Southern
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Alabama
Florida
Programs: MM
Faculty: Michael Hanawalt, Director of Graduate Choral Studies; Kevin Fenton, Director of Undergraduate Choral Studies
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Will Kesling, Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Amanda Quist, Director of Choral Activities; Corin Overland, Choral Music Education
Additional Information: Offers Seraphic Fire Scholars program, Assistant Conducting positions for Master Chorale of South Florida, Seraphic Fire, and Miami Children’s Chorus
Georgia
Programs: MM, Artist Certificate
Faculty: Deanna Joseph, Director of Choral Activities; Patrick Freer, Choral Music Education; Emily Hobson-Gallardo, Visiting Lecturer in Choral Ensembles
Additional Information:
Atlanta Summer Conducting Institute: https://thearts.gsu.edu/educational-outreach-asci/
Program: MM
Faculty: Stanley L. Roberts, Director of Choral Studies
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Daniel Bara, Director of Choral Activities; Sarah Frook Gallo, Lecturer of Choral Studies
Program: MM
Faculty: David Hahn, Director of Choral Activities; Michelle Folta, Choral Music Education
Kentucky
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Jefferson Johnson, Director of Choral Activities; Lori Hetzel, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Program: MM
Faculty: Kent Hatteberg, Director of Choral Activities
Louisiana
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Alisa Mercurio Rowe, Galante Director of Choral Studies; Trey Davis, Associate Director of Choral Studies
Program: MM
Faculty: Paul Dease, Director of Choral Activities
Mississippi
Program: MM
Faculty: Donald Trott, Director of Choral Activities; Elizabeth Hearn, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Gregory Fuller, Director of Choral Activities; Jonathan Kilgore, Associate Director of Choral Activities
North Carolina
Program: MM
Faculty: James Franklin, Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Welborn Young, Director of Choral Activities; Carole Ott Coelho, Associate Director of Choral Activities
South Carolina
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Alicia Walker, Director of Choral Studies; Jabarie Glass, Associate Director of Choral Studies
Program: MM
Faculty: Jeremy Mims, Director of Choral Activities
Tennessee
Program: MM
Faculty: Korre Foster, Director of Choral Activities; Douglas Rose, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, Accelerated MM-DMA track, DMA, Artist Diploma
Faculty: Francis Cathlina, Director of Choral Activities; Ryan Fisher, Associate Director of Choral Activities; Emily Frizzell, Music Education Choral
Additional Information:
Choral Conducting Program information: https://www.memphis.edu/musi
c/academics/conducting.php
Program: MM
Faculty: Angela L. Batey, Director of Choral Activities
Virginia
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Stanley Engebretson, Director of Choral Studies
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Jo-Anne van der Vat-Chromy, Director of Choral Activities; Bryce Hayes, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Programs: MM
Faculty: Richard W. Robbins, Director of Choral Activities; Hillary Ridgley, Choral Music Education
Additional Information: https://www.su.edu/conservatory/areas-of-study/conducting/master-of-music-in-performance-conducting/
West Virginia
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Kym Scott, Director of Choral Activities; Sandra Schwartz, Choral Music Education