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Kentucky
Children's Chorus
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The
Kentucky Children's Chorus, comprised of 5th and
6th grade
students will perform as part of the Kentucky Music Educator's
Association Professional Development Conference
held in Louisville, February 4-7, 2009. This chorus
will
perform on Thursday evening, February 5, 2009, at 6:00
pm.
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KMEA
is very pleased to announce the 2009 Kentucky Children's
Chorus guest conductor... |
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Rollo
Dilworth |
Rollo
A. Dilworth is Associate Professor of Music and Director
of Choral Activities and Music Education at the North
Park University School of Music in Chicago,
Illinois. He received his Doctor of Music degree in conducting performance
at Northwestern University where he studied conducting and composition
with Robert A. Harris. Additional composition teachers include Robert
Ray, Pauline Oliveros and Marta Ptaszynska. Dilworth’s choral compositions
are a part of the Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series with Hal
Leonard Corporation and Colla Voce Music Company. He has recently published
pieces with the Santa Barbara Music Publishing Company as part of the
Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series.
Dilworth is a contributing author for the Essential Elements for Choir and
the Experiencing Choral Music textbook series, both published by the Hal Leonard
Corporation/Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publications, and for Music Express! Teachers
Magazine. An active conductor, composer, educator, and clinician, Dilworth
has taught choral music at the elementary, secondary, and university levels.
His performing endeavors have taken him to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
In addition to composing music in the choral genre, his research interests
are in the areas of African-American music and music education curriculum and
instruction.
Dilworth is an active member of the Music Educators National Conference, the
National Association of Negro Musicians, the American Choral Directors Association,
and Chorus America. He currently serves on the ACDA Central Division Board
of Directors as the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Multicultural and Ethnic
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