Midwestern
IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI
Illinois
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Andrew Megill, Director of Choral Organizations
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Andrea Solya, Interim Director of Choral Activities; Bridget Sweet, Choral Music Education
Program: MM
Faculty: Brian J. Winnie, Director of Choral Studies; Jason Hawkins, Choral Music Education
Indiana
Programs: MM, DA
Faculty: Andrew Crow, Director of Choral Activities; Kerry Glann, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Additional Information: Contact arcrow@bsu.edu; The degree Doctor of Arts (DA) prepares musicians to succeed in higher education careers by combining the versatility of primary and secondary areas of musical study with a special emphasis on collegiate teaching skills.
Program: MM
Faculty: Eric Stark, Director of Choral Activities; John Perkins, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, DM
Faculty: Betsy Burleigh, Chair & Thomas R. Kasdorf Professor of Choral Conducting; Dominick DiOrio, Professor of Choral Conducting & Director, NOTUS; Walter Huff, Professor of Choral Conducting & Faculty Director of Opera Choruses; Carolann Buff, Choral Musicology; Chris Albanese, Pam & Jack Burks Assistant Professor of Music & Director, Singing Hoosiers; Gwyn Richards, Professor & David Henry Jacobs Bicentennial Dean Emeritus
Additional Information:
https://music.indiana.edu/degrees-programs/areas-of-study/choral-conducting.html
Programs: MSM, DMA
Faculty: Jerry Blackstone, Visiting Professor; Mark Doerries, Head of Graduate Choral Conducting Studio; Nancy Menk, Adjunct Professor of Conducting
Iowa
Programs: MA, DMA
Faculty: Timothy Stalter, Director of Choral Activities; David Puderbaugh, Assistant Director of Choral Activities
Additional Information:
https://music.uiowa.edu/future-students/graduate-students-areas-degrees/conducting-choral-ma-and-dma
Michigan
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Sandra Snow, Director of Choral Programs; Jonathan Reed, Associate Director of Choral Programs; Derrick Fox, Professor of Choral Music
Program: MM
Faculty: Michael Mitchell, Director of Choral Activites; Cat Bennett, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Eugene Rogers, Director of Choral Activities; Julie Skadsem, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education and Conducting
Program: MM
Faculty: Amanda Quist, Director of Choral Activities; Jacob Berglin, Choral Music Education
Minnesota
Program: MM
Faculty: Elisabeth Cherland, Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Matthew W. Mehaffey, Director of Choral Activities; Brian A. Schmidt, Lecturer in Choral Studies
Nebraska
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Peter A. Eklund, Director of Choral Activities
Program: MM
Faculty: Richard Carrillo, Director of Choral Activities; Katrina Cox, Choral Music Education
North Dakota
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Dwight Jilek, Director of Choral Activities; Michael J. Weber, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Ohio
Programs: MM, Certificate Program
Faculty: Richard Schnipke, Associate Professor of Conducting; Emily Pence Brown, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education; Adam Luebke, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Conducting; Mark Munson, Adjunct Professor of Conducting
Additional Information:
https://www.bgsu.edu/musical-arts/ensembles/choral.html
We offer the MM in Choral Conducting (Performance) as well as the MM in Choral Music Education.
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Robert J. Ward, Director of Choral Activities; Colin Knoth, Associated Faculty, Choral Conducting; Jordan Saul, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Joe M. Miller, Director of Choral Studies; L. Brett Scott, Professor of Ensembles and Conducting; Eva G. Floyd, Choral Music Education
South Dakota
Program: MM
Faculty: David Holdhusen, Director of Choral Activities; Timothy Campbell, Associate Professor
Additional Information: https://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/music/graduate-music
Annual Choral Directors Institute featuring guest clinicians:
https://www.usd.edu/fine-arts/music/choral-directors-institute
Wisconsin
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Mariana Farah, Director of Choral Activities; Albert Pinsonneault, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Additional Information: https://music.wisc.edu/choral-conducting/
Program: MM
Faculty: Zack Durlam, Director of Choral Activities; Jenny Hutton, Choral Music Education
Additional Information:
Music, MM: Conducting: Choral Emphasis < University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (uwm.edu) or contact durlam@uwm.edu