RICHARD W. ROBBINS 2619 JOHN AVENUE, SUPERIOR, WI 832-264-3966 • [email protected] WEBSITE: RICHARDROBBINSMUSIC.COM

EDUCATION DMA in Conducting, choral emphasis, with secondary concentration in music history 2010 University of Houston, Houston, TX (Moores Teaching Fellow, 4.0 GPA) Dissertation title: “A 1629 Vespers by Leandro Gallerano (late 16th c.-1631): Critical Performing Edition, with Commentary” Committee: Matthew Dirst, John Snyder, Betsy Cook Weber, Charles Hausmann (Chair)

MM in Conducting, choral emphasis 2006 University of Houston, Houston, TX (4.0 GPA)

BME in Choral Music Education, summa cum laude, liberal studies honors, minor in psychology 1999 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (3.93/4.0 GPA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND CONDUCTING

University of Wisconsin-Superior 2014-present Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music (tenure-track) Associate Department Chair • Director and organizer of Chorfest, a high school honor choir festival drawing over 150 students annually from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan • Teach and develop curriculum for ten regularly-scheduled courses, included choirs, conducting courses, choral techniques and literature courses, and music academics (counterpoint, ear training, music technology, and music appreciation); experience with both face-to-face and online course delivery • As Associate Department Chair, editor for NASM self-study report, annual music department assessment, and required Academic Program Review; voting member of Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council • Maintain student advising load (music majors and minors), including supervision of student teaching for Choral Music Education majors; faculty advisor for student ACDA chapter

University of Houston (Houston, TX) 2004-2009 Director and Instructor of Record, Concert Women’s Chorus 2007-2009 • Invited choir, Texas Collegiate Women's Chorus Festival (2008) • Planned and implemented multi-day Texas performance and high school recruiting tour • Invited choir, masterclass with choral ensemble Cantus • Increased ensemble enrollment during tenure with choir Director and Instructor of Record, University Men’s Chorus 2004-2007 • Invited choir, Bay Area Chorus Invitational (2007) • Multiple community outreach events and collaborations with Houston-area choirs • Increased ensemble enrollment during tenure with choir Moores Teaching Fellow 2005-2009 • Assistant Director, Moores School Concert Chorale, Collegium Musicum & Choral Artists • Assisted with all aspects of choral program, including recruiting; administrative and music library duties; programs; and concert logistics • Designed, programmed, and implemented the website uhchoirs.org, the online presence for the choral ensembles of the University of Houston Richard Robbins, page 2

RELATED EXPERIENCE: PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL

Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (Duluth, MN) 2014-present Director and Chorusmaster, Duluth-Superior Symphony Chorus Duluth News Tribune 12/4/15: “Chorus master Richard Robbins had his biggest impact on the evening.... The way the chorus sang...was surprisingly powerful, giving the familiar words new vitality.” • Prepare chorus for multiple choral-orchestral concerts for broadcast on Minnesota Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio • Service on artistic advisory committee • Collaborate on repertoire selection with artistic director/conductor

American Federation Pueri Cantores (Orange, CA) 2013-present Festival Conductor • Festival conductor for nationally- and internationally-publicized concerts in multiple cities, including Miami, New York City, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco & Chicago • Conduct and clinic 300-500 high school students annually across the country, and adjudicate dozens of school music programs

High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Public School: Houston, TX) 2010-2014 Choir Director, Solo Voice Masterclass Instructor & Musical Director • HSPVA is an elite, nationally-recognized arts public-school magnet program serving grades 9-12. All students, selected by audition, and learn a university-level curriculum in preparation for study at college or conservatory. • 2013 Teacher of the Year • Yearly placement of multiple students in Texas All-State Choir, ACDA National Honor Choirs • Yearly placement of graduates as scholarship recipients in top voice programs across the country, including Eastman, Carnegie- Mellon, Oberlin, Boston, Baylor, North Texas, University of Texas, University of Houston, Rice University, and others • Nominated for Best Music Director and Best Orchestra, 2013 Tommy Tune Awards • Member, Campus-wide Strategic Decision Making Committee • Member, Project Advisory Team for planned $84 million downtown campus • Invited performances with Houston Symphony and numerous civic, business, and community organizations, and visiting classical musicians (Chanticleer) and popular music groups through the Grammy foundation • Performance of Distinction honors, 2013 San Antonio Madrigal Festival • National performing tours to St. Louis and New Orleans • 1st place and 2nd place, Texas Early Music Festival (Texas Renaissance Festival 2012 and 2013) • established online presence for HSPVA choirs on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, resulting in dramatically increased auditions, concert attendance, and alumni donations

Houston Symphony (Houston, TX) 2006-2008 Assistant Director, Houston Symphony Chorus • prepared chorus for over 50 performances conducted by Hans Graf, Joan Glover, Bernard Labadie, Klaus Peter Flor, and others • tour performances in Budapest, Vienna & Prague • Assisted in all auditions and management tasks of chorus

American Festival for the Arts (Houston, TX) 2004-2009 Choral Department Chair and Conductor • Choral department chair, choral conductor, chamber choir director, madrigal choir director, and recruiting

South Houston High School (Public School: South Houston, TX) 1999-2004 Associate Choir Director • Director or co-director of 13 first-division scholastic contest-winning choirs in five years • Creation of first-ever curricular men’s choir at the school • Music direction for annual Broadway musical productions • Outreach concerts to area schools Richard Robbins, page 3

• 2nd place, San Antonio Madrigal Festival (2003) • Who's Who Among America's Teachers (2001, 2002, 2004)

Church Music Positions 2000-present • Cathedral of Christ the King, Superior WI (Choir Director: 2015-present) • Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston TX (Choir Director: 2010-2013) • St. John Vianney Catholic Church, Houston TX (Director of Music: 2009-2010) • St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Houston TX (Director of Music Ministries: 2007-2009) • St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Houston TX (Director, Choral Scholars & Baritone Soloist 2000-2006)

PRESENTATIONS July 2017 Headline Presenter (various topics) – AFPC/NCEA National Conductors Summit, University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein (Chicago), IL

January 2017 “American Choral Music: Traditions and New Directions”, Fredyryk Chopin University of Music (Warsaw, Poland) and Archidiecezjalna Szkoła Muzyczna (Krakow, Poland)

August 2016 “Engage! High Energy Choral Rehearsal Strategies”, National Catholic Educators Association and American Federation Pueri Cantores (webinar for international audience, co-presented with Jennifer Robbins)

February 2016 “Analyze This! Empowering Your Choir to Become Critical, Creative Musicians,” North Central American Choral Directors Convention and Conference (Sioux Falls, SD)

August 2015 “Integrating Liturgical Music into the High School Curriculum,” 7th Annual Summer Seminar for High School Educators, Archdiocese of New York (New York, NY)

August 2015 “Models for Success: Liturgical Music in Urban Catholic School Settings,” 7th Annual Summer Seminar for High School Educators, Archdiocese of New York (New York, NY)

October 2013 Presenter, Best Practices Committee, Celebrating Teachers and Best Practices, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Arts School Network 2013 National Convention (New York, NY)

May 2013 "Curtains, Lights, Sound - HSPVA!", Arts School Network "Know More" Webinar Series: (national broadcast, discussing best practices and curriculum design)

PUBLICATIONS June 2016 “Engagement in the Choral Rehearsal” (The Voice: Journal of the Wisconsin ACDA)

September 2015 "A Few Good Men: Advice for Choirs Short on Tenors and Basses" (American Federation Pueri Cantores Newsletter, Vol. 7, Issue 2)

December 2014 “Seasonal and Topical Music Listings: A Reference for Catholic School Masses” (American Federation Pueri Cantores/National Catholic Education Association)

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Dixit Dominus” (Prima la Musica Press GAL001)

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Beatus vir” (Prima la Musica Press GAL002)

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Laudate pueri” (Prima la Musica Press GAL003)

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Confitebor” (Prima la Musica Press GAL004) Richard Robbins, page 4

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Laudate Dominum” (Prima la Musica Press GAL005)

October 2014 Leandro Gallerano, ed. Richard Robbins, “Magnificat” (Prima la Musica Press GAL006)

In progress “Workers! Comrades! To You Who Sing: The Music of the Workers Songbook (1934) and Workers Songbook 2 (1935).”

Freelance music journalist for the Duluth News Tribune (print circulation: 63,000) since December 2015.

COURSES TAUGHT COURSES TAUGHT FOR CREDIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD) • Chamber Choir • 16th/18th Century Counterpoint • A Cappella Choir • Conducting I • Men's Choir • Conducting II • Music Appreciation (online) • Choral Pedagogy & Literature • Music Technology • Secondary Choral Techniques • Ear Training III • Conducting Practicum • Ear Training IV

COURSES TAUGHT FOR CREDIT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON (INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD) • University Men’s Chorus • Concert Women’s Chorus • Graduate Large Ensemble (graduate-level section of University Men's Chorus)

COURSES TAUGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS (GRADES 9-12, HOUSTON TX) • Varsity mixed choir • Voice masterclass • Men’s choir • Sightsinging • Chamber choir • Music theory • All-school musical director • Speech

SOUTH HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL (GRADES 9-12, SOUTH HOUSTON TX) • Chamber choir • Non-varsity mixed choir • Varsity mixed choir • Non-varsity treble choir • Varsity men’s choir • Varsity treble choir

INVITED GUEST CONDUCTOR/CHORAL PREPARATION ENGAGEMENTS PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS 2014 Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Chorus (The Planets, Holiday Pops) 2014 Houston Symphony (Chorus Director: Music from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast) 2011 Houston Symphony (Chorus Director, Holiday Family Concert: The Night Before Christmas) 2011 Houston Symphony (Chorus Director, Family Series Presentation: Music from the Lion King) 2009 Houston Ballet (Chorus Director, Martinu's Soldier’s Mass) Houston Chronicle 3/19/09: “...a men’s chorus prepared by Richard Robbins sang with moving tenacity....”

MUSICAL THEATER & OPERA 2014 Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra Chorus (Carmen) 2014 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX: musical director & conductor, The Drowsy Chaperone 2012 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX: musical director & conductor, The Pajama Richard Robbins, page 5

Game (nominated for best musical direction & best orchestra, 2013 Tommy Tune Awards) 2010 High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, TX: musical director, A Little Night Music 2006 UH Moores Opera Center, Houston, TX: chorus master, Street Scene 2006 UH Moores Opera Center, Houston, TX: chorus master, Il Turco in Italia 2003 South Houston High School, South Houston, TX: musical director, The Music Man 2002 South Houston High School, South Houston, TX: musical director, The Wiz 2001 South Houston High School, South Houston, TX: musical director, Guys and Dolls 2000 South Houston High School, South Houston, TX: musical director, A Fiddler on the Roof

CHORAL INSTITUTES 2010 Choir director and institute faculty, Kodály Institute of Houston

HIGH SCHOOL 2017 Headline Choral Conductor, American Festival for the Arts, Houston, TX 2017 Clinician and conductor, South California high school choir festival (grades 9-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Clinician and conductor, statewide festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. James, Orlando, FL 2016 Clinician and conductor, New York City high school choral festival (grades 9-12)American Federation Pueri Cantores, St. Malachy’s Times Square, New York, NY 2016 Clinician and conductor, southern Florida music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Church of the Epiphany, Miami, FL 2015 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, CA 2015 Clinician and conductor, Chicago-area high school festival chorus American Federation Pueri Cantores, (grades 9-12): Loyola University, Chicago, IL 2014 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. James, Orlando, FL 2009 Conductor and clinician, high school region men’s choir, TMEA Region XIX vocal division, Houston, TX 2007 Cnductor and clinician, high school region treble choir, TMEA Region X Vocal Division, Beaumont, TX 2007 Youth choir conductor, Mo-Ranch Worship & Music Conference (Presbyterian Association of Musicians)

MIDDLE SCHOOL 2017 Clinician and conductor, South California high school choir festival (grades 9-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, University of South California, Los Angeles, CA 2016 Clinician and conductor, New York music festival chorus (grades 4-8), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY 2016 Clinician and conductor, southern Florida music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Church of the Epiphany, Miami, FL 2015 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, CA 2014 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. James, Orlando, FL 2010 Section leader, TMEA Region XXIII region music workshop 2008 Guest conductor, middle school honor choir festival, University of Alabama-Birmingham 2006 Conductor, junior high region choir, TMEA Region XVII Vocal Division, Webster, TX

ELEMENTARY/CHILDREN’S 2017 Clinician and conductor, southern California festival chorus (grades 4-8), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Los Angeles, CA 2016 Clinician and conductor, New York music festival chorus (grades 4-8), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, NY 2016 Clinician and conductor, southern Florida music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Church of the Epiphany, Miami, FL Richard Robbins, page 6

2015 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. Mary, San Francisco, CA 2014 Clinician and conductor, statewide music festival chorus (grades 4-12), American Federation Pueri Cantores, Cathedral of St. James, Orlando, FL 2013-14 Associate Director, Houston Boychoir 2010 Honor choir conductor, Houston Independent School District 2006 Interim children’s choir director, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Houston, TX

INVITED CHORAL AND SOLO VOICE CLINICS AND ADJUDICATION

SCHOOL 2017 Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Region 7AA Large Group choir contest: adjudicator 2016 Wisconsin State Music Association solo & ensemble contest: choral adjudicator and clinician, Rice Lake, WI 2016 Choir clinic: Duluth East High School, Duluth, MN 2016 Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Region 7AA solo & ensemble contest: adjudicator 2016 Wisconsin State Music Association choral contest, choral music adjudicator and clinician, Ashland, WI 2016 Wisconsin State Music Association solo & ensemble contest: musical theater adjudicator and clinician, Rice Lake, WI 2015 Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) Region 7A choir contest: adjudicator 2015 Choir clinic: Duluth Denfeld High School, Duluth, MN 2015 Choir clinic: Northwestern High School, Maple, WI 2014 UIL Clinician: North Shore Senior High School, Houston, TX 2014 UIL Clinician: Bellaire High School & Westside High School, Bellaire, TX 2013 Region choir clinic: Galena Park ISD, Galena Park, TX 2013 American Classic Houston Choral Festival: clinician 2012 TMEA Region XIX Vocal Division Concert & Sightreading Contest, Deer Park, TX: contest judge 2011 Galena Park High School, Galena Park, TX: clinician 2010 Tommy Tune Awards, Houston, TX: adjudicator 2009 Deer Park Middle School Honor Choir festival, Deer Park, TX: adjudicator 2009 Independent Schools Association of the Southwest: featured clinician 2009 Pearland High School, Pearland ISD: clinician 2009 Katy Taylor High School, Katy ISD: clinician 2009 TMEA Region XV Vocal Division, McAllen, TX: All-State Winter Camp 2009 Tommy Tune Awards, Houston, TX: adjudicator 2009 TMEA Region XIX Vocal Division UIL Solo & Ensemble Contest, Humble, TX: adjudicator & clinician 2008 Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena, TX: UIL clinician (five high schools) 2008 TMEA Region XIX Vocal Division UIL High School Solo & Ensemble Contest: adjudicator and clinician 2008 Katy Taylor High School, Katy ISD: UIL clinician 2008 Krimmell Intermediate School, Klein ISD: UIL clinician 2007 Bondy Intermediate School, Pasadena, TX: clinician 2004 Memorial Middle School, Houston, TX: UIL clinician 2002 Texas Private School Music Educators Association Concert & Sight-Reading Contest: adjudicator 2001 Tivy High School, Kerrville, TX: UIL clinician

CHURCH 2016 Temple Israel, Duluth, MN: clinician 2011 Bethel Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX: clinician 2009 Bethel Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX: clinician 2008 Fair Haven United Methodist Church, Houston, TX: clinician 2008 Bethel Presbyterian Church, Houston, TX: clinician 2007 Mo-Ranch Worship & Music Conference (Presbyterian Association of Musicians): clinician

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HONORS AND AWARDS CHORAL 2013 HSPVA Chorale: Invited Chorus, University of Houston High School Choral Invitational 2013 HSPVA Madrigal Singers: Performance of Distinction, American Classic Madrigal Festival, San Antonio, TX (with featured performance on 2013 CD release) 2013 HSPVA Madrigal Singers: Choral masterclass with Simon Carrington 2012 2nd place, Texas Early Music Festival: HSPVA Madrigal Singers 2012 HSPVA Madrigal Singers invited choir for masterclass with Chanticleer, University of St. Thomas 2011 1st place, Texas Early Music Festival: HSPVA Madrigal Singers 2008 Texas Collegiate Women’s Chorus Festival, Austin, TX: invited choir, Concert Women’s Chorus 2008 UH Concert Women's Chorus: Demonstration choir for masterclass with Cantus, Houston, TX 2008 Galveston Island Arts Association, Galveston, TX: invited choir, Concert Women’s Chorus 2007 Houston Tidelanders Barbershop Festival, Houston, TX: invited choir, University Men’s Chorus 2006 Bay Area Chorus Choral Invitational, Houston, TX: invited choir, University Men’s Chorus 2006 Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church: invited choir, St. Paul’s Choral Scholars 2004 Superior & sweepstakes ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition (South Houston HS) 2003 Superior & sweepstakes ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition (South Houston HS) 2003 South Houston HS Choir: 2nd place, American Classic Madrigal Festival, San Antonio, TX 2002 UH High School Choral Invitational: invited conductor, South Houston High School Chamber Choir 2002 Superior & sweepstakes ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition (South Houston HS) 2001 Superior & sweepstakes ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition (South Houston HS) 2000 Superior & sweepstakes ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-Reading Competition (South Houston HS)

PROFESSIONAL 2015 Spirit of Superior Award (as a member of the Music Department of UW-Superior) 2013 HSPVA Teacher of the Year 2013 Educator of Distinction, National Society of High School Scholars 2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2003 Who's Who Among America's Teachers 2001 Who's Who Among America's Teachers

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2005-09 Moores Teaching Fellow, University of Houston 2005 Recipient, Texas Choral Directors Association/Glenda Casey Professional Scholarship 2004-09 Recipient, music scholarship, University of Houston 1998 Inductee, Pi Kappa Lambda, the national music honor society 1996 Nominee, Florida State University President's Award 1995-99 Recipient, voice scholarship, Florida State University 1995 National Merit Scholar

MASTERCLASS PARTICIPATION Masterclass teachers in conducting include: • David Hill (BBC Singers, St. John's College Cambridge) • Gary Lewis (University of Colorado-Boulder Orchestra) • Joseph Flummerfelt (New York Choral Artists) • Murry Sidlin (American Symphony Orchestra)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & COLLABORATIONS 2016 Member, Chancellor's Task Force for Retention and Recruitment 2015 Choral preparation for collaborative concerts with UWS Orchestra and Band Honors Festivals 2015-present Committee Member, Undergraduate Academic Affairs Council Richard Robbins, page 8

2015 Member, Provost’s Council on Streamlining and Instructional Curriculum 2015 Conductor and music arranger for Victory Over Violence, with the UW-Superior Department of Social Inquiry 2015 Soloist with UW-Superior Steel Drum Ensemble (Dr. Brett Jones, director) 2014 Tenor soloist with UW-Superior Chamber Strings (Dr. Erin Aldridge, director) 2014 Music and choral panelist, Wisconsin Arts Board (Wisconsin Department of Tourism, Madison, WI) 2014 Conductor and music arranger for Transforming the Human Spirit, with the UW-Superior Department of Social Inquiry 2013-2014 Region Mixed Choir Coordinator, TMEA Region XXIII 2013-2014 Member of Project Advisory Team for $80 million new downtown campus 2011-2014 Member of the Shared Decision Making Committee for the High School of the Performing and Visual Arts 2010-2014 Orchestra Facilitator for Region Choir Festival Weekend, TMEA Region XXIII 2008 Web design, uhchoirs.org: The University of Houston Choral Department Online 2003 American Choral Directors Association: cover design for Monograph #12, The Foundation of Artistry 2003 Alliance Music Publishing, Houston, TX: brochure designs 2000-02 Southwestern Division American Choral Directors Association: executive board (webmaster, convention planning)

CERTIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • American Choral Directors Association • Chorus America • National Association for Music Education • National Collegiate Choral Organization • Wisconsin Choral Directors Association • Pi Kappa Lambda TEACHING CERTIFICATIONS Texas Educator Certificates: All-level music (Grades PK-12) and Secondary music (Grades 6-12)

LICENSED MUSIC CONTEST ADJUDICATOR/CLINICIAN IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA

RELEVANT SKILLS

SUNG LANGUAGES • French (doctoral proficiency) • Spanish • Finnish • Latin (Ecclesiastical, Venetian, • Czech • Fluency reading/writing IPA Austro-German & Classical) • Russian & Church Slavonic • German • Norwegian • Italian • Portuguese

VOCAL PEDAGOGY • Extensive experience in adolescent voices • Maintained active private voice studio • Voice students accepted and now studying at major universities and conservatories, including Eastman, Oberlin, Boston, North Texas, Baylor, Carnegie-Mellon, University of Houston, and others

VOCAL PERFORMANCE Current performer with the Twin Ports Choral Project (invited choir, North Central ACDA 2016 convention)

Selected professional solo engagements include: The Preacher The Cradle Will Rock (Marc Blitzstein) University of Houston Houston, 2009 Apollo Le descente d'Orfée aux enfers (Charpentier) University of Houston Houston, 2005 Baritone soloist The Mass of the Children (Rutter) Montgomery Symphony Houston, 2005 Christ Sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz (Schütz) St. Paul's Chamber Music Houston, 2004 Richard Robbins, page 9

Baritone soloist The Twelve (Walton) St. Paul's Choir New York City, 2002 Baritone soloist Musikalische Exequien (Schütz) St. Paul's Chamber Music Houston, 2001

PIANO Proficient choral/vocal rehearsal accompanist

COMPUTER Website design (HTML, content, and graphics), music notation software: Finale, Sibelius

RESEARCH AND PRESENTATION AREAS

• Engagement in the choral rehearsal • Music of the Counter-Reformation • Vocal pedagogy for young singers • Choral music and the Workers' Movement of the • Repertoire selection and sequencing 1930s

SELECTED REPERTOIRE

SELECTED LARGER CHORAL & CHORAL/ORCHESTRAL WORKS CONDUCTED IN PERFORMANCE: Georg Aichinger, “Factus est repente” Richard Dering, “Cantate Domino Canticum Novum” Jacques Arcadelt, “Il Bianco e dolce signo” Josquin Desprez, “El Grillo” Ernesto Aguiar, “Salmo 150” Josquin Desprez, “En l'ombre d'ung buissonet” Felice Anerio, “Christus factus est” Emma Lou Diemer, Three Madrigals Anonymous, “Dindirin, Dindirin” Hugo Distler, “Um Mitternacht” (from Mörike-Chorliederbuch, J. S. Bach, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” Op. 19) attr. J. S. Bach/Kuhnau, Uns ist ein Kind geboren (Cantata no. Hugo Distler, “Ein Stündlein wohl vor Tag” (from Mörike- 142) Chorliederbuch, Op. 19) Salim Bali, “Fog el nakhel” John Dowland, “Come Again, Sweet Love Doth Now Invite” Adriano Banchieri, “Capricciata / Contrapunto bestiale” Maurice Duruflé, “Pater noster” Paul Basler, “Gloria” (from Missa Kenya) Maurice Duruflé, “Ubi Caritas” Adrian Battan, “O Sing Joyfully” Edward Elgar, “Ave verum” John Bennet, “All Creatures Now Are Merry Minded” Edward Elgar, “As Torrents in Summer” (from King Olaf) John Bennet, “Weep, O Mine Eyes” Juan Esquivel, “Ego sum panis vivus” Jean Berger, “The Eyes of All” John Farmer, “Fair Phyllis” arr. Richard Bjella, “Idumea” Richard Farrant, “Call to Remembrance” Benjamin Britten, A Ceremony of Carols Mateo Flecha, “Riu, Riu Chiu” Benjamin Britten, Choral Dances from Gloriana Gabriel Fauré, “Cantique de Jean Racine” Benjamin Britten, “The Evening Primrose” Gabriel Fauré, Requiem Benjamin Britten, Rejoice in the Lamb Gabriel Fauré , “Les djinns” Anton Bruckner, “Locus iste” Gabriel Fauré, Pavane Dietrich Buxtehude, Cantata: In Dulci Jubilo, BuxWV 52 Gabriel Fauré, “Tantum ergo” William Byrd, “Ave verum corpus” Gabriel Fauré, “Tu es Petrus” William Byrd, “Nunc dimittis” Gerald Finzi, “My Spirit Sang All Day” William Byrd, “Sacerdotes Domini” Frode Fjellheim, “Eatnemen Vuelie (Song of the Earth)” William Byrd, “Sing Joyfully” arr. C.A. Pinto Fonseca, “Muié Rendêra” Elliott Carter, “The Harmony of Morning” Thomas Ford, “Since First I Saw Your Face” Pierre Certon, “Je ne l'ose dire” Leandro Gallerano, 1629 Vespers (ed. Richard Robbins) M.A. Charpentier, “Sanctus & Benedictus” John Gardner, “Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day” arr. Stuart Churchill, “Black Is the Color of My True Love’s Giovanni Gastoldi, “Amor vittorioso” Hair” Giovanni Gastoldi, “Il Bell’ Humore (Viver Lieto Voglio)” Stephen Chatman, “Roses I Send to You” Orlando Gibbons, “The Silver Swan” René Clausen, “All That Hath Life and Breath” Henryk Gorecki, “Totus tuus” René Clausen, “Set Me as a Seal” Alberto Grau, “Cancion de Cuna” William Dawson, “Ain-a Dat Good News!” Alberto Grau, “Duermete niño” William Dawson, “Soon-Ah Will Be Done” Jester Hairston, “Goin' Down Dat Lonesome Road” Johannes Demantius, “Lieblich Ich hörte singen” G. F. Handel, “Rejoice, Oh Judah/Amen” (from Judas Claude Debussy, “Salut, printemps!” Maccabeus) Claude Debussy, Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans Howard Hanson, Song of Democracy Richard Robbins, page 10

Hans Leo Hassler, “Cantate Domino” Michael Praetorius, “Puer natus in Bethlehem” Hans Leo Hassler, “Missa secunda” Henry Purcell, “Sound the Trumpet” (Come, Ye Sons of Art) Hans Leo Hassler, “Tanzen und springen” Ariel Ramirez, Misa Criolla Hans Leo Hassler, “Verbum caro factum est” Maurice Ravel, Trois chansons arr. Stephen Hatfield, “O Sapo” Josef Rheinberger, Maitag Franz Josef Haydn, “The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of Salamone Rossi, “Barechu” God” (from The Creation) arr. Daryl Runswick, “Blackbird” Michael Haydn, “Magnificat” John Rutter, “Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind” Moses Hogan, “Good News! Chariot's Coming” John Rutter, Requiem Moses Hogan, “My God Is So High” John Rutter, Gloria Moses Hogan, “We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace” Camille Saint-Saëns, “Ave verum” Gustav Holst, Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Third Set) Camille Saint-Saëns, “Calme des nuits” Gustav Holst, “Lullay My Liking” Camille Saint-Saëns, “Les fleurs et les arbres” Heinrich Isaac, “Jerusalem surge” Franz Schubert, Der Tanz, D.826 Kenneth Jennings, “The Call” Franz Schubert, Die Geselligkeit (Lebenslust), D.609 Karl Jenkins, “Adiemus” (from Songs of Sanctuary) Franz Schubert, “Kyrie (from Mass in G) Zoltan Kodàly, “Pange lingua” William Schuman, “To All, To Each” (from Carols of Death) Bárdos Lajos, “Tábortűznél” Robert Schumann, “Es ist verraten” (from Spanisches Liederspiel, Morten Lauridsen, “Dirait-on” (from Chanson des Roses) Op. 74) Luca Marenzio, “Io piango” Robert Schumann, “Gute Nacht” Glenn McClure, “Kyrie” (from St. Francis in the Americas: A Robert Schumann, “Und schlafst du, mein Mädchen, auf!” Caribbean Mass) (from Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74) Glenn McClure, Three Shakespeare Songs Robert Schumann, “Von dem Rosenbusch, O Mutter” (from Felix Mendelssohn, “Abendlied” Spanisches Liederspiel, Op. 74) Felix Mendelssohn, “Die Nachtigall” Robert Schumann, “Ziegeunerleben” Felix Mendelssohn, Psalm 115 Igor Stravinsky, “Ave Maria” Felix Mendelssohn, Sechs Lieder, Op. 48 J. P. Sweelinck, “Hodie Christus Natus Est” Felix Mendelssohn, Choruses from Christus, Op. 97 J. P. Sweelinck, Psalm 96 Jaako Montayarvi, “El Hambo” Charles Villiers Stanford, “The Blue Bird” arr. Undine Moore, “Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord” Charles Villiers Stanford, “When Mary Thro' the Garden Cristobal de Morales, “O Magnum Mysterium” Went” Cristobal de Morales, “Regina Caeli Laetare (a 6)” Thomas Tallis, “O Sacrum Convivium” Thomas Morley, “Fyer, Fyer, My Heart” Thomas Tallis, “Verily, Verily, I Say Unto You” Thomas Morley, “It Was a Lover and His Lass” John Tavener, “Funeral Ikos” Thomas Morley, “Lirum, Lirum” Frank Ticheli, “There Will Be Rest” Thomas Morley, “My Bonny Lass She Smileth” arr. André Thomas, “African Noël” Thomas Morley, “Now Is the Month of Maying” arr. André Thomas, “Keep Your Lamps!” Thomas Morley, “Sing We and Chant It” Ernst Toch, “Geographical Fugue” W. A. Mozart, “Ave verum corpus” Randall Thompson, “Alleluia” James Mulholland, “A Red, Red Rose” Randall Thompson, “Choose Something Like a Star” (from Johannes Ockeghem, Requiem Frostiana) Via Olatunji, “Betelehemu” Randall Thompson, “The Road Not Taken” (from Frostiana) Gyorgy Orban, “Daemon irrepit calidus” Veljo Tormis, Spring Sketches G. P. da Palestrina, “Exsultate Deo” R. Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs G. P. da Palestrina, “Hodie Beata Virgo” R, Vaughan Williams, “Rest” G. P. da Palestrina, “Sicut Cervus” R. Vaughan Williams, “The Turtle Dove” G. P. da Palestrina, “Super Flumina” Thomas Vautor, “Sweet Suffolk Owl” arr. Alice Parker, “Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal” Thomas Vautor, “Mother I Will Have a Husband” Arvo Pärt, “Bogoroditse Devo” Phillipe Verdelot, “O dolce nocte” Pierre Passerau, “Il est bel et bon” L. G. da Viadana, “Exultate Justi” Donald Patriquin, Six Songs of Early Canada L. G. da Viadana, “O Sacrum Convivium” arr. Donald Patriquin, “J'entends le moulin” Tomas Luis de Victoria, “O Magnum Mysterium” Vincent Persichetti, Winter Cantata Tomas Luis de Victoria, “O Vos Omnes” Juan Gines Perez, “Gloria laus” Antonio Vivaldi, Gloria Peter Philips, “Ascendit Deus” Thomas Weelkes, “Hark, All Ye Lovely Saints” Daniel Pinkham, Wedding Cantata Thomas Weelkes, “The Nightingale, the Organ of Delight” Francis Poulenc, Litanies a la Vièrge Noire Eric Whitacre, “A Boy and A Girl” Richard Robbins, page 11

Eric Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs John Wilbye, “Weep, Weep Mine Eyes” Eric Whitacre, “Lux Aurumque” Charles Wood, “Full Fathom Five” Eric Whitacre, “Water Night”

SELECTED CHORUS PREPARATION FOR HOUSTON SYMPHONY, HOUSTON BALLET, AND DULUTH SUPERIOR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (LARGE CHORAL/ORCHESTRAL WORKS) John Adams, On the Transmigration of Souls Bohuslav Martinu, Soldiers Mass Ludwig van Beethoven, Choral Fantasy Felix Mendelssohn, Midsummer’s Nights Dream, incidental music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Elegischer Gesang, op. 118 op. 61 Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 Felix Mendelssohn, Paulus Leonard Bernstein, Chichester Psalms W. A. Mozart, Requiem Georges Bizet, Carmen Carl Orff, Carmina Burana Alexander Borodin, Polovetsian Dances Jean Sibelius, Finlandia Johannes Brahms, Ein Deutsches Requiem Igor Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms Edvard Grieg, Ave Maris Stella R. Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem Edvard Grieg, Våren Richard Wagner, Die Meistersinger (Act III Finale) G.F. Handel, Messiah Richard Wagner, Lohengrin (Bridal procession, Act II Sc 4) Gustav Holst, The Planets Richard Wagner, Tannhauser (the guests' procession, Act II Sc Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” 4) Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of 1000” For the Houston Symphony Family Concert Series: • Music from Disney's Beauty and the Beast • Music from Disney's The Lion King • The Night Before Christmas

FULL MUSICAL THEATER PRODUCTIONS WITH ORCHESTRA: MUSIC DIRECTION AND CONDUCTING • The Drowsy Chaperone • Fiddler on the Roof • Guys & Dolls • A Little Night Music • The Music Man • The Pajama Game • The Wiz