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DR. CASEY COOK

EDUCATION

• 2005 – 2013 | Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting – University of Arizona – Tucson, AZ
  • Major professor: Bruce Chamberlain (Choral Conducting)
  • Minor advisor: John T. Brobeck (Historical Musicology)
• 2003 – 2005 | Master of Music in Choral Conducting– University of South Florida – Tampa, FL
  • Major professor: Robert Summer
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship: USF Chamber Singers
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship: Music in the US
• 1996 – 2001 | Bachelor of Music in Music Education – Miami University – Oxford, OH
  • Assistant Conductor – Miami University Men’s Glee Club
• 1995 – 1996 | International Baccalaureate Music Course – Princeton High School

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2018 – Present | Founder and Artistic Director – Artifice Ensemble  – Washington, DC
• 2014 – Present | Musician in Residence and Director of the American University Chorus – American University – Washington, DC
• 2017 – Present | Information and Digital Asset Manager – Chorus America – Washington, DC
• 2017 – 2018 | Visiting Assistant Director/Chorusmaster – Cathedral Choral Society – Washington National Cathedral – Washington, DC
• 2010 – 2016 | Director of Music – Holy Trinity Lutheran Church – Falls Church, VA
• 2013 – 2014 | Associate Director – The Reston Chorale – Reston, VA
• 2005 – 2009 | Assistant Director – True Concord Voices and Orchestra (formerly Tucson Chamber Artists) – Tucson, AZ
• 2001 – 2003 | Vocal Music Director – Three Rivers Local School District – North Bend, OH

OTHER TEACHING/CONDUCTING EXPERIENCE

• 2010 – 2013 | Lead Market Instructor (Mid-Atlantic Region) – Apple, Inc.
• 2008 | Clinician/Adjudicator – ChoDA (Choral Directors of Arizona) High School Large Group Festival
• 2008 | Clinician/Adjudicator – ChoDA (Choral Directors of Arizona) Junior High Large Group Festival
• Spring 2007 | Conductor – Kantorei – University of Arizona
• Fall 2007 | Conductor – Recital Choir – University of Arizona
• Spring 2006 | Conductor – University Singers – University of Arizona
• 2004 – 2005 | Graduate Assistant – USF Chamber Singers – University of South Florida
• 2003 – 2004 | Founder/Conductor – The UnTouchaBulls (Jazz Choir) – University of South Florida
• 2003 – 2005 | Teaching Assistant – Music in the US – University of South Florida
• 2000 – 2001 | Assistant Conductor – Men’s Glee Club – Miami University

COMPOSITION HIGHLIGHTS

• Misa de Lima – Roque de Ceruti – edited by Casey Cook
  • Published by the University of Arizona’s Center for Latin-American Music
• Love divine, all loves excelling
  • Commissioned by Jennaya Robison and La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church for the dedication of their new Berghaus Organ.
  • Premiered by Weston Noble. – Scottsdale, AZ
• Ave Maria – SSAATTBB
  • Published by Kandinsky Music (KMC-1321)
• Remember  
  • Winner of the 2007 Young Composer’s commission prize – Tucson Chamber Artists – Tucson, AZ
• Composer in Residence – Arizona Science Center – Phoenix, AZ
  • Film scoring for shows at the Dorrance Planetarium

–More information available upon request-