Southern
AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV
Alabama
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Morgan Luttig, Director of Choral Activities; Scott AuCoin, Associate Director of Choral Activities
Florida
Program: MM
Faculty: Michael Hanawalt, Director of Graduate Choral Studies; Kevin Fenton, Director of Undergraduate Choral Studies; Kimberly WanWeelden, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Will Kesling, Director of Choral Activities; Marshall Haning, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: TBD, Director of Choral Studies; Matthew Brady, Choral Studies; 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
Programs: BME (certificate in conducting), MM
Faculty: Cara Tasher, Director of Choral Studies
Additional Information: Find your true north! As there are only 1-2 students accepted each year, the MM in conducting at UNF is a highly curated experience, offering a myriad of opportunities in learning, teaching and conducting. If you need to maximize your podium time in an intensive and friendly environment, we may be right for you. Our summer conducting program is July 9-12, 2025, UNF Summer Choral Arts.
Georgia
Program: MM
Faculty: David Hahn, Director of Choral Activities; Michelle Folta, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, Artist Certificate
Faculty: Deanna Joseph, Director of Choral Activities; Patrick Freer, Choral Music Education; Meghan Stoll, 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; Daniel Shafer, Interim Associate Director of Choral Activities
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; Woo Joo Ahn, Assistant Director of Choral Activities
Louisiana
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Alissa Rowe, Galante Director of Choral Studies; Trey Davis, Associate Director of Choral Studies; Laurence Hebert, Instructor, LSU Gospel Choir
Program: MM
Faculty: Frances Fonza, Director of Choral Studies
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; Ashley Allen, Choral Music Education
North Carolina
Program: MM
Faculty: James Franklin, Director of Choral Activities; Andrea VanDeusen, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Carole Ott Coelho, 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
Program: MM
Faculty: Raphael Bundage, Director of Choral Activities; Jamila L McWhirter, Choral Music Education
Programs: MM, Accelerated MM-DMA track, DMA, Artist Diploma
Faculty: Francis Cathlina, 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; Laura Leigh Spillane, Interim Associate Director of Choral Activities
Virginia
Programs: MM, DMA
Faculty: Lisa Billingham, Director of Choral Activities; Thomas Colohan, Adjunct Faculty
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/