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UIC Department of Performing Arts
College of Architecture and the Arts
EPASW Bldg. 1040 W. Harrison St. MC-255
Chicago, IL 60607
phone 312-996-2977 | fax 312-996-0954
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Dr. Anderson is the Chairman of the Department of Performing Arts and Director of Choral and Vocal Studies. He holds the D.M.A. degree from the University of Colorado where he studied conducting and choral literature with Lynn Whitten and Walter Collins, Moravian Music with Karl Kroeger, and the M.MusEd and B.MusEd degrees from Georgia State University where he studied conducting with John Haberlen and music education with Sally Monsour.
As Vice-President of the International Federation for Choral Music (IFCM), Dr. Anderson is the principal administrator for North America. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of IFCM and sits on the Board of Directors of the International Center for Choral Music in Namur, Belgium. He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the School of Music at Georgia State University.
Dr. Anderson has conducted, lectured, and adjudicated choirs across the United States, in Sweden, France, Hong Kong, Israel, China, Japan, Korea, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. This past year Dr. Anderson lectured on International Choral Music at the 60th Anniversary of the Japan Choral Association in Tokyo, and at the First Annual Forum on Voice, Youth, and Arts Management, in Caen, France. In February, he conducted Mozart’s Requiem in New York's Carnegie Hall with singers from across the nation (including 20 singers from UIC), and prepared The UIC Choirs for four performances with the Elgin Symphony and the Elgin Choral Union. This summer his IFCM work will take him to Israel, Hong Kong, and at the World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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