YES, I'm finish grad. school before I go into the Peace Corps... people keep asking.
Coming to NAU has been a great opportunity. It's a uniquely designed master's program which provides lots of hands-on conducting experience. I am really excited to be conducting the NAU Men's Chorale this year, a combination of freshman vocal/music ed. majors, upper-class music majors, and non-majors.
I've been thinking a lot about the career of a choral conductor. At some level, a lot of being a success is marketing and selling yourself. It's all about what (and who) is in your bio, who you've worked with, which ensembles you've sung with... it gets overwhelmingly superficial sometimes. I think sometimes it becomes more about these superficial elements than about the music.
No word on my nomination yet... I'm patiently(?) waiting.
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