Midwestern
IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI
Illinois
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Donald Nally, Director of Choral Organizations
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Andrew Megill, Director of Choral Activities; Andrea Solya, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Program: MM
Faculty: Brian J. Winnie, Director of Choral Activities; 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
Iowa
Program: MM (3-summer terms)
Faculty: Phil Moody, Artistic Director and Conductor-in-Residence; Matt Oltman, Conductor-in-Residence; Tim McMillin, Conductor-in-Residence; Amy Voorhees, Conductor-in-Residence; Peter Eklund, Jennaya Robison, Bruce Chamberlain, Visiting Conducting Faculty
Additional Information:
Des Moines Choral Festival
Programs: MA, DMA
Faculty: Timothy Stalter, Director of Choral Activities; David Puderbaugh, Associate 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: David Rayl, Director of Choral Programs; Jonathan Reed, Associate Director of Choral Programs; Sandra Snow, Women’s Chamber Ensemble Director
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Eugene Rogers, Director of Choral Activities
Program: MM
Faculty: Kimberly Dunn Adams, Director of Choral Activities
Minnesota
Program: MM
Faculty: Aaron Humble, Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Kathy S. Romey, Director of Choral Activities; Matthew W. Mehaffey, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Nebraska
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Peter A. Eklund, Director of Choral Activities; Marques L. A. Garrett, Chamber Singers Director
Program: MM
Faculty: Derrick Fox, Director of Choral Activities; Katrina Cox, Choral Music Education
North Dakota
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Jo Ann Miller, Director of Choral Activities; Michael J. Weber, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Ohio
Programs: MM, Certificate Program
Faculty: Mark Munson, Director of Choral Activities/Professor of Music Education; Richard Schnipke, Associate Professor of Music Performance; Emily Pence Brown, Associate Professor of Choral Music Education
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 Ward, Director of Choral Activities; Robert Bode, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, Graduate Certificate
Faculty: Bradley Naylor, Director of Choral Activities; Dominique Petite, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Joe M. Miller, Director of Choral Studies; L. Brett Scott; Matthew Peattie, Vox Antiqua; Michael Uger, Vox Antiqua; Robyn Lana, Cincinnati Youth Chorus (CYC)
Program: MM
Faculty: Hank Dahlman, Director of Choral Activities
South Dakota
Program: MM
Faculty: David Holdhusen, Director of Choral Activities; Tim 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; Bruce Gladstone, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Additional Information: https://music.wisc.edu/choral-conducting/
Programs: MM
Faculty: Zack Durlam, Director of Choral Activities; Kevin Kriegel, Choral Director
Additional Information:
Music, MM: Conducting: Choral Emphasis < University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (uwm.edu) or contact durlam@uwm.edu