RODNEY
EICHENBERGER, Professor of Choral Music,
has lectured and guest conducted throughout
the United States and abroad. He has conducted
more than 70 All State Choirs in 43 of the
50 states and guest conducted or lectured
at more that 60 U.S. Universities. Choirs
under his direction have sung at the National
Conventions of the American Choral Directors
Association and the Music Educators National
Conference and at the International Society
for Music Education. In September 2001 and
in April 2003 he guest conducted the professional
Korean National Chorus in concert in the
Seoul Arts Center. In September 2002 he
led conducting workshops for the Eighth
International Choral Conducting Workshop
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has guest
conducted and lectured at the Swedish Choral
Directors Association in Orebro, Sweden,
and has presented sessions at the Third
World Symposium of Music in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and the Fifth World Symposium
of Choral Music in Rotterdam, Holland. He
presented workshops at the First International
School and Youth Choral Festival in Buenos
Aries, Argentina. He has served as guest
conductor of the Singapore Youth Choir Festival,
and the International Schools Choral Festivals
in London, Vienna, and Tokyo. For the past
28 years, he has been an active participant
in choral music education in Australia and
New Zealand, returning annually to guest
conduct and lead conducting workshops. In
1995 he was scholar in residence at the
University of Western Australia under the
auspices of the Fulbright Commission. He
was instrumental in the inauguration of
the New Zealand Choral Federation and was
an official U.S. Cultural Ambassador to
that country during their sesquicentennial
celebration. He is the program coordinator
for the choral conducting division of International
Workshops with recent summer seminars in
Stavanger, Norway; Brisbane, Australia;
Biarritz, France; and Graz, Austria. His
instructional video on Choral Conducting,
"What They See Is What You Get"
is now in its ninth printing. In 2001, a
second instructional video, "Enhancing
Musicality Through Movement," was released
through Santa Barbara Press. Professor Eichenberger
holds the Bachelor of Arts degree from St.
Olaf College and the Master of Arts degree
from the University of Denver, with advanced
study at the University of Washington and
the University of Iowa. From 1976-1990 he
was Professor of Choral Music and Conductor
of the Chamber Singers at the University
of Southern California, and prior to his
appointment there he was Professor of Choral
Music at the University of Washington in
Seattle.
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