children's Choir; North American Children's Chorale at Carnegie Hall.
  • Editor, Janet Galván's Women's Choral Series; Roots and Wings Choral Series (with Roger Dixon).
  • Clinician, national and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference; clinician, World Symposium on Choral Music
  • Series advisor, Latin Accents
  • Clinician, Boosey and Hawkes.
  • Member of the Robert Shaw Institute Singers (Telarc recordings).
  • Contributor, Choral Journal, Troubadour, Choral Cues.
    galvanj@ithaca.edu

Jeffrey D. Grogan, associate professor, director of orchestras.

  • M.M., University of Michigan; B.M.E., Stephen F. Austin State University.
  • Studies with Carl St. Clair, Giancarlo Guerrero, Karel Husa, Gary Lewis, Gustav Meier, Rossen Milanov, H. Robert Reynolds, Johannes Schlaefli, Donald Schleicher, John Whitwell
  • Additional studies with Mariusz Smolij, Tomás Koutník, Johannes Schlaefli, Kirk Trevor.
  • Master classes with Christoph von Dohnányi, Neeme Järvi, Andrew Litton, Larry Rachleff, Sir Simon Rattle, Yuri Temirkinov, Michael Tilson Thomas, Bohuslav Martinu of Zlín, Czech Republic and the New Symphony Orchestra of Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Formerly, assistant conductor, Waco Symphony Orchestra; conductor and music director, Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra.
  • Formerly, faculty, Baylor University, University of Michigan; teacher, Texas public schools.
  • Guest conductor and clinician for regional and state honor ensembles throughout US
    jgrogan@ithaca.edu
Jeffrey Grogan

 Stephen Peterson, professor, director of bands

  • D.M., Northwestern University; M.M., B.M., Arizona State University.
  • Formerly, faculty, Northwestern University, Stephen F. Austin State University; music director, Northshore Concert Band; teacher, Arizona public schools.
  • Former Music Director, The Northshore Concert Band; Guest Conductor, Taiwan Symphony Wind Ensemble.
  • Former, new music reviewer, Instrumentalist Magazine.
  • Performances as band director at conventions of the American Bandmasters Association, National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, College Band Directors National Association, and with Chicago Symphony Chorus in Orchestra Hall.
  • Guest conductor and clinician for regional and state honor bands throughout US, Canada, and Republic of China.
  • Guest conductor, Taiwan Symphony Wind Ensemble.
  • Member: American Bandmasters Association, College Band Directors National Association, Music Educators National Conference, World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles.
    speterson@ithaca.edu

 Stephen Peterson

 Denes Van Parys, assistant professor, director of opera and musical theatre.

  • M.M., Ithaca College; B.M., Washington State University.
  • Formerly, faculty, Binghamton University; musical director, Delaware ValleyOpera, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall Summer Theater (Boston); associate musical director, Ithaca Opera Association; staff accompanist/assistant conductor, Tri-Cities Opera.
  • Musical Director/conductor national and international tours.
  • Founder and conductor emiterius, Century Chamber Players.
  • Member, American Guild of Organists, American Choral Directors Association, The Hymn Society, Chorus America.
    dvanparys@ithaca.edu

 

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