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Stephen Town
Professor
Education
- D.M.;
Indiana University
- M.M.; University of North Texas
- B.M.; University of North Texas
Courses Taught
- 19-155/355/555 Applied Voice
- 19-171/172 Sight Singing and Ear Training
- 19-173/174 Theory of Music
- 19-207/208 Tower Choir
- 19-419 Independent Study
- 19-402/602 Music Practicum
Academic Interests
- English and German Music
- Music and the Politics of Culture
- Musicology
- Choral Conducting and Choral Music
- Art Song
Scholarly Activity
Compilation (since
Joining the Faculty in 1986)
- Grants/Fellowships: 34
(10 Federal/International)
- Grants/Teaching: 33
- Publications: 1 Book (Forthcoming 2012)
- Publications: 1 Book Chapter
- Publications: 79+ Book Reviews
- Publications: 13 Articles
- Presentations: 19 Paper Presentations (selected)
- Panel Sessions: Numerous
- Editorial Duties: Choral Journal Editorial Board (since 1991)
- Performances/Choral: 11 Convention/Symposia/Invited + numerous on campus
- Performances/Singing: 75 (primarily) complete solo voice recitals
Student Group Advisement
- American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Student Chapter
Other Professional Experiences
- Performed at the Memorial Concert for the Great Émigré Composer, Ernest Krenek, 1991
- Eighth recipient of the prestigious Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fellowship given by the Carthusian Trust and Charter House
School in the United Kingdom to a North American scholar for research on
the great English composer, 1993
- First music faculty member selected to the Missouri London Program, 1996
- Scond music faculty member (after Richard Bobo, Emeritus Chair) to win a sabbatical, 2002
- First faculty member to receive a conducting fellowship from Chorus American, 2007
- First faculty member to conduct at Carnegie Hall, 2007
- First faculty member to receive the Distinguished Faculty Award, 2007
- First faculty member to conduct a Northwest ensemble at a national conference, 2011
Memberships
- American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
- The College Music Society (CMS)
- Music Educators National Association (MENC)
- Missouri Music Educators Association (MMEA)
- Nebraska Music Educators Association (NMEA)
- National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO)
Other
