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John H. Dickson is Director of Choral Studies and Chair of the Conducting Division
at Texas Tech University where he conducts the University Choir, Madrigal Singers
and the Lubbock Chorale and supervises the D.M.A., PhD., and M.M. programs in choral
conducting. Under Dr. Dickson's direction, the Texas Tech University Choir has
established a standard of excellence recognized through both national and international
venues. In 2007, the University Choir returned to England for the third annual
Cambridge, St. John's College / Texas Tech Summer Choral Institute, performing
evensong services at St. Paul's Cathedral, London and collaborating with David
Hill, principal conductor of the BBC Singers and composer Bob Chilcott, at St.
John's Chapel. In January 2007, the Choir joined Craig Johnson and Conspirare
for the National Endowment of the Arts American Masterpieces Music Festival.
The highly acclaimed invitational performances before the American Choral Directors
Association 2005 national convention in Los Angeles, marked the third occasion for
the Choir to sing for an ACDA national convention. Other highlights from recent
seasons include, performances for several Southwest regional ACDA and TMEA conventions;
and in 2002, the Choir represented the U. S. at the Association of British Choral
Directors national convention in York, England. The Choir has won effusive praise
from composers Eric Whitacre and Stephen Paulus through collaborative workshops at Texas Tech.
Formerly at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's School of Church Music in
Louisville, KY, Dr. Dickson's Seminary Choir and professional chamber choir, Coro
Favoriti, sang for several national and regional ACDA conventions. He has served
as conductor/clinician for numerous professional music organizations, All-State
choruses, and choral festivals around the world.
Internationally known as a conducting pedagogue through his writings and workshops,
he has presented master-classes before the Association of British Choral Directors,
the Russian State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow and workshops
throughout England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France, and Canada. He is the founder
and Artistic Director for the Cambridge University, St. John's College /Texas Tech
University Summer Choral Institute. Dr. Dickson is also Musical Director of the C. S.
Lewis Foundation's Oxbridge Choral Institute, a professional chorus serving the
triennial symposium in Oxford and Cambridge (2005 and 2011). Appointed as a
Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University in 1992, he sang with Sir
David Willcocks and The Bach Choir in London. A second post-doctoral fellowship
allowed him to serve as principal rehearsal conductor for The Bach Choir in Musical
Director David Hill's absence and culminated with work as chorus-master with The
Bach Choir chamber ensemble in preparation for a concert and recording of Handel's
L'Allegro, il Pensieroso ed il Moderato with John Nelson and his Ensemble Orchestral
de Paris. Dr. Dickson has prepared choruses for orchestral conductors Michael Tillson
Thomas, Sir David Willcocks, David Hill, Max Bragado-Darmon, and John Nelson.
The Choral Journal and the ABCD Journal, The Mastersinger, have published his
articles on a holistic approach to conducting.
Dr. Dickson is a strong advocate for church music. He held the R&S Chair in Music
and Worship for the Southern Division ACDA and has led music and worship events
for several ACDA conventions. An active church musician for over thirty years,
he presently serves as Director of Music at St. Paul's on the Plains Episcopal
Church in Lubbock. Dr. Dickson is the current Vice-President for the Texas Choral
Directors Association's Collegiate and Community Division. He holds the D.M.A.
degree in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin, the M.M. degree
in music history and literature from Baylor University, and has done post-doctoral
study at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England.
Dr. Dickson can be contacted through email at:
john.dickson@ttu.edu.
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