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Director of Graduate Studies (Music) Hank Dahlman (Director of Choral Studies) is the conductor of the Wright State University Collegiate Chorale and Chamber Singers. He serves as the Artistic and Musical Director of WSU's annual Madrigal Dinners and Holidays in the Heartland. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting, music education, and music history. He |
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Dahlman has appeared as a guest conductor, presenter, or adjudicator at festivals and conferences at the international, national, and regional levels in ten states, as well as Canada. He is also the producer and host of VOICES, a radio program tracing the history, development, and current trends of the choral art, heard weekly on Dayton Public Radio and on the web at www.dpr.org. He has served as an adjudicator at semi-final and final rounds of the National Student Conducting Competitions sponsored by ACDA, and was invited to be one of four experts on conducting pedagogy to be featured at the first national convention of the National Collegiate Choral Organization. Dahlman's Choral Pronunciation Guide to Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is considered the industry standard, and has been used by universities and professional orchestras on five continents.
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M350 Creative Arts Center Mr. Collins has taught music in the public schools (grades 6-12) and at the collegiate level. He has presented sessions at MENC and ACDA conventions. He is in demand to lead reading sessions, clinics and workshops for professional choral organizations and schools. He is frequently asked to lead choral festivals for singers of all ages. |
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Mr. Collins has penned articles and interviews for Choral Director Magazine, which also prints in each issue his repertoire forum. He is a reviewer of new music for Choral Journal. His professional conducting work includes serving as Music and Artistic Director for ensembles in Boston and Minneapolis. He has conducted performance tours with choirs in the continental United States and in Europe. He has served as assistant conductor for several community and symphonic choral ensembles. His Carnegie Hall debut will be in March, 2007, where he will conduct Schubert's Mass in G. He serves as Artistic Advisor to choral organizations in Minneapolis and San Diego. Drew was a recipient of the F. Melius Christiansen Award in 1997. In 2003, he was named a fellow for Chorus America's inaugural A Cappella Conducting Workshop. His work as a composer and educator landed him a slot in the 2005 volume of Who's Who in America. Collins is an active composer, arranger and editor of choral music. He currently serves as Senior Editor of Neil A. Kjos Music Company. His music is found in the catalogs of Earthsongs, E. C. Schirmer, Hal Leonard, Kjos, Mark Foster, Odhecaton Music, Santa Barbara, and Walton Music Company. His choral series is published by Curtis Music Press. Collins earned the Master of Music in choral conducting from Boston University, and the Bachelor of Music in music education from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN). He is completing doctoral work at Cincinnati Conservatory (CCM). His primary teachers have been René Clausen, Mark Gibson, David Hoose, Ann Howard Jones, Daniel Moe, and Earl Rivers. Additional studies have included masterclass work with Charles Bruffy, Harry Christophers, Stephen Darlington, Lukas Foss, Alan Harler, Donald McCullough, Dale Warland, and Eric Whitacre. Visit www.DrewCollins.com. |
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M349 Creative Arts Center He holds degrees in music education from Tennessee |
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Technological University, Georgia Southern University, and Florida State University. Prior to his appointment at Wright State,Tipps taught elementary school general music and high school choral music in Statesboro, Georgia, and conducted Men's Glee Club and Choral Union at Florida State University. Active as a choral clinician and researcher, he has presented workshops in several states, and has served on OMEA state board, and served as advisor for the Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association. Dr. Tipps is a member of the artistic staff of Kettering Children's Choir, and conducts that organization's high school honor choir, Cappella. He has worked extensively in church music and is currently the choral director at First Reformed Church of Xenia. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children and reside in Beavercreek. |
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M347 Creative Arts Center (937) 775-2072 brenda.ellis@wright.edu Dr. Brenda Ellis is an Associate Professor of Music at Wright State University where she teaches courses in music education and African American music. She earned a B.A. in piano performance and social science at Hiram College, a Master of Arts in Music Education from Case Western Reserve University, and a Masters and Doctorate in Education from Columbia University. |
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Dr. Ellis also earned an honorary diploma in piano and chamber music during her studies at the Fontainebleau Conservatoire of Music in France. She was recently honored with a Meritorious Award from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts for Musical Direction for the play 1913: The Great Dayton Flood. She was listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and received the Noah M. Drescher Award. Dr. Ellis regularly gives workshops and presentations on African American music both state-wide and nationally, and adjudicates choral ensembles for Festivals of Music. |
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