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Jon Hurty 1312 33rd Avenue • Moline • Illinois • 61265 • 309.736.9147 Employment and Professional Experience Academic Professor, Director of Choral Activities, Co-Chair of Music Department Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois 1996-present Current teaching, research and administrative activities include: • Conduct the Augustana Choir, Augustana Chamber Singers • Teach Choral Conducting and Literature • Administer choral program consisting of eight choirs • Research areas include Renaissance partbooks, and choral improvisation • Administer various departmental and choral area activities including budget, facilities and faculty issues Associate Professor, Director of Choral Activities Concordia University, Irvine, California 1990-1996 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Director of University Chorus University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 1988-89 Graduate Assistant, Northridge Singers and Chamber Singers California State University Northridge 1983-85 Community Conductor and Music Director, Handel Oratorio Society Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois 1996-present In this position I conduct major choral/orchestral works each year. In addition to conducting performances, I also prepare choruses for various conductors and ensembles. See attached list of major works. Music Director and Conductor of Quad City Choral Arts Rock Island, Illinois 1997-present. This community-based ensemble consists of 50 singers, mostly music teachers and recent music graduates. The group has an annual concert season and collaborates with the Handel Oratorio Society and Quad City Symphony. Artistic Director and Conductor of A Christmas Homecoming Filmed in the Quad Cities, October and November 2001. Video production including ensembles from Augustana and the Quad City Community. Was aired on National PBS to over 180 cities throughout the United States during the 2002 and 2003 Christmas seasons. Music Director and Conductor of Kantorei Orange County, California. 1995-1996 Choral Conductor Kankakee Valley Symphony Chorus, Kankakee, Illinois 1989-1990 Voice Teacher Private voice studio, Urbana, Illinois 1988-1990 Church Director of Chorale St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport, Iowa 2001-present In this position, I prepare sacred choral music from all style periods for weekly services. The choir consists of about 70 singers. Director of Sanctuary Choir Christ Lutheran Church, Costa Mesa, California 1995-1996 Director of Music Ministries Red Hill Lutheran Church, Tustin, California 1993-1994 Jon Hurty, Page 1 of 18 Music Director St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Urbana, Illinois 1987-1990 Music Director St. Stephen Presbyterian Church, Chatsworth, California 1986-87 Music Director Lutheran Church in the Foothills, La Canada, California 1983-85 Conductor of Chancel and Handbell Choir First Lutheran Church, Oakland, California 1982-83 Music Director Assaria Lutheran Church, Assaria, Kansas 1978-80 Education Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting and Literature University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, January 1994 Studied under University Fellowship 1987-88; Graduate Conducting Assistantship 1988-89. Dissertation - A Study and Critical Edition of Melchior Franck’s Rosetulum Musicum (1628) received Julius Herford Prize for Distinguished Doctoral Research in Choral Music - Honorable Mention 1993. Master of Arts in Choral Conducting California State University, Northridge, May 1985, With Distinction Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Music Performance Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas, May 1981, summa cum laude Lutheran Teaching Colloquy Concordia University, Irvine, California, May 1993 Music and Language Studies Düsseldorf, West Germany 1985-86 General Music Studies California State University, Hayward 1977-78 Professional Training Choral Conducting • Don V Moses, University of Illinois • Ann Howard Jones, University of Illinois • John Alexander, California State University, Northridge • Elmer Copley, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas • Robert Shaw, Choral Training Workshops January 1997 and January 1998 • Paul Christiansen, Summer Workshop 1978 Instrumental Conducting • Paul Vermel, University of Illinois • Lawrence Christiansen, California State University, Northridge • Denis De Coteau, California State University, Hayward Voice • Ronald Hedlund, University of Illinois • Elmer Copley, Bethany College • Edwin Barlow, California State University, Hayward Instruments • Lambert Dahlsten, Piano, Bethany College • Roger Thorstenberg, French Horn, Bethany College Jon Hurty, Page 2 of 18 Professional Activities Workshops, Guest, Conducting, Adjudication, Festival Conducting • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District VIII Festival, November 2011 • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District VII Festival, November 2011 • Guest Conductor, Tian Kong Choir, Music School of Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, China, June 2011 • Guest Professor, Renaissance Music and Western Choral Music for Graduate Students, Music School of Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, China, June 2011 • Guest Conductor, Carmina Burana, Mid-American Productions, Carnegie Hall, New York, May 2011 • Central Division Choral Audition Committee, ACDA, May 2011 • Festival Conductor, Lutheran Choir of Chicago Choral Festival, November 2010 • Clinician and Conductor, Choral Workshop Christ Church of Oak Brook, Oak Brook, IL, October 2010 • Conductor, Augustana (Synod) Heritage Association Gathering, June 2010 • Guest Conductor, Quad City Symphony Orchestra (Subscription Series Concert), February 2010 • Conductor, Illinois All-State Honors Choir, Illinois Music Educators Association, January 2010 • Clinician, Augustana HS IMEA Audition Preparation Clinic, September 2009 • Clinician, Illinois ACDA ReTreat, All-State Reading Session, July 2009 • Clinician, SCA Clinic--Improvisation Techniques for Concert Choirs, Millikin University, June 2009 • Conductor, Fox Valley Music Festival, April 2009 • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District V Festival, November 2008 • Clinician, Sacred Music Reading Session, American Choral Directors Assoc. State Convention, October 2008 • Clinician, Illinois ACDA Summer Retreat, Conducting Masterclass, July 2008 • Adjudicator, Concert Choirs, Great River Festival, Davenport, IA, February 2008 • Clinician, Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference, January 2008 • Clinician, American Guild of Organists, Conducting Workshop, Rock Island, IL, January 2008 • Festival Clinician, Western Sun Choral Festival, Rochelle, IL, March 2007 • Festival Conductor, ILLOWA Coalition Hymn Festival, Rock Island, IL, February 2006 • Festival Conductor, Metro Music Festival, Bettendorf, IA, October 2005 • Organizer/Conductor, Augustana College High School Chamber Choir Festival, October 2005 - present • Festival Conductor, Churches United Choral Festival, May 2005 • Clinician, Grace Lutheran Church Choir, River Forest, IL, September 2003 • Clinician, Illinois Music Educators Association State Summer Convention, July 2003 • Clinician and Judge, Great River Concert Choir Competition, Davenport, IA, February 2003 • Clinician, Illinois Music Educators Association All-State Conference, January 2003 • Clinician and Festival Conductor, Suburban-Prairie Conference Choral Festival, Oswego, IL, November 2002 • Festival Conductor, North Olympic Conference Choral Festival, November 2002 • Clinician, Lectures in Church Music, Concordia University, River Forest, October 2002 • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District II Festival, November 2001 • Festival Choir Director, Gather in Christ 2000, The ILLOWA Lutheran Coalition, Moline, IL, October 2000 • Festival Choir Director, Augustana Heritage Gathering, 2000, Rock Island, IL, June 2000 • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District VII Festival, November 1999 • Conductor, Senior High Chorus, Illinois Music Educators Association District VIII Festival, November 1999 • Guest Rehearsal Conductor, Sinsinawa Mound Messiah, November 1999 • Clinician, Highland College Fall Choral Festival, Freeport, IL, October 1999 • Clinician, SICA High School Choral Festival, Argo, IL, March 1999 • Conductor, Tri-Choir Choral Festival, Oregon, IL, February 1999 • Judge, Illinois Music Educators Association Composition Competition, November 1998 • Festival Conductor/Clinician, Fall Festival of Song, Lutheran Choir of Chicago, Roselle, IL, November 1998 • Festival Choir Director, Augustana Heritage Sesquicentennial Gathering, Chautauqua, NY, September 1998 • Festival Conductor, Southeast Iowa Superconference Choral Festival, Kalona, IA, March 1998 Jon Hurty, Page 3 of 18 • Clinician, Illinois Music Educators Association District II Reading Session, November 1997 • Clinician, United Township High School Choir, October 1997 • Choir Director, Blackhawk Chapter of the American Guild of Organists Performance, October 1997 • Festival Conductor, Metro Music Festival, Davenport, IA, September 1997 • Clinician, ALCM National Conference, Valparaiso, IN, July 1997 • Conductor, Geneseo Music Festival Conductors Concert, April 1997 • Clinician, ALCM Organ and Choral Workshop, Irvine, CA, October 1995 • Adjudicator and Clinician, Choral Conductor’s Guild Choral Festival, Irvine, CA, March 1995 • Clinician, Lutheran Churches Choral Festival, Irvine, CA, February 1995 • Director of Festival Worship, Lutheran Educators Conference, Palm Desert, CA, November 1994 • Conference Choir Director and Clinician, ALCM Regional